How to Mimic Celebrity Style to Look Good This Summer

  By Guest Poster | July 23, 2012 - 10:40 am |
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Celebrities and their swimsuits help define an era; a good fashionable piece of swimwear can make or break a celebrity as seen on historical events. Jane Fonda, Marilyn Monroe, Tyra Banks, Brigitte Bardot even Sally Field have had their iconic swimwear moments.

Famous people in swimwear often define what will be in or out of the fashion world and it pays to take notice of the changes if you want to make a dramatic impact everywhere you go.

Swimwear is more than just a piece of bathing attire, if you find the correct one not only will you enhance your bodily features and you get the chance to become memorable just like your favorite celebrities.

So Which Famous people in swimwear should you use as inspiration?

If you are planning to go on the beach but you have no idea what type of swimwear should you use, you can get inspiration from top celebrity idols sand mimic their look.

You need to base your swimwear style according to the body type you have, find the celebrity which will closely resemble your bodies features and from there select some of the famous swimwear suits that they have taken out in public.

One of the most photographed celebrities in bikini and swimwear is Rihanna. Rihanna is known for sporting swimsuits that are bold in colors and is often seen wearing mismatched prints using a similar color scheme, the pieces she usually wears provide an illusion of a fuller bustline. Women who want to create the same effect can easily mimic the suits she wears.
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Another celebrity that many are looking upon is Kim Kardashian, her full figure and her willingness to wear swimsuits that will accentuate her bodily features sets her apart. Others with a full figure can also find inspiration from her fashionable looks.

Teenagers would have to look for younger inspiration; Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez are some of the best stars to look up to when it comes to selecting a sweet bandeau swimwear or bikinis. The pieces that they wear have been carefully selected and present some of the best swimsuit designs in the world. Other celebrities like LeAnn Rimes are known for wearing Luli Fama during their beach vacations.

Jennifer Lopez also continues to be an inspiration for her sexy designer bikinis; you can get inspired by the June issue of Vogue wherein she flaunted her abs and legs. There are many online websites providing reviews and guides regarding bikini wear. You can choose from all sorts of styles from string bikini to full coverage bikini including new designer pieces like Tankini or monokinis.
One of the latest successes when it comes to bikini style is Kate Upton, her sexy Sports Illustrated cover look stunned the world, it proves that you do not have to be skinny and it is alright to have curves. If you are full figured and you want to find a famous person in swimwear that you can get inspiration in, you can get that from Kate Upton.

The Top 5 Aerial Photographers… ever

  By Guest Poster | March 26, 2012 - 9:15 am |
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Aerial photography might be a feature of our daily lives we now take for granted but it is a relatively new art form with the first known image being taken in 1858.

French photographer Gaspar Felix Tournachon, known as Nadar, produced the first known aerial photograph from a tethered hot air balloon. The picture captured the French village of Petit-Becetre from a height of 80 metres and was developed using an innovative dark room on board the balloon.
These early photographs are no longer in existence but another, also from a hot air balloon, survived from 1860 when James Wallace Black and Samuel Archer King took a picture called Boston, as the Eagle and Wild Goose See It, from the air.

The first free flight balloon photos were captured by Triboulet over Paris in 1879.
In 1911, Russian military engineer Colonel Potte designed the first semi-automatic aerial camera which went on to be used on World War 1.

Other pilots such as Fred Zinn went on to further develop the use of aerial photographs for military use during the war years.

World War 1 veterans Francis Wills and Claude Graham White went on to form the first commercial aerial photography company, Aerofilms; Wills having worked as an observer with the Royal Naval Air Service and White as a pioneer aviator who became famous for having made the first night flight in 1910.
Their Aerofilms collection a total of 1.26 million negatives and 2000 albums – is now housed in the archive of National Monuments in Swindon.

Inventor Sherman Fairchild launched his own aircraft firm, Fairchild Aircraft, which designed and built aircraft to carry out high altitude survey work. By 1935, his craft carried specialist cameras capable of taking pictures at more than 20,000 feet, each covering more than 225 miles.

He won a government contract in 1938 to conduct an aerial survey of New Mexico to study the process of soil erosion. He later developed a more sophisticated high altitude camera with nine-lens in one unit able to take a photo of 600 square miles with each exposure from 30,000 feet.

Modern digital cameras enable people to take good quality amateur photographs from pleasure trips in planes and helicopters but the images are rarely as sharp as those captured by professional aerial photographers as they are taken typically through glass windows with an amount of engine vibration.
Professionals have captured amazing shots from above of animals, natural phenomena, construction, and feats of engineering; they have used pictures to show scale and contrast, colour and grandeur giving a perspective hard to glean from the ground. And while we stared wide eyed with admiration at their professionalism put into practice around the globe, it is still hard to beat seeing a photo of your own home from the air.

About the author: Ian Hay works for Above All Images, an aerial photography business.

How to take great aerial photographs

  By Guest Poster | February 16, 2012 - 9:03 am |
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Aerial photography is a beautiful form of photography offering stunning images we cannot see in our everyday lives but it is also very difficult.

This art form has fascinated photographers since it was invented in the 19th century and has developed in line with technological advances for use in producing maps, film-making, environmental studies, surveillance and commercial imagery.

Many people try to capture aerial photographs as they fly to holiday destinations or over their home in private aircraft but the quality is often hampered by the fact the shot is taken through glass which adds reflections. An example of a holiday destination aerial photograph without reflection is this image of Caenarfon Castle in Wales.

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The best aerial photography comes from small aircraft; planes or helicopters which fly slower than commercial aircraft and where windows can be opened. Helicopters are preferable as they can hover lower to the ground than a fixed wing craft and early morning or late night offers the best light to capture your images.

A stabilizer can be used to prevent vibrations interfering with aerial photography but the best advice is to use the fastest shutter speed on your camera to avoid blurring. A professional zoom will allow more light into the camera, the lens can be used at faster shutter speeds and your images will be sharper. Below is an example of a sharp image taken at not such great height!

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Rely on your pilot to advise when visibility is at its best and take plenty of shots you might never see your subject matter from this angle again and the more images you have when you get back on terra firma, the more choice you have to select your perfect aerial photograph.