Today I stumbled across this infinity pool image found at the Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore. I’m fascinated with infinity pools…never been in one yet. I’ll have to add that to my bucket list. (via National Geographic)
Read More10 things every creative person must learn
Photography celebrity Chase Jarvis offered a great artcile “10 things every creative person must learn” today which I though was spot-on. He did a good job of summarizing lessons I had to struggle to learn myself. If you’re a new photographer or designer, I definitely suggest giving this article some thought and putting it to heart. If...
Read MorePicture orders
Ordered Kingston’s photos last week? It came back looking pretty sweet. I might end up doing the full set of 12 of these and have them hung down one wall of my living room. Hmm…then again, I think having these picture tiles within reach of a 2 year old will mean I’ll get little cubes pulled off the walls and tossed at my head whenever he...
Read MoreZombie Picnic
When you think about it…why aren’t more wedding/engagement photos more creative like this series done by photog Amanda Rynda? I think my wife would have been game to doing something like this back in the day if we had considered this an option. Then again, I’m not sure our Chinese relatives would have understood the humor in bringing dead...
Read MoreKingston’s faces
Kingston’s deep into his terrible twos. He’s really good at throwing tantrums now. He finds little nooks around the house to hide while he soils his diapers. And he has a terrible habit of reaching up to slap your face when he gets super frustrated at something. I’ve been very systematic in trying to find out what methods seem to be most...
Read MoreCinema-graph
A nice little photography shooting challenge posted on Gizmodo this morning got me interested in looking into Cinema-graph (Cinemagraph?) work. Any old school ’90s web developer remember those animated GIFs right? Basically the same type of work but just done with photoshop masking as well. I personally think this effect works best when people are...
Read MoreAbout Me
LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching New Media Arts.