Sometimes you might think it is impossible for a building to look like that, as some models look so twisted. Of course besides them having weird shapes and designs, architects have to think about their usability and safety.

Architecture might seem rigid from the design point of view, because of the factors I have already mentioned, but creative people always find a workaround and they make their creations fun and at the same time safe to use. This is why they are up to break all the rules and go for something impressive and strange at the same time.

Check out a series of photos depicting amazing architectures from all over the world. I myself was impressed to be honest.

Strange and Awesome Buildings Architecture

La Pedrera (Barcelona, Spain)

Esplanade Theatres, Singapore

Montreal Biosphère (Canada)

Tenerife Concert Hall (Canary Islands, Spain)

State Department for Traffic (Tbilis, Georgia)

Kunsthaus (Graz, Austria)

John Curtin School of Medical Research (Australia)

Royal Ontario Museum Expansion (Toronto, Canada)

Pabellon de Aragon (Zaragoza)

Water Tower (Zaragoza)

The Valencia Opera House (Valencia, Spain)

Water Cube (Beijing, China)

National centre for the performing arts (Beijing, China)

Burj al Arab (Dubai, UAE)

Jumeirah Emirates Towers (Dubai, UAE)

Great arche of defense (Paris, France)

Turning Torso (Malmö, Sweden)

Nord LB building (Hannover, Germany)

Cubic Houses (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

National Architects Union Headquarters (Romania)

Gherkin Building (London, UK)

Edificio Mirador (Madrid, Spain)

The National Library (Minsk, Belarus)

Shoe House (Pennsylvania, USA)

Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles, California, USA)

Habitat 67 (Montreal, Canada)

Wonderworks (Pigeon Forge, TN, USA)

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! (Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada)

Ripley’s Building (Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada)

Solar Furnace (Odeillo, France)

Erwin Wurm: House Attack (Viena, Austria)

Stata Center (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)

Kansas City Public Library (Missouri, USA)

The Basket Building (Ohio, USA)

Forest Spiral Building (Darmstadt, Germany)

Dancing Building (Prague, Czech Republic)

The Crooked House (Sopot, Poland)

I think there is nothing more fun in an airplane ride than to notice the tiny buildings and trees from up above. Taken from airplanes, helicopters or hot air balloons, aerial photos give us the chance to see the world from a different angle. Even places that you know very well, seem different when you check them out from up above.

These photos taken from the sky are truly amazing and they represent different places from all over the earth. Check them out!

Fortunately for those who didn’t have the chance to see all this beauty for real, there are underwater submarines with advanced technology that shoot amazing photos and videos of the still unexplored beauties of the underwater world.

There is something mysterious about the world under the water, something captivating that’s worth to be explored. We have selected a series of photos depicting amazing underwater sceneries, and we hope you will also be impressed.

There is no need to use editing softwares or a professional camera, because you can use your imagination by creating outstanding effects with the right angle of the camera and the way you place objects in a picture. You can create an optical illusion by making your objects look biggeror smaller than they actually are.

Make the Eiffel Tower stand on your hand or lean on the Tower of Pissa. You can create pretty amazing and unique shots by using this technique.

If you wonder how it is done, check out these inspiring photos and get creative!

Forced Perspective Photography

What is good about HDR is that it can make even the ugliest photo look good, but once again – without exaggerations. Some people just over saturate their photos, thinking this would make it look good. All you have to do is know how to make it – and there are a lot of artists willing to share it on the Web so some research won’t hurt. If your camera doesn’t have this property, or you didn’t have time to make and HDR or it was simply not the right moment – then you can easily process your photos in one of the editing softwares out there. Just give it a try and you will see the wonders you can achieve. Here, we have collected some great tutorials that might help you in case you have decided to go HDR!

Gritty HDR Photo Effects

Exposure Blending Tutorial

Creating An HDR Photo Effect In 3 Simple Steps

How to create HDR Photos – HDR/Photomatix tutorial

HDR Tutorial with Photomatix

HDR Photoshop Effect Tutorial

Post Processing HDR Tutorial

Quick HDR Effect Photoshop CS5 Tutorial

How to easily fake an HDR effect in photoshop

Merging HDR in Photoshop Tutorial

HDR Tutorial Guide Thing for Photomatix

Applying HDR Styling to a Portrait Image

Applying HDR Styling to a Close-Up Image

Applying HDR Styling to a Scenic Nature Image

There are tons of things you could do to a photo, even if, once you took it, it doesn’t look that special. Some photographers even state that 80 percent of the effect a photo has on a viewer is about the way it has been edited. If, for example when you take a photo, you don’t have time to set the right exposure; you might be able to edit it and make it look right. Or, you can add different other effects that will make your photo stand out from the crowd.

One way to learn all of these is by watching tutorials – these are really helpful and make it easier for you to understand what you have to do. Check out this collection of photography tutorials and techniques that will hopefully help you.

Painting with Light

Indie Movie Effect

Sunset Light to Light Portraits Effect

Two Tone Silhouette Effect

Photograph Water Drops

Photographing Car Light Trails

Macro Photography Tips

Manipulated Smoke Effect

Sabatier Effect

Escher’s Droste Effect

Dynamic Lighting Effect

Vintage Effect

Diorama Illusion Effect

Coloring a Black and White Image

Cinematic Portrait Effect

Tilt Shifting Photography

Lomo Photography

Infrared Photography

How to Create Professional HDR Images

Removing Objects From Photos

Exposure Blending Tutorial

By working with raw photo material in special software, a photo artist can create fantastic pieces. Obviously, photo manipulation art requires profound skills both in photography and designing. You have to be extremely precise if you want to reach miraculous results. Thankfully, nowadays there are numerous step-by-step tutorials available on-line so you can start from the basic techniques and then proceed with more challenging tasks.

However, we believe that it’s always worthy to have a look at the brilliant examples of photo manipulation art which will inspire you and show what results you can reach. So in this post we have gathered the most impressive pictures in different techniques and styles and we’re glad to invite you to discover the magic world of photo manipulation art!

If you have never heard of it and have no idea what is that than I would be happy to explain the basics. Tilt shift miniature faking is a technique in which the photographer manipulates the angle of a tilt-shift lens in order to create an illusionary effect of depth of field, so that some objects are focused while the other are really blurred. This creates the illusion that some objects are smaller in comparison to other objects near them.

So I tried it following each step in the tutorial and I was just amazed with the results. Who needs a super expensive macro lens when you can create an extraordinary effect – well I personally loved it and I do recommend it to you guys.

This selection of tilt-shift tutorials will give you more information on this subject and I hope it will help you get the effect you want. And don’t worry, it’s a piece of cake!

Tilt Shift Tutorials

Tilt-Shift Miniature Fake Technique in Photoshop CS

Tilt Shift Photography – Video Photoshop Tutorial

How to Make Fake Miniature Scenes

Simulated tilt-shift using Photoshop Elements

Faking Tilt-Shift – a Tutorial for Realistic Miniaturised Photos

Fake model photography

Simulate original pictures as model photography

Create Tilt-shift Miniature Effect in Photoshop

Tilt-Shift Photography Photoshop Tutorial

How to Create Your Own Tilt-Shift Photograph in Photoshop

Tilt-Shift Photography and Photoshop Tutorial

How do tilt shift lenses work?

Turn any Lens into a Tilt-Shift or Macro

How Shift Lenses Change Your Life

Using Tilt Shift Lenses to Control Perspective

Focusing Tilt-Shift Lenses

Let’s take urban photos for instance – the thing is that HDR can make an apparently ugly city with weird buildings look absolutely amazing. However it is important not to overdo it, as it might look unnatural.

Today we have decided to showcase 35 amazing HDR photos of 35 cities from all over the world. You might notice that if it’s your city, or that if you have visited it, it will have a totally different image as an HDR photo. Some photographers dedicate their whole work to this special type of photography and here, you have a chance to appreciate them. Hope you will get a generous dose of inspiration and enjoy the photos below!

Santiago, Chile

Amsterdam, Holland

Lisbon, Portugal

Moscow, Russia

Dublin, Ireland

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cairo, Egypt

Düsseldorf, Germany

Naples, Italy

Marrakech, Morocco

Warsaw, Poland

Stockholm, Sweden

Bruxelles, Belgium

Denver, USA

Asturias, Brazil

Bangkok, Thailand

Tokyo, Japan

Vancouver, Canada

Toronto, Canada

Long Beach, USA

San Francisco, USA

Louisville, USA

Boston, USA

Chicago, USA

Paris, France

Rome, Italy

Venice, Italy

Athens, Greece

Reykjavik, Iceland

Brisbane, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Geneva, Switzerland

Frankfurt, Germany

Monaco, Monaco

Ávila, Spain

Although I like bikes more and I can’t actually drive a car in the first place – I do appreciate good photos depicting vintage cars – it just makes me  imagine how life used to be and how people used to live and I so wish to be back there for just a few minutes and see it all to myself.

Anyway enough with the babbling just buckle up and enjoy a neat collection of photos picturing some old style cars we find to be pretty interesting and let us know what you think about this collection.