Capturing these lovely instruments with creativity adds to the charm of the photo. Creativity is the key for photographing anything, and musical instruments are no exception. This post brings you 30 inspiring pieces of musical instrument themed photography. All of these photos have great compositions, and are full of energy and creativity. Enjoy!

Girl with guitar – Gabor Kanovits

Cherry music – carlo pautasso

Piano Keyboard – erinphotofiend

symphony to my best friend – dete

Guitar Hero – erinphotofiend

Washburn Revisited – in the bag solutions

An Old Hand – Kirk Cypel

Acoustic Guitar- MDunckley

Music is my life – Caras Ionut

Whammy Bar Detail – MikeAncient

Guitar – MDunckley

Guitar – MDunckley

In the flash? – Mikolaj Kuchowicz

Ancient large saxophone – Juraj Cicatko

Volutas – Fran.Marchena

melodious perspective – victoria.starr

gypsy violin – victoria.starr

Inspiration… – Andre

La Maladie – Ileana Bosogea

Kelly.three – Marco Polticchia

Poem of restrained skies – Codrin Lupei

Rockstar – dizzysyd

A world without music.. – Todd Bedo

Dusty Ricky Neck – Darren Riley

3Keys-b&w – Neal

BeautifulStrings2009 – No real name given

Music gives force to the people on the world – Mihály Bálint

Drum – Asbury Streets – Marco Abis

Strings – Jenn Vargas

Something Like A Crooked Smile – Jeremy Brooks

My beautiful sax – Becca

Check out these 30 sorrow-filled photographs that will inspire you to take more emotive portrait photographs.

sorrow by Dechobek

pain. by B1B1

Sorrow by Slgado

The sorrow of sparrow by Angedevil

sorrow by imxanxillusion

The Sorrow by =Dr4kon

Tree of Sorrow… by *angelreich

Sweet Sorrow by *FurtiveLungs

Sorrow by Gasan

All The Paintings Wear A Frown by Tim Snell

Pensive frown by Daros Koding

Frown by Karen McCrea

Crying angle by Elena Thompson

Constant Sorrow by Pierre Sauvignon

stay in love with my sorrow by `Princess-of-Shadows

Waiting.. by mds

sadness on sunday morning by Fitra Pranadjaja

sadness by barbara

by Arash Karimi

……… by Robert

To Have And Not To Hold by Daria Endresen

Sadness by Henrik

goodbye by barbara

Sorrow by Flavio Ewerton

Sorrow by interstellar burst

secret & obscure sorrow by Arizona-BabyDoll

Sadness is beautiful ! .. by Jasmin Ahmad

Sorrow by Elizabeth Hudson

Sorrow Is Her Name By Elen888

Sorrow By Maya Alameddine

The human eye is an organ which reacts to light for several purposes, most notably for sight. The human eye can distinguish about 10 million colors and in many ways, human vision defines our impression of reality.

Here are 30 beautifully taken photos that only focus on the eyes. We have a variety of eyes that are striking, quirky, dreamy, expressive and dark.

Look at Me by Jordan Barrett

Apprentice of the Universe by Cory Smith

The Window to the Soul By Ian Connors

Me By Juliana Verdugo

Rachel’s eye By loupiote (Old Skool)

Glazed By Jordan Barrett

The Window to the soul By cwiewiora

PokerEye By Peter Vahlersvik

My Dads Amazing Eye by Natalion

Eye Of the TiGer by SeXes

Bibi’s green eye By loupiote (Old Skool)

The Eye Of Jenny by kiolero

Father of the Eye By ~Dezz~

Eye by Michele Catania

anke-rega-eye By loupiote (Old Skool)

Eye see the world by Assaf_F

Eye by remography

Green eye by photo.vju

Emma’s eye by Punta1

Decon’s beautiful eye! by loupiote (Old Skool)

My eye by Jenna Walmer

The world through her eyes by Always An Alien

Catherine’s beautiful eye By loupiote (Old Skool)

Eye eye by memoreks

My eye by SophieMuc

Eye can see you by somebear

I’m watching you By Markus Velten

Liza’s eye By loupiote (Old Skool)

Earache, My Eye! By Laurel714

The eye By Arisu Saktos

Here is an awesome collection of 30 milk themed photographs to inspire you.  Next time you are drinking a glass of milk, think about these photographs for inspiration and try taking your own!

Milky By Sedef ISIK

Cookies and Milk By *La-Vita-a-Bella

Droplets By Manny Larioza

Milk Drop 6000 By Buck Cash

MILK By ~cfcoughlin

Milk Shot By miracsaglam

3D Picture Of Milk by Saad Imran

Awesome Milk Photography by Andrey Razumovsky

The Accident By Carly W

The Drink of Life By Vermin Inc

Milk Drop Photography by Luc V

Milk by ~romio900

Milksnare by alvise silenzi

High Speed Milk Photography By planetoftheweb

Fotorecopilatorio 53

Milk on milk By Gavin

Nest of milk by Tom MacDonald

Cherry Drop By bda668

Mediterranea Body Milk Sculptor

Milk Splash by ~HL-Photography

Don’t cry over spilt milk…by sandra

Holy Grail By photoboothguy

A Well Of Milk by Francesca Birini

BlackBerry By Dan. D.

Spilled milk by Andrea S

Coffee splash by ~guszti132

milk photography

Got Milk? By masaaidhs

Black currant juice splashing into milk By ngari.norway

A portrait should express the identity and emotions of a person. The ultimate goal is to capture the soul and essence of a person in a photograph, but there are a lot of potential ways to do that. One of the great ways to work with portrait photography is by using half-portrait photography. Using this, it makes the viewer only able to see the half, but it forces them to examine the other half that is missing and understand the person in the photo.

See what I mean with these fantastic examples of half-portrait photography.

Sentimental by CathS

half life by Yavuz Sariyildiz

red by Elzbieta Derlaga

Untitled by Spigana

Half solved, Half secret by Farbod Green

a different view by ErolAYYILDIZ

Cow portrait by Herr H

Untitled by Vladimir Bolshakov

Half Moon by eugkyr

My other half by Maria Teresa Sanseverino

Sara by Tomek Dyczewski

Untitled by Drama_11

Brothers by deskounlmtd

Bijou by Resh Haydee

Picaso by Cory Smith

Half a twin.. by Patricia

Oana – Half by Razvan Radu

Untitled by laurenmark

Behind by Magnus Sundström

You Looking at Me? by Guillaume Megevand

That’s a Good Question by O-live-ia

Vertigo by idani

The Half of Me by lisse-wolf

2 Half Faces = 1 Whole Face? by amadika

You are my better half by Circus-Wonderland

Her style does involve postwork however, by using filters such as Fractalius, Smudge and color filters, she is able to achieve soft and beautiful effects in her photography.

Check out these incredible photographs from Juliana, and also be sure to check out her profiles below:

• Juliana on 500Px
• Juliana on Fine Art America

My Face in the Rain

Mirror World

Golden Autumn

Prism of Life

Soul of a Butterfly

Ice Embrace

The Deep Forest

Fire Heart

.o’*'o.

Endless Sky

Queen of Flowers

Touching the Heavens

~*~

Night Breeze

*”*”*

I Like to Listen When it Rains

The Silence in Me

Dreamer

Summer Memories

~\*/~

As we gear up for New Year’s 2012, it is only fitting to see some inspiring examples of reflection photography to inspire you as you look for insight and reflect on your own past year.

Lake Mystic by Tad Cholinski

Neighbors by Dirk Eidner

Reflection by azimos

Paint it Blue by Philippe Sainte-Laudy

Puddle’s Reflection by Mustardplz

Solace by sutarmin

Reflected in the Stars by Antonio Grambone

Follow the Flow by Photonook

Glacierized by Ralf Mack

Prague by O-Renzo

Hitchcock’s Sunset by Mischa de Wilt

The Photographer by Thaib Chaidar

Kintyakuta by Kouji Tomihisa

reflejada en el mar de cristal by atwose

Let it Rain by David Marcu

Market Square by paralaxa

Black Hole Sun by Jean Philippe Meurice

Reflection by The96th

Wanaka, That Tree #1 by Brad Grove

Kirkjufell by Raymo

Situn Gunung Moment by albertus m adi windianto

In the Moment by Christopher J Ashdown

The Rising Sun by Armand Belakov

Liquid Time by Uros Florjancic

Raincatcher by Mandy Schoch

Ice by Brin

Reflection by Elisabeth Gustafson

Small World by Ralf Greiner

Hannover Rathaus by Sprengben

3 Sisters by Anna Veronika

In this collection, I’ve gathered up some of my favorite examples of Christmas photography. Check them out:

Snowflake by Karl W.

Christmas Snow by Michael Mounts

Christmas Reflections by Ellipsis Imagery

Feliz Natal by SeLuSaVa

Christmas to Me by Ryan Mattson

Advent by Andreas Adelmann

Christmas by diduuuuu

I See Stars by Sylvia

Christmas Tree by DreAminginDigITal

Disney’s Hollywood Studios by Matt Pasant

Christmas by lucky008

Family Christmas 2010 by isayx3

Happy Holidays by Stevacek

x-mas day swim by lomokev

Hearst Christmas by Aaron M

Living Room by Dave DiCello

Something needs to be done every December ! by kktp

Hamburg Christmas Fair by Wolfram Schubert

A Neo-Rockwellian Christmas by Trey Ratcliff

Christmas with Snow by Fort Photo

Gingies Galore by Heartfelt Handmade by heartfelthandmade

Christmas Tree by Yuriy Romadin

Christmas is Sweet by allendoesphotos

Christmas in NYC by C Hamr

Christmas Lights by Annabel Evelyn

Christmas Atmosphere by Dario Quaroni

Oh Christmas Tree by Ryan Wright

Christmas Cats by fornacon

Christmas time has come by *yiiikes

Christmas Pug by garnettrules21

However, surrealism has a large cultural influence even today, and with digital techniques, many photographers and photomanipulators strive to create stunning surreal art. Here’s a selection of the best:

Surreal Seduction by Ion Trifu

Cleaner by Peter Cakovsky

Broken Hearth by Asit

Surreal by Divio Gomes

Surreal Tuba by Patrick Desmet

Born by Dmitry Laudin

VIP by Ben Goossens

Marsh Face by Fran Zarak

Impossible Time by Thoum

Angel by Alex Saberi

The Tool of Tools by Christophe Kiciak

Only OPENS, if you are open for fantasy. by Ben Goossens

The Dream Catcher by Hengki Lee

Next Generation by Boris Schwemin

My BC by Ursula

Changing Views by Ben Goossens

The Balcony by Christophe Kiciak

Surreal World by Stephan Schropel

Flower Arranging by Chris Dixon

Lightheaded by Christophe Kiciak

Last Month of Winter by Dmitry Laudin

Faces in the Street by Adrian Donoghue

Big Town Exodus by Ben Goossens

Duel by Dariusz

The inaccessible pinnacle by Patrick Desmet

From the Other Side by PhotoCosma

Enlightened Town Poet by Ben Goossens

California Dreaming by John Poon

Underwater Atmosphere In My Bathroom by Hari Sulistiawan

My White Mystic by Milan Malovrh

Mythology aside, birds are a vital part of the natural ecosystems they reside in, keeping insect populations under control, pollenizing plants or trees, as well as providing spectacular visuals. Photographers love to capture pictures of birds, because their combination of color varieties, ability to fly and contrast against the still background makes for great photography.

Here are some majestic examples of bird photography.

Siesta by Istvan Lichner

Birds… from Hitchcock by Fátima Silveira

The Last Drop by Elroyie David

Hummingbird by Bryan Hellman

Bird Bath by Andy Catlin

Starlings by Mats Grimfoot

the Wall by holger droste

Batman & Robin by BogdanBoev

Kung Fu Master by Lina Gunawan

Roller Bird by Jamie Wright

Sun Bird by ARuitenberg Photography

Cockfight by Ario Wibisono

Teaser by Johan Lind

Angel by Alex Saberi

Silly Walk by andreas612

Cold Morning Flight by Doug Roane

Morning Singer by Dare Turnsek

Snack by Alfredo Sanchez

Every Day is Sushi Day by Oystein Eriksen

Golden Bird by Rafael Dvn

Flamingo Bird by Robert Rouse

Widowbird by Stephen Earle

Entre el cielo y el suelo by DarcoTT

Hooded Crows by Sampo Kiviniemi

The Scream by Mario Jean

Secretary Bird by Ken Watkins

European Bee-eater Fight by Filipe Caetano

Song for Flies by Gabriel Prescornita

Air Born by Zhecho Planinski

Fight Club by Mircea Costina