Kim Siciliano takes some astonishingly delicious photos of the desserts that she bakes. With her attention to detail and great light, there is no doubt that they taste as good as they look! For those masochists who enjoy the waiting process, she even has time-elapsed videos of her goods in the oven.
You can see more of her work on her website, and read up on her food blog here.
Alfred Pleyer from Austria has captured touching portraits of locals during his travels to Vietnam and Thailand. In his galleries, the simplicity and joy of life flows through the faces of those he met.
His travel galleries include great sweeping landscapes as well as minute details, and can be viewed here.
Cor Bosman has a most impressive collection of underwater photography. Fish, fronds and fiends unite in his galleries:
Tim O’Connell’s photos from his LA to NY cruise on the QE2 are quite spectacular and convey all the joys and excitement of a world tour:
View the entire gallery here, which includes shots from Acapulco, Panama, Jamaica and more.
The FullTimers are an adventurous duo who travel the country and live on the road. The collection of shots from their nomadic lifestyle is charming and refreshingly diverse in subjects.
I stumbled upon some jaw-dropping digital art by a talented woman named Iryna Smolych. Combining photography and true digital manipulation, this freelance artist (who goes by the name Josephine) has found her own window into a magical world.
According to her biography page: “… Sometimes I want to make my own world, fantastic world, world without sufferings and anger, without envy and lie. I want that my world would be full of beauty and dreams, cleanness and love.”
You can see more of her portraits and landscapes here.
With the changing of seasons, a few good storm photos can never be beat. Bob Phinney of Arizona has a collection of impressive lightning shots taken during the late summer monsoon period:
