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The internet is full of beautiful and amazing photographs, but do you ever stop and wonder just what went into that perfect shot? I'm not just talking about the photo editing side of the process, although there's certainly plenty of that involved behind the scenes. No, I'm talking about the hard physical work combined with the often super-creative approaches that photographers employ to ensure that their final shot is the very best depiction of their photoshoot ideas.
Take a look at these behind the scenes pictures to see what we mean. Compiled by Bored Panda, they're sure to give the budding photographer some fresh photography ideas while providing the rest of us an enlightening glimpse into the reality of hard work, photo manipulation and Photoshop ideas that hides behind many a perfect picture.
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Miniature Car Models Create Realistic Historical Photos
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Surreal Miniature Photography
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Fox Close Up
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Wedding Photography
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M&m’s In Water Drops
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Photoshoot 25m Under The Sea In A Sunken Shipwreck
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Underwater Dog
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Wedding Photography
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Levitation
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That's How It Looks Like In Real Life
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Mirror Lake
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Floating
Bambi Bambszi 8 years ago
Well you didn't think that the girl and the chair really flew, did you?
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Food Styling Photography
Tammy Chapman 8 years ago
This one makes me laugh....silly. I love the comment "the bloody food" by ScribbleArtie. lmao I'm American and a Texan at that. We don't use the term bloody, unless it's to describes actual blood. lol
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Wedding Photography
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Underwater Photoshoot
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Baby Photography
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Perfume On A Glassy Surface
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Underwater Photoshoot
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Umbrella
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Close-ups Of Snowflakes
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How Rare White Curtain Auroras Are Made
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Behind The Scenes Of Pit Bull Flower Power Photoshoot
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Capturing The Hummingbirds With 3D Camera
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Macro Photography
Lotus Buccola 8 years ago
I'm always jelly of these guys. I get near a dragonfly or bug and AWAY!!! T_T
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How Landscape Photos Are Really Made
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Surrealistic Photoshoot In The Sea
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Flour Photoshoot
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Romantic Couple Photoshoot
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Volcano Photography
Arti Maharaj 8 years ago
Damn! if I could've created a volcano like that for high school :P How was the volcano made? its very very cool!
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How Mountains Landscape Photos Are Made Of
Lena Hunter 8 years ago
I feel like I would run into so many photographers just buying cotton balls and spray bottles
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Aurora Borealis
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What do you think ?
Leonie Spierings 8 years ago
Maybe it's just me but there are very little true 'behind the scenes' photo's and some that just,.. takes a lot of time capturing. Like the Romantic couple, how else would that photo have been taken?
fanfic DREW 8 years ago
I had the same though ... same could be said about the dog trying to catch a ball underwater
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Raylene Hamson 8 years ago
I thought they were very clever, and just shows what can be achieved when thinking outside the box....well done !!
Hillary Bowden 8 years ago
So what do all of you naysayers think movies are? Especially the ones with all of those special effects? I think this photography is fantastic and takes a heckuva lot of creativity!!!
Egle Bitinaite 8 years ago
Well, photography implies realism, and has been used as a tool to document reality, at least before advanced editing was invented. Much more so than fictional films and paintings, which utilize imagination
Leonie Spierings 8 years ago
Maybe it's just me but there are very little true 'behind the scenes' photo's and some that just,.. takes a lot of time capturing. Like the Romantic couple, how else would that photo have been taken?
fanfic DREW 8 years ago
I had the same though ... same could be said about the dog trying to catch a ball underwater
Load More Replies... Raylene Hamson 8 years ago
I thought they were very clever, and just shows what can be achieved when thinking outside the box....well done !!
Hillary Bowden 8 years ago
So what do all of you naysayers think movies are? Especially the ones with all of those special effects? I think this photography is fantastic and takes a heckuva lot of creativity!!!
Egle Bitinaite 8 years ago
Well, photography implies realism, and has been used as a tool to document reality, at least before advanced editing was invented. Much more so than fictional films and paintings, which utilize imagination
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