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 digital manipulation side of the process, although there's certainly plenty of that involved. No, I'm talking about the physical hard work combined with the often super-creative approaches that photographers employ in order to ensure that their final shot is the very best it can be.
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 ideas while giving the rest of us an enlightening glimpse into the reality that hides behind many a perfect picture.
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Miniature Car Models Create Realistic Historical Photos
Wedding Photography
Water Reflections
And now we know!!! I often wondered how certain photos had been created underwater!
Life In A Drop Photography
Surreal Miniature Photography
Girl Enjoying Rain
An observant person would have noticed that it's only raining on the leaf. But I do still love the effect!
Fox Close Up
Water Splash Background
Levitation
I'd think she would still have to be some sort of gymnist to be able to balance (and hold) like that. Wowza!
Wedding Photography
And after the shooting, clothes straight into the washing machine!!! ;-)
Photoshoot 25m Under The Sea In A Sunken Shipwreck
M&M’s In Water Drops
the m-n-m's on the main pic are lined up like rainbows, yet the reveal pic has them all mixed up in the bowl - a lie within a lie! ;)
Floating
How Landscape Photos Are Really Made
Splashing Roses Photography
Underwater Photoshoot
Heart-shaped Photo
the one who post this things doesn't know what a LIE means i think. this is bokeh, a light effect, not a lie
Levitation Shot
This had to take a lot of editing... a little too much for my liking but still a cool aftershot
How Rare White Curtain Auroras Are Made
Burning Lava
Yet it is listed as a lie. Don't know who's the idiot making this article but it's a fail.
Load More Replies...The photog admitted he photoshopped himself being on fire for drama. So this is a double photoshop. Lava that hot would be so hot one couldn't approach it let alone tolerate it.
yes, but the flip photo is also a lie - he added the flames in post... he got hounded for it.
In reality, if he was standing that close to a lava plow hot enough to light a tripod on fire, his skin would melt off. I've hiked out to this lava flow many times, and you can't stand within 5 feet of a flow without starting to feel intense burning on your skin.
its a realistic photo by nat geo not fake he is literally on the lava taking the picture so not a lie
Calling this one a lie is messed up, he's literally standing on molten rock
Bored Panda you're really bored..seriously you better change the title of this post as there is NO LIE in this particular photo and therefore you dishonour all photographers around the world.Sitting behing your laptop and making s**t statements. I'll unlike thus page, is seriously c**p.
It is a lie - the photographer added those flames around his feet and tripod. It's very misleading the way they've posted it.
Load More Replies...Quote: The photo is real, but the flames are not the result of spontaneous combustion. “The flames on the tripod and my shoes did not start because of the lava” Singson freely admits. “It’s like if you put your shoe in a hot frying pan, it will not catch fire right away”. Singson used an accelerant to start the flames then had his buddy snap the shot. The reason? “It’s just something I wanted for my Facebook cover photo”.
HE is almost as dedicated as Volcanologists...the highest turnover rate in science, but not from retirement
An actual legit pic that a photographer took risks to take... why is it on this list?
This is staged, the photographer has even admitted it. The flames have nothing to do with the fact he is taking a picture on hot terrain http://wafflesatnoon.com/burning-volcano-photographer/
Staged is not a lie. He really was standing on lava with his shoes and tripod on fire. Lie, I Do Not Think It Means What You (people) Think It Means.
Load More Replies...Another one that isn't trickery...it's *cool*, but it isn't trickery!
This is not a 'lie'. The saying is not "Liar Liar SHOES on Fire"; it's "Pants". This photograph only becomes a lie when the flames reach the photographer's pants. Stop making things up just to put them on your list.
How is this a lie?!? Is f***ing feet are on freaking fire...!!! he's maybe nuts but not a liar
Photoshop do a little research and you will find he even admitted it
Load More Replies...You have to wear fireproof shoes and antiheat leggings when you want to photograph anywhere near a recent volcanic eruption. It can take weeks for the lava to cool sufficiently. This may or may not be a genuine pic, but it certainly happens. Check out photography done on the Piton de Fournaise volcano in Reunion Island
lol no truth to this picture. This was a photoshopped picture. The flipped one. Boredpanda you are now just making stuff up because it's convenient for your article. at least do your research before you impulsively claim stuff.
You should take your own advice and do your research. It was staged, but it wasn't photoshopped.
Load More Replies...Mirror Lake
Large Bust
"Milk" In Cereal Commercials Is Often Glue
Creating An Indoor Blizzard
Bouncing Baby
Rock Climber
That's How It Looks Like In Real Life
The Illusion Of Different Spaces
Close-ups Of Snowflakes
Why is this fake? This is a legitimate way to achieve a good macro picture of ice...
Dreamy Effect
Wedding Photography
Underwater Dog
Background Trick
Perfume On A Glassy Surface
Umbrella
Underwater Photoshoot
How Mountains Landscape Photos Are Made Of
I've seen real life pictures just like this... why go through all that work?
Levitation Shoot
Lol so they just cut out the end of the dress where it's tied to hold up.. i don't like that they added a fake floating chair post production
Volcano Photography
he didn't want to burn his tripod or his feet like the other photographer!
Flour Photoshoot
Macro Photography
Food Styling Photography
Surrealistic Photoshoot In The Sea
Aurora Borealis
This is a lie only if you can't travel to a Nordic country where you can actually witness a superb aurora borealis.
Sinking Photography
Baby Photography
Levitation Photography
Romantic Couple Photoshoot
I really don't understand why the title of this post is so negativistic. It's not a lie, it's actually ART.
Capturing The Hummingbirds With 3d Camera
A Long-Exposure Picture While Zooming Out
Dreaming Of Flying
Bokeh Hearts
The Seashore
THere's aren't lies but methods to take creative photos. The lie is in the modeling, post-production world that suggests models have "perfect" skin, hair, waist, legs, arms, chest, etc. While many techniques are about creative utility., there is still a heavy focus on Photoshopping the subject until they're not human anymore. When the production team want's you to believe it's reality, where as these are artists wanting you to dream with them and believe, while understanding it's not real. It's analogous to "psychics" & magicians.
I would call the photos of the aurora borealis and all the fake landscapes lies but still cool
Load More Replies...Thank you Bored Panda! I found some really helpful tricks here! :)
I'll have a whole new perception of photos and a better understanding of how they might have been created, after seeing this post. Thank you Bored Panda!
It shows that a hell of a lot of work and thought goes into one photo. Anybody who thinks that photos tell a 'truth' is an idiot, anyway. The framing and the choice of camera angle leave very little that is 'real'
Right! Photos are always subjective. They show the photographers reality or what he wants others to think it's real! Murales, Orgosolo, Sardegna. Difference between the photos 3 steps and 3 seconds DSCF6963_S...4c1b4d.jpg
Load More Replies...most of these aren't "lies". just creative use of techniques and tools and the cameraman going above and beyond
Photography is not the biggest lie ever! These photos and the tricks used are pure genius! Show how much effort goes in taking one good shot!
Photography is not a lie, It's art.. something you guys clearly can't see if you call it a lie.
The real hero of the rock climbing photo was the photographer who trusted his safety to such a jury-rig.
The only one that I see as a "lie" would be the skittles picture.. in the picture they are color coordinated but when you look at the bowl they are mixed.. other than that they are not lies just creative techniques captured to show in a different perception
What's the lie? It's still photography. It's still beautiful to look at and there's nothing wrong with it. P:
Some great ideas here... though I think the use of Photoshop in some was a cheat.
What kind of lie is in doing underwater photography... underwater?
Photography as an art and not as a documentary literal conveying of a certain image, is a lie like every other form of art. In most presented cases, however, it's not even about a lie in the real sense of the word. The captured images are real. Even if we were there with our eyes we would see the same image if we looked from the same perspective. It's a matter of a point of view. As for the fact that the photo in question is only a piece of the picture and we don't get to see the big picture - that's another question. It's like saying that the image we see on Earth - a horizon, flat lands, seas, etc. is a lie, because viewed from outer space it looks totally different. ;)
The biggest "Lie" in the article was the use of the word "Lie" in the title. Everything else was simple photo editing , miniatures, or skillful use of a long lens.
Calling these 'lies' is a massive and irresponsible exaggeration for click-bait reasons, but this is a good way to get perspective on how optical illusions are created; some people probably don't realize that this is a thing.
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It's not lies, it's art and it's really interesting to see how it's done. Awesome.
What a lie! I always thought that models in an underwater shoot were some sort of mutants with gills.....never ever it crossed my mind they just used the oxygen tank of one of the other divers! Thanks for clearing that one up bored panda......*sarcasm mode off*
I got that water ripple effect with a lot less hassle once (it was for a much larger area) by reflecting a light off some mylar stretched over a frame which was then wiggled. I'd noticed before how the light reflecting off a gel looked rather nice and put that to good effect.
This is a pathetic story. Why are they lies? Does a painter always paint the truth, does the news always tell the truth, and have you always told the truth? All of these photos where not editorial in nature so there is no need to depict exact moments in time. Any photographer outside of the news, should be free to express and create what they want. I think you should rename the article to reflect the extra effort and creativity of the photographers in your article. Unlike you these people look at the world differently, evidently with more creativity and style than your boring white picket fence view of the world.
The wedding photo is perfectly normal! See the reflection underneath the photographer... And the cars one is simply made with good editing!
Personally for me. Tells me these people have excellent imagination, imagery and alot of ingenuity... I don't see this as a "lie" or "fake" just wonderful creativity, who cares about how the pictures were taken... What matters to me is that "it has an attraction" and yes it gets other's to gaze and appreciate good photo shot and a different perspective of how certain thing's re done... A reference to some lives out there icould put it as.
Hmmm the aurora and nature ones are disappointing as nature presents so many beautiful oppertunites the rest I am not too worried by
I've been going through these photos thinking 'What's your point?" none of the photographs are lies, all the article does is show HOW these effects are achieved. Artistic painting can be a lie, I know a painter who will create a painting which encompasses bits and pieces of four or five different scenes. All art is subjective, it doesn't matter how the end result is achieved, so long as it is the artist's vision, that is ALL that matters.
Yes because it's a big lie......thats why het let's his shoes and tripod burn.......
Load More Replies...Lies? cmon, maybe its the bored panda who lies about the title of this post...creativity is not a lie..should these photographers say their image is Staight Out Of the Camera (SOOC) ..that's a lie ..did they mention it? OFFENDING TITLE ...... and yet you post articles and photos that are actually post processed...and you gave them a good title... i don't wanna raise my middle finger...
So what is the problem? It still is a shot with a real camera and not something created on a computer. That is why their called Artist!
Lies aren't usually beautiful and all of these artists are creating pure beauty - Who ever came up with the title for this article is a poopoo
I really admire the human imagination and creativity. The man can do anything for adapting the reality (or their dreams) in a more beautiful image. It´s a lie? Yes, but are real in their minds... and i love end result. Them create magic .
There is nothing scummy with this images,as the headline points out. It shows how images, other ways impossible to create, are done using various techniques/effects. Best thing for this post will be a Title rename.
The title of the piece is misleading, but the photographs and the processes that helped create them are fascinating.
So you can't be creative all of the sudden? The intention isn't to bloody lie to you. It's create art and wonder through creativity and imagination. Pictures taken for beauty magazines, sure. They edit and change the models in post production, that's lies. But insulting creative and talented photographers and call them liars makes you look like a proper c**t.
It just shows photographers are creative ! The one with a drop and a couple in it really surprised me !
What a BS article. First, all these images were done for gain, yet you lump all photography together as lies. Second, since all photographs are two dimensional, no photograph accurately portrays reality. Telephoto lenses, short focus, b&w, arranging a group of people, all are distortions of reality.
¿En serio alguien piensa que son mentiras? Vaya mierda de artículo. Si se llamara "Cómo hicieron estas fotografías" o algo así pues todavía. Pero no veo qué parte de todo esto es una mentira, quitando el propio título.
A lot of these are either very ingenious (if not brilliant), or very insightful for someone not privy to these insider techniques, but I really don't appreciate those "how landscape photos are made (sic)" titles. No, it most definitely is not, it's simply how they *can* be *staged*, if one were inclined to, that's it.
THere's aren't lies but methods to take creative photos. The lie is in the modeling, post-production world that suggests models have "perfect" skin, hair, waist, legs, arms, chest, etc. While many techniques are about creative utility., there is still a heavy focus on Photoshopping the subject until they're not human anymore. When the production team want's you to believe it's reality, where as these are artists wanting you to dream with them and believe, while understanding it's not real. It's analogous to "psychics" & magicians.
I would call the photos of the aurora borealis and all the fake landscapes lies but still cool
Load More Replies...Thank you Bored Panda! I found some really helpful tricks here! :)
I'll have a whole new perception of photos and a better understanding of how they might have been created, after seeing this post. Thank you Bored Panda!
It shows that a hell of a lot of work and thought goes into one photo. Anybody who thinks that photos tell a 'truth' is an idiot, anyway. The framing and the choice of camera angle leave very little that is 'real'
Right! Photos are always subjective. They show the photographers reality or what he wants others to think it's real! Murales, Orgosolo, Sardegna. Difference between the photos 3 steps and 3 seconds DSCF6963_S...4c1b4d.jpg
Load More Replies...most of these aren't "lies". just creative use of techniques and tools and the cameraman going above and beyond
Photography is not the biggest lie ever! These photos and the tricks used are pure genius! Show how much effort goes in taking one good shot!
Photography is not a lie, It's art.. something you guys clearly can't see if you call it a lie.
The real hero of the rock climbing photo was the photographer who trusted his safety to such a jury-rig.
The only one that I see as a "lie" would be the skittles picture.. in the picture they are color coordinated but when you look at the bowl they are mixed.. other than that they are not lies just creative techniques captured to show in a different perception
What's the lie? It's still photography. It's still beautiful to look at and there's nothing wrong with it. P:
Some great ideas here... though I think the use of Photoshop in some was a cheat.
What kind of lie is in doing underwater photography... underwater?
Photography as an art and not as a documentary literal conveying of a certain image, is a lie like every other form of art. In most presented cases, however, it's not even about a lie in the real sense of the word. The captured images are real. Even if we were there with our eyes we would see the same image if we looked from the same perspective. It's a matter of a point of view. As for the fact that the photo in question is only a piece of the picture and we don't get to see the big picture - that's another question. It's like saying that the image we see on Earth - a horizon, flat lands, seas, etc. is a lie, because viewed from outer space it looks totally different. ;)
The biggest "Lie" in the article was the use of the word "Lie" in the title. Everything else was simple photo editing , miniatures, or skillful use of a long lens.
Calling these 'lies' is a massive and irresponsible exaggeration for click-bait reasons, but this is a good way to get perspective on how optical illusions are created; some people probably don't realize that this is a thing.
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It's not lies, it's art and it's really interesting to see how it's done. Awesome.
What a lie! I always thought that models in an underwater shoot were some sort of mutants with gills.....never ever it crossed my mind they just used the oxygen tank of one of the other divers! Thanks for clearing that one up bored panda......*sarcasm mode off*
I got that water ripple effect with a lot less hassle once (it was for a much larger area) by reflecting a light off some mylar stretched over a frame which was then wiggled. I'd noticed before how the light reflecting off a gel looked rather nice and put that to good effect.
This is a pathetic story. Why are they lies? Does a painter always paint the truth, does the news always tell the truth, and have you always told the truth? All of these photos where not editorial in nature so there is no need to depict exact moments in time. Any photographer outside of the news, should be free to express and create what they want. I think you should rename the article to reflect the extra effort and creativity of the photographers in your article. Unlike you these people look at the world differently, evidently with more creativity and style than your boring white picket fence view of the world.
The wedding photo is perfectly normal! See the reflection underneath the photographer... And the cars one is simply made with good editing!
Personally for me. Tells me these people have excellent imagination, imagery and alot of ingenuity... I don't see this as a "lie" or "fake" just wonderful creativity, who cares about how the pictures were taken... What matters to me is that "it has an attraction" and yes it gets other's to gaze and appreciate good photo shot and a different perspective of how certain thing's re done... A reference to some lives out there icould put it as.
Hmmm the aurora and nature ones are disappointing as nature presents so many beautiful oppertunites the rest I am not too worried by
I've been going through these photos thinking 'What's your point?" none of the photographs are lies, all the article does is show HOW these effects are achieved. Artistic painting can be a lie, I know a painter who will create a painting which encompasses bits and pieces of four or five different scenes. All art is subjective, it doesn't matter how the end result is achieved, so long as it is the artist's vision, that is ALL that matters.
Yes because it's a big lie......thats why het let's his shoes and tripod burn.......
Load More Replies...Lies? cmon, maybe its the bored panda who lies about the title of this post...creativity is not a lie..should these photographers say their image is Staight Out Of the Camera (SOOC) ..that's a lie ..did they mention it? OFFENDING TITLE ...... and yet you post articles and photos that are actually post processed...and you gave them a good title... i don't wanna raise my middle finger...
So what is the problem? It still is a shot with a real camera and not something created on a computer. That is why their called Artist!
Lies aren't usually beautiful and all of these artists are creating pure beauty - Who ever came up with the title for this article is a poopoo
I really admire the human imagination and creativity. The man can do anything for adapting the reality (or their dreams) in a more beautiful image. It´s a lie? Yes, but are real in their minds... and i love end result. Them create magic .
There is nothing scummy with this images,as the headline points out. It shows how images, other ways impossible to create, are done using various techniques/effects. Best thing for this post will be a Title rename.
The title of the piece is misleading, but the photographs and the processes that helped create them are fascinating.
So you can't be creative all of the sudden? The intention isn't to bloody lie to you. It's create art and wonder through creativity and imagination. Pictures taken for beauty magazines, sure. They edit and change the models in post production, that's lies. But insulting creative and talented photographers and call them liars makes you look like a proper c**t.
It just shows photographers are creative ! The one with a drop and a couple in it really surprised me !
What a BS article. First, all these images were done for gain, yet you lump all photography together as lies. Second, since all photographs are two dimensional, no photograph accurately portrays reality. Telephoto lenses, short focus, b&w, arranging a group of people, all are distortions of reality.
¿En serio alguien piensa que son mentiras? Vaya mierda de artículo. Si se llamara "Cómo hicieron estas fotografías" o algo así pues todavía. Pero no veo qué parte de todo esto es una mentira, quitando el propio título.
A lot of these are either very ingenious (if not brilliant), or very insightful for someone not privy to these insider techniques, but I really don't appreciate those "how landscape photos are made (sic)" titles. No, it most definitely is not, it's simply how they *can* be *staged*, if one were inclined to, that's it.