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Welcome to the weekly Light Stalking community wrap! Symmetry is one of those familiar themes in visual communication, however, its origin is more artificial than natural. Perfect symmetry is scarce in nature, and we humans seek to achieve it with our creations. On the other hand, everything sort of fits under asymmetry but just a […]
We’re really happy to announce the winner of October’s competition “The Unseen Perspective.” For those of you who don’t know, the Light Stalking Monthly Photography Competition carries a $100 People’s Choice Award and a $250 Overall Winner Award. The People’s Choice Winner is selected by a vote of the community, whereas the overall winner is selected by our guest judge. […]
Welcome to the Light Stalking weekly community wrap up! Photography offers grounded representations of reality. However, the slight change in the multitude of variables results in quite singular frames. If grouped, some of these will relate to light surrounding conditions — aka ISO. Some others will fall on what we call exposure; last but definitely […]
Symmetry is a compositional technique in photography that is capable of lending a feeling of harmony and balance in a photograph. This technique can be used to capture both natural and manmade subjects that already have a symmetrical structure or can be captured as reflections that show symmetry due to the mirrored image in the […]
Welcome to the weekly Light Stalking community update! If there’s a pure classic theme in photography, light and shadow should be it. However, when pulled apart each adds the needed ingredients for any photograph to be. Yes, our camera captures light, but this swift phenomenon behaves in crazy ways while bumping into everything around us. […]
Welcome to the Light Stalking community weekly wrap up! Since the dawn of time, our insatiable nature has longed to reach higher grounds. Building above two stories was just the start, and as we perfected our engineering skills, the craft of ascending became something of everyday life. However, there’s something humbling and quite universal in […]
Welcome to the Light Stalking weekly community update! Tersha announced a new photography challenge on the unseen perspective, or how we can explore popular venues in different ways. Beyond the notorious cliché, our visual thinking can improve by opening to new possibilities around a specific subject. For this week, we got a great response from […]
Landscape photography can be one of the most challenging of all photography genres. It is not just about pointing the camera at a scene and photographing it, but looking for the best light that will enhance the landscape and making use of powerful compositional guidelines that will make the image more compelling. Here are 18 […]
Welcome to the weekly Light Stalking community update! Considering the patience required by wildlife photography, a call for birds is a bold move. To achieve such images, some technicalities have to be resolved before even starting to compose your shot. Telephoto lenses are pretty much required, and fast-shutter speeds will be common on your exposure […]
As I come to the end of my Asia trip, there has been one camera that I have used around 80% of the time. But which one is it and why? If you follow my articles here on Light Stalking, you will know that I planned a 5 week trip to South East Asia to […]