Author: Federico Alegria

This is a message to all photographers around the world — nature enthusiast or not — we all own the means to address this directly. As an art form, photography took a pivotal turn towards this straight path thanks to nature. Ansel Adams and his talented squad of f/64 aperture lovers can be seen as […]

Capturing nature in aesthetic ways is something desirable for photographers for sure. But beyond the required visual taste for achieving such shots, it also requires patience. Nature demands exploration and a sense of adventure, but sometimes those conditions are constrained by financial and physical variables we simply can’t escape from… Thankfully, photography is benevolent and […]

One could think there’s nothing much more to say about the beauty of flowers. And all of a sudden, you find yourself in a situation in which it becomes novel and unique; even unfamiliar. Just like what happened to Isabela’s gift in Encanto after finding the charm in desert and tropical flora. Earlier this week, […]

Our interest in nature is undeniable, hence all of the photographic images produced from nature for almost 200 years now. Nature photography wraps up a whole bunch of genres — landscape, macro and wildlife. Sadly, finding pristine nature — free of any trace of human existence — is becoming more scarce as the years go […]

Have you ever noticed how appealing certain imperfections in our photographs are? The most common experiences have to be —by far— those produced by our shaky hands. When it comes to photography, the slightest of shakes become visible. Nevertheless, light’s speed can play in our favour by using fast shutter speeds, but why are we […]

Keeping up with our abstract nature series, we now present an even more challenging effort from our community. This time, our members focused their attention on the intricate nature of water through the lens of the abstract. When it comes to words, there’s little we can tell from rivers, ponds, and rain; fog and snow […]