Over the last 150 or so years that photography has been in our lives, it didn't undergo much change until twenty years ago.  While film sizes and developing techniques had minor changes, it wasn't until the 80's when the first glimmer of the future of photography started to appear with auto-focus camera's and faster frames per seconds.  Then digital came and has forever changed our lives. Here's a look at what predictions could be forthcoming in the future of photography, some more realistic then others, all are somewhat plausible though. In camera HDR. High dynamic range photography has been more of a curse then a blessing as most photographers see it.  Most over-use the ability and create more art images compared with a true photography, layering and layering until what they have more closely resembles a digitally created image, not a photograph.  If a camera can have the ability to do HDR on the fly, in camera it could open up the door for better, more equally exposed images. Unlimited ISO.  High end DSLRs now seem to be able to shoot in near total darkness, however the blacks still tend to go green in hue.  Working towards better chips that don't get as hot ...

Whether you’re a pro photographer or an aspiring amateur, you cannot ignore the fact that one of the most popular places to share photos, talk about photography and learn the art is the internet. And if you’re on the internet, you’re probably going to get a lot of the best photography interaction on social media sites. Here are our list of social media applications that make life so much more pleasant for we photographers – pro and amateur alike. Flickr – No other site has yet come close to it in terms of popularity. This is about the easiest way to share your photos online, not to mention comment (or get comments) on them as well as chat and connect with other photographers. The privacy settings also mean you can keep everything away from public eyes and just use it as a place to store your images. And we even have a LightStalking Flickr group which is awesome! [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Photo by Zanastardust"][/caption] Picasa – Probably the only real challenger to Flickr at the moment is Google’s Picasa. While the site itself is great, it’s the free downloadable software that really makes this setup attractive. It is probably the best free ...

A lot of great photographers struggle to get the word out about their work, if the amount of messages and Tweets we get is any indication. And in the end we think photographers should be doing what they do best - taking photos! Well, we put our heads together and decided to come up with a partial solution. You see, the LightStalking Twitter account is doing remarkably well and is on the cusp of 30,000 followers with close to 500 new fans each and every day. Up till now, we have been trawling the internet for good stuff to tweet to our followers. Now, that's where you come in. If you write a great article on photography or put a new photo (or collection) up at your website and you want a little extra traffic, then here's what you can do. Go over to your twitter account and log in, make sure you’re following @LightStalking, tweet the title of the post and its link and add the hashtag #LightStalking For example, SmashandPeas.com might tweet something like this: 50 Really Impressive Washed Up Photos http://bit.ly/7Mrxch #LightStalking There is no need to @ us or direct message us on Twitter. We will do a search on the hashtag #LightStalking ...