Gothic architecture was built to be imposing – a job it largely succeeds at. When you combine the natural imposing nature of Gothic architecture with various photographic techniques that take advantage of colour, perspective and context the resulting images can be quite haunting. In no particular order, here are some of our favourite Gothic architecture […]
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Rob is the founder of Light Stalking and has been a full time photography educator for over 15 years. His love for photography started as a child with a Kodak Instamatic and pushed him into building Light Stalking and sharing literally hundreds of tutorials and articles on photography, and you can get to know him better here, connect with him on LinkedIn or follow him on Instagram.
You may have guessed that long exposure photography is a bit of a favourite among us here at Light Stalking. With our posts on lightning photography, silhouette photography, star trails, sunset photos, low key portraits and low light photography, well… you’d be right! We love it and we also think that mastering the techniques associated […]
Ansel Adams is without a doubt one of the greatest photographers who ever lived. And while he is famous primarily for his haunting landscapes of Yosemite, few people know that he was also a deft hand at counter-propaganda. In the highly politicised environment of World War 2, Adams took a stand for what he believed […]
Getting silhouette photos right is a lot harder than it would seem. The contrast obviously needs to be pronounced but it is also pretty easy to take poor silhouette photos. These folks have just about nailed it. Thanks to DPZ digital photography blog for the idea for this collection. As always, see our useful list […]
Low key photography is associated with having high contrast with minimal highlight. Often the lighting will be just enough to outline the subject though that often varies. The main benefit of low key photographs is that they convey an incredibly dramatic effect by maximizing shadow and darkness. We are sure you will agree that the […]
When we stumbled on the photography of a Flickr user Opo Terser (alias, Thomas Shahan) we were frankly gobsmacked. This is among the most incredible macro photography we have ever seen and goes to show what specialization can do for a photographer. Thomas has graciously allowed us to host this collection at Light Stalking for […]
