Shadows play a very important role in photography and using them effectively is based on the photographer’s creative vision. Here are 7 tutorials that will inspire you to embrace shadows in photography.
Author: Dahlia Ambrose
Dahlia is a stock photographer and full time educator at Light Stalking. You can find her on Gurushots and see some of her more popular articles at The American Society of Media Photographers. Get to know her better here.
Lichens make great subjects for macro photography because of their interesting patterns and colours, but are often overlooked or even go unnoticed by most photographers. Lichens can be found everywhere from warm and wet tropical forests to frozen or dry deserts and grow on undisturbed surfaces of wood, rocks, peat, barks, etc., and are a key species in many ecosystems. Look for rock surfaces, branches, walls, fences, barks, grounds, etc. for lichen growth as they can be found anywhere there is moisture or other water features. Here are 21 photographs of lichen that will inspire you to appreciate and photograph tiny organisms.
Astrophotography is capturing photographs of the night sky with astronomical objects in them, capturing celestial events and also capturing images of deep space objects. Since astrophotography is most of the time done at relatively high iso, there can be some sort of noise that will need to be reduced or eliminated either while photographing or when post-processing or both. In this article, we will look at how to reduce noise in astrophotography.
In a very short period of time of less than 200 years, photography has evolved from the use of chemicals, heavy cameras and photographic plates to simple means for creating and sharing images instantly. In this article, we have put together 10 useful resources on the historical facts about photography and its various genres.
There is a huge difference between shooting in natural light and shooting in a studio because, in a studio, one has full control over lighting. Although it is not always easy to achieve the lighting you are looking for, you can experiment and change the way the lights are set up until you get the desired results. Here are some tips on setting up high key lighting!
Barry Webb is a photographer from the UK and these slime moulds caught his attention on 2019. He has since then been searching and photographing new species that come in so many shapes and colours. This is a small collection of beautiful photos of slime moulds from Barry Webb.
