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 […]
Author: Federico Alegria
Federico has a decade of experience in documentary photography, and is a University Professor in photography and research methodology. He's a scientist studying the social uses of photography in contemporary culture who writes about photography and develops documentary projects. Other activities Federico is involved in photography are curation, critique, education, mentoring, outreach and reviews. Get to know him better here.
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 […]
If you reside near a woody area, then there’s a chance you’ve taken tree bark for granted. This beautiful shattering of nature comes with a precious gift for us visual-minded photo enthusiasts; textures! You see, texture is one of the various ingredients we can compose when attempting to tell a story via photography. This week, […]
Back in my earlier years since taking up photography, I tended to get nervous when reading or hearing the word “abstract”. And maybe that stress came to me due to a lack of formal photographic education. Unfortunately, being self-taught comes with different prices to pay. Nowadays, while enduring my never-ending journey into learning, I understand […]
Last week, in our single color set, Tersha and Dahlia invited us to capture an outdoor scene, process it as monochrome, and share it at this link. And the essence of such an invitation gives away the most interesting feature of digital monochrome when comparing it to chemical monochrome. You see, back in the days […]