When I became serious about photography, everything was black and white for me. I learned to develop raw files in the way black and white is meant to be treated; beyond mere desaturations. But something happened, and eventually, I embraced color as a means of expression as well. My first memories about this had to […]
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.
Film photography came into my life after I learned the nuts and bolts of digital photography, at least at a serious level. When I was a kid I remember going with my parents to the lab and waiting for a couple of days in order to actually see the photos. I also remember their warnings […]
Sub-framing is one of the hardest compositional approaches I’ve experienced in my whole life! By itself, the framing of an image is already challenging, now imagine composing within another composition guideline! Well, this Inception-like idea is exactly what this week’s photography challenge is all about. Tersha is quite aware of all the talent roaming around […]
If you are a curious person, passionate about trying to read images, then this is something you’ve already felt before. Sometimes, images come with an extra spiciness we can’t ignore. That fascinating extra of drama that triggers imagination in a seamless way. Of course, we are talking about vignettes, those that can be faded or […]
After more than a decade, I clearly remember my first attempts at capturing silhouettes with my camera! There’s something poetic about the golden colours of the sun reducing our mere existence to a flat, yet recognisable, representation of ourselves. Today we bring you some of the most aesthetic responses to Tersha’s weekly challenge on our […]
If you found lines in nature challenging, wait for this week’s edition! Today, we are pleased to show a fine selection of symmetry when found in nature, a paradox itself! This is an ambitious quest that led the below-mentioned Light Stalkers to indulge our visual appetite today. Soothing and aesthetic, another great round of Tersha‘s […]