The most beautiful blue a human being can ever see in my own personal opinion is the blue you can see inside the wrinkles of a big old glacier. Unlike icebergs or snow, glaciers are actually moving rivers of ice. These magnificent natural forms are made up of fallen snow that, through the centuries, ends […]
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.
One important thing to remember is that photography is, in essence, the capture of light – a photograph really is the recording of light and shade (and color!). So understanding how light behaves is essential. Have you ever needed to move people from one place to another because they appear too dark in your photographs? […]
One of the most complex and challenging genres in photography is, without a doubt, abstract photography. Here are 5 links to get you started
Many of my students have a huge interest in achieving beautiful blurs in camera, from background blurs with subjects in perfect focus, to creative and somewhat artistic blurs. Here are some quick tips for getting your backgrounds blurry.
Street photography has been highly popular in black and white format. There is a reason for that, shooting on the streets is hard due to its lack of control, therefore composition can be extremely difficult – there are just some colors that simply don’t get along nicely with others. But that doesn’t mean that it […]
Macro photography is extremely compelling because it shows us truly infinite worlds that are beyond what we usually see in our everyday lives. Sometimes these images can be extremely scientific in nature but they are still incredibly seductive photos. Today we want to share with you some really awesome macro photographs to inspire you! But […]