An interest in street photography has tickled pretty much every photographer’s fancy at some point. But few are capable of building a solid and consistent style in this beautiful genre. The reasons for not achieving exquisite or compelling street images are various, and the most obvious is that while seeking their natural photographic niche, photographers […]
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.
I love drama in the skies, and I know that sometimes I’ve captured some pretty amazing scenes with unfortunately dull looking skies. Here is why you should be using graduated filters.
One of the biggest mistakes any photographer can make is to assume that long exposure is only something to attempt when capturing landscapes. So take a look at this quick tip to get cool long exposures in your street photography
The best thing about technology is that it has no limits for emulating materials, and your hardware offers development tools and outputs that old-style film photographers could only have dreamed of. Here’s how to use Lightroom to add more punch to your photos.
The only advice I can offer people who are curious about photography is to practice every day, always keep a camera close to you, and never be satisfied. Here we see how our own Federico Alegria found photography
Here are five technical tips on how to convert portraits into black and white with a brief explanation of the steps you need to execute to make a black-and-white conversion for pretty much any portrait, regardless of your RAW developing software.
