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One of the first things you are told when getting into photography is to buy protective filters for your lenses. These would normally be an ultra violet filter but you may also have been suggested a skylight filter. The latter are no longer recommended for digital photographers as they can introduce a slight colour cast […]
I don’t blame the cat. Truly I don’t. But when I glanced over to my desk at the exact moment her hind leg brushed my Nikon 24-70 f2.8, she adopted several new names. For a moment my lens was a parody of another cat. The one owned by a certain Mr Schrödinger. It was at […]
Photography is all about freezing the moment. The thing is, the way we freeze that moment can convey so much information about the image we are looking at. A locked off static landscape with great depth of field gives us a sense of tranquility and stillness. On the other hand a shot of a racing […]
We live in an era of unparalleled technology, especially when it comes to photography. Incredible sensors, amazing lenses and fantastic software all allow us to stretch our creativity further than we ever have. It’s taken a long time to get where we are today and along the way there have been some products that, to […]
We all take flat, lifeless looking images from time to time. Poor light or weather or even shooting Raw can give us images that lack contrast and punch. In all these cases it is possible to recover that lack of contrast in post production, returning life and punch to the image. To many starting in […]
Stock photography is a tough old business to get into, and to make money from. Yes there are lots of ill informed clickbait articles out there telling you how easy it is to make money. Simply upload, wait and count the dollars. We at Lightstalking know that that is not true. We also know that […]
Are you a fair-weather photographer? Let’s be honest, when the rain is tipping down or the wind bending trees to 90 degrees, it can be difficult to garner motivation to shoot. However it is often a very good time for some great shots. Bad weather can give us some of the most dramatic images we […]
Many of us, even those just starting out in photography have heard of the golden hour. Technically it’s golden hours because you have one around sunrise and one around sunset. It is a fantastic time to shoot, a time when the light is soft and yellow and the shadows long. There is however another great […]
One of the great aspects of photography is the sheer amount of control we have over an image. We can vary shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focus points, depth of field to name just a few. Each of these controls allows us to subtly or even dramatically change the way our image looks. For example if […]
We all love a good landscape. There is something about the way they represent the beauty of the planet we live on that makes them both inspiring to look at and wonderful to take. Whilst some of these incredible places are in remote isolated locations difficult to reach, others are much more accessible. Today we […]