Capturing Change: How Revisiting Locations Improves Your Photography
Change in photography can feel unsettling, but it's an opportunity too. When your favorite landscapes shift unexpectedly, you get a fresh chance to tell new stories. Coming to you from Adrian Vila of aows, this reflective video takes you into familiar spots undergoing unexpected transformation. Vila shares a poignant experience—trees he cherished and photographed for years
Pigeons, hats and naps: the best photos from French Open 2025
As the tournament concludes with Carlos Alcaraz retaining his French Open crown and Coco Gauff claiming her second grand slam title, we take a look at some of our favourite images from Roland Garros
Creativity isn’t enhanced by the gear you buy or the tools you own; it's cultivated by quiet spaces away from distractions. If you’re serious about improving creatively, recognizing boredom as a beneficial state rather than a problem can transform your practice. Coming to you from Jesse Senko, this thoughtful video emphasizes the hidden value of boredom and solitude in
Maybe this is a controversial take, but here goes… I’d be keen to hear your thoughts! Leave a comment. Remember when people were saying the iPhone would be the death of the photography industry? When the first few generations of smartphones started adding cameras, there was a genuine wave of panic among professionals. The logic […]
Photographic Composition: The Devil Is In The Details
There is something I have observed, particularly with newcomers to photography. That is, they will often try to capture everything in a scene rather than isolate a subject. That trait tends to diminish as we become more experienced, but there is another thing we often do, concentrate on the subject as a whole rather than isolating details. We should be doing both, and so today I want to share with you why I think the devil is in the details. Photography Is Storytelling At first, we just want to take pretty, creative pictures. That’s a good thing. But as we
Depth of Field: 1 Setting 90% of Novices Get Wrong (VIDEO)
Today's helpful beginners guide on the crucial topic of depth of field comes to us from the experts at Great Big Photography World, an instructional YouTube channel staffed by expert instructors whose goal it to help inexperienced shooters improve their skills.
There's value in photographing familiar places. Whether it's somewhere near home, or a spot you visit repeatedly, the better you know an area, the better
Why do professional photographers rely on AI-powered culling, AI-automated editing and AI-guided cataloging apps in their daily workflow? What are they gaining? With the help of my counterpart at Aftershoot, I reached out to two well-established pros to get some answers.
Instagram was great until it ruined the art of photography. Somewhere along the way, the app that once celebrated still images traded intention for attention, and in doing so, it didn’t just change photography — it helped ruin the art. Lately, I have seen more salt poured into Instagram's wounds from photographers. Comments like, “I am deleting Instagram,” and “Instagram is no
Today, I’d like to take a moment to focus on what has really mattered in my life as a photographer. I’ve been writing a lot of product reviews lately. Like, a lot. This is a blessing and a curse. It’s a blessing because I get first looks at many of the most exciting new technologies being introduced to the market. It’s a curse because, when you’ve been in the photography
Film photography has never really gone away. Sure, it’s declined massively since the arrival of digital, however these days increasing numbers of newer photographers are trying their hand at film photography. I have written several articles about shooting film here at Light Stalking, yet I have realized that there may well be an entire section of you that know little to nothing about it. Many of you will have developed your photographic skills through the digital age, and whilst understanding the existence of film photography may be daunted by trying it out for yourselves. So today I am going to
I have wondered what it is that makes one photograph effective and another just a big yawn. Why is it that one photographer can make a photograph of an object and everyone's jaw drops to the floor, and another can make almost exactly the same photograph and no one is impressed—except the photographer’s mother, knowing being impressed is part of a mother's job description? I
Locationscout Could Be Your Photography Best Friend
Locationscout is a sort of Swiss Army knife for all kinds of useful photo information. It comes in a variety of flavors: iOS, Android, and a full-featured web app. What Does It Do? When you open the app, you'll see a selection of countries and places to explore. If an image catches your eye, you can tap on it, get location data, and info on the best photo spots from
Ask anyone what social media platform is built around imagery and the majority of replies will be Instagram. Instagram has been around a long time in social media terms, having arrived on the scene in 2010. However, there are many different social platforms available to photographers these days, some more productive than others. Some are based around video sharing, some around news and events and a minority around sharing images. The new kid on the block in terms of image sharing is Foto.It has been developed by photographers for photographers. Its scope is not that of social interaction but purely