When composing landscapes, look for natural lines or lines from fences, pathways, lines along the edges of rocky terrains, coastal lines or lines created due to shadows, to compose the frame. You do not have to necessarily use lines as leading lines, but they can be interestingly used to capture dynamic images. Here are some stunning landscape photographs that are beautifully composed with the use of lines. The post Check Out These Landscape Photographs That Are Beautifully Composed Using Lines appeared first on Light Stalking.

Dynamic range is something that landscape photographers struggle with most of the time and it is the contrast between the brightest and darkest areas in a frame. The amount of dynamic range depends on the difference in contrast of light in the scene. For example, sunset shots or midday shots will have a huge dynamic range between the darkest and lightest parts of the frame. If photographers follow some tips and are careful in choosing the right shooting process, issues with dynamic range can be overcome and improved in the resulting images. There are various ways in which dynamic range can be improved in images and we have put together a few resources that will help! The post Want To Improve The Dynamic Range In Your Photos? Check Out These Very Simple Ways appeared first on Light Stalking.

Welcome to our weekly community wrap-up.  It's been an amazing week on the Light Stalking forums with great photography by the community and the discussions in the forums have been engaging and very inspiring in the recent weeks. We've have more members joining the community each week, making the forum experience even more exciting. Here is the Photo Of The Week that is judged by Federico every week. This week's photo of the week is by Retired Grunt. The post Linear Perspectives, Pareidolia, Unusual Perspectives – The Weekly Community Roundup appeared first on Light Stalking.

Bug photography is a highly rewarding genre and it is one that can yield great results if a few tips and techniques are followed. It is important to get to the level of the bug in order to capture compelling images and reveal its outstanding features. Also getting closer and capturing macro shots of the bugs will help to reveal their intricate details. Here are 37 incredible photos of bugs, that use aperture and light creatively. The post 37 Incredible Photos Of Bugs That Use Aperture And Light Creatively appeared first on Light Stalking.

In order to use light correctly and make the right choice of camera settings, one needs to understand how the three elements aperture, shutter speed and iso work together. Making changes to one or more of these values for a given exposure means you need to make changes to one or more of the other values to get the same exposure. Besides, adjusting aperture and shutter speed in different ways can help to capture different types of photographs. Here are some advanced tutorials to help you understand these factors better and use them creatively for photography. The post Here Are Some Advanced Guides To Understand Exposure Better For Creative Photography appeared first on Light Stalking.

There are actually many reasons why you might want to take a tripod, beyond shooting at night. Today we are going to explore some of them. But first, and I have gone on about this before, don’t buy a cheap tripod. Spend as much as you can afford on a good set of legs and a separate, suitable head. A cheap tripod will put you off for life. Buy a good one and you will understand why tripods matter more than you think. The post Why Tripods Matter More Than You Think appeared first on Light Stalking.