One of the interesting things about the entries in this month's colour theme of “the dynamics of colour” is that so many of the strongest entries chose to use a single colour to draw the reader's interest and I think that says something quite powerful about the use of colour in photography. Simply splashing colour The post Dynamics of Colour Photo Contest Winners appeared first on Light Stalking.

I have often said that there are six stages to a photographer’s life. The very first is wow, that moment when you realise that photography is for you, something that is going to consume you for many years to come. The second stage is woe. That’s the defining moment when you realise that there is The post Turning Woe Back To Wow in Photography appeared first on Light Stalking.

There's a new proposed class action lawsuit against Meta that alleges they harvested Facebook and Instagram photographs for biometric information that was used to train image generation models and develop an, as yet, unreleased facial recognition feature called Nametag for smart glasses. Meta says that the lawsuit has misrepresented the situation and notes that Nametag The post Meta Sued Over Using People’s Photos for AI and Facial Recognition appeared first on Light Stalking.

My Sony has 61 million pixels. I could buy a Fuji with 100 million pixels. I could even buy a Samsung phone with 200 million pixels. All of this sounds very impressive until you realise that 99% of us never need that many pixels 99% of the time. The reason these high megapixel counts sound The post The Megapixel Myth appeared first on Light Stalking.

I have a confession. For several years, I have had access to Lightroom and Photoshop for free. Not because I am an illegal downloader but because I submitted to Adobe Stock. Adobe contributors that made over a certain amount of sales per year were given either the Lightroom/Photoshop package or a full Adobe subscription to The post Leaving Lightroom appeared first on Light Stalking.

It's been another wonderful week in the world of photography with our friendly and generous community. As always, if you would like to join us, I highly encourage you to sign up here and we'll let you know when the next intake is. In the meantime, let's jump straight into it. Photo Of The Week The post Dirty Windshields, Dealing With Wind, Camera Movement, and Getting Bored: This Week In The Light Stalking Photography Forums appeared first on Light Stalking.