It's always been pretty straightforward if you don't want people to know where your photographs have been taken. You simply remove the EXIF data or don't release the coordinates showing the location, right? Right? Well, maybe not anymore. Recently, the software security company McAfee, did an experiment with AI that will have a lot of The post Removing Exif Data Is No Longer Enough. AI Can Now Tell Where Your Photos Are Taken Without It appeared first on Light Stalking.

The Iranian regime has used the Iran National Journalist Day to sentence award-winning photojournalist Yalda Moaiery to fifteen years in prison. Moaiery. who has more than two decades of experience as a photojournalist covering conflict, humanitarian crises, political dissent and the lives of women in Iran, was sentenced in absentia by Branch 29 of Tehran's The post Iran Sentences Photojournalist Yalda Moaiery to 15 Years in Prison appeared first on Light Stalking.

It's been another fantastic week for the Light Stalking photography community and we even got our new monthly challenge underway, which we will talk about below. We should start off with the photo of the week, which was an absolute cracker from Dianne (@tersha) has been posting a string of very stylized flowers that are The post A Color Extravaganza, Emotional Palettes, and Moments Through a Dirty Windshield – The Weekly Community Roundup appeared first on Light Stalking.

Architectural photography is an endlessly interesting discipline. From ancient monuments, through the structures of the Industrial Revolution to the ultra-modern skyscrapers of today, the sheer variety of subject matter is astounding. Many of us, when we think of architectural photography, see high-end commercial images of modern contemporary buildings. Very often these are shot by high-end The post A Guide to Photographing the Geometry Of Modern Architecture appeared first on Light Stalking.

It's a great pleasure to announce the winners for the July photography competition “Urban Geometry“ If you're not already aware, then the monthly photography competition here at Light Stalking carries a $100 People Choice Award and a $100 overall winner award. The People's Choice Award is selected by a vote of the community and our The post July 2026 Photo Contest Winners: Urban Geometry appeared first on Light Stalking.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile recently released a stunning deep-space image of the cosmos apparently containing over 500,000 galaxies. Not stars, galaxies! The mind-blowing image was shot using an LSST camera, which holds the record as the world's largest digital camera and has a resolution of 3.2 gigapixels or 3200 megapixels. The caveat The post The World’s Largest Digital Camera Just Produced an Image Containing More Than Half a Million Galaxies appeared first on Light Stalking.