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Long exposure photography like this takes more than just slowing your shutter! Here's why

We’ve all seen the magic of long exposure photography – those dreamy, slow-shutter shots where waterfalls turn into silk, clouds streak across the sky and the ocean looks like sheets of glass. This technique has long been one of the most captivating and talked-about forms of visual storytelling. “Using long exposures transforms ordinary scenes, adding a calm and ethereal aesthetic to…
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I photographed the amazing story of Shackleton's Arctic expedition using Lego bricks and a Nikon DSLR camera

Sir Ernest Shackleton and his ship, the Endurance, have a truly captivating story from 1915. Interestingly, it’s not because the planned expedition was successful, but because despite failure and minimal chances of survival, Shackleton and his crew managed to escape the grip of the ice. Their perseverance and struggle remain inspiring to this day, and this is what captured my attention and…
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A new exhibition of Paul McCartney’s own photographs reminds me that being in the moment is the overriding principle of great photography

I’m a big enough fan of The Beatles that I sat through eight hours of Peter Jackson’s meticulously restored footage of the ‘Fab Four’ working on their final studio album in Disney+ docuseries, The Beatles: Get Back. So news of a Beatles-themed photography exhibition at the Gagosian’s Davies Street location in London was always going to be of interest. But Rearview Mirror…
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This is the number one reason why architecture photography lacks depth – and this is the fix

Architecture photography thrives on detail – whether you’re capturing the clean lines of a modern skyscraper or the weathered textures of a centuries-old façade. While a single exposure might seem sufficient at first, it often fails to do justice to the full dynamic range and complexity of the scene. That’s where advanced editing techniques like HDR (high dynamic range) come into…
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