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🎥 New video on my #PeerTube channel!

📷 How do I get crystal clear photos inside an abandoned location when the sun sets? The answer: I break out the tripod and shoot long exposure!

In this video I am exploring an abandoned palace in Poland. I spliced in edited photographs into the footage to show the final images, highlighting the differences between phone video!

➡️ https://lostpod.space/w/iFodmMoxQP4jDk2mupXYqp

#PhotographyTips #LongExposure #Video #UrbanExploration #Urbex #Photographer #Video

📷 How to get amazing photos inside an abandoned location when the sun sets? Check this out!

PeerTube

ObsidianUrbex 4d ago

📷 How to get amazing photos inside an abandoned location when the sun sets? Check this out!

https://lostpod.space/w/iFodmMoxQP4jDk2mupXYqp

📷 How to get amazing photos inside an abandoned location when the sun sets? Check this out!

PeerTube

Zorz Studios 6d ago

Diffraction, #aperture, and #starburst effects: https://zorz.it/LAcmG |

#PyeJirsa #PhotographyTips #PhotographyBasics #diffraction #RingLight #aperture #photography #lighting #creativity

Maikel de Bakker May 12

Portrait photography. Linda.

Taken with the Canon 5DSR and Sigma 24–70mm Art, this portrait was never just about capturing a face. It was about capturing something quieter: personality.

A camera can make people tense. Many don’t quite know what to do with their hands, how to smile naturally, or even where to look. That’s normal. Being photographed can make someone suddenly aware of themselves in a way they usually are not.

That is why portrait photography is as much psychology as it is technique.

Before this image, I took several other shots. Not because those were meant to be the final portrait, but because they served another purpose: helping Linda relax. Letting the camera become less important. Letting the moment become real instead of staged.

As a photographer, your role is not simply to point and shoot. It is to create a space where someone feels safe enough to lower their guard. Comfortable enough to forget they are being observed.

Only then does the genuine expression appear.

The slight smile, the softness in the eyes, the posture that no longer feels rehearsed—that is the moment worth waiting for. And technically, the 5DSR paired with the Sigma Art renders every subtle detail beautifully. But equipment alone does not make a portrait.

Trust does.

#PortraitPhotography #Canon5DSR #Sigma2470Art #Portrait #NaturalPortrait #PeoplePhotography #PhotographyTips #PortraitSession #HumanConnection #PhotographyJourney #AuthenticSmile #CandidPortrait #PhotographerLife #VisualStorytelling #EmotionInPhotography #LensAndLight #CreativePortrait #PhotographyMentor #NaturalLightPortrait #BehindTheLens #PortraitArt #ThroughTheLens #PersonalityPortrait #StoryInFaces #ByMaikeldeBakker #MaikeldeBakkerPhotography #WonderingLens #LindaPortrait #PhotographyThoughts #HumanMoments

Tim Smalley May 11

Working with natural light and embracing shadows creates images that feel timeless.

Read more 👉 https://e.timsm.uk/h7UNo1

#PhotographyTips #EditingTips #WoodlandPhotography

Tim Smalley May 8

Morning light tends to be softer and cooler, creating subtle forest shadows that simplify compositions.

Read more 👉 https://e.timsm.uk/fLjBs7

#WoodlandPhotography #PhotographyTips

Tim Smalley May 5

The quiet revolution begins with a simple question: What if the most meaningful photographic experiences are already within walking distance?

Read more 👉 https://e.timsm.uk/zUx3X6

#PhotographyTips #QuietRevolution #Mindset

Tim Smalley May 4

Small movements make enormous differences in woodland photography, and this becomes even more critical when working with the atmospheric effects that rain creates.

Read more 👉 https://e.timsm.uk/apaUKF

#WoodlandPhotography #PhotographyTips

Tim Smalley May 3

When editing forest scenes, I often reduce contrast in the background while gently increasing clarity on the main subject

Read more 👉 https://e.timsm.uk/omDGLR

#PhotographyTips #PowerfulCompositions #Composition

didib_photo 📷Apr 30

I’ve been wanting to get this off my chest for ages: #photos aren’t necessarily more epic just because they were taken on #film. It’s the #composition – and, ideally, the message the image conveys – that makes the difference.

As it has always been and always will be: it is the #photographer who takes the #picture, not the #camera or the #technology.

Have a great day everybody! ☀️

#photography #analogphotography #analog #analogue #analoguephotography #photographytips #filmphotography #retro