Tag: Editorial
Shadow & Light Monthly #47
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this edition we see how photographers have captured the first year of the war in Ukraine and look at the career of music photographer Richard Kelly. We discover how a Raspberry PI has been used to create a camera that creates images using AI and watch the laborious (and arguably pointless) task of painting a classic SLR.
Shadow & Light Monthly #42
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this edition we take a close up view of the life that lives inside a drop of seawater and learn about the intimate music photography of Denis O’Regan. We get a rare glimpse into the secretive world of Sumo and look inside a 150-year-old camera.
Shadow & Light Monthly #41
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this, the last edition of 2022, we take a journey with French fishermen and the incredible ‘Grandma divers’ of Korea. We look at a beautiful portrait series of young people living in post-Brexit UK and we look at life in New York as captured on film.
Shadow & Light Monthly #40
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this month’s edition we look at the stunning beauty of Greenland and find out how one war photographer turned his lens on his family. We see a stunning historical series capturing the North of England and look at what might be the most pointless thing I’ve ever seen.
Shadow & Light Monthly #39
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this month’s edition we take a look at a fantastic portrait series of the 1975 residents of a Holywood hotel and take to the streets of New York with Leica. We see stunning images documenting the troubles in Northern Ireland and we look at the world’s largest camera.
Shadow & Light Monthly #34
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this month’s edition we see stunning black and white images capturing the beauty of wildlife and bold portraits celebrating the rich cultural history of Kenya. We delve into the Musée de l’Armée in Paris war photography archives and hear a symphony created from camera shutter clicks.
Shadow & Light Monthly #24
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this month’s edition we look back at American street life in the analogue age and learn how to get great shots in the most mundane of spaces. We visit a fading Arkansas town and spend a blissful 5 minutes listening to the delectable sound of a range of camera shutters.
Shadow & Light Monthly #23
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this month’s edition we take a look at stunning long exposure photographs of fireflies captured in Japan and hear how one World War II soldier describes his photos of ‘the insanity of war’. We look at the importance of the photographic eye and step inside Mexico City’s historic danzòn ballrooms.
Shadow & Light Monthly #22
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
In this month’s edition we take a look at a stunning portrait series featuring artisans of southern France and look back on one photographer’s assignment capturing American life from 1977. We take a technical look at what makes modern 50mm lenses so complex and look at a beautiful series of portraits celebrating the work of nurses.
Shadow & Light Monthly #13
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
This month we look at a stunning piece of work documenting the youth of a divided Belfast and discuss whether ‘sharpness’ is really important. We check out the winners of the 2020 iPhone Photography Awards and look at the science behind image stabilisation.
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