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The Black Box with a Hole

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The Black Box with a Hole If one considers oneself an artist in the field of photography, then there is no doubt that the camera is the only primary tool. It captures the moment inside the frame into a unique visual representation, which portrays the essence of art. The art of photography, in all styles, takes one into the world of visual rhythm of harmonies. If one considers oneself an artist in the field of photography, then there is no doubt that the camera is the only primary tool. It captures the moment inside the frame into a unique visual representation, which portrays the essence of art. The art of photography, in all styles, takes one into the world of visual rhythm of harmonies. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/publications/the-black-box-with-a-hole/?feed_id=901768&_unique_id=6337e465d91f6

A Guide to the Aesthetic World of Photography

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A Guide to the Aesthetic World of Photography From analysing the beauty in an art form to interpreting it, aesthetic has been playing the key role as it's guiding principle. It determines what our viewers will feel when they look at an art, and in photography that represents various visual qualities. Whether it's purely subjective or showcasing it's true objective value while compositing a single frame, the concept of aesthetic is there to define it. The ability to see it in every single element, in different tones and contrast, in color or in different shades of greys, in textures and in patterns, and even what you include or exclude in that rectangular frame, it all comes down to the aesthetic of a photograph and based on that aesthetic the choices you make in your composition. In this Guide we are going to master the aesthetic that improves our professional workflow. From analysing the beauty in an art form to interpreting it, aesthetic has been playing the key role as

Driven by Passion

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Driven by Passion If there was a single road that led to every corner of the earth, then surely you, I, and some adventurous few would love to be the first to travel it. Yes, it is our zeal for discovering life, nature, and culture that drives us to be there. It makes us passionate enough to capture it in a frame. If there was a single road that led to every corner of the earth, then surely you, I, and some adventurous few would love to be the first to travel it. Yes, it is our zeal for discovering life, nature, and culture that drives us to be there. It makes us passionate enough to capture it in a frame. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/publications/driven-by-passion/?feed_id=901693&_unique_id=6337c6fb9845f

Learning to See the Beauty, Unity, and Harmony

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Learning to See the Beauty, Unity, and Harmony The aim of this course is to help one develop an artistic vision, learning to see the beauty, unity, and harmony before pressing the shutter. Each of the lessons are designed to build comprehensive understanding of elements that connect us with the moment, produce moods and rhythm, and give viewers visual clues. From the choice of subject, which reflects one’s way of seeing to the visual perception of a scene, we will go through every aspect that highlights the true voice of the medium of photography. The aim of this course is to help one develop an artistic vision, learning to see the beauty, unity, and harmony before pressing the shutter. Each of the lessons are designed to build comprehensive understanding of elements that connect us with the moment, produce moods and rhythm, and give viewers visual clues. From the choice of subject, which reflects one’s way of seeing to the visual perception of a scene, we will go through every aspec

Mastering the Art of Landscape Photography

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Mastering the Art of Landscape Photography Who doesn’t love landscape, the breath-taking beauty that it offers, from dawn to dusk and even the moment when the darkness covers the night and the night sky lights up, to showcase how magnificent and sophisticated the creation of the Creator. Taking a journey through a beautiful landscape, stopping at every scenic overlook, and capturing the grandeur of what we see may sound like some very easy steps to photograph landscape, but to compose the award winning ones, there are so many factors and one has to make all of them right, because each of them has its own part to play in compositing a landscape photograph. In this course we will learn and practice them in pursuit of making a master piece. Who doesn’t love landscape, the breath-taking beauty that it offers, from dawn to dusk and even the moment when the darkness covers the night and the night sky lights up, to showcase how magnificent and sophisticated the creation of the Creator. Taki

Understanding the Building Blocks of English Language

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Understanding the Building Blocks of English Language English is a wonderful language, but when it comes to understand its core, there are very few books as this one, which explains everything in-depth with a wide range of examples and exercises, by focusing on practical and theoretical aspects from a linguistic perspective. The aim of this book is slightly different from the hundreds of books out there. Not only we put every building block of English language for in-depth understanding, but this book will build confidence, encourage autonomy among the learners. English is a wonderful language, but when it comes to understand its core, there are very few books as this one, which explains everything in-depth with a wide range of examples and exercises, by focusing on practical and theoretical aspects from a linguistic perspective. The aim of this book is slightly different from the hundreds of books out there. Not only we put every building block of English language for in-depth under

Harness Your Artistic Potential

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Harness Your Artistic Potential Photography is all about capturing the essence of a moment; how you feel the textures, colors, saturation, the direction of light, the shadows, and the breeze that gently carries the seed of life everywhere. You can truly call it a photograph when all these things can be conveyed to a viewer through one skilled eye. The aim of this course is to help one develop that aesthetic side to visualize and capture the perfect composition. From controlling the depth to visualize the perspective and the overall composition, from transforming that visualization into reality to become a purist, this course will help you achieve all that. Photography is all about capturing the essence of a moment; how you feel the textures, colors, saturation, the direction of light, the shadows, and the breeze that gently carries the seed of life everywhere. You can truly call it a photograph when all these things can be conveyed to a viewer through one skilled eye. The aim of this

Apply for the Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Photojournalism

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Apply for the Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Photojournalism The Photojournalism major prepares students to document the real-life events and people – their lives, emotions, and suspense for newspapers, magazines, and books, as well as television and web-based media. Committed to provide a broader understanding in journalism, its ethics and laws, the major helps students to develop their technical and aesthetic abilities for one of the most challenging careers in the world. The Photojournalism major prepares students to document the real-life events and people – their lives, emotions, and suspense for newspapers, magazines, and books, as well as television and web-based media. Committed to provide a broader understanding in journalism, its ethics and laws, the major helps students to develop their technical and aesthetic abilities for one of the most challenging careers in the world. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/university/admission/bachelor-of-fine-arts-b-f-a-in-photojour

Award Submission Renewal

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Award Submission Renewal If you are already a registered Light & Composition photographer, then renewing your award submission option gives you the opportunity to keep showcasing your photography works to our vast photographic network. You can submit your best photographs to our most prestigious photography award unlimited times until your renewal period ended. Submitting more photographs helps ranking yourself in the world’s top 100 photographers list. If you are already a registered Light & Composition photographer, then renewing your award submission option gives you the opportunity to keep showcasing your photography works to our vast photographic network. You can submit your best photographs to our most prestigious photography award unlimited times until your renewal period ended. Submitting more photographs helps ranking yourself in the world’s top 100 photographers list. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/award/submission-renewal/?feed_id=901606&_unique_id=633771

Diploma in Portrait Photography

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Diploma in Portrait Photography From traditional, lifestyle, candid to fine art, capturing the raw, unconscious and unaffected emotions of the people whom we care most, our families and children, to photographing wedding professionally, different modes and expressions, from joyful, somber to serious are what make portrait photography the most appreciated and most well-known genre in the history of photography. Whether you capture images with classically posed to the photojournalist style, or the contemporary approach, in color or in different shades of grey, portraiture and it's different genres of photography challenge the traditional form of art by refusing to portray the narratives written by other people, and invite others to understand a medium that is far powerful than any other. In this Diploma in Portrait Photography, we have covered every aspect for you to become the best. From traditional, lifestyle, candid to fine art, capturing the raw, unconscious and unaffected emot

Contrast That Reveals the Subject

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Contrast That Reveals the Subject From black and white to color, digital or traditional film, no matter whichever photography you do, it is always the contrast of an image that grabs the attention of its viewer. Not only contrast adds dimension to your capture, but it beautifully enhances the look of your subject, gives it a sense of true life, and a well-structured story with depth. From black and white to color, digital or traditional film, no matter whichever photography you do, it is always the contrast of an image that grabs the attention of its viewer. Not only contrast adds dimension to your capture, but it beautifully enhances the look of your subject, gives it a sense of true life, and a well-structured story with depth. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/publications/contrast-that-reveals-the-subject/?feed_id=901597&_unique_id=63375423e3258

A Photographer's Guide to Perfect Exposure

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A Photographer's Guide to Perfect Exposure It is one thing to take a photograph, but quite another to photograph with perfect exposure. When you take the photograph with correct exposure, it tells the story vividly, as if it has its own personality – a dramatic instance in every single pixel, regardless 35mm, large, medium, fourth-third, or whichever format you chose. It is one thing to take a photograph, but quite another to photograph with perfect exposure. When you take the photograph with correct exposure, it tells the story vividly, as if it has its own personality – a dramatic instance in every single pixel, regardless 35mm, large, medium, fourth-third, or whichever format you chose. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/publications/a-photographers-guide-to-perfect-exposure/?feed_id=901596&_unique_id=633744ef29cf8

Mastering Business English Communication

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Mastering Business English Communication The aim of this course is to improve your English skills in professional business writing. From developing your use of vocabulary and grammar for different business writing genres to improve your ability to write professional business documents, this course contains every aspect that one needs for effective business writing. Not only the course will teach you to write persuasively in English for the right context and audience, but you will also be able to use appropriate style and tone of writing for any business purposes. It is by far one of the best courses for effective business writing. The aim of this course is to improve your English skills in professional business writing. From developing your use of vocabulary and grammar for different business writing genres to improve your ability to write professional business documents, this course contains every aspect that one needs for effective business writing. Not only the course will teach y

Journal Publicaition Fees

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Journal Publicaition Fees Author(s) are required to pay a very nominal manuscript publication fees of $45 for the processing as well as publishing of their articles/journals. However, there are no abstract submission charges. Author(s) are required to pay a very nominal manuscript publication fees of $45 for the processing as well as publishing of their articles/journals. However, there are no abstract submission charges. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/university/journal-publicaition-fees/?feed_id=901589&_unique_id=633727a47bf8a

Get Access to Light & Composition University

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Get Access to Light & Composition University We are giving you the opportunity to explore some of our most prestigious segments and awards. We believe this access will let you express your creativity in a broad spectrum as well as get scholarships/grants of over thousands euros from our university. We are giving you the opportunity to explore some of our most prestigious segments and awards. We believe this access will let you express your creativity in a broad spectrum as well as get scholarships/grants of over thousands euros from our university. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/get-access/?feed_id=901588&_unique_id=633719ad7ea2e

The Enigma of Capturing Light

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The Enigma of Capturing Light It is light that colors our vision, our understanding, and allows us to feel the essence of our surroundings. We are able to capture all this through the lens, with the aid of light, into the medium of photography. It is light that colors our vision, our understanding, and allows us to feel the essence of our surroundings. We are able to capture all this through the lens, with the aid of light, into the medium of photography. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/store/the-enigma-of-capturing-light/?feed_id=901460&_unique_id=63370b80a1777

A Photographer's Guide to Light Metering

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A Photographer's Guide to Light Metering From Matrix or Evaluative, Center-weighted to Spot, or the Partial and the new Highlight-weighted metering, there are options to choose from, and there are ways to get the best result using them, each that works differently with the reflected light. In this guide we are going to learn different camera metering modes that we use for nature, landscape, portrait, street, documentary, or even close-up and food photography. From Matrix or Evaluative, Center-weighted to Spot, or the Partial and the new Highlight-weighted metering, there are options to choose from, and there are ways to get the best result using them, each that works differently with the reflected light. In this guide we are going to learn different camera metering modes that we use for nature, landscape, portrait, street, documentary, or even close-up and food photography. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/publications/a-photographers-guide-to-light-metering/?feed_id=901353&a

Exploring Perception

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Exploring Perception The aim of this course is to help one understand perspective and develop skill to go closer to the subject, beyond the world we normally see in our day-to-day lives. From lenses that can guide one to a new fascinating world to calibrate camera metering, then prepare oneself for capturing the splendor - the tiniest slice of a moment that expresses the gesture of nature. The aim of this course is to help one understand perspective and develop skill to go closer to the subject, beyond the world we normally see in our day-to-day lives. From lenses that can guide one to a new fascinating world to calibrate camera metering, then prepare oneself for capturing the splendor - the tiniest slice of a moment that expresses the gesture of nature. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/university/exploring-perception/?feed_id=901261&_unique_id=6336ee5ecb42a

Make a Contribution

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Make a Contribution Whether you are an academic, scholar, student, journalist, or a photographer, you are always welcome to make a contribution at Light & Composition University. As a non-profit, online university for distance learning and research, not only we recognize every single contribution, but we also reward the contribution that furthers the aims of our university. You may contribute by participating in your academic works as well as direct donation. Each time you make a financial contribution, you make a conscious effort to support our university mission by helping a student get up to 100% financial aid for admission, courses, and yearly enrolment. Whether you are an academic, scholar, student, journalist, or a photographer, you are always welcome to make a contribution at Light & Composition University. As a non-profit, online university for distance learning and research, not only we recognize every single contribution, but we also reward the contribution that fur

Make a Contribution

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Make a Contribution Whether you are an academic, scholar, student, journalist, or a photographer, you are always welcome to make a contribution at Light & Composition University. As a non-profit, online university for distance learning and research, not only we recognize every single contribution, but we also reward the contribution that furthers the aims of our university. You may contribute by participating in your academic works as well as direct donation. Each time you make a financial contribution, you make a conscious effort to support our university mission by helping a student get up to 100% financial aid for admission, courses, and yearly enrolment. Whether you are an academic, scholar, student, journalist, or a photographer, you are always welcome to make a contribution at Light & Composition University. As a non-profit, online university for distance learning and research, not only we recognize every single contribution, but we also reward the contribution that fur

The Happy Children of the Third World

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The Happy Children of the Third World This is the story of the children who endure hunger and poverty daily but never stop playing happily and innocently, showing the world that they are worthy of being loved by everyone on earth; and do not want to live on the pity of the developed world. Artistic photographs always convey the true essence of life in a way no words can. Happy Children of the Third World takes that aesthetic form of photography to a new level with the blend of minimalistic and creative visualization. This is the story of the children who endure hunger and poverty daily but never stop playing happily and innocently, showing the world that they are worthy of being loved by everyone on earth; and do not want to live on the pity of the developed world. Artistic photographs always convey the true essence of life in a way no words can. Happy Children of the Third World takes that aesthetic form of photography to a new level with the blend of minimalistic and creative visua

Visualization

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Visualization As photographers we plan ahead and research to capture the story with aesthetic meaning. It is visualization, the creative process that a genuine photographer often practices. From preparing to photograph in best possible quality to envision the frame for the most interesting instance, visualization helps us capture the true meaning of a moment. As photographers we plan ahead and research to capture the story with aesthetic meaning. It is visualization, the creative process that a genuine photographer often practices. From preparing to photograph in best possible quality to envision the frame for the most interesting instance, visualization helps us capture the true meaning of a moment. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/university/visualization/?feed_id=901170&_unique_id=6336b4c3cccfc

The Art of Publication

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The Art of Publication The term “publication” has a very border meaning. From publishing newspapers, magazines, books, scientific journals to typography, postscript, or the CMYK colour module, it covers a vast area. By definition, it is to display one’s work to public by means of any device or process that not necessarily have to be just printed copies. In fact it includes every state-of-art device of present time; and for this very reason, to master the art of publication, one needs to master lots of different disciplines. Nevertheless, it is the fundamental principles of printing, which were developed over thousand years that rule it all. In this course we are going to learn them. The term “publication” has a very border meaning. From publishing newspapers, magazines, books, scientific journals to typography, postscript, or the CMYK colour module, it covers a vast area. By definition, it is to display one’s work to public by means of any device or process that not necessarily have

Photojournalism Thesis

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Photojournalism Thesis To give our students the quality academic environment and best support, we allow only 100 students to our advanced level courses. All these courses come with one-to-one support. We need at least three weeks leading up to arrange that support based on your most suitable time. To give our students the quality academic environment and best support, we allow only 100 students to our advanced level courses. All these courses come with one-to-one support. We need at least three weeks leading up to arrange that support based on your most suitable time. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/store/photojournalism-thesis/?feed_id=901151&_unique_id=633698a373f4b

Mastering the Art of Cinematography

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Mastering the Art of Cinematography When you are telling a story aesthetically on film, it is not only about just recording, rather it is an art of motion picture photography in the form of visual storytelling, which is known as cinematography. From lighting, framing, composition, to camera motion and its perspective, from close-up to long short, tracking to dolly, low angle to panning and tilting, key, fill, or the back lighting, each of the elements and techniques of cinematography set the look and mood of the visual narratives and ensure every element is cohesive to support the story. In this guide/detailed course we are going to learn and master them all. When you are telling a story aesthetically on film, it is not only about just recording, rather it is an art of motion picture photography in the form of visual storytelling, which is known as cinematography. From lighting, framing, composition, to camera motion and its perspective, from close-up to long short, tracking to dolly

Mastering Food Photography

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Mastering Food Photography From the freshly baked pizzas of the West, smothered with rich sun-dried tomatoes, mushroom, olive, and melting mozzarella cheese, to the roasted succulent spiced meats of Turkey, Afghanistan, and Persia, to Burma’s seafood stews; the delectable dumplings and stir-fry noodles of China and Tibet to the mouth-watering sushi of Japan … and there are thousands more dishes to tempt even the fussiest palate … food … the unimaginably delicious taste that restores one’s faith in life, love, and the universe! It is food photography, the special segment that reflects the tidbits of joy in every single click! From the freshly baked pizzas of the West, smothered with rich sun-dried tomatoes, mushroom, olive, and melting mozzarella cheese, to the roasted succulent spiced meats of Turkey, Afghanistan, and Persia, to Burma’s seafood stews; the delectable dumplings and stir-fry noodles of China and Tibet to the mouth-watering sushi of Japan … and there are thousands more d

Award Submission Renewal

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Award Submission Renewal If you are already a registered Light & Composition photographer, then renewing your award submission option gives you the opportunity to keep showcasing your photography works to our vast photographic network. You can submit your best photographs to our most prestigious photography award unlimited times until your renewal period ended. Submitting more photographs helps ranking yourself in the world’s top 100 photographers list. If you are already a registered Light & Composition photographer, then renewing your award submission option gives you the opportunity to keep showcasing your photography works to our vast photographic network. You can submit your best photographs to our most prestigious photography award unlimited times until your renewal period ended. Submitting more photographs helps ranking yourself in the world’s top 100 photographers list. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/award/submission-renewal/?feed_id=901127&_unique_id=63366d

Developing Portfolio

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Developing Portfolio Photographers who have been working for years in the field of photography or photojournalism, should have taken hundreds or thousands of photographs under their belts, and their professional portfolios showcase the best of the best. Going through all your photographs and identifying the ones that are the most powerful is the key to make a photographer’s portfolio stunning that stand out from the rest. This is the course that train you to become a pioneer in this filed, to identify your best work and put them to your portfolio. Photographers who have been working for years in the field of photography or photojournalism, should have taken hundreds or thousands of photographs under their belts, and their professional portfolios showcase the best of the best. Going through all your photographs and identifying the ones that are the most powerful is the key to make a photographer’s portfolio stunning that stand out from the rest. This is the course that train you to be

Mastering Photography

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Mastering Photography Learn, experience and explore the world of photography through the exceptional visualization and composition photographic books bundle – Mastering Photography that helps one develop an artistic eye. It contains two magnificent books, The Quintessence of Photography: Understanding Composition and The Essence of Close-Up Photography: A Guide to Capturing the Splendor of the Unseen World. They not only help you understand the compositional building blocks, but also help harness your artistic potential. Learn, experience and explore the world of photography through the exceptional visualization and composition photographic books bundle – Mastering Photography that helps one develop an artistic eye. It contains two magnificent books, The Quintessence of Photography: Understanding Composition and The Essence of Close-Up Photography: A Guide to Capturing the Splendor of the Unseen World. They not only help you understand the compositional building blocks, but also help

Mastering the Decisive Moment

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Mastering the Decisive Moment From capturing a split second that reveals the flow of life to its fleeting instant, the spontaneousness of real life around us - it is the concept of decisive moment that defines the modern street photography and photojournalism in a broader sense. In this course we will master the art of capturing decisive moment, which has made today’s photography into a recognized art form. From capturing a split second that reveals the flow of life to its fleeting instant, the spontaneousness of real life around us - it is the concept of decisive moment that defines the modern street photography and photojournalism in a broader sense. In this course we will master the art of capturing decisive moment, which has made today’s photography into a recognized art form. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/university/mastering-the-decisive-moment/?feed_id=901117&_unique_id=63364116bc475

Apply for the PhD Research Proposal

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Apply for the PhD Research Proposal The first step of your PhD application process is to prepare a research proposal, which sets out the aims and objectives for your PhD, that includes the original topic you plan to study and the questions you’ll set out to answer. The first step of your PhD application process is to prepare a research proposal, which sets out the aims and objectives for your PhD, that includes the original topic you plan to study and the questions you’ll set out to answer. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/university/apply-for-the-phd-research-proposal/?feed_id=901031&_unique_id=633632af1a852

A Photographer's Guide to Night Photography

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A Photographer's Guide to Night Photography The moment the sun sets into the furthest horizon, the day ends in that side of this earth, the night begins, and that’s when all our artificial lights start glowing, giving us some majestic time to photograph. Night photography is all about those lights that mark our presence on this earth, in thousands of ways, in more than thousands of perspectives. The moment the sun sets into the furthest horizon, the day ends in that side of this earth, the night begins, and that’s when all our artificial lights start glowing, giving us some majestic time to photograph. Night photography is all about those lights that mark our presence on this earth, in thousands of ways, in more than thousands of perspectives. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/publications/a-photographers-guide-to-night-photography/?feed_id=900994&_unique_id=633623755c1b1

A Photographer's Guide to Perfect Exposure

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A Photographer's Guide to Perfect Exposure It is one thing to take a photograph, but quite another to photograph with perfect exposure. When you take the photograph with correct exposure, it tells the story vividly, as if it has its own personality – a dramatic instance in every single pixel, regardless 35mm, large, medium, fourth-third, or whichever format you chose. It is one thing to take a photograph, but quite another to photograph with perfect exposure. When you take the photograph with correct exposure, it tells the story vividly, as if it has its own personality – a dramatic instance in every single pixel, regardless 35mm, large, medium, fourth-third, or whichever format you chose. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/publications/a-photographers-guide-to-perfect-exposure/?feed_id=900993&_unique_id=6336156557156

Mastering the Art of Nature Photography

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Mastering the Art of Nature Photography When in the middle of nature, you can notice interconnectivity of its elements, where each creature, each being, has a unique role to play. The autumn leaves, the mossy forest with endless tree line, a glimpse of blue sky, and the brilliant rays of sunlight that saturate everything with an intensity of hue, work together to form a wonderfully peaceful environment – a perfect circle, where seasons change; things are born, and they die. Capturing that nature with texture, contrast, saturation, and its vibrancy of colour is a work of art that needs to master. When in the middle of nature, you can notice interconnectivity of its elements, where each creature, each being, has a unique role to play. The autumn leaves, the mossy forest with endless tree line, a glimpse of blue sky, and the brilliant rays of sunlight that saturate everything with an intensity of hue, work together to form a wonderfully peaceful environment – a perfect circle, where sea

Light & Composition Prime

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Light & Composition Prime With Light & Composition Prime subscription, get access to all our publications, best-selling books, as well as our university press weekly publications that we use in our university, workshops, and seminars in different parts of the world. It also makes you Light & Composition Registered Photographer with the option of unlimited award submission. With Light & Composition Prime subscription, get access to all our publications, best-selling books, as well as our university press weekly publications that we use in our university, workshops, and seminars in different parts of the world. It also makes you Light & Composition Registered Photographer with the option of unlimited award submission. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/store/prime/?feed_id=900986&_unique_id=6335f94529d40

Ethics in Photography

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Ethics in Photography From subjective to conceptual, or having a photographic vision to the concepts of judgments, the responsibility of how we take and share photographs fall in the field of ethics, the principle that guides how to work with photography in an ethical way. From subjective to conceptual, or having a photographic vision to the concepts of judgments, the responsibility of how we take and share photographs fall in the field of ethics, the principle that guides how to work with photography in an ethical way. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/store/ethics-in-photography/?feed_id=900982&_unique_id=6335ea179d9c3

A Photographer's Guide to Perfect Exposure

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A Photographer's Guide to Perfect Exposure It is one thing to take a photograph, but quite another to photograph with perfect exposure. When you take the photograph with correct exposure, it tells the story vividly, as if it has its own personality – a dramatic instance in every single pixel, regardless 35mm, large, medium, fourth-third, or whichever format you chose. It is one thing to take a photograph, but quite another to photograph with perfect exposure. When you take the photograph with correct exposure, it tells the story vividly, as if it has its own personality – a dramatic instance in every single pixel, regardless 35mm, large, medium, fourth-third, or whichever format you chose. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/publications/a-photographers-guide-to-perfect-exposure/?feed_id=900981&_unique_id=6335dbf7e0fe7

The Definitive Guide to Mastering the Art of Publication

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The Definitive Guide to Mastering the Art of Publication From publishing newspapers, magazines, books, scientific journals to typography, postscript, the CMYK colour module, the digital billboard, or user interface, the field of publication covers a vast area. By definition, it is to display one’s work to public by means of any device or process that not necessarily have to be just printed copies. In fact it includes every state-of-art device of present time; and for this very reason, to master the art of publication, one needs to master lots of different disciplines. Nevertheless, it is the fundamental principles of printing, which were developed over centuries that rule it all. In this guide we are going to learn them. From publishing newspapers, magazines, books, scientific journals to typography, postscript, the CMYK colour module, the digital billboard, or user interface, the field of publication covers a vast area. By definition, it is to display one’s work to public by means

From Recipes to Becoming a Chef

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From Recipes to Becoming a Chef People love to follow a recipe while cooking, not because they don’t know how to cook, but to serve their love ones with the best taste they can have. Wouldn’t it be great if that recipe is yours, representing your signature dish? Can you make a recipe uniquely your own, by offering something new, different from the millions of recipes our there? Learning the art of writing recipes form a particular book, like this guide, might not be enough, but this could change your life if you can do it well, or certainly be the first firm step to becoming a chef. People love to follow a recipe while cooking, not because they don’t know how to cook, but to serve their love ones with the best taste they can have. Wouldn’t it be great if that recipe is yours, representing your signature dish? Can you make a recipe uniquely your own, by offering something new, different from the millions of recipes our there? Learning the art of writing recipes form a particular book,

Working in Advertising

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Working in Advertising To give our students the quality academic environment and best support, we allow only 100 students to our advanced level courses. All these courses come with one-to-one support. We need at least three weeks leading up to arrange that support based on your most suitable time. To give our students the quality academic environment and best support, we allow only 100 students to our advanced level courses. All these courses come with one-to-one support. We need at least three weeks leading up to arrange that support based on your most suitable time. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/university/working-in-advertising/?feed_id=900855&_unique_id=6335afbfdd347

Photojournalism Thesis

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Photojournalism Thesis To give our students the quality academic environment and best support, we allow only 100 students to our advanced level courses. All these courses come with one-to-one support. We need at least three weeks leading up to arrange that support based on your most suitable time. To give our students the quality academic environment and best support, we allow only 100 students to our advanced level courses. All these courses come with one-to-one support. We need at least three weeks leading up to arrange that support based on your most suitable time. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/store/photojournalism-thesis/?feed_id=900707&_unique_id=6335a183d85b3

A Photographer's Guide to Wildlife Photography

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A Photographer's Guide to Wildlife Photography It is the wilderness, where you encounter life on earth in its true natural environment. From the fastest mammal on earth with keen eyesight that scans its grassland for the sign of prey, to the great migration of Africa, where millions of wildebeest straggle to move for better grazing areas. It is a stage of nature, where the greatest show on earth plays out. This is the diverse wildlife, from which we could only capture some fractions of moments with photography. It is the wilderness, where you encounter life on earth in its true natural environment. From the fastest mammal on earth with keen eyesight that scans its grassland for the sign of prey, to the great migration of Africa, where millions of wildebeest straggle to move for better grazing areas. It is a stage of nature, where the greatest show on earth plays out. This is the diverse wildlife, from which we could only capture some fractions of moments with photography. https:

Becoming a Writer

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Becoming a Writer For writing stories that influence one’s feelings, insights, and expectations, writers have been composing engaging narratives with memorable characters, general to specific settings, interesting plot, and climax. They are the elements that connect readers to a central theme from a unique, well-known point of view – the angle from which the story is told. Whether they are short stories, fictions, non-fictions, narrative essays, travel journals, or even the biographies, it is the creative way of writing that offers writers the freedom to write in original style. For writing stories that influence one’s feelings, insights, and expectations, writers have been composing engaging narratives with memorable characters, general to specific settings, interesting plot, and climax. They are the elements that connect readers to a central theme from a unique, well-known point of view – the angle from which the story is told. Whether they are short stories, fictions, non-fictions

Hello Explorer

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Hello Explorer Just pause, and imagine a moment, its threads of beauty that we so often neglect to see. It’s a stunning life in the frame, captures nature’s beauty in abundance. To communicate with artistic vision, one must visualize a perfect occurrence in nature, when a magical moment is going to happen. To hunt for that moment you need skill and knowledge of light to transform that moment into an artistic one. Let’s explore the true beauty of nature and the art of capturing it in photography. Just pause, and imagine a moment, its threads of beauty that we so often neglect to see. It’s a stunning life in the frame, captures nature’s beauty in abundance. To communicate with artistic vision, one must visualize a perfect occurrence in nature, when a magical moment is going to happen. To hunt for that moment you need skill and knowledge of light to transform that moment into an artistic one. Let’s explore the true beauty of nature and the art of capturing it in photography. https://ww

The Definitive Guide to Online Marketing

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The Definitive Guide to Online Marketing From content strategy to social media marketing, search engine optimization to knowing your consumers, making a review or even unboxing a product, the list is endless, nevertheless, online marketing has been facilitating the market to develop and flourish at an unprecedented rate. From content strategy to social media marketing, search engine optimization to knowing your consumers, making a review or even unboxing a product, the list is endless, nevertheless, online marketing has been facilitating the market to develop and flourish at an unprecedented rate. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/publications/the-definitive-guide-to-online-marketing/?feed_id=900600&_unique_id=633566e44c4e2

A Photographer's Guide to Documentary Photography

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A Photographer's Guide to Documentary Photography With photography, we capture the essence of freedom with authenticity, by preserving the moment in inhuman time. We can traverse back in time and meet a World War I veteran or go on a spiritual journey to the most serene mosque. We may visit a refugee camp, where life suddenly stands still, or join a peaceful demonstration for Gaza to stop the sorrow and pain of her people. We may perhaps just overlook them and fly over the Detroit River, or enjoy the century-old Tower Bridge on the river Thames. We can simply take a journey through the corridor of passion that leads us to the Far East, Beijing then to Niseko, Japan, down to the land of Thousand Islands, then to the deserts of Africa, the mediaeval villages in Indian subcontinent or to the mountain of Himalayas. Despite the variety of locations, there is a common theme in photography, capturing a moment in time. With photography, we capture the essence of freedom with authenticity

Mastering the Art of Nature Photography

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Mastering the Art of Nature Photography When in the middle of nature, you can notice interconnectivity of its elements, where each creature, each being, has a unique role to play. The autumn leaves, the mossy forest with endless tree line, a glimpse of blue sky, and the brilliant rays of sunlight that saturate everything with an intensity of hue, work together to form a wonderfully peaceful environment – a perfect circle, where seasons change; things are born, and they die. Capturing that nature with texture, contrast, saturation, and its vibrancy of colour is a work of art that needs to master. When in the middle of nature, you can notice interconnectivity of its elements, where each creature, each being, has a unique role to play. The autumn leaves, the mossy forest with endless tree line, a glimpse of blue sky, and the brilliant rays of sunlight that saturate everything with an intensity of hue, work together to form a wonderfully peaceful environment – a perfect circle, where sea

Understanding Light

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Understanding Light From the enigma of capturing light to sense its nature, the direction, color, and the quality – one needs to understand light to be a successful photographer. Knowing the camera metering mode or getting the perfect toned photograph are not always the only criteria, we learn and practice endlessly to get the most decisive moment on a perfect light condition to revel the subject in the most artistic way into a photograph with near to perfect highlights and shadows. From the enigma of capturing light to sense its nature, the direction, color, and the quality – one needs to understand light to be a successful photographer. Knowing the camera metering mode or getting the perfect toned photograph are not always the only criteria, we learn and practice endlessly to get the most decisive moment on a perfect light condition to revel the subject in the most artistic way into a photograph with near to perfect highlights and shadows. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/unive

The Quintessence of Photography

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The Quintessence of Photography The Quintessence of Photography: Understanding Composition is the most precisely written reference book for anyone who is longing to step into the latitude of the true aesthetic world of photography. No matter how much you think you know about photography, you will learn new insights in this book. In each of its pages, this book takes you around the panoramic world of photography and its art; from core science to beautiful aesthetic worlds, from classical notions to cutting edge technology, and so much more. The Quintessence of Photography: Understanding Composition is the most precisely written reference book for anyone who is longing to step into the latitude of the true aesthetic world of photography. No matter how much you think you know about photography, you will learn new insights in this book. In each of its pages, this book takes you around the panoramic world of photography and its art; from core science to beautiful aesthetic worlds, from cl

Driven by Passion

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Driven by Passion If there was a single road that led to every corner of the earth, then surely you, I, and some adventurous few would love to be the first to travel it. Yes, it is our zeal for discovering life, nature, and culture that drives us to be there. It makes us passionate enough to capture it in a frame. If there was a single road that led to every corner of the earth, then surely you, I, and some adventurous few would love to be the first to travel it. Yes, it is our zeal for discovering life, nature, and culture that drives us to be there. It makes us passionate enough to capture it in a frame. https://www.lightandcomposition.com/publications/driven-by-passion/?feed_id=900510&_unique_id=63351e2a41cfb