Light & Composition Magazine » Architectural Photography http://www.lightandcomposition.com Towards the true essence of photography Thu, 17 May 2012 12:10:32 +0000 en hourly 1 Photo of the Day | April 30 | Gate of Castle, by Mehmet Masum Süer http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-30-gate-of-castle-by-mehmet-masum-suer/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-30-gate-of-castle-by-mehmet-masum-suer/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:39:10 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=8528 Photo of the Day - April 30
Diyarbakir is a city on the southeast of the Turkey. The city I live, is known with a long and historic walls. Walls of Diyarbakir are more than five kilometers long, among the longest of medieval fortifications; only the Great Wall of China is longer. It is constructed of imposing masonry in black basalt (a stone of local origin), and had along its circuit more than 75 towers, all but six of which are still standing. There are four original gates in the wall, the Harput gate in the north, the New gate in the east, the Mardin gate to the south, and the Urfa gate to the west. The walls have a 2 thousand years history of more than.

Technical Info: Pentax K20D | Exposure 1/90sec @ f/5.6 | Focal length 25mm | ISO 100
Title of the photograph: Gate of Castle
Photo of the Day Award Category: Architectural Photography
Photograph Location: Diyarbakir | Turkey
Photographer: Mehmet Masum Süer (Diyarbakir,Turkey)
Mehmet Masum Süer is a Kurdish documentary photographer and freelance journalist. He lives in Diyarbakir in Turkey. He writes about historical and cultural subjects. In addition of these, he is working for some local and foreign media institutions. His photographs published in publicity of his region or magazines.

Website: http://www.photo.net/photos/diyarbakir
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/masumsuer

]]> http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-30-gate-of-castle-by-mehmet-masum-suer/feed/ 1 Photo of the Day | April 13 | Beyond the Elegant Architecture, by Zain Abdullah http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-13-beyond-the-elegant-architecture-by-zain-abdullah/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-13-beyond-the-elegant-architecture-by-zain-abdullah/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:38:08 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=8297 Photo of the Day - April 13
What interested me to photograph the As-Shariff masjid, beyond its elegant architecture, was its vibrant yellow coat of paint against the deep blue sky in the early morning. My lens was fitted with a polarizer filter to accentuate the blue color of the sky as well as to enhance the contrast between the deep blue sky and the white cloud.

Technical Info: Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-135mm | Exposure 1/20sec @ f/10 | ISO: 100 | Focal length: 22mm
Title of the photograph: Beyond the Elegant Architecture
Photo of the Day Award Category: Architectural Photography
Photograph Location: Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia

Photographer:Mat Zain Abdullah (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Zain Abdullah is a Malaysian self-taught photographer who enjoys taking pictures since he took up the hobby in 2003. He has fully converted to digital since 2008 and is now using Nikon D80. Some of his photographs have been published by local as well as international magazines although he still prefers to remain as a hobbyist. He loves shooting architecture, people, street scene and landscape most. More of his photographs can be found at his website and his photo blog as provided below.
Website: http://zain.zenfolio.com
Photo Blog: http://zainabdullah.wordpress.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/zain_abdullah

]]> http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-13-beyond-the-elegant-architecture-by-zain-abdullah/feed/ 0 Photo of the Day | March 01 | Masjid Wilayah, by Ahmad Jaa http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-march-01-masjid-wilayah-by-ahmad-jaa/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-march-01-masjid-wilayah-by-ahmad-jaa/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:54:41 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=7956 Photo of the Day - March 01
A beautiful blue sky and the Islamic architecture blending in harmony that reminds me of Allah, the most Gracious, most Merciful. It was taken after Zuhur prayer in Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur. If you look at the architecture carefully, it’s Islamic pop art, and the verse from Quran, Chapter 9 (18-22) on the beautiful wall, making it even more heavenly. The translations of those verses are as follows – 18. The mosques of Allah are only to be maintained by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day and establish prayer and give charity and do not fear except Allah, for it is expected that those will be of the rightly guided.
19. Have you made the providing of water for the pilgrim and the maintenance of al-Masjid al-Haram equal to the deeds of one who believes in Allah and the Last Day and strives in the cause of Allah? They are not equal in the sight of Allah. And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
20. The ones who have believed, emigrated and striven in the cause of Allah with their wealth and their lives are greater in rank in the sight of Allah. And it is those who are the attainers of success.
21. Their Lord gives them good tidings of mercy from Him and approval and of gardens for them wherein is enduring pleasure.
22. They will be abiding therein forever. Indeed, Allah has with Him a great reward.
- Ameen.

Technical Info: Olympus E-5 | ISO 200 | 1/80 @ f/16 | Focal Length 12mm
Title of the Photograph: Masjid Wilayah
Photo of the Day Award Category: Architectural Photography
Photograph Location: Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia.
Photographer: Ahmad Jaa (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Ahmad Jaa, is an ordinary person who enjoys photography. He is not a pro and his works never been published or exhibited anywhere before. He shoots what he likes and what interest him. He loves chocolates. Just that only recently, sometime early this year he started to enjoy more and thus shooting more and more. The joy and fun in photography to his is the most important thing. Without the fun factor, photography will not be a fun thing and a happy hobby. With fun, one will be happy and enjoying them and this will keep them moving forward. He will keep on improving, experimenting and shooting and hopefully will be a better photographer.

Flickr: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ahmadjaa
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahmadjaa/
GooglePlus: https://plus.google.com/101840044241134728110/

]]> http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-march-01-masjid-wilayah-by-ahmad-jaa/feed/ 1 Photo of the Day | February 24 | The Symbol of Love, by Subhashish Nag Choudhury http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-february-24-the-symbol-of-love-by-subhashish-nag-choudhury/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-february-24-the-symbol-of-love-by-subhashish-nag-choudhury/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:17:47 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=7889 Photo of the Day - February 24
This photograph is of a beautiful symbolic Monument which is in Agra (India). That was the Sunset time, when it looks lovely as the sky goes dark, and the monument is getting more beautiful. When I was taking this picture, I just thought how the Great Taj will look when it is taken from corner angle, and the sky will put more effect on it or not . So here is my Imagination which I put it in front of you.

Technical Info: Sony DSC-W120 | Exposure 1/400s @ f/4.5 | ISO 125
Title of the photograph: The Symbol of Love
Photo of the Day Award Category: Architectural Photography
Photograph Location: Agra | India
Photographer: Subhashish Nag Choudhury ( Bangalore, India )
Subhashish Nag Choudhury lives in Bangalore and has done his B.Tech in Information Technology. He is currently working as a software engineer in one of the IT firms in Bangalore. He loves making friends and travelling. One of his dreams is to travel the whole world. Photography is his passion and he feels photography is an expressive form of art and it’s technical as well. He loves capturing all kind of shots as he see through his eyes. He always seeks interesting moments, scenes. His current photography is around nature, wildlife, landscape, micro and he also does lot of experiments on artistic photography.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/subhashishonline/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150366274220465.394242.619185464&type=3

]]> http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-february-24-the-symbol-of-love-by-subhashish-nag-choudhury/feed/ 2 Photo of the Day | January 17 | Interior of the Grand Colosseum, by Achintya Guchhait http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-january-17-interior-of-the-grand-colosseum-by-achintya-guchhait/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-january-17-interior-of-the-grand-colosseum-by-achintya-guchhait/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:00:45 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=7648 Photo of the Day - January 17
The grandest of the roman structures. Clicked during my recent visit to Rome, its a structure that amazed me. I went there thrice in four days to catch it in different moods. The false platform in the front part of the podium shows how it would have looked like when it was fully functional.

Technical Info: Canon EOS 500D | ISO 100 | Aperture f/11 | Exposure 1/200sec | Focal Length 18mm
Title of the photograph: Interior of the Grand Colosseum
Photo of the Day Award Category: Architectural Photography
Photograph Location: Rome | Italy
Photographer: Achintya Kumar Guchhait (Bangalore, India)
Achintya Kumar Guchhait started taking photos from a early age with a ‘Snapper’. In those days, he used to grab his father’s camera whenever he was not the subject. It was not until late 2008 when he bought his first digital camera, a canon s5is, and started taking snaps as he liked. With the luxury of capturing snaps and not printing them, it was a dream come true for him. He took up photography more seriously as a year passed. He is currently own a canon 500D. His kit contains a 18-55mm kit lens, a 55-250mm telephoto lens and a tripod. There are a few snaps in his profile using 50mm and 11-16mm lens from his friends.

Achintya likes to capture life as it is. He is a traveler who always makes sure to carry the camera. Life around, their coexistence with the human world appeals him. He is also love to capture human beings in the commonest of places. He has also captured a few portfolios and weddings. He is a techie by profession and a student of photography who takes lessons from all the works that he sees. Recently He got selected as a Getty contributor and added a 8mm Fish eye lens to his kit.
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/achintyas_eye_view/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/achintya.guchhait
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/achintyaakg

]]> http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-january-17-interior-of-the-grand-colosseum-by-achintya-guchhait/feed/ 0 Photo of the Day | January 15 | Moroccan Pavilion, by Shamma Esoof http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-january-15-moroccan-pavilion-by-shamma-esoof/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-january-15-moroccan-pavilion-by-shamma-esoof/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:05:40 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=7637 Photo of the Day - January 15
This is a little glimpse into the intricate architectural style of Morocco; except that the Moroccan Pavilion is not in Morocco but in Putrajaya Malaysia. It is a small splendid pavilion which contains several rooms adorned with traditional Moroccan furniture. The walls are either covered with elaborate and colourful mosaics or with bas relief of floral motifs. The geometrical shapes of the mosaics form part of what architects now call Islamic Design.

Technical Info: Nikon D90 | Exposure: 1/125sec @ f/1.4 | ISO: 200
Title of the photograph: Moroccan Pavilion
Photo of the Day Award Category: Architectural Photography
Photograph Location: Putrajaya | Malaysia
Photographer: Shamma Esoof (Puchong, Malaysia)
Simply and elegance is how Shamma Esoof would describe her aesthetic when she takes portraits of either people or animals. She believes photography can be used for worthy causes, which is why she volunteer as much I can with animal rescuers. Her volunteer work consists of taking dignified portraits of rescued animals to give them the best chance they can get at adoption. She is very much concerned with animal welfare and cultivating self-confidence in young people.

Shamma’s other work consists of makeovers and beauty shots as she is also a makeup artist. She is also collaborate with other photographers as a creative director. She elaborate, develop and execute concepts for photo shoots. Shamma coaches models and clients on posing.

Website: www.shamjolimie.tk
Google+: http://plus.google.com/105675627112568067224/posts
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sham.jolimie

]]> http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-january-15-moroccan-pavilion-by-shamma-esoof/feed/ 0 Photo of the Day | November 04 | Holocaust Memorial, by Cláudia Vieira http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-november-04-holocaust-memorial-by-cla%c2%a1udia-vieira/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-november-04-holocaust-memorial-by-cla%c2%a1udia-vieira/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:39:36 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=7114 Photo of the Day - November 04
After hunting for it for some time, I found the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, also known as The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (architect Peter Eisenman; engineer Buro Happold, 2004). The top of the memorial is relatively at street level and dips into the ground, immersing you. This type of structure in the Berlin winter light aids photography.

Technical Info: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT | 1/100sec at F/6.3 | Focal Length 35mm
Title of the photograph: Holocaust Memorial
Photo of the Day Award Category: Architectural Photography
Photograph Location: Berlin | Germany
Photographer: FuturePresent | Cláudia Gabriela Marques Vieira (Berlin, Germany)
Cláudia Gabriela Marques Vieira is the Director of FuturePresent, a creative media studio, specialising in branding, print, web and social media design and consultancy, as well as photography. FuturePresent have over a decade of expertise in media design, consultancy and education. FuturePresent also have an established profile online and offline for quality film and digital photography.

Cláudia Gabriela Marques Vieira created FuturePresent in 2002. Cláudia specialised as a university lecturer in interactive media from 2002 to 2011. Those years of research and developing expertise in how internet culture works gives her a unique insight into the most successful design and digital photography solutions. Cláudia works individually or with collaborators to experiment with the boundaries of interactive media and understand how to design and promote social media networks successfully. Currently, Cláudia is focusing on heightening FuturePresent’s profile for art, nature and portrait photography; she’d rather be travelling around capturing the natural world on camera than absolutely anything else and sharing it with others in our FuturePresent Photographic Community on flickr http://www.flickr.com/groups/futurepresent/

Website: http://www.futurepresent.org
Gallery: http://futurepresent.typepad.com/fotographs/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/saphirai/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/FuturePresent-Fotographs/76208127932
Twitter: http://twitter.com/futurepresent

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This shot was taken at Jama Masjid, Delhi, India. I love the dimensional difference between the Mosque and the Woman here. And also love the contrast between the Red Mosque & the Blue Clothing.

Technical Info: Nikon D3000 | 1/500sec at f4.5 | ISO 100 | Focal Length 18mm
Title of the photograph: At the Doorstep of Almighty
Photo of the Day Award Category: Architectural Photography
Photograph Location: Delhi | India
Photographer: Prasanta Singha (Kolkata, INDIA)
Prasanta Singha consider himself as a travel photographer. He loves to depict the life of inhabitants & portrait of the people and also loves to capture their surroundings. He loves photography as he feels the passion in my blood flowing all the time from the heart to my brain. He has a hope that one day he would be able to contribute at least a little to the magical world of Photography.
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/prasantaphotography
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/prasantaphotography

]]> http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-september-19-at-the-doorstep-of-almighty-by-prasanta-singha/feed/ 0 Photo of the Day | August 29 | Pillars of the Mind by Liesl Cheney http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-august-29-pillars-of-the-mind-by-liesl-cheney/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-august-29-pillars-of-the-mind-by-liesl-cheney/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:54:12 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=6308 Photo of the Day - August 29
The Moroccan architecture is fascinating. The use of symmetry and geometric shapes is fantastic and a real treat for the wondering photographer. This building, the El Bhahia Palace is beautifully decorated and a treat to explore. I tried to capture some of the beauty of the decoration together with a bit of scale of this beautiful room.

Technical Info: Nikon D90 | Exposure: 1/200sec at f/1.8 | ISO 320
Title of the photograph: Pillars of the Mind
Photo of the Day Award Category: Architectural Photography
Photograph Location: Morocco
Photographer: Liesl Cheney ( Surrey, UK )
Liesl Cheney is a wedding and portrait photographer, based in Surrey, UK. She loves capturing the emotion and personality of her subjects. Occasionally, as circumstance allows, Liesl turns her hand to other subjects and works closely with food suppliers and stylists, photographing portfolios for use in their marketing material. In her spare time she also enjoys travel photography.

Flickr: http://www.lieslcheney.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lieslcheney
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lieslcheney

]]> http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-august-29-pillars-of-the-mind-by-liesl-cheney/feed/ 0 Photo of the Day | April 27 | Pillars by Jim Alonzo http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-27-pillars-by-jim-alonzo/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-27-pillars-by-jim-alonzo/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:23:32 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=4233 Photo of the Day - April 27
The design of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque has been inspired by both Mughal and Moorish mosque architecture, particularly the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore and the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca being direct influences. The dome layout and floor plan of the mosque was inspired by the Badshahi Mosque and the architecture was inspired by both Mughal and Moorish design. This was taken an hour before the mosque closes for the evening.

Technical Info: Nikon D90 | Focal Length: 60mm | Exposure: f/3.5 at 1/100s | ISO 200
Title of the Photograph: Pillars
Photo of the Day Award Category: Architectural Photography
Photographer: Jim Alonzo (Sharjah, UAE)
When Jim Alonzo had his first Instamatic camera (Olympus) in college, he never knew that it is going to be one of his passion. He set up a small studio and took pictures of his sisters and when he saw the photos he had taken, he said to himself “I think I’m loving this.” It’s been a year since he bought his own DSLR. His favorite subjects to photograph are kids and landscapes. he got no formal training, but he believes that, maybe someday he will have the chance to meet the famous photographers around the world and have the chance to work with them.
Portfolio: http://www.dphotographer.co.uk/show_profile.php?userid=13452&page=
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpgalonzo
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jimalonzo1206
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/profile.php?id=564450998

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