In the world of photography, there are so many fields that amaze us through their enduring, unique visual representations. Many deal mainly with the aesthetic aspects, and numerous others emphasize conceptual themes. From abstract to architectural, black and white to color, portraiture to landscape, and documentary to wildlife, each field of photography has its own [...]
The frame belongs to you. Just after you click, it shows the moment you observed and experienced. It has a story, a unique expression and viewpoint that is full of visual experiences, and with your artistic touch this frame becomes special when its elements communicate with the viewer. This frame needs a language in order [...]
In 1888, when Kodak introduced the revolutionary consumer level camera, none of us were even born yet. However, that simple step changed our way of seeing the world. This new invention, put into the hands of everyone, has given the chance to show our experience of life, and capture it in frames, for others to [...]
The Essence of Close-Up Photography is where I left you after an informative Himalayas journey. It is a guide to capturing the splendor of unseen beauty, and one of my favorite books for beginners who are just stepping into the world of photography. It explains needed vocabularies in detail, as well as delving into the [...]
The horizon reaches its rendezvous with the sun, the brilliant sky painted blue, with gorgeous sun high above the horizon, moving from east to west, changing its hue as time goes on, becoming golden as it descends into the horizon. This is the color that we have in our life, a life of some scattered [...]
Almost two years have passed since I introduced one of our most important books in the field of photography: The Quintessence of Photography: Understanding Composition. I have presented it in seminars, workshops, field trips, and photo walks. It traveled with me as my close companion, from the mountain village of Manang to the overcrowded streets [...]
Moments that we see through the lens, moments that give us a gesture; a gesture that descends into the abyss of visual rhythm and harmonies through a kind of intuition. It is an expression that we experience in that very moment; put a frame around and call it a “photograph”, but the story goes far [...]
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.
Every day, when I wake up in the dawn and finish the morning prayers, the sun seems to wait to give its light into the hue of the horizon. Its journey of light tells us a story with rhythm and harmony. Every photograph we make has its own journey and story to tell. Sometimes the [...]
“The Worshippers” is a simple photograph, by Waseef Akhtar. It is rather simple in composition, but it became our photograph of the month due to its popularity with viewers. The key reason lies in the place itself. With the photograph, Waseef took us to one of the most sacred places on Earth, Al-Masjid Al-Haram (The [...]
