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Northern Lights, by Giles Christopher

L&C Team — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:35:33 +0000

On a long weekend trip to Iceland with my wife.. staying in the Thinglevir National park in this brand new hotel, that had only be opened a week. weather had been cloudy all week prior to us arriving and we had one night where the skies cleared and i was there waitng with my tripod, cable release and long exposure..this light show lasted 10 minutes!!

Technical Info: Canon EOS 5D Mark II with 17-40mm | Exposure 45sec @ f/5.6 | ISO 320 | Focal Length 19mm
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | May 17
Award Score: 69 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 17, Style 13, Skill 13)

Title of the photograph: Northern Lights
Photo of the Day Award Category: Night Photography
Photograph Location: Thinglevir National Park | Iceland

Photographer: Giles Christopher (London, UK) Registered Photographer
Giles Christopher spent 25 Years as Professional Photographer and Cinematographer. Worked on Many Feature Films, Music Videos, and Commercial Campaigns. 12 years ago set up and now run their successful multi award winning commercial photography and video business, ‘MEDIA WISDOM PHOTOGRAPHY’ specializing in Food, Interiors, Architecture and Portraits. Now working with many Hotel and restaurant brands as well as celebrities, chefs and many interesting clients and a bit of specialized training thrown in, and believe they really do “Live, Dream and Sleep Photography”.

Website: http://www.mediwisdom.co.uk
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mediawisdom
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Colors of London, by Dimitrios Zavos

L&C Team — Sat, 11 May 2013 13:08:49 +0000

It was a cold and very wet mid-spring night in London when, against my best judgement, I decided to head out to test a new lens I had just added to my inventory. Boys with toys, hey… After getting soaked for a number of hours waiting for the downpour to subside I decided to call it a day (or night, more suitably) and head back. As I was crossing Westminster bridge the rain suddenly stopped and I noticed the London Eye and County Hall dressed in their best colors. 25 seconds later I had this shot.

Technical Info: Canon 60D with EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM | Exposure 25sec @ f/10 | ISO 100 | Focal Length 24mm
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | April 08
Award Score: 67 (Value 13, Clarity 12.5, Composition 17, Style 12.5, Skill 12)

Title of the photograph: Colors of London
Photo of the Day Award Category: Night Photography
Photograph Location: Westminster, London | United Kingdom

Photographer: Dimitrios Zavos (Farnborough, United Kingdom) Registered Photographer
Dimitrios Zavos is an independent, freelance travel and wildlife photographer and writer. Born on the beautiful Greek island of Samos, Dimitrios moved to Athens when he was just two years old. After spending his childhood and teeange years in Athens, he moved to the United Kingdom in 2007. Dimitrios is currently based in Farnborough, England.

Although interested in the genres of Travel and Wildlife photography since a very young age, it wasn’t until about two years ago that he decided to actively pursue his passion and took a more serious look in his photography. A civil engineer by trade and still employed by a multinational engineering corporation, Dimitrios has been blessed with the opportunity to travel the world and capture some of its beauty in his photography.He also loves sharing his knowledge in this beautiful art through a series of Digital Photography Tips and Tutorials articles he posts on his personal website.

Website: http://www.zavosphotography.com
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/ZavosPhotography
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZavosPhoto

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Through the Night, by Stefan Thallner

L&C Team — Mon, 06 May 2013 08:42:09 +0000

The shot was taken during a weekend trip in paris. After a very long day, seeing all these typical tourist attractions, we decided in the evening to walk around to see Paris at night.

Technical Info: Fuji X-E1 and Fujinon XF 18mmF2 R | Exposure 6.5sec @ f/16 | Focal Length 18mm | ISO 200
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | May 06
Award Score: 63 (Value 11, Clarity 12, Composition 16, Style 12, Skill 12)

Title of the photograph: Through the Night
Photo of the Day Award Category: Night Photography
Photograph Location: Paris | France

Photographer: Stefan Thallner (Allhartsberg, Amstetten, Austria) Registered Photographer
Stefan Thallner born in 1987, and lives in Allhartsberg, Lower Austria. Looking back to his early childhood, there already exist pictures of him with an old photo camera. After he finished college with specialization in technical computer science, he started working as a web developer. That is when His grandfather gave him his old Canon EOS D30, which is Stefan’s first DSLR in the year 2007. It was him who awoke his interests in photography and it’s because of him that his biggest hobby is now photography. As one can imagines, as student you do not have much money, so it took a while after he bought his first DSLR, the EOS D50. In the meanwhile he borrowed the equipment of his grandfather, and learned a lot of things in photography. He likes challenges and exploring something new, which helped him won Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk in Linz (Austria) in the year 2009. In the year 2012 he got self-employed with a web agency and IT company, and started studying informatics in Linz to improve his technical understanding. Taking pictures means something special to him. When he takes his camera he feels free! There is no pressure; it’s just him and his camera.

Website: http://www.stth.at
Photo Portfilio: http://photography.stth.at/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stefanthallner
500px: http://500px.com/stth

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Dubai At Night, by Bashar Alaeddin

L&C Team — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:59:54 +0000

I had just bought the new Canon 5D Mark III in Dubai after finishing a fashion-shoot. I was lucky to be accommodated at a friends apartment in Jumeirah Lake Towers with this image as the view from their balcony. I placed the camera on my tripod on the balcony and captured this image. I wanted to see how good it really was in low-light. This was, I believe, one of the very first images I took when I ripped the packaging apart excitedly. With that, I framed with the images as so to showcase the contrast of high-rise towers on the left with the open space of the city on the right. Dubai is a beautiful city to photograph at night if your fortunate enough to be high-up to see the glittering lights all over.

Technical Info: Canon 5D Mark III with 24mm f/1.4L | Exposure 30sec @ f/11 | ISO 160 | 100mm
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | April 23
Award Score: 67 (Value 13, Clarity 12, Composition 17, Style 12, Skill 13)

Title of the photograph: Dubai At Night
Photo of the Day Award Category: Night Photography
Photograph Location: Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai | United Arab Emirates

Photographer: Bashar Alaeddin (Amman, Jordan) Registered Photographer
Born in Kuwait City, lived between Jordan and Lebanon most of his life, Bashar has over 9yrs experience in digital photography since he picked it up as a hobby for a course during his university years. Starting from a 2mp Samsung, he is now the founder of a photography & video studio based in Amman, Jordan where his time is split between his commercial day job photographing food, interior, products and portraits; and his night-time job traveling around the middle-east region capturing landscapes, the culture and his favorite genre, long-exposures of the night-sky. He is an amateur astronomer and tried to combine that with his love of photographs showcasing the beauty of the Arabian landscapes under starry nights.

Website: http://adasat.co/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34413965@N02
500px: http://500px.com/balaeddin

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Seoul Lights, by Dimitrios Zavos

L&C Team — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:10:06 +0000

On my last evening in Seoul and the temperature way below freezing, it seemed like a really good idea to walk to the top of Namsan mountain to get an overview of the city by night. The view was spectacular, but to capture this 20 second exposure (and a few more later on) I had to use my jacket as support for my camera and lens… It wasn’t pleasant, but at least I got the photo I was looking for.

Technical Info: Canon 60D with 18-200mm | Exposure 20sec @ f/8 | ISO 100 | Focal Length 28mm
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | April 08
Award Score: 67 (Value 13, Clarity 12, Composition 17, Style 12, Skill 13)

Title of the photograph: Seoul Lights
Photo of the Day Award Category: Night Photography
Photograph Location: Seoul | South Korea

Website: http://www.zavosphotography.com
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/ZavosPhotography
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZavosPhoto

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Bye bye Pudong, by Daniel Schnyder

L&C Team — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:56:19 +0000

July 2012, the last night in Shanghai. In front of the Pudong district of Shanghai, People’s Republic of China.

Technical Info: Fujifilm X100 | Exposure 1/125sec @ f/2 | ISO 3200 | Focal Length 23mm
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | April 06
Award Score: 60 (Value 11, Clarity 11, Composition 14, Style 11, Skill 13)

Title of the photograph: Bye bye Pudong
Photo of the Day Award Category: Night Photography
Photograph Location: Shanghai | China

Photographer: Daniel Schnyder (Bévilard, Switzerland) Registered Photographer
Since Daniel Schnyder was a kid, he liked to observe the lives on this planet, especially human activities. He believed the people are pilgrims in this world, and his great pleasure was to discover- to get in touch. Daniel is from Switzerland. He is married and blessed with a son. He is currently working as a polymechanician. Photography came to him as a way of curiosity to know how light captures the moment on the sensitive layer of a film. His first roll was Kodacolor, and when he developed it he was astonished. No image! Later he got opportunity to work with a Swiss French newspaper, but practicing press photography become too depressing for him because the majority of the events to cover were tragic. Traveling abroad gave him a new turn, travel became his best school of life, gives him the pleasure of moment, to share and reveal light.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldfishjack/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/schnydoux
Twitter: https://twitter.com/goldfishjack

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Downtown of Las Vegas at Night, by Sergiy Kadulin

L&C Team — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:29:35 +0000

Las Vegas never sleeps. The city is full of lights and active night life. I made this photograph from the roof of the restaurant of our hotel. It was my first visit to Las Vegas, and of course, I was impressed with the city in the middle of Nevada desert. At night it is especially attractive – with all possible colours you can imagine, streets full of music performance, crowds of tourists from all countries of the world. I used tripod for long exposure and wide lenses to take this photograph.

Title of the photograph: Downtown of Las Vegas at Night
Photo of the Day Award Category: Night Photography
Photograph Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | United States

Photographer: Sergiy Kadulin (Kyiv, Ukraine) Registered Photographer
Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 1967, Sergiy Kadulin grew up in the family with his sister and mother, as his father died when they were two years old. He graduated from the military aviation academy (avionics engineer), and later on, from MBA school (IBR school, based in Ukraine). While majority of his professional career was with information technology, where he worked for such companies as American Power Conversion, hp, Microsoft, and now working with Apple as director of Apple VAD in Ukraine, but photography is his greatest passion and hobby.

Sergiy’s first experience was with his grandfather’s camera (made in 1936), and while he was studying in school he started mode in-depth learning of photography, including dark room processing, shooting on color films, etc. His first own camera (shared with his sister) was Smena-8M, which was very popular in Soviet Union as basic and very affordable camera for children. In upper class his mother gave him a gift – Zenit-12SD, which was his first real film DSLR and he enjoyed it for many years. Later on, while being on business trip in Canada, he bought Minolta with set of lenses, which was far more advanced one. Large part of his film photo collection was made with it. Sergiy was quite skeptical towards digital photography at the beginning, and switched completely to digital workflow by late 90’s until early 2000. About 7 years ago he graduated from the professional photography course in the Kyiv School of Photography, and later on, continued to study (distance learning course of professional photography) in New York Institute of Photography. He also attended number of training courses in different other schools and on top of it, learn new interesting areas online. He did his first photo exhibition in April, 2011, which was named “Sikkim. Beginning” and was devoted to his trekking in Himalaya, Sikkim, India, in 2010.

Sergiy’s favorite type of photography is travel and landscape; however he likes reportage as well. He does devote significant portion of his time to internal growth and development, which to his strong opinion, is the most important part of any creative human. He is trying to use photography as means to share his deep love to the world, to other people and nature, and pass warmth of his heart to them.

Website: http://www.serge-photo.com
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/skadulin/
Gallery: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/gallery/1414006/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sergiy.Kadulin
Twitter: https://twitter.com/skadulin

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The New Tokyo Station, by Madoka Hori

L&C Team — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:36:52 +0000

Till last October, even if you had a chance to visit Tokyo station, there was a big restoration project going on and you couldn’t see the beautiful brick building for 5 years. This building was originally constructed even before my 91-year-old grandmother was born! A few days before the grand opening in 2012, I had a business meeting in Tokyo, 3 hours away from my hometown. Right after the meeting, I went up to the restaurant floor of Shin-Marunouchi Building which stands across from the Tokyo station. I went outside on a balcony where a few couples were having romantic dinner and I put my Olympus on the edge of the handrail to capture this beautiful night view. My favorite part is the color of the bricks and the warm light in the center of the fast paced Asian metropolis.

Technical Info: OLYMPUS E-P2 | Exposure 1/2 @ f/3.5 | Focal Length 14mm | ISO 200
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | March 30
Award Score: 65 (Value 12, Clarity 12, Composition 17, Style 12, Skill 12)

Title of the photograph: The New Tokyo Station
Photo of the Day Award Category: Night Photography
Photograph Location: Tokyo | Japan

Photographer: Madoka Hori (Ashiya, Japan) Guest Photographer
Madoka Hori’s first camera was a toy she got in Singapore when she was on a family trip at age 4. She could press shutter release button, use flash, change filters to see the world differently and it amazed her. She knew it could be fun to hold a (real) camera someday rather than just being the subject of her father’s photography all the time. She started to take photos during high school and after she shifted to digital when she was 20, it got a lot easier for her to capture the moment she wanted to remember. Now she primarily uses Olympus Pen E-P2 and occasionally experiments with her father’s NIKON D800. Travelling and looking at people on the street through a lens is the most exciting thing for her. Feel free to contact her if you have any advice on photography or just want to know about Japan. She’s 27 years old and working for online marketing start-up.

Tumblr: http://riderv328.tumblr.com/archive
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/madoka.hori
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Riderv328

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Jumeirah Beach Residence, by Avi Chatterjee

L&C Team — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 10:50:36 +0000

One of the premium residential areas in Dubai, studded with a clusters of beautiful high-rising buildings and a man made lake to add to the beauty…could not resist to capture how beautiful it looks in the night.

Technical Info: Nikon D7000 with Nikor 24-70 f2.8 | Exposure 30s @ f/10 | ISO 100
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | March 03
Award Score: 66 (Value 12, Clarity 12, Composition 16, Style 13, Skill 13)

Title of the photograph: Jumeirah Beach Residence
Photo of the Day Award Category: Night Photography
Photograph Location: Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai | United Arab Emirates

Photographer: Avi Chatterjee (Dubai,United Arab Emirates) Registered Photographer
Avi Chatterjee was born in Kolkata, India on 1st December 1982. He was brought up in a family of Father, Mother and Younger Brother. After completing his Electrical Engineering from his native town he went outside India looking for fortune. He had stayed in countries like Singapore, Kuwait due to his work and finally for last 5 years he is settled in Dubai. Presently he is working in an Automation OEM Company as a Technical Sales Consultant and holds Technical Certifications like Functional Safety Engineer (SIS) from TUV.

He brought his first Digital Point and Shoot Camera namely Canon A470 when he got married to his wife Triparna who is a painter back in 2008 and they were on a trip to the Himalayas in 2008 .He used to shoot whatever he saw without knowing anything about photography. Today he repents as to what he had missed and what he could have captured if he knew photography that time. His first exposure to the photography world was in the year 2012 when on his Son Aaryan’s first birthday one of his friend brought a DSLR for shooting and finally he got himself a Nikon D7000 by April 2012

His main inspiration is his wife and thus he is even thinking of leaving his mainstream regular Job and start full time in Photography as a Photographer. He is already associated with some professional photographic association and he has started shooting professionally since last December 2012. He is setting up studio Named Time Machine Works in Dubai and India. His interest mainly is in Macro Photography, though he professionally shoots Wedding, Food and Product Photographs.

Portfolio: http://www.pixoto.com/avitrip2000
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/avitrip2000
Twitter: https://twitter.com/avitrip2010

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Golden Glory, by Mohamed Rafi

L&C Team — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:07:14 +0000

Every Londoners has the photographs of this beautiful Westminster palace and i am not exceptional. so i have decided to photograph this beautiful monument along with the silent Thames river so i landed in central london in – 2° freezing cold and i got this gorgeous with long exposure shot.

Technical Info: Canon EOS 600D | Exposure 74sec @ f/22 | ISO 200 | Focal Length 23mm
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | February 25
Award Score: 65 (Value 13, Clarity 12.5, Composition 15, Style 12.5, Skill 12)
Title of the photograph: Golden Glory
Photo of the Day Award Category: Night Photography
Photograph Location: London | United Kingdom

Photographer: Mohamed Rafi (London, United Kingdom) Registered Photographer
Mohamed Rafi is a small town boy, from the south interior part of India, SALEM-Tamilnadu. Born into a conservative Muslim family, completed schooling close to family. College times were larger than life, in the city of Chennai-Tamilnadu. After completing Diploma in Hospitality management, he kick started his career with Jet Airways Pvt ltd. now he is pursuing MBA in british institute of technology and e-commerce in london. A Life threatening accident bought about a huge change, hobbies of his childhood like poetry and short stories became a passion. This passion bought about the interest in photography using it as a medium of Expressions. Most of his clicks are pre scripted, to suit his moods and feelings. It would be understood as his interest in Photo journalism or Concept photography.he love to do his experiments with other styles of photography too. As envisioned by him, it’s the language of the soul. With a wandering heart, creative mind and an experience in calligraphy his work is a mix of new age art with contemporary Technics.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/RAFI-Photography/

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