<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Light &#38; Composition &#187; Ukraine</title> <atom:link href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/tag/ukraine/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.lightandcomposition.com</link> <description>Towards the true essence of photography</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:40:47 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Coffee in Lviv Cafe, by Sergiy Kadulin</title><link>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-february-02-coffee-in-lviv-cafe-by-sergiy-kadulin/</link> <comments>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-february-02-coffee-in-lviv-cafe-by-sergiy-kadulin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:07:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>L&#38;C Team</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Contestant | February '13]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Travel Photography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lviv]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sergiy Kadulin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=27359</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>It was cold day in April, 2012 when we were walking in the morning by Lviv streets. To warm up, we dropped into one street cafe (Gloria Jean&#8217;s Coffees), where I turned the camera up to the ceiling and made this photograph. Mirrors attached to the ceiling were framed in golden painted wood, and picture [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-february-02-coffee-in-lviv-cafe-by-sergiy-kadulin/">Coffee in Lviv Cafe, by Sergiy Kadulin</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com">Light &amp; Composition</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was cold day in April, 2012 when we were walking in the morning by Lviv streets. To warm up, we dropped into one street cafe (Gloria Jean&#8217;s Coffees), where I turned the camera up to the ceiling and made this photograph. Mirrors attached to the ceiling were framed in golden painted wood, and picture looked like it was a museum. I didn&#8217;t have tripod with me, so used high ISO setting. Interesting to mention, but the place was prohibited to photograph in. Sorry. By the way, Lviv is located in the western part of Ukraine and is famous for its coffee. Welcome to enjoy it!<span id="more-27359"></span></p><p><img src="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photooftheday/entry.february.2013/Photo-of-the-day_02022013_1.jpg?36fec7" alt="Coffee in Lviv Cafe, by Sergiy Kadulin"/><br /> <strong>Technical Info: </strong>Canon 5D Mark II with EF 24-70 f/2.8L | ISO 1000 | Exposure f/2.8 @ 1/15sec | Focal length: 24 mm<br /> <strong>Award Winner: <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day">Photo of the Day</a> | <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day/contestant-february-13/">February</a> 02</strong><br /> <strong><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/award/#rules">Award Score:</a> 72 </strong>(Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 18.5, Style 13.5, Skill 14)</p><p><strong>Title of the photograph: </strong>Coffee in Lviv Cafe<br /> <strong>Photo of the Day Award Category: <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/category/travel-photography" style="text-decoration:none;">Travel Photography</a></strong><br /> <strong>Photograph Location: <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/tag/lviv/">Gloria Jean&#8217;s Street cafe on Shevchenko Avenue, Lviv</a> | <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/tag/ukraine/">Ukraine</a></strong></p><p><strong>Photographer:</strong> <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/sergiykadulin/" title="Sergiy Kadulin">Sergiy Kadulin (Kyiv, Ukraine) </a> <font font size=2 style="background-color:#838588; color:#fff; padding:5px;">Registered Photographer</font><br /> 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.</p><p>Sergiy’s first experience was with his grandfather&#8217;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 &#8211; 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 &#8220;Sikkim. Beginning&#8221; and was devoted to his trekking in Himalaya, Sikkim, India, in 2010.</p><p>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.</p><p><strong>Website: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.serge-photo.com">http://www.serge-photo.com</a><br /> <strong>Flickr: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/skadulin/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/skadulin/</a><br /> <strong>Gallery: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/myshot/gallery/126846#/gallery/1414006/">http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/gallery/1414006/ </a><br /> <strong>Facebook: </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/Sergiy.Kadulin">https://www.facebook.com/Sergiy.Kadulin </a><br /> <strong>Twitter: </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/skadulin">https://twitter.com/skadulin</a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-february-02-coffee-in-lviv-cafe-by-sergiy-kadulin/">Coffee in Lviv Cafe, by Sergiy Kadulin</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com">Light &amp; Composition</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-february-02-coffee-in-lviv-cafe-by-sergiy-kadulin/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Morning Silence, by Sergiy Kadulin</title><link>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-december-09-the-morning-silence-by-sergiy-kadulin/</link> <comments>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-december-09-the-morning-silence-by-sergiy-kadulin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 14:35:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>L&#38;C Team</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Contestant | December '12]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sunrise & Sunset Photography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kyiv]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sergiy Kadulin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Volodymirska Gorka park]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=17178</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>It was early Saturday morning in the beginning of November, when I did a photo work by the streets of my native city. I met first sun light at the bank of Dnieper River, but later on decided to climb up the Volodymirska Gorka, hill in the center of Kyiv, famous by the monument of [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-december-09-the-morning-silence-by-sergiy-kadulin/">The Morning Silence, by Sergiy Kadulin</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com">Light &amp; Composition</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was early Saturday morning in the beginning of November, when I did a photo work by the streets of my native city. I met first sun light at the bank of Dnieper River, but later on decided to climb up the Volodymirska Gorka, hill in the center of Kyiv, famous by the monument of St. Volodymyr. The sunrise was trying to break through the early morning fog, making mysterious look of the park and surroundings. The nature was still, however full of songs of early birds. I included benches into the frame to symbolize purity of the morning and silence. Left to the bench is a stone monument &#8211; symbol of ancient time passing by, giving you another great reason to stop and think of your life&#8230;<span id="more-17178"></span></p><p><img src="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photooftheday/entry.december.2012/Photo-of-the-day_09122012_1.jpg?36fec7" alt="The Morning Silence, by Sergiy Kadulin"/><br /> <strong>Technical Info: </strong>Canon 5D Mark II with EF 24-70f/2.8L | ISO 100 | Exposure 1/80sec @ f/13 |  Focal length 55mm<br /> <strong>Award Winner: <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day">Photo of the Day</a> | <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day/contestant-december-12/">December</a> 09</strong><br /> <strong><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/award/#rules">Award Score:</a> 66</strong> (Value 13, Clarity 12, Composition 16.5, Style 12, Skill 12.5)</p><p><strong>Title of the photograph: </strong>The Morning Silence<br /> <strong>Photo of the Day Award Category: <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/category/sunrise-and-sunset-photography" style="text-decoration:none;">Sunrise &#038; Sunset Photography</a></strong><br /> <strong>Photograph Location: <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/tag/volodymirska-gorka-park/">Volodymirska Gorka park</a>, <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/tag/kyiv/">Kyiv</a> | <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/tag/ukraine/">Ukraine</a></strong></p><p><strong>Photographer:</strong> <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/sergiykadulin/" title="Sergiy Kadulin">Sergiy Kadulin (Kyiv, Ukraine) </a> <font font size=2 style="background-color:#838588; color:#fff; padding:5px;">Registered Photographer</font><br /> 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.</p><p>Sergiy’s first experience was with his grandfather&#8217;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 &#8211; 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 &#8220;Sikkim. Beginning&#8221; and was devoted to his trekking in Himalaya, Sikkim, India, in 2010.</p><p>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.</p><p><strong>Website: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.serge-photo.com">http://www.serge-photo.com</a><br /> <strong>Flickr: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/skadulin/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/skadulin/</a><br /> <strong>Gallery: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/myshot/gallery/126846#/gallery/1414006/">http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/gallery/1414006/ </a><br /> <strong>Facebook: </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/Sergiy.Kadulin">https://www.facebook.com/Sergiy.Kadulin </a><br /> <strong>Twitter: </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/skadulin">https://twitter.com/skadulin</a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-december-09-the-morning-silence-by-sergiy-kadulin/">The Morning Silence, by Sergiy Kadulin</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com">Light &amp; Composition</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-december-09-the-morning-silence-by-sergiy-kadulin/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Arches Path, by Sergiy Kadulin</title><link>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-august-07-arches-path-by-sergiy-kadulin/</link> <comments>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-august-07-arches-path-by-sergiy-kadulin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:59:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>L&#38;C Team</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Contestant | August '12]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Night Photography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kyiv-Pecherska Lavra]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sergiy Kadulin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=12706</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Arches Path&#8221; is well known road from the main Uspensky Cathedral to saint caves. I took the shot from low-angle tripod, heading upwards the hill to the arches direction. It took a while to wait for the moment when it was not crowded, as I wanted path to be almost empty, in order to make [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-august-07-arches-path-by-sergiy-kadulin/">Arches Path, by Sergiy Kadulin</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com">Light &amp; Composition</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Arches Path&#8221; is well known road from the main Uspensky Cathedral to saint caves. I took the shot from low-angle tripod, heading upwards the hill to the arches direction. It took a while to wait for the moment when it was not crowded, as I wanted path to be almost empty, in order to make main focus onto drama of coexistence of arches and the stony dark road. The light on the wall created interesting effect reflecting from the shapes of arches, and from the distance you can see it as lotus flower leaves growing from the person on the street. <span id="more-12706"></span></p><p><img src="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photooftheday/entry.august.2012/Photo-of-the-day_07082012_1.jpg?36fec7" alt="Arches Path, by Sergiy Kadulin"/><br /> <strong>Technical Info: </strong>Canon EOS 5D Mark II | 24 mm (EF 24-70/2.8L IS) | Exposure: 0.8sec @ f/10 | ISO 800 | WB Auto<br /> <strong>Award Winner: <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day">Photo of the Day</a> | <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day/contestant-august-12/">August</a> 07</strong><br /> <strong><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/award/#rules">Award Score:</a> 62 </strong> (Value 11.5, Clarity 11, Composition 16, Style 12, Skill 11.5)</p><p><strong>Title of the photograph: </strong>Arches Path<br /> <strong>Photo of the Day Award Category: <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/category/night-photography" style="text-decoration:none;">Night Photography</a></strong><br /> <strong>Photograph Location: <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/tag/kyiv/">Kyiv-Pecherska Lavra</a> | <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/tag/ukraine/">Ukraine</a> </strong></p><p><strong>Photographer:</strong> <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/sergiykadulin/" title="Sergiy Kadulin">Sergiy Kadulin (Kyiv, Ukraine) </a> <font font size=2 style="background-color:#838588; color:#fff; padding:5px;">Registered Photographer</font><br /> 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 in Apple as director of Apple VAD in Ukraine, but photography is his greatest passion and hobby.</p><p>Sergiy’s first experience was with his grandfather&#8217;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 &#8211; 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.</p><p>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 &#8220;Sikkim. Beginning&#8221; and was devoted to his trekking in Himalaya, Sikkim, India, in 2010.</p><p>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.</p><p><strong>Website: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.serge-photo.com">http://www.serge-photo.com</a><br /> <strong>Flickr: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/skadulin/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/skadulin/</a><br /> <strong>Gallery: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/myshot/gallery/126846#/gallery/1414006/">http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/gallery/1414006/ </a><br /> <strong>Facebook: </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/Sergiy.Kadulin">https://www.facebook.com/Sergiy.Kadulin </a><br /> <strong>Twitter: </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/skadulin">https://twitter.com/skadulin</a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-august-07-arches-path-by-sergiy-kadulin/">Arches Path, by Sergiy Kadulin</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com">Light &amp; Composition</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-august-07-arches-path-by-sergiy-kadulin/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kyiv at Night, by Sergiy Kadulin</title><link>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-july-30-kyiv-at-night-by-sergiy-kadulin/</link> <comments>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-july-30-kyiv-at-night-by-sergiy-kadulin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:01:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>L&#38;C Team</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Contestant | July '12]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Night Photography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kyiv]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Osokorki]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sergiy Kadulin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=12411</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Night view of Kyiv taken from the 20th floor of my friend&#8217;s house, which is located on the left bank of Dnieper river. The view is on the road intersection at Osokorki district (highway to Borispil airport) and panorama of the right bank of Dnieper river. On the left side of the photo there is [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-july-30-kyiv-at-night-by-sergiy-kadulin/">Kyiv at Night, by Sergiy Kadulin</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com">Light &amp; Composition</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Night view of Kyiv taken from the 20th floor of my friend&#8217;s house, which is located on the left bank of Dnieper river. The view is on the road intersection at Osokorki district (highway to Borispil airport) and panorama of the right bank of Dnieper river. On the left side of the photo there is Southern Bridge in the green light. The road has busy traffic till late night, as it connects downtown with the international airport. Kyiv, Ukraine, July 2010. I used tripod and wide lense to capture panorama of evening lights with longer exposure.<span id="more-12411"></span></p><p><img src="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photooftheday/entry.july.2012/Photo-of-the-day_30072012_1.jpg?36fec7" alt="Kyiv at Night, by Sergiy Kadulin"/><br /> <strong>Technical Info: </strong>Canon EOS 5D Mark II | EF 16-35/2.8L II USM | Exposure: 30sec @ f/22 | ISO 400 | WB Auto<br /> <strong>Award Winner: <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day">Photo of the Day</a> | <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day/contestant-july-12/">July</a> 30</strong><br /> <strong><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/award/#rules">Award Score:</a> 59.5</strong> (Value 11, Clarity 11.5, Composition 15, Style 10.5, Skill 11.5)</p><p><strong>Title of the photograph: </strong>Kyiv at Night<br /> <strong>Photo of the Day Award Category: <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/category/night-photography" style="text-decoration:none;">Night Photography</a></strong><br /> <strong>Photograph Location: <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/tag/kyiv/">Kyiv</a>, <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/tag/osokorki/">Osokorki</a> | <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/tag/ukraine/">Ukraine</a> </strong></p><p><strong>Photographer:</strong> <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/sergiykadulin/" title="Sergiy Kadulin">Sergiy Kadulin (Kyiv, Ukraine) </a> <font font size=2 style="background-color:#838588; color:#fff; padding:5px;">Registered Photographer</font><br /> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p><strong>Website: </strong><a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.serge-photo.com">http://www.serge-photo.com</a><br /> <strong>Flickr: </strong><a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;"href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/skadulin/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/skadulin/</a><br /> <strong>Gallery: </strong><a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/myshot/gallery/126846#/gallery/1414006/">http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/gallery/1414006/ </a><br /> <strong>Facebook: </strong><a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.facebook.com/Sergiy.Kadulin">https://www.facebook.com/Sergiy.Kadulin </a><br /> <strong>Twitter: </strong><a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://twitter.com/skadulin">https://twitter.com/skadulin</a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-july-30-kyiv-at-night-by-sergiy-kadulin/">Kyiv at Night, by Sergiy Kadulin</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com">Light &amp; Composition</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-july-30-kyiv-at-night-by-sergiy-kadulin/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Tulips in the Sunrise, by Sergiy Kadulin</title><link>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-july-22-tulips-in-the-sunrise-by-sergiy-kadulin/</link> <comments>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-july-22-tulips-in-the-sunrise-by-sergiy-kadulin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 07:12:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>L&#38;C Team</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Color Photography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Contestant | July '12]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kyiv]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Landscape Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sergiy Kadulin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=12126</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The shot was made early morning, just after the sunrise, at the territory of Kyiv Landscape Park, where annual flower exhibition takes place. Low angle of sun light created nice contrast of shadows multicolor on tulips&#8217; bulbs. Technical Info: Canon EOS 5D Mark II &#124; EF 70-200/2.8L IS &#124; Exposure: 1/15sec @ f/25 &#124; ISO [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-july-22-tulips-in-the-sunrise-by-sergiy-kadulin/">Tulips in the Sunrise, by Sergiy Kadulin</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com">Light &amp; Composition</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The shot was made early morning, just after the sunrise, at the territory of Kyiv Landscape Park, where annual flower exhibition takes place. Low angle of sun light created nice contrast of shadows multicolor on tulips&#8217; bulbs.<span id="more-12126"></span></p><p><img src="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photooftheday/entry.july.2012/Photo-of-the-day_22072012_3.jpg?36fec7" alt="Tulips in the Sunrise, by Sergiy Kadulin"/><br /> <strong>Technical Info: </strong>Canon EOS 5D Mark II | EF 70-200/2.8L IS | Exposure: 1/15sec @ f/25 | ISO 200 | Focal Length 80mm<br /> <strong>Award Winner: <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day">Photo of the Day</a> | <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day/contestant-july-12/">July</a> 22</strong><br /> <strong><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/award/#rules">Award Score:</a> 59</strong> (Value 12, Clarity 11.5, Composition 14, Style 11, Skill 10.5)</p><p><strong>Title of the photograph: </strong>Tulips in the Sunrise<br /> <strong>Photo of the Day Award Category: <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/category/color-photography" style="text-decoration:none;">Color Photography</a></strong><br /> <strong>Photograph Location: <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/tag/landscape-park/">Landscape Park</a>, <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/tag/kyiv/">Kyiv</a> | <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/tag/ukraine/">Ukraine</a> </strong></p><p><strong>Photographer:</strong> <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/sergiykadulin/" title="Sergiy Kadulin">Sergiy Kadulin (Kyiv, Ukraine) </a> <font font size=2 style="background-color:#838588; color:#fff; padding:5px;">Registered Photographer</font><br /> 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 in Apple as director of Apple VAD in Ukraine, but photography is his greatest passion and hobby.</p><p>Sergiy’s first experience was with his grandfather&#8217;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 &#8211; 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.</p><p>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 &#8220;Sikkim. Beginning&#8221; and was devoted to his trekking in Himalaya, Sikkim, India, in 2010.</p><p>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.</p><p><strong>Website: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.serge-photo.com">http://www.serge-photo.com</a><br /> <strong>Flickr: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/skadulin/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/skadulin/</a><br /> <strong>Gallery: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/myshot/gallery/126846#/gallery/1414006/">http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/gallery/1414006/ </a><br /> <strong>Facebook: </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/Sergiy.Kadulin">https://www.facebook.com/Sergiy.Kadulin </a><br /> <strong>Twitter: </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/skadulin">https://twitter.com/skadulin</a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-july-22-tulips-in-the-sunrise-by-sergiy-kadulin/">Tulips in the Sunrise, by Sergiy Kadulin</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com">Light &amp; Composition</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-july-22-tulips-in-the-sunrise-by-sergiy-kadulin/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Climbing Hoverla, by Enrique Aviles</title><link>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-december-29-climbing-hoverla-by-enrique-aviles/</link> <comments>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-december-29-climbing-hoverla-by-enrique-aviles/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:26:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>L&#38;C Team</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Adventure Photography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Contestant | December '11]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Carpatian Mountains]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=7533</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>This photo was taken while climbing Hoverla mountain in Ukraine. Not used to this type of weather and without the proper protection (snow came early), my fingers almost froze and I came close to hypothermia. With help from the guide, I recovered and climbed it all the way to the top, making of this a [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-december-29-climbing-hoverla-by-enrique-aviles/">Climbing Hoverla, by Enrique Aviles</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com">Light &amp; Composition</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">This photo was taken while climbing Hoverla mountain in Ukraine. Not used to this type of weather and without the proper protection (snow came early), my fingers almost froze and I came close to hypothermia. With help from the guide, I recovered and climbed it all the way to the top, making of this a memorable day.</p><p> <span id="more-7533"></span></p><p><img src="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photooftheday/entry.december.2011/Photo-of-the-day_29122011.jpg?36fec7" alt="Climbing Hoverla, by Enrique Aviles" /></p><p><strong>Technical Info: </strong>Nikon D90 | ISO 200 | Focal length 27mm | Exposure 1/320sec at f/10<br /> <strong>Award Winner: <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day">Photo of the Day</a> | <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day/contestant-december-11/">December</a> 29</strong><br /> <strong>Title of the photograph: </strong>Climbing Hoverla<br /> <strong>Photo of the Day Award Category: <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/category/adventure-photography/" style="text-decoration:none;">Adventure Photography</a> </strong><br /> <strong>Photograph Location: <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/tag/carpatian-mountains/">Hoverla, Carpatian Mountains</a> | <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/tag/ukraine/">Ukraine</a> </strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Photographer:</strong> Enrique Aviles ( Guayaquil, Ecuador )<br /> Travel, documentary, portrait and adventure photographer. Some of his work has appeared in several magazines and newspapers in his home country.</p><p>Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Enrique worked as a strategic creative in one of the biggest Advertising Agencies of Ecuador, where he received both national and international recognition for his work. Soon, he started a new venture: the first 3D Advertising Agency in Ecuador, 3Deep. Here he has worked with over 40 brands.</p><p>With the success of 3Deep, Enrique undertook his life long desire, traveling. But also recovered his childhood passion, photography. And for the last 3 years, Enrique has been traveling and documenting the world.</p><p><strong>Portfolio: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.enriqueaviles.com">www.enriqueaviles.com</a><br /> <strong>Website: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.phototraveling.enriqueaviles.com">www.phototraveling.enriqueaviles.com</a><br /> <strong>500px: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://500px.com/henrix">http://500px.com/henrix</a><br /> <strong>Flickr: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47021567@N02/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/47021567@N02/</a><br /> <strong>Twitter: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/EnriqueAvilesS">http://twitter.com/EnriqueAvilesS</a><br /> <strong>Facebook: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100001393746258">http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100001393746258</a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-december-29-climbing-hoverla-by-enrique-aviles/">Climbing Hoverla, by Enrique Aviles</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com">Light &amp; Composition</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-december-29-climbing-hoverla-by-enrique-aviles/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cows Area, by Sergey Tomas</title><link>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-september-21-cows-area-by-sergey-tomas/</link> <comments>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-september-21-cows-area-by-sergey-tomas/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:00:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>L&#38;C Team</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Aerial Photography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Contestant | October ’10]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=2078</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Near Kramatorsk (Donetsk, Ukraine) is a wonderful natural sights: a regional landscape park &#8220;Kramatorsk&#8221;. Its area is very large, but are noteworthy chalk cliffs in the village Belokuzminovka that against the background of forest-steppe landscape look particularly fascinating. The white chalk cliffs that rise above the steppe, were formed in the era of the Mesozoic [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-september-21-cows-area-by-sergey-tomas/">Cows Area, by Sergey Tomas</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com">Light &amp; Composition</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Near Kramatorsk (Donetsk, Ukraine) is a wonderful natural sights: a regional landscape park &#8220;Kramatorsk&#8221;. Its area is very large, but are noteworthy chalk cliffs in the village Belokuzminovka that against the background of forest-steppe landscape look particularly fascinating. The white chalk cliffs that rise above the steppe, were formed in the era of the Mesozoic period of unconsolidated marine sediments of an ancient sea. Denudation of the Cretaceous rock rises to a height of more than 25 meters. On the eastern outskirts of the mountain is worth baring sword. Age Chalk Mountain &#8211; 90 million years. At the foot of the mountain are many other smaller rocks, potholes, large and small caves. Shepherds there often graze cows. One evening in 2006, I managed to take just such a picture.</p><p> <span id="more-2078"></span></p><p><img src="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photooftheday/entry.october/Photo-of-the-day_21092010.jpg?36fec7" alt="Photo of the Day - September 21" /><br /> <strong>Title of the photograph: </strong>Cows Area<br /> <strong>Award Winner: <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day">Photo of the Day</a> | <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day/contestant-september-10/">September</a> 21</strong><br /> <strong>Photo of the Day Award Category: <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/category/aerial-photography" style="text-decoration:none;">Aerial Photography</a> </strong><br /> <strong>Photograph  Location: <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/tag/ukraine/" style="text-decoration:none;">Ukraine</a> </strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Photographer:</strong> Sergey Tomas (Donetsk, Ukraine)<br /> Sergey Tomas is an amateur photographer, who believes photography is a way to express his thoughts, opinions, and attitude to the world. He is 39 years old, lives in Donetsk, Ukraine. He began photographing in elementary school. He works in television as technical director. He often participates in various photo contests, exhibitions. He is  author of &#8220;Fotofact. Saw! Shot! Posted!&#8221;</p><p><strong>Photo Blog: </strong><a target="_blank" href="http://fotofact.net">http://fotofact.net</a></p><p>The post <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-september-21-cows-area-by-sergey-tomas/">Cows Area, by Sergey Tomas</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.lightandcomposition.com">Light &amp; Composition</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-september-21-cows-area-by-sergey-tomas/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>