Check out some of the highlights in the world of photography for this week.

We need light in order to see; cameras need light in order to capture a scene on film or a sensor. In other words, light is the most important element behind every photograph. A photo should never have too little of it—but also not too much. You, behind the camera, are the one who decides [...]

There is beauty in smog… or more precisely, in thermal inversions, the weather phenomenon behind smog. To say that they are beautiful may seem like an outright provocation right now for anyone living in a city that suffers autumn smog. But the same low-hanging mist that absorbs dust into itself in the cities and brings [...]

Digital photography has become very sophisticated, exact, perfectly real … which evokes sentiments for an easier, more direct attitude to photography. The answer lies in analog photography and lo-tech techniques – The Holga, an imperfect Chinese camera, the Polaroid and Lomography. Let’s take a look at three beautiful cities through some lo-tech lenses.

For some photographers, taking pictures of themselves may sometimes feel a bit uncomfortable. Why? Because we spend most of our time taking pictures of other things and people and quite frankly, we like it that way. But if you want people to really get to understand both you and your work, sometimes it is best [...]