' . by Yvette Depaepe 'Space Photography' was a pretty challenging contest topic, but all submissions were of high quality unveiling the galaxy, the milky way, nebulas, Northern lights and more.  The main goal to make the invisible visible through photography was to be seen in each photograph. The winners with the most votes are: 1st place: Filipe Correia  2nd place: Stefan Zuser  3rd place: Piet Haaksma Congratulations to the winners and honourable mentions and thanks to all the participants in the contest 'Space Photography'.   'Symmetry' is the currently running theme. Symmetry brings aest ..read more

' . by Editor Swapnil Deshpande    'multi house' by Roberto Marini   A simple definition of multiple exposure photography is superimposition of two images overlaid on each other to create an artistic feel or to represent a time bound event on the same frame. example phases of sun or moon during an eclipse   'Twelve Apostles of the Earth' by Zoran Dujic LightHunter   For many of us photographers it can be a difficult job to convey the mood, story or the geographical sense in one single image. Conceptual images wherein one might want to show the thought processes within a portrait or silho ..read more

' . by Editor Miro Susta  Whether among the lower peaks of Carpathians and Rocky Mountains or among the majestic Andes, Alps and the giants of Himalayas, mountains landscapes show nature at its most dramatic and inspirational way.   'The Himalayan Dusk' by Manish Lakhani For photographers the mountains have a vertical component that gives much more freedom to compose than usual. Their unpredictable weather and risky paths add to the excitement that should be conveyed in photographs.   'Bergwetter' by Franz Schumacher Whether you are hiking round precipitous paths where jagged peaks and ..read more

' . by Akihiro Asami During my 44 years as a photographer, I have taken photos of 38 different species of owls. Of these, the snowy owl is by far my favorite. I have visited Alaska in the USA nine times to take pictures of owls during summertime, and this time I wanted to get some shots of owls in a snowy setting. In 2009, I found an ad for a four-day tour to photograph snowy owls in Montreal, Canada. I was very much impressed with the head-on snowy owl picture in flight by Mr. David Hemmings, the photography guide for the trip, so I immediately enrolled in his tour and started exchanging ema ..read more

' . by Yvette Depaepe  Piet Haaksma's portfolio is impressive and full of dreamlike landscapes and beautiful nature images.  His pictures always show how beautiful nature can be.  Piet likes to apply Vincent Munier's favourite motto: "I don't photograph what I see, I photograph what I feel". His work shows emptiness and peace, which is his own photographic style that developed over the years.  Enjoy this trip into his 'silent' world and read more about the artist behind the images. 'To the light..........' Dear Piet, briefly tell us about yourself, your hobbies and other jobs. I am 68 year ..read more

' . by Editor David H Yang   This exquisite frozen beauty created by Pedro Uranga  triggered my curiosity to know more about how it was made.  Pedro was so kind to answer a few questions to inspire us.   'Blooming in cold.-3-' by Pedro Uranga   This is a very complex, unique photo. How exactly did you shoot this, and what did you do to get the final result, Pedro? I always had a lot of contact with nature and I love photographing its beauty. One cold winter day, while trying to photograph some frozen leaves by the river, I came up with the idea of doing something similar at home with flowers ..read more

' . by Editor Marius Cinteză “I approach landscape photography as a creative art form. For me photography is all about the way of transmitting a vision, an impression, and not about the strict reality.” - Zsolt Andras Szabo Zsolt Andras Szabo is an appreciated Romanian photographer and a dentist by profession. He is drawn into the mountain landscape photography who brought it to a particular form of fine art. His works reveal extreme care for excellent composition and vibrant emotion by using multiple plans overlapping and light emphasis. The interest for mountain nature appeared early in the ..read more

' . by Editor Wicher Bos  The chiro what?  That was actually my reaction when I came across this word. Those with command of Latin probably know that chirograph means handwritten. Yet, it did not solve my mystery. There is often this contrast made between photography and painting. In all possible ways – right from the beginning… A photograph was called “a mirror of reality” whereas painting clearly wasn’t - in paintings everything was created by the artist… Nowadays, we see the two arts coming closer together, a result of the digital processing possibilities. In a sense, the modern photograp ..read more

' . by Yvette Depaepe Winter is an exciting time to go outside and expand your photographic portfolio.  Familiar surroundings can take on an entirely different perspective.  As expected, many participants took advantage of the winter to capture unique images.  The winners with the most votes are: 1st place: Mustafa CEBECIOĞLU    2nd place: Lior Yaakobi  3rd place: Pedro Uranga    Congratulations to the winners and honourable mentions and thanks to all the participants in the contest 'Winter'.   'Space Photography' is the currently running theme. Space has wonderful mysteries like nebulas, sta ..read more

' . by Editor Dusan Labuda  „Cultural activity being focused on the exploration of closed, deteriorating and commonly inaccessible buildings and objects…“ – thus coldly comes the academic definition. „Celebration of decay and poetry of ordinary with a breeze of melancholy and an excitement of lawlessness...“, boldly types the literary definition. 'Sacrifice' by Sebastien DEL GROSSO All of us are born with a natural curiosity, our earliest interactions and experiments form our most essential understanding of the realms of our physical surroundings. Later as we are growing up, the curios ..read more