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30 Magical Examples of Natural Light Photography

Posted by Henry Jones on May 5, 2010 | 32 Comments

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There are many elements of great photography. One of the most important is lighting. Whether youre using artificial lighting or natural lighting, you must have a good understanding of each. With natural lighting, a lot of it comes down to timing and angles. But when a photographer has a good understanding of natural light, the results can be amazing. Here are 30 examples of natural light photography. Notice how the lighting becomes much more than just a way to light the subject. In many of these the light takes on volume and becomes the focal point.
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32 comments

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Agence web

May 5, 2010 Great shots Reply

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Gloson

May 5, 2010 Awesome shots! I wish we had misty days here in Malaysia. Perfect for natural light photography Reply .

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Kaspar

May 5, 2010 Very nice pictures.. Reply

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Dany Vilela

May 5, 2010 Wonderful set! It reminds me I have a lot to learn about photography! Shared on Dyvantitys facebook page (http://ow.ly/1H9Nz) Regards! @dyvantity Reply

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Attitude Design | Graphic Design Portfolio

May 5, 2010 Some stunning pictures here thanks for the post. I especially like the ones showing light coming through trees beautiful. Reply

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Chris Mower

May 5, 2010

These are awesome! Its amazing how neat of a story you can tell just with light. Reply

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Jordan Walker

May 5, 2010 incredible images. Reply

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Rachel

May 5, 2010 wow!!fabulous collection photosgreat work done.. .Tanks for the list Reply

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c.p.brown

May 5, 2010 Volumetrics are cheap thesedays. Reply

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bessa gordon

May 5, 2010 Nice. The best trick is to use film and the zone system. Youd be amazed at what you can get that way. Reply

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RafaCD

May 5, 2010 I like it so much. Very good photos Reply

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Vijay

May 5, 2010 Nice shots mate. They are just Awesome!!!

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Danny Zappa

May 5, 2010 Great examples of natural light photography! wonderful collection twitter.com/dannyzappa Reply

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Lakeside Techies

May 5, 2010 Quite good photography. Just too good. Impressive. Reply

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Hillary

May 5, 2010 Stunning. Thank you! Reply

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Amanda

May 6, 2010 absolutely stellar photography. took my breath away. Im a novice photographer, and its funny that I come across this because just a few days ago I made an album dedicated to natural lighting. I just love it. Reply

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Alan

May 7, 2010 Some amazing photos there. Reply

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Kawaljeet Virk

May 7, 2010

SPEEACH LESS:) Reply

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jmleclercq

May 8, 2010 Great collection ! Jean-Michel Reply

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Tobbi

May 8, 2010 Thanks, really an amazing collection! Reply

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Arshad Cini

May 10, 2010 Stunning examples Thanks for the collection Reply

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Jen Pruett

May 14, 2010 wow this is some amazing photography, thanks for sharing Jen Reply

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Dana

May 14, 2010 Incredible collection of photos. Thanks for sharing! Reply

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ayahya

May 18, 2010

perfectly rembrandt lighting~ cool detail texture and colours~ great collection art photos~ Reply

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Tom Jodzio

May 19, 2010 Where did you get these?!?!? Are they online for sale somewhere? Reply

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AWR

July 15, 2010 Outstanding Reply

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TANVIR

July 31, 2010 cant say anymore, only say very nice Reply

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Jon

August 2, 2010 Nice! right time right place - so important! (and lucky, sometimes too). Reply

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Jeffrey Santos

August 10, 2010 Awesome.got a lot of idea, since Im startin takin pictures.big help!:) Reply

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Varun

September 8, 2010

Hey loved the snaps but can you tell how much post processing has been done on these snaps? Are most of them HDRs? Reply

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Michael Wachel

February 23, 2011 Amazing examples of some very beautiful light. I could look at photos like these all day long. Thanks for posting! Reply

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nayeem

June 14, 2011 wow this is some amazing photography Reply

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