At present is a brand new month which implies Fstoppers has a brand new Critique the Neighborhood contest! For the month of August, we wish to see your greatest photographs that includes delicate lighting. Anybody can enter as much as 3 photographs with particulars beneath!
This month we wish to concentrate on some of the essential elements of pictures, lighting! For the August 2025 version of Critique the Neighborhood we’re asking to see your greatest photographs that includes delicate lighting. Smooth lighting is usually described as having light, subtle shadows with gradual transitions between gentle and darkish areas. Smooth lighting is usually much less vibrant and exhibits much less distinction when in comparison with direct, onerous lighting. Your delicate gentle photographs will be utterly naturally lit or completely crafted within the studio utilizing flash, and any style of pictures is appropriate together with landscapes, portraiture, weddings, nonetheless life, and conceptual pictures. Every group member can submit as much as 3 photographs for this contest.
Guidelines
All photographs have to be submitted from now till August thirtieth at 11:30 PM Japanese Time.
Each picture submitted should embody a brief story on the way you took the photograph, what have been the challenges, the way you used pure or synthetic lighting, what gear you used, and some other attention-grabbing perception on the picture itself. Photographs that don’t embody some backstory on the way it was taken won’t be picked to be featured within the Critique the Neighborhood episode.
Every picture should primarily function delicate lighting in a roundabout way. There will be different types of lighting included however the general theme and temper of the picture have to be delicate.
The highest 3 photographs win!
This month we’re rewarding the highest 3 winners with a full pictures tutorial from the Fstoppers Retailer (Prize worth $300)
Good luck to everybody who enters and we stay up for seeing one of the best delicate gentle photographs from the Fstoppers Neighborhood!
Featured Picture by the proficient Irina Jomir