30 Magical Examples of Natural Light Photography
There are many elements of great photography. One of the most important is lighting. Whether you’re 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.
Make sure you click on each photo to see a larger version and learn more about each of the talented photographers behind the cameras.
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32 comments
Agence web
May 5, 2010Great shots
Gloson
May 5, 2010Awesome shots! I wish we had misty days here in Malaysia. Perfect for natural light photography
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Kaspar
May 5, 2010Very nice pictures..
Dany Vilela
May 5, 2010Wonderful set! It reminds me I have a lot to learn about photography!
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Regards!
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May 5, 2010Some stunning pictures here – thanks for the post. I especially like the ones showing light coming through trees – beautiful.
Chris Mower
May 5, 2010These are awesome! It’s amazing how neat of a story you can tell just with light.
Jordan Walker
May 5, 2010incredible images.
Rachel
May 5, 2010wow!!fabulous collection photos…great work done.. .Tanks for the list…
c.p.brown
May 5, 2010Volumetrics are cheap thesedays.
bessa gordon
May 5, 2010Nice. The best trick is to use film and the zone system. You’d be amazed at what you can get that way.
RafaCD
May 5, 2010I like it so much. Very good photos
Vijay
May 5, 2010Nice shots mate. They are just Awesome!!!
Danny Zappa
May 5, 2010Great examples of natural light photography!
wonderful collection
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Lakeside Techies
May 5, 2010Quite good photography. Just too good. Impressive.
Hillary
May 5, 2010Stunning. Thank you!
Amanda
May 6, 2010absolutely stellar photography. took my breath away.
I’m a novice photographer, and it’s funny that I come across this because just a few days ago I made an album dedicated to natural lighting. I just love it.
Alan
May 7, 2010Some amazing photos there.
Kawaljeet Virk
May 7, 2010SPEEACH LESS………:)
jmleclercq
May 8, 2010Great collection !
Jean-Michel
Tobbi
May 8, 2010Thanks, really an amazing collection!
Arshad Cini
May 10, 2010Stunning examples…
Thanks for the collection
Jen Pruett
May 14, 2010wow this is some amazing photography, thanks for sharing Jen
Dana
May 14, 2010Incredible collection of photos. Thanks for sharing!
ayahya
May 18, 2010perfectly rembrandt lighting~ cool detail texture and colours~ great collection art photos~
Tom Jodzio
May 19, 2010Where did you get these?!?!? Are they online for sale somewhere?
AWR
July 15, 2010Outstanding
TANVIR
July 31, 2010cant say anymore, only say very nice
Jon
August 2, 2010Nice!
right time – right place – - – so important! (and lucky, sometimes too).
Jeffrey Santos
August 10, 2010Awesome….got a lot of idea, since I’m startin takin pictures….big help!:)
Varun
September 8, 2010Hey… loved the snaps… but can you tell how much post processing has been done on these snaps?
Are most of them HDRs?
Michael Wachel
February 23, 2011Amazing examples of some very beautiful light. I could look at photos like these all day long. Thanks for posting!
nayeem
June 14, 2011wow this is some amazing photography