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30 Magical Examples of Natural Light PhotographyPosted 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 goodunderstanding 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 canbe 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

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Agence web

May 5, 2010

Great shots

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Gloson

May 5, 2010

Awesome shots! I wish we had misty days here in Malaysia. Perfect for natural light photography .

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Kaspar

May 5, 2010

Very nice pictures..

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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

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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.

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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.

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Jordan Walker

May 5, 2010

incredible images.

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Rachel

May 5, 2010

wow!!fabulous collection photosgreat work done.. .Tanks for the list

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c.p.brown

May 5, 2010

Volumetrics are cheap thesedays.

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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.

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RafaCD

May 5, 2010

I like it so much. Very good photos

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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

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Lakeside Techies

May 5, 2010

Quite good photography. Just too good. Impressive.

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Hillary

May 5, 2010

Stunning. Thank you!

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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.

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Alan

May 7, 2010

Some amazing photos there.

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Kawaljeet Virk

May 7, 2010

SPEEACH LESS:)

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jmleclercq

May 8, 2010

Great collection !Jean-Michel

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Tobbi

May 8, 2010

Thanks, really an amazing collection!

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Arshad Cini

May 10, 2010

Stunning examples

Thanks for the collection

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Jen Pruett

May 14, 2010

wow this is some amazing photography, thanks for sharing Jen

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Dana

May 14, 2010

Incredible collection of photos. Thanks for sharing!

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ayahya

May 18, 2010

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

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Tom Jodzio

May 19, 2010

Where did you get these?!?!? Are they online for sale somewhere?

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AWR

July 15, 2010

Outstanding

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TANVIR

July 31, 2010

cant say anymore, only say very nice

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Jon

August 2, 2010

Nice!

right time right place - so important! (and lucky, sometimes too).

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Jeffrey Santos

August 10, 2010

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

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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?

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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!

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nayeem

June 14, 2011

wow this is some amazing photography

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