Kept Light Photography
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Photography and writing by Cemal Ekin on photography, fine art photography, the art of seeing, photography theory, Photoshop, Lightroom and photography projects.
Kept Light Photography
2d ago
Until recently, I enjoyed visiting the LensCulture site and exploring the new collections, writings, and other materials. I even entered their calls to support the organization and willingly paid extra submission fees to receive reviews. I shared three such reviews earlier with the same intentions to support their work. Photographic Sensibilities Change In the last ..read more
Kept Light Photography
6d ago
Although we had a mild winter, the weather was not good enough to go out and take photographs. Our health has not been the best lately. But, both the weather and our health have been getting better. We finally found two nice days at the end of March to venture out and enjoy the weather ..read more
Kept Light Photography
2w ago
In part one of this series, I shared my experiences with the ROGETI TSE Frame and my mistakes. Based on some questions and comments, I realized I should have shared more information. In this second part, I will try to present some missing information from the first one along with close-up pictures of the frame ..read more
Kept Light Photography
1M ago
Disclosure: ROGETI provided the review sample, but the post contains no affiliate links. I have stitched many panoramas, including those I took with my Canon 24 mm TS lens by shifting the lens from side to side. The TS lens gives easy-to-stitch frames. One uncontrolled element that remains in that case is the parallax shift ..read more
Kept Light Photography
3M ago
While visiting Elif and Mina in Salt Lake City this past Christmas, we learned that there were over 250 murals in the city and its immediate surroundings. Elif had a printed list of them, and we visited as many public art pieces as possible in two weeks. There is an organization similar to The Avenue ..read more
Kept Light Photography
3M ago
I like wide-angle lenses. So, when Pergear asked me to review the TTArtisan APS-C 10 mm lens, I gladly accepted. In this article, I will share my user experiences and feelings about the lens, construction, etc. This is not a technical review as I am not equipped for that. Disclaimer: Although Pergear sent the lens ..read more
Kept Light Photography
3M ago
We have had a couple of fun days as we approach our return to Rhode Island. I want to share a few more photographs before we leave on Wednesday morning. December 30, 2023 As they previously arranged, Mina went to spend a couple of weeks with her father on Saturday afternoon. That morning, she drove ..read more
Kept Light Photography
3M ago
Since the last post introducing Kahve Cafe, we have enjoyed our time with Elif and Mina and even managed to have an adventure that now looks funny. Keep reading … Of course, we revisited Kahve Cafe and chatted with some customers as they too were enjoying Christmas with their families. They were surprised and pleased ..read more
Kept Light Photography
4M ago
It has been over five years since we last came to Salt Lake City to be with Elif and Mina. We decided to fly to see them as it would have been almost impossible for them to close shop, Kahve Cafe, to visit us. For easier traveling, we decided to fly directly from Boston to ..read more
Kept Light Photography
4M ago
We Wish You Happy Holidays and a Happy, Healthy New Year. This is a post that essentially summarizes our 2023 in words and photographs. There are many photographs; feel free to skip any. We wanted to share our year with you all. Since we have not had snow yet this year, Jan’s ice abstract welcomes ..read more