Some of my friends joke that I never sleep. That’s because they see me publishing photos taken any time of the day. As a landscape photographer, I often shoot during the Blue Hour or the Golden Hour, when the light is absolutely amazing. With my recent interest in street photography, I now shoot a lot during the harsh light of the day as well. Or at night, playing with artificial light. And...

The photo I’m presenting today, shot during storm Ciara, is the one that made me think about starting this Story Behind The Shot series.The story is not dissimilar to the one I narrated in a previous post. But it didn’t occur to me back then to make it into regular episodes. Starting today, this will also be a topic of my newsletter (to which you should subscribe here). Here is the story...

Everybody loves abstract wallpapers and free stuff, right? I installed a new app called Spectre on my iPhone. It’s made by the same guys behind the Halide app. Which is, right now, one of the best camera apps for smartphones. But Spectre’s purpose is to help you with long-exposure photography. So you won’t find it if you look for something to create abstract wallpapers. I mainly use it when I’m out, to...