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Struck by Light 2022 Relaunch
Struck by Light 2022 May 14th relaunch takes this gallery and blog towards a completely new direction.
The pictorial images have been taken out and the galleries now consist of what I engaged in, in a more socio-political sense.

Commencement of the History of Medicine & Healing in Sri Lanka Project
The commencement of the project, The History Healing and Medicine in Sri Lanka – A Narrative and a Review was in 2019 as the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colombo was getting ready to celebrate its 150th anniversary.

Uprising of Sri Lanka – 2022 Sri Lankan Protests
The collective consciousness of Sri Lanka, perhaps due to a multitude of reasons, made the entire nation rise!
However, can the political leadership of Sri Lanka comprehend and ‘read’ the ongoing #OccupyGalleFace protest?
Do they understand the context of this resistance?

Introduction to Lighting
In photography, Light and Lighting mean two interrelated, yet vastly different concepts. So what is the difference between light and lighting?
And why should all photographers learn the basic concepts behind photographic lighting?

Shooting freshly prepared food
Shooting freshly prepared real food is fun; chefs are usually quite a fun bunch to work with. However, fresh food photography is different from other

Galle Fort, Tourists and Street Photography
The Galle Fort, which was first built by Portuguese in 1588, then extensively fortified by the Dutch during the 17th century is a historical, archaeological

Photographing Dolphins in the Wild
The cruises at Mirissa Sri Lanka are mainly for Whale Watching; or at least that is how they are advertised. Over the last decade or

Green Bee Eaters for Photographers..?
Over the last few days I have seen many images of Bee Eaters on Google Plus and Facebook. I myself captured the above image of

Olympus 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7 II Vs Panasonic 100-300 f/4.0-5.6 OIS
This was a quick and dirty shoot out to determine which of the only two available really long lenses for micro four thirds format was

Depth of Field & Bokeh Control – Olympus OM-D with kit lens
I have received few questions about depth of field control with micro four thirds cameras after uploading the post about Olympus OM-D EM-5. One concern

Olympus OM-D E-M5 for advanced SLR Users
This is not an Olympus OM-D E-M5® review. Instead, this is a set of answers to questions I had prior to purchasing this camera as

PocketWizard AC3 Zone Controller Vs Nikon Commanders
(This post is exclusively about the usage of Pocktwizard ® AC3 ZoneController unit with Nikon cameras. Above image has been copied from the PocketWizard website)

Depth of field Determinants
What determines depth of field? How can one control depth of field (DOF) while shooting in the field or studio? Though there are many resources

Sekonic L-758 with RT-32CTL, PocketWizards & Nikon Speedlights
(This post is exclusively about the Nikon Based Pocktwizard Flex TT5 and MiniTT1 units) In the past Sekonic light meters with transmitter triggers were not

Types of Photography
Are you a photographer of some repute at least in your family circles? Have you ever been given a camera during a function because you

Composition, Critique & Art Wolfe
Teaching or learning composition is not an easy task! Over the years, I myself have struggled with some of the concepts and have seen others

Nikon D800 – High ISO Performance against D700
Finally the D800 is here. I must give a big shout out to Camera Electronics who have pre-ordered the camera for me. Thanks Guys! First

WE ARE BACK!
After a long online inertia, Visible Range is back live with a new outlook and added services. During the absence Visible Range was converted to