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Old wooden door, Safranbolu

Kept Light

My photographs are the remnants of light
kept in my camera,
Kept Light

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Old wooden door, Safranbolu

Safranbolu, Part 4

May 16, 2022
In this closing article about Safranbolu, we will wander around town and see a few locals, …
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Gökçüoğlu Summer Mansion, Safranbolu

Safranbolu, Part 3

May 13, 2022
As I said, we stayed at Paşa Konağı while in Safranbolu. It was a very nice hotel run by a …
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Macunagasi Izzet Efendi Mansion, ceiling detail

Safranbolu, Part 2

May 10, 2022
In the previous post, I presented general views of Safranbolu. This one will focus on one …
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Foundations Readings


Language of Photography

Photography and Language, 1

August 25, 2015
Seeing Photographs

Ways of Seeing Photographs

April 13, 2015
Gauguin Creative Work

An Imaginary Conversation

March 30, 2015
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Welcome to Kept Light Photography

Welcome to Kept Light Photography. This site is the result of more than two decades of writing, discussing, analyzing, and presenting content about photography. As you can find elsewhere on this site under the About menu block, I have been involved in photography for over six decades, had many exhibits, gave birth to a ballet, ran workshops, and made presentations.

You will find close to seven hundred articles on this site on various aspects of this art form. Some are technical, some theoretical, and a few on general subject matters. I hope you enjoy your visit and come back again to explore the rich content hidden under a simple facade.

The blocks below may provide a guide to the recent articles as well as what I consider to be foundation articles. They focus on the nature of the photographic art form and may offer ways of seeing things as well as practicing photography.

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On Lightroom


Simple Things

Simple Things – 1

May 5, 2020
Vilia Putrius, Odette, Swan Lake (Luster or Gloss) Printing workflow and paper choices

Printing Workflow and Paper Choices

April 22, 2020
Blown highlight on the railings

Tweak Your Lightroom Curves

April 11, 2020
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Infrared Photography


Channel Swapped R and B, Green Split 50-50

Infrared Channel Swapping in Lightroom, IV

May 25, 2021
This is the final installment of the infrared channel swap in Lightroom. This time, we …
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Use the camera profile in Lightroom

Infrared Channel Swapping in Lightroom, III

May 21, 2021
Infrared channel swapping in Lightroom opened new doors for IR photographers. The previous …
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Swapped Channels in Lightroom

Infrared Channel Swapping in Lightroom, II

May 17, 2021
When I first wrote about channel swapping in Lightroom back in 2018, Adobe had recently …
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Selected Portfolios


Kozak Plateau Folio

Kozak Plateau

On the hills that connect the town of Ayvalik to Bergama, ancient Pergamon, the Kozak Plateau grows the graceful Pinus …
Minimalist Vendor - Ayvalik

Ayvalik

The road to Assos was extremely narrow, with hairpin sharp curves, on a very steep side of the mountain. Near Ayvalık …
Hagia Sophia Entrance, looking toward narthex, exedra on both sides

Hagia Sophia Collection

I had the extraordinary privilege to view the Great Church, Hagia Sophia, from the vantage point of its dome. Being …
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