Light Stalking https://www.lightstalking.com/ Illuminating Your Passion Mon, 14 Sep 2026 01:59:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.lightstalking.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Favicon1-32x32.jpg Light Stalking https://www.lightstalking.com/ 32 32 12538233 Meta Sued Over Using People’s Photos for AI and Facial Recognition https://www.lightstalking.com/meta-sued-over-using-peoples-photos-for-ai-and-facial-recognition/ https://www.lightstalking.com/meta-sued-over-using-peoples-photos-for-ai-and-facial-recognition/#respond Mon, 14 Sep 2026 01:58:32 +0000 https://www.lightstalking.com/?p=530834 There's a new proposed class action lawsuit against Meta that alleges they harvested Facebook and Instagram photographs for biometric information that was used to train image generation models and develop an, as yet, unreleased facial recognition feature called Nametag for smart glasses. Meta says that the lawsuit has misrepresented the situation and notes that Nametag […]

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]]> https://www.lightstalking.com/meta-sued-over-using-peoples-photos-for-ai-and-facial-recognition/feed/ 0 530834 The Megapixel Myth https://www.lightstalking.com/megapixel-myth/ https://www.lightstalking.com/megapixel-myth/#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2026 04:00:40 +0000 https://www.lightstalking.com/?p=530821 My Sony has 61 million pixels. I could buy a Fuji with 100 million pixels. I could even buy a Samsung phone with 200 million pixels. All of this sounds very impressive until you realise that 99% of us never need that many pixels 99% of the time. The reason these high megapixel counts sound […]

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]]> https://www.lightstalking.com/megapixel-myth/feed/ 0 530821 Leaving Lightroom https://www.lightstalking.com/leaving-lightroom/ https://www.lightstalking.com/leaving-lightroom/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:34:55 +0000 https://www.lightstalking.com/?p=530768 I have a confession. For several years, I have had access to Lightroom and Photoshop for free. Not because I am an illegal downloader but because I submitted to Adobe Stock. Adobe contributors that made over a certain amount of sales per year were given either the Lightroom/Photoshop package or a full Adobe subscription to […]

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]]> https://www.lightstalking.com/leaving-lightroom/feed/ 1 530768 Dirty Windshields, Dealing With Wind, Camera Movement, and Getting Bored: This Week In The Light Stalking Photography Forums https://www.lightstalking.com/community-roundup-2026-8-24/ https://www.lightstalking.com/community-roundup-2026-8-24/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 02:13:03 +0000 https://www.lightstalking.com/?p=530779 It's been another wonderful week in the world of photography with our friendly and generous community. As always, if you would like to join us, I highly encourage you to sign up here and we'll let you know when the next intake is. In the meantime, let's jump straight into it. Photo Of The Week […]

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]]> https://www.lightstalking.com/community-roundup-2026-8-24/feed/ 0 530779 Dig Deeper Into Your Urban Photography Skills With These Awesome Tutorials https://www.lightstalking.com/tutorials-urban-photography/ https://www.lightstalking.com/tutorials-urban-photography/#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2026 01:32:23 +0000 https://www.lightstalking.com/?p=506633 Urban spaces provide great opportunities for photographers to capture very interesting frames and one always has something to photograph differently as the city scenes are constantly changing throughout the day and seasons. Here are some tutorials on Urban photography that will help you to capture striking urban photographs.

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]]> https://www.lightstalking.com/tutorials-urban-photography/feed/ 0 506633 Removing Exif Data Is No Longer Enough. AI Can Now Tell Where Your Photos Are Taken Without It https://www.lightstalking.com/removing-exif-data-is-no-longer-enough-ai-can-now-tell-where-your-photos-are-taken-without-it/ https://www.lightstalking.com/removing-exif-data-is-no-longer-enough-ai-can-now-tell-where-your-photos-are-taken-without-it/#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:34:47 +0000 https://www.lightstalking.com/?p=530753 It's always been pretty straightforward if you don't want people to know where your photographs have been taken. You simply remove the EXIF data or don't release the coordinates showing the location, right? Right? Well, maybe not anymore. Recently, the software security company McAfee, did an experiment with AI that will have a lot of […]

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