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October 15, 2026 • Issue 107
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Fall is in the air reader!
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This is the season I look for for every year. Temperatures decrease and we can enjoy cloud cover for a whole day, as well as brilliant fall colors almost everywhere you look!. Recently, we even experienced record-setting rainfall during our monsoon season. Can you see me smiling over here?
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Deadline approaching! Our very popular Black & White Call for Entry is back for 2026. If you have been following me for any amount of time, you know I like to keep things simple. For this call-for-entry all you will need to do for now is click on the button to enter. If you have already entered, please send images per directions (shadowandlightmagazine.com). No AI will be allowed! Be nice. The entry fee will be $25. Are you ready? The 2026 Black & White Special Issue will be published in the November/December issue.
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If you purchase the annual PDF subscription at only $14.50, your first subscribed issue will be the November/December (the Black & White Issue) issue of Shadow & Light Magazine, to be released November 15, 2026. You will also receive the current issue FREE! Click here to subscribe!
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• As many of you know, I have a newer venture, which is a zine. It is something I have been thinking about for quite some time and now it is out and about and available for purchase as a printed copy only. The first two issues are out and I am now waiting on a printed proof for #3. https://timandersonstudio.com/observations/
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In my weekly venture, the starter (#145), I include short pieces that are inspirational and full of positive vibes, with a nod toward photography and poetry. This newsletter arrives in your inbox at 8am, every Monday. You can subscribe for free or opt for the paid versions, with which you will receive every issue. In the current issue, I chat about "Take a Chance, Take your Time," and there are a few other feature pieces that might fuel your creative process. In the section View here, I feature Shadow & Light Magazine alum, Maggie Taylor, and her take on "Working with the Unknown" portfolio. Here is a link, if you are interested.
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Lastly, the popular Single Image Showcase is returning! Up to 10 image makers will be accepted for six full-page insertions. Entries are being accepted. You can read additional information and enter by following the link, below. We are looking toward the January/February 2027 issue to begin this popular series aimed at getting your work out there!
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Image: Meredith Mullins, Single Image Showcase 2025
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• Most of the items/articles featured in The Journal are included based on past responses to similar posts and are not offered as recommendations by me, but solely for your varied interests.
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• If you like this newsletter, please forward it to a friend of like mind!
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year
From the humorous to the sad to the incredible, there is not much left in-between. This series captures it all, from all over the world. Incredible photography!
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Compact cameras with single-digit megapixel counts are booming in Japan
As smartphone cameras reach triple-digit megapixels, some are reaching for 5MP compact cameras with CCD sensors. This is why The earliest camera phones came with megapixel counts that required a decimal point. But as modern camera phones are surpassing the triple-digit megapixel mark, one camera store in Japan has noticed a trend: the low-resolution compact cameras from two decades ago are suddenly in high demand.
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6 Ways To Challenge Yourself & Improve Your Photography In The Process
Why not take on a photography challenge today? It's a great way to improve your photography skills as well as having a bit of fun.
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If you're looking for a way to improve your photography skills then a challenge is probably right up your street. To give you some inspiration on how you can challenge yourself next time you're heading out with your camera here are 6 shooting suggestions that'll get your grey matter working a little harder: Use One Lens/Focal Length... Limit Your Shots and more...
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ArtCraft Rebuilds Photoshop, Lightroom and Premiere as Free Adobe Alternative
ArtCraft released 7 free Adobe alternatives, including LightCraft for raw files. See what photographers should test before leaving a $19.99 Adobe plan.
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Seven free Adobe alternatives reached GitHub in early October, and two of them target photographers directly. PhotoCraft covers Photoshop work, while LightCraft handles Lightroom-style raw editing. Brandon Thomas released them under ArtCraft, a company he founded nearly a year ago.
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Learning to See Creatively
Developing a creative eye is about seeing things in a different way. A personal visual opinion rather than obvious point of view. When we first use a camera we take pictures of all the obvious things around us.
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This is all a very necessary part of learning photography and after repeatedly taking these pictures, boredom can creep in. If we get bored enough, we tend to look further than the obvious for our photographic subjects. Hopefully encouraging us to interpret these subjects in a different manner. However, as we so often see, some people continuously take boring pictures until they become experts at doing so.
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