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Lighting Technique Collection

Capturing the Essence of Light: A Journey Through Lighting Techniques From the mesmerizing Blackpool Illuminations to the enchanting Under The Arch

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Blackpool Illuminations

Blackpool Illuminations
Illuminations on the promenade at Blackpool, Lancashire. Blackpool Tower is in the centre

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Corby Ironworks

Corby Ironworks
11th February 1950: Corby Ironworks in Northamptonshire at night. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4975 - Did You Know This Was Happening To England? - pub

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Under The Arch

Under The Arch
31st January 1948: Two children walking in the Gorbals area of Glasgow. The Gorbals tenements were built quickly and cheaply in the 1840s

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Beach Ballet

Beach Ballet
August 1955: A ballet dancer draws circles in the sand with the points of her toes. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8498 - Festival Ballet Dancer - unpub

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Silhouette of Common peafowl (Pavo cristatus) perched in a tree at dawn

Silhouette of Common peafowl (Pavo cristatus) perched in a tree at dawn. Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Iron Miner

Iron Miner
5th June 1948: A miner pauses in a tunnel before starting a shift in Britains most modern iron ore mine, at Irthlinborough in Northamptonshire

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: The main spiral staircase at Queens House, Greenwich

The main spiral staircase at Queens House, Greenwich, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7277 - Greenwich Staircase - unpub. (Photo by Raymond Kleboe/Getty Images)

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming near surface in halo of light. The Bahamas

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming near surface in halo of light. The Bahamas

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Ice crystals viewed by polarised light

Ice crystals viewed by polarised light

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Angolan giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis) and black rhinoceros (Diceros

Angolan giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis) and black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) reflecting in waterhole at sunset, Okaukuejo, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Fluorescent coral (Pocillopora sp. ) at night on a coral reef in blue light

Fluorescent coral (Pocillopora sp. ) at night on a coral reef in blue light
Fluorescent coral (Pocillopora sp.) at night on a coral reef in blue light, with the lights from a resort jetty behind, Laamu Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Large yellow underwing moth (Noctua pronuba), one of main species hunted by Grey long-eared bat

Large yellow underwing moth (Noctua pronuba), one of main species hunted by Grey long-eared bat (Plecotus austriacus), taking flight over meadow at night, South West England. September

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Cranefly (Tipula paludosa) flight trail over meadow in old quarry on autumn night in Somerset

Cranefly (Tipula paludosa) flight trail over meadow in old quarry on autumn night in Somerset, England. September

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Female Fox (Vulpes vulpes) walking on tree trunk in heavy snowstorm in the dark

Female Fox (Vulpes vulpes) walking on tree trunk in heavy snowstorm in the dark, Verteskozma, Hungary

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) male resting in dappled light created by dew

Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) male resting in dappled light created by dew droplets. The Netherlands. April

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: RF - Small emerald damselfly (Lestes virens) resting on stem. The Netherlands. May

RF - Small emerald damselfly (Lestes virens) resting on stem. The Netherlands. May. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Honey bee (Apis mellifera) approaching hive entrance, with trails of departing bees

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) approaching hive entrance, with trails of departing bees visible. Urban garden, Bristol, UK, May

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Honey bee (Apis mellifera) flying close to hive entrance, with flight trails visible

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) flying close to hive entrance, with flight trails visible. Urban garden, Bristol, UK, May

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Stingless golden jellyfish (Mastigias sp. ), backlit by the sun

Stingless golden jellyfish (Mastigias sp. ), backlit by the sun
Stingless golden jellyfish (Mastigias sp.), backlit by the sun, in a landlocked marine lake in the middle of an island. Their golden colour comes from endosymbiotic algae

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) taken with infra-red thermograph camera

Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) taken with infra-red thermograph camera. Top of receptacle hottest at 35'C, stamens 30'C. Cultivated in glasshouse, Surrey, England, UK. Sequence 2/2

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Close up of a colony of Jewel anemones (Corynactis viridis) Scotland, UK, October

Close up of a colony of Jewel anemones (Corynactis viridis) Scotland, UK, October

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Illuminated expedition tent, Northern lights, Polar Aurorae, Aurora Borealis, green

Illuminated expedition tent, Northern lights, Polar Aurorae, Aurora Borealis, green, reflections in water, Lake Laberge, near Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Blitz Skyline

Blitz Skyline
circa 1940: London skyline in the blitz silhouetted by the light of fires. (Photo by London Express/Getty Images)

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: UK, Silhouette of woman spinning hula-hoop lit with LEDs in field at night; West Sussex

UK, Silhouette of woman spinning hula-hoop lit with LEDs in field at night; West Sussex

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Plasma ball

Plasma ball

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Air Raid

Air Raid
May 1940: Long exposure taken of coastal defences during a night time air-raid on thes E coast of England. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/London Express/Getty Images)

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Steel Mill

Steel Mill
1st May 1955: Men working at the furnaces of a Sheffield steel mill. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8067 - Importance Of Yorkshire - unpub. (Photo by Joseph McKeown/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Searchlights

Searchlights
1940: Anti-aircraft searchlights scanning the sky for enemy aircraft. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Houses of Parliament Searchlight

Houses of Parliament Searchlight
1943: A searchlight over the Houses of Parliament, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Sunlight And Soldiers

Sunlight And Soldiers
22nd March 1943: British soldiers carrying their luggage walk along the platform at a railway station in war-time London. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Illuminated Ships

Illuminated Ships
1957: Vessels of the Fleet are illuminated as seen from beneath the wing of a Ganet aircraft from HMS Ark Royal in Cromarty Firth

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Illustration showing polarizing filters and polarized light

Illustration showing polarizing filters and polarized light

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: A trip to the Milky Way

A trip to the Milky Way

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: City Blacksmith

City Blacksmith
Southwark smithy William Surridge at work in Burman Street near the Elephant and Castle in South London

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Curing Fish

Curing Fish
Interior of a fish curers kiln near the quayside in Hull. After being smoked, these skinned cod fillets are dispatched throughout the country

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Early Or Late?

Early Or Late?
1930: The sun is low in the sky and casts long shadows behind the few people in the street. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: New York Night Sky

New York Night Sky
April 1963: A view over New York at dusk from the Rockefeller Centre. The Empire State Building is on the left. (Photo by Gerry Cranham/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: On The Beach

On The Beach
14th February 1938: Racehorses being trained by David Dale are silhouetted against the skyline as they walk along the beach at Newhaven, Sussex

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: First Up

First Up
circa 1929: An early morning Workmans tram on route No 65, travelling from East Ham to Bloomsbury. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Graf Zeppelin

Graf Zeppelin
Giant dirigible the Graf Zeppelin just after landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, on her second visit to the USA. The underside of the giant craft is lit up giving the appearance of a giant flying

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: London Cinema

London Cinema
circa 1930: Inside the Dominion Cinema, Tottenham Court Road, London which later became a theatre. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Seamens Cross

Seamens Cross
circa 1926: Lit up by floodlights, the huge Seamens Institute Cross towers over New York. It is designed to be visible from ships passing Sandy Hook, a peninsula of New Jersey

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Shadow Wheel

Shadow Wheel
circa 1930: A bicycle wheel throws its shadow on a pavement. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Leicester Square

Leicester Square
1939: Leicester Square Theatre, showing The Sun Never Sets, starring Basil Rathbone and Douglas Fairbanks Jnr. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: London Pavilion

London Pavilion
circa 1935: The London Pavilion cinema in Piccadilly, London showing We Live Again, which starred Fredric March and Anna Sten. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Piccadilly At Night

Piccadilly At Night
circa 1930: A lone car in a street in Piccadilly, London, at night. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Bus Park

Bus Park
circa 1925: Double decker buses parked in line for the night at an outdoor bus station. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageLighting Technique Collection: Kingsway At Night

Kingsway At Night
circa 1925: The Stoll Picture Theatre illuminated on Kingsway, London. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)



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Capturing the Essence of Light: A Journey Through Lighting Techniques From the mesmerizing Blackpool Illuminations to the enchanting Under The Arch, lighting techniques have the power to transform ordinary scenes into extraordinary spectacles. Whether it's a Beach Ballet bathed in golden hues or the haunting glow emanating from Corby Ironworks, these techniques allow us to explore and appreciate light in all its captivating forms. Imagine descending down an ancient mine shaft with only a flickering lantern guiding your way. This is what an Iron Miner experienced daily, relying on skillful lighting techniques to navigate through darkness. Similarly, standing beneath the main spiral staircase at Queens House in Greenwich transports you into a world where shadows dance playfully with beams of light, creating an ethereal atmosphere that lingers long after you've left. Nature too offers its own breathtaking displays of light. Witnessing the silhouette of Common peafowl perched high up in a tree at dawn evokes a sense of tranquility and mystery. Or dive deep below as you encounter a Green sea turtle gracefully swimming near the surface, illuminated by rays filtering through turquoise waters - truly nature's masterpiece. But it's not just natural wonders that captivate our imagination; scientific marvels also come alive through innovative lighting techniques. Behold ice crystals viewed under polarized light revealing intricate patterns and colors previously unseen by our naked eyes – reminding us how science can unravel hidden beauty within everyday phenomena. In Africa's vast plains, Angolan giraffes stand tall alongside black rhinoceros while basking in warm sunlight; their majestic presence accentuated by carefully placed spotlights capturing every detail. Meanwhile, fluorescent coral comes alive at night on Laamu Atoll's coral reef as blue lights cast an otherworldly glow upon them - showcasing both nature's delicate artistry and human ingenuity harmoniously intertwined. Even nocturnal creatures find themselves part of this visual symphony orchestrated by lighting techniques.