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Shooting unique portraits in black and white is not an easy job. Saleem Khawar , a great photographer from Asia know the job well.He is from Balochistan - Pakistan. HIs photographic experience is of over 18 years. He has represented Pakistan in international exhibitions in 29 countries.

Villages in Asia have simple and beautiful life. Herds of cattle mend by young shepherds girls and boys roam on mud trails

Street photography is most popular form of photography and perhaps most difficult one also. Here are some examples of amazing street photography by renowned photo-artist razaq vance.

Most of the time photographers use their camera by keeping its angle just at an eye level of the subject. It may be the landscape, documentary shots or portraits. The result is static lifeless routine images. By just changing your angle of view of your camera you can produce stunning results. Both a lower angle and a high angle work very well.

Fine- art photography is difficult but delight to watch. Rarindra Prakarsa from Indonesia know the art very well. Each of his picture speaks itself and a pleasure to watch.

World is full of wonders and roads are one of them. There are amazing and dangerous roads in the world .Here are some examples of world,s most dangerous and amazing roads.

Photography is a graphic with light and it is very tough to choose best pictures. Initially photogrphs were taken on film which is a strip coated with light sensitive chemicals . It was costly and slow process. Now a days digital sensor is used instead of film to record the light. That has revolutionized the process of photography. With the onset of net it is now also very easy to share photography.On web there are many big websites hosting shred photographs from the community members. These are a kind of social media for the photographers. Flickr, photoshelter, photocommunity are some examples.500px is a recent stunner in this field. But among all these photo.net stands out. This website hosted the most creative work and during the last decade and here are some examples of best pictures from that work.

Here are some unique and rare pictures of the holy place of Islam and the Muslims known as Kaaba.According to hajjinformation.com "The Kaaba, a large stone structure constituting a single room with a marble floor, lies at the heart of the Holy Mosque (al Masjid al Haram) in the Holy City of Makkah. The Kaaba is Islam's holiest building. It now stands some 60 feet high and each side is approximately 60 feet in length. The Kaaba is the focal point around which the Holy Mosque is built." There are many eras of kaaba building and extension of al Masjid al Haram. In this post you can see different stages of extension of Kaaba and the Masjid.

Cars and elegant cars fascinate individuals of every age. It is really a thrill to watch these cars moving at a bullet speed. Cars are most popular as wallpapers in young generation. Here we are presenting some best wall papers for your desktop.

People photography is a big challenge for the photographer but Ian Taylor do it in a very natural way as shown in his portfolio on photo.net . Ian was born in England but grow up in Canada. He become interested in photography while his stay in Compodia. His people photography is natural and spontaneous.

Perfect timing pictures are most popular at net. Photographers try to get perfect moment in their camera. Some time this effort is deliberate and some time spontaneous. Here we have choose some perfect timing pictures for your feast.

StumbleUpon is one of the best sources of web pages containing amazing pictures. Thousands of pages added daily in the site and some pages stand out with the time. Here in this post we are presenting best of the best pictures from StumbleUpon.

According to worldphotoday.org "World Photography Day originates from the invention of the Daguerreotype, a photographic processes developed by Joseph Nicèphore Nièpce and Louis Daguerre. On January 9, 1839, The French Academy of Sciences announced the daguerreotype process. A few months later, on August 19, 1839, the French government announced the invention as a gift "Free to the World." So world photography day now is celebrated on 19 of August each year.

Here we are presenting some heart touching pictures ever from StumbleUpon. These pictures are amazing and showing the timing and skill of the photographers which are mostly unknown. Some of these pictures are so moving that make you sob and sad. These pictures are the true representation of the old saying that " a picture is worth a thousand words".

Following are the award winning pictures of 2013 Nikon Photography Contest . This contest is running since 1969 and considered as best competition in photography around the globe. "Elegy of Autumn" is the Grand Prize winner submitted by Dina Bova for the contest. This year about 100000enteries were received from 22752 top photographers residents of 153 countries.

Horses are agile and graceful animal and people love to see horses in action in different sports. There are a number of games being played world over on the back of the horses and among these horse races like Derby and Melbourne Club race are at the top. Sports like Polo and Buzkushi are also among the top games in which riders of horses show their skill. In Asian countries specially in India and Pakistan another popular game is tenet pegging. A horse rider try to pull the peg of less than an inch width in by a lance in a speed of bullet. Some time a team of four horses run together and pull the peg. Razaq Vance is one the world renowned photographer who specialized in culture of Asia. Following are some shots of horses in action from his album.

Thousands of people in Taiwan took part in the first "color run" festival on 28th of September 2013. That was just for fun and about 15000 people took part in it.

Portrait photography in the last few decades have produce outstanding portraits. According to Wikipedia " Portrait photography or portraiture is photography of a person or group of people that displays the expression, personality, and mood of the subject. Like other types of portraiture, the focus of the photograph is usually the person's face, although the entire body and the background or context may be included." Following are some of the outstanding portraits from the 6th annual contest of Photography Master Cup.