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Nine Cool Photography Genres To Try
Sometimes even we need little inspiration to keep going with photography. Here are 10 cool photography themes to inspire your photography work.
Fine Art Photography Tips & Tricks
What is fine art photography?
How To Shoot Tilt-Shift Photography?
A tilt-shift lens is valuable for photographers who capture architecture, landscapes images, or for the creative heads who wish to have superior control over their camera’s depth of field.
How to become A Commercial Architecture Photographer?
Now you have got quite the primer on exterior as well as interior architectural photography and all the laws that govern architecture photography.
STREET PORTRAITS
Street portraits means connecting with the strangers you’re photographing. Street portrait is different from the common ideas of street photography. Most of the times, the photographer has no idea with what they are photographing. Looking for subject with a fascinating face to photograph is not such a tough job. The main challenge lies in approaching these strangers and establishing a relation for this kind of portrait shot. There are many more factors that make street portrait photography exhausting and tough. This means you have to practice a lot for yourself, to achieve experience in street portrait photography. In the simplest of terms, a street portrait photograph shows the person’s face in the shot and it will be taken on the street. Let’s see the tips and tricks to shot the best street portraits!
NAILING YOUR INSTA PHOTOGRAPHY PAGE AESTHETIC!
Instagram has made it easier than ever for photographers to showcase the best of their work and gain attention from people across the globe in the shortest span. Launched as a photo-sharing app back in October 2010, Instagram today boasts of more than 1 billion monthly users; making it one of the top six social networking sites in the world. And in a time when every other person with a camera posts pictures on the app and gets famous insta-ntaneously, it begs the question, how do you captivate people’s attention and keep them scrolling through your page for a quarter of the 28 minutes average time Instagram users spend on the app?
Fujifilm India join hands to Redefine Dimensions of Photography with Master Photographer and first laureate, Raghu Rai
Fujifilm India has announced the profound and ace photographer Mr. Raghu Rai as the brand ambassador for Fujifilm’s GFX series of cameras. As part of this organisation, Raghu Rai will be capturing the art and undiscovered murals of India’s magnificent national treasures - the Ajanta Ellora caves.
Konica Minolta India launches new range with four colour and three monochrome models
With the growing digital ecosystem from every aspect in India, organizations must change to the modification that evolving technologies bring to the table, particularly when it comes to making operations more economical. Konica Minolta, a leader in world-class printing technology, has launched a series of color and monochrome multifunction printers to go with the evolving technologies.
DISTORTION Done Right!
Distortion. The nightmare that keeps amateur photographers up all night. Sounds ominous, doesn’t it? After all, who would want to click a picture only to realize that it hasn’t perfectly captured the scene you witnessed with your own two eyes – whether it’s crooked lines of the buildings or people looking like they put on weight in the most unsavory places? Distortion has earned a lot of negative clout in the world of photography, and you may argue that it’s rightly so. But… not if it’s done right!
CREATIVE SHUTTER SPEED
The most important setting on your camera is the shutter speed, and it’s as important as the aperture and the ISO, if not more so. Shutter speed control can take your photography to the next level. Examples like light painting, action and sports photography, panning low shutter speed photography. In this article, we’ll learn the techniques and tricks that are required for creative shutter speed, and how you can take your photography to the peak with it. So let’s dive right into it!
The Manual Pro Setting
Are you ready to become an expert with the manual setting? Having a digital or a SLR camera is a terrifying experience. Many new bees play it safe with the auto modes, but if you want to step up your photography level, then you have to switch to the manual mode and master it. After shifting the settings; not only your shots, quality, perspective, will change, you may also become more creative and have total control over the amazing results. In this article, we’ll learn about the manual settings which will take your photography to the pro level. No colourful filters needed, nor any external lights needed to shoot a creative shot. How your shot should look is the key to get that exact desired result. In this article, we’ll provide you a small introduction about manual settings which will help you to shoot pro photographs.
Dog Photography Tips For Better Portraits
Every photographer’s urge is to frame everything that they find amazing and are close to their hearts, including their family members and pets. Dogs are subject which give some of the most beautiful, the funniest, and the most vibrant photographs. However, just like capturing kids, it can be very hard to capture really good images due to their unpredictable behaviour. Here are a few practical and helpful tips to make your images as easy and handy as possible for you and your lovely pet. Pet photography isn’t that tough once you learn how you can make your furry best friend feel comfy in front of the camera and how to capture high-quality images of them. Check out our tips below and you’ll be a great pet photographer with some time and practice.
Silhouette Photography Tips And Tricks
Silhouette is a solid and a dark shape, in outline of someone or something visible in light, opposite (against) a bright background. Silhouette photography shows subjects in a dramatic contrast, brightened scenes such as sunsets or studio backdrops. Silhouette effect is all about setting your lighting right. To create a silhouette effect, a light source is required which will be placed behind the subject, no light is needed in front of your subject. If you have placed your subject in exact manner, with the perfect camera settings, then you’ll be able to capture a gorgeous, sharp and detailed silhouette shot.
THE UNSEEN WORLD
Roshan was born and brought up in Ranchi. Professionally, he is a Gazetted Officer in the Judiciary Department of the govt. of Jharkhand. Roshan is fascinated by Macro Photography. “I used to get allured with the pictures covering delicate details of the unseen macro world- especially tiny insects, which ultimately triggered my passion towards macro photography. My journey as a Macro Photographer started in the last quarter of the year 2018. Though I rarely get time to pursue photography due to my profession, but, whatever time I manage, I love spending it with my ‘macro subjects’. Some of my favourite venues for Macro photography are Horhap Jungle, Ranchi, Birsa Zoo, Ormanjhi and of course my own garden.”, says Roshan. Instagram: @macro_roshan
TIPS FOR FLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY
Flowers bring a sense of freshness into our lives. Here are a few tips, which, when followed, can improve your flower photography.
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Tips on Photographing Sunrise/Sunsets
Everyone loves sunrise and sunsets. Let’s say, that you take a photo trip to an exotic location. Unless you know that area well, you may not know where exactly to go for the best sunrise/ sunset experience.
Santosh Sivan Partners with Canon
Canon has announced the on-boarding of Director, Cinematographer and Filmmaker Santosh Sivan as part of its Cinema EOS Ambassador programme. Sivan has been a part of the Indian film fraternity for over 30 years and has worked on various films across Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu languages. He has won 14 National Awards, and for his contribution to Indian cinema, he has been awarded with the Padma Shri, by the President of India in 2014. He has 21 international awards to his credit and his most recent films include, Lies We Tell, Chekka Chivantha Vaanam and Darbar.
Quick Adaptation is the Key to Success
Sony has launched its most advanced full frame camera recently, and like our readers, we are curious to know about the future of Sony’s Alpha line-up in the increasingly crowded Full Frame Mirrorless segment. Here we have Mukesh Srivastava, Head of Digital Imaging Business, Sony India, in conversation with Smart Photography.
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The first super-speed Z mount lens from Nikon!
Nikkor Z 50 mm f/1.2 S ₹1,79,995
Sony Launches FX3 FullFrame Camera
Sony has launched the FX3 camera as the latest addition to its Cinema Line cameras. The FX3 flaunts a full-frame, back-illuminated Exmor R CMOS sensor full-frame 10.2megapixel (approx. effective) count for movie recording (and 12.1 effective megapixels for stills) along with the BIONZ XR image processing engine.
Sony Announces New Additions to Xperia Series Smartphones
Sony has announced two new additions to its Xperia 1 and 5 flagships series line-ups with the Xperia 1 III and Xperia 5 III.
SHOOTING HANDHELD IN LOW LIGHT
Ashok Kandimalla has been in the photographic field for over three decades and has extensive experience in both film and digital photography. Being an electronics engineer by profession and a photographer, he possesses a unique and deep insight into the technical aspects of digital photography and equipment. He has published more than a 100 articles on photography and some of his writings have also been published in the well-known international magazine Popular Photography. An avid collector of photographic books and vintage cameras, Ashok has a keen interest in the history of photography and a passion for sharing his knowledge on photography through teaching and writing. He is the only Indian photographer to be featured on the Nikon Centenary website. He is presently working as a Management and Engineering consutant. He can be reached at kashokk@gmail.com.
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भावों और शब्दों को एक खास रूप से संजों कर बनती है कवि की अभूतपूर्व कविता, उसी प्रकार विचारों, तरीकों, तरकीबों, रंगों इत्यादि को खूबसूरती से पिरो कर एक कैमरा पिक्टोरियलिस्ट एक तस्वीर बनाता है, ऐसा कहना था टीएफ गेटी साहेब का। स्टूडियो न्यूज का यह अंक 'लेजेंड ऑफ द पास्ट' सीरीज के अंतर्गत गेटी साहेब को समर्पित है।
शानदार और जबरदस्त है नया... EOS R6
नए EOS R6 है आपके लिए खास । इसमें है हाई रिज्यॉल्यूशन 20.1 मेगापिक्सल फुल फ्रेम CMOs सेंसर DIGICXइमेज प्रोसेसर के साथ, यह दोनों स्टिल व 4K UHD वीडियो रिकॉर्ड करता है। IS0 100-102400, ISO सेंसिटिविटी रेंज के साथ, यह अलग-अलग लाइटिंग परिस्थितियों में भी बेहद कारगर है।
Venus Optics Expands Laowa Series
Venus Optics has introduced additional variants to 2 of its popular Laowa lenses i.e. Canon RF mount for the Laowa 11 mm f/4.5 FF RL lens (Full Frame) and Nikon Z mount for Laowa 65 mm f/2.8 2x UltraMacro APO (APS-C).
Sony Releases New Full-frame Mirrorless Camera
Sony has announced the arrival of its new full-frame mirrorless Alpha 1 camera. The Alpha 1 comes with a 50.1-megapixel full-frame stacked Exmor RS image sensor. The image sensor is built with integral memory and paired with an upgraded BIONZ XR imaging processing engine.