There are many composition guidelines which can be applied in almost any situation, to enhance the impact of a scene. Below are some of the most popular and most widely respected composition rules. #1 Simplicity In photography, the technique of simplicity is used to achieve the effect of singling out…
To shoot a portrait is to capture the essence of the person, the story of their life, their livelihood and a substantial emotion within the photograph. For instance, we come across numerous faces everyday but there are some peculiar interpretations within few humans which will remain hard for us to…
The Elements of Nature are primarily responsible for every single atom / organism present in this Universe. Plato was the first person to ever use the term “Element” in order to represent Air, Fire, Earth and Water. They Constitute the Origin of all living things. Evey part of the world…
Those tiny ants crawling over green grass with bits of rice grains, well I am speaking about Macro Photography. A macro photograph is something in which the size of the object you click is life-size or greater than that. (Lifesize is nothing but the natural size of the object or…
Being a Photographer has some fantastic merits, the happiness in creating something which you haven’t experienced anytime in the past. The sudden praises you receive, the questions on how do you achieve this and that. On the other side, spending more on gear, new lenses and costly equipments. And all…
Welcome to the world of the 50mm lens. This lens replicates the field of vision of the human eye, which is why it is called a normal lens. Due to this unassuming quality, it was a favorite for a number of legendary photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson and Ralph Gibson. While…
Creativity is vibrant, vital, and ever changing. It’s contagious and unquantifiable. You can’t even really define it. Wikipedia says, “Unlike many phenomena in science, there is no single, authoritative perspective or definition of creativity.” Like water, creativity is something that fuels our growth. It’s something that we always need. The…
To most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a person and his shirt. – Henri Cartier-Bresson If you don’t like people, portrait photography is not a wise choice for your photographic career. Unlike several other areas of…
Every artist entitled to be the creator should definitely understand the concept behind the term publishing. Not many of our wonderful artists today appreciate or follow this term which eventually leads to a downfall to them & their creations. Trying to break the term – “Publishing” do not interpret it…
What is Digital Photography Workflow exactly? All we really want to do is take great pictures and reproduce them in the best way possible. But doing so actually involves a whole series of steps, from transferring the image files to a computer, to file naming, file format conversion, image optimization,…
Every artist goes through this specific period in their art life, the phase where magic keeps working for them. Shining with every piece of work they produce and heaps of praises warming them time to time. And gradually or more often, We tend to produce a particular genre of work…
When we understand that sound is nothing but vibrations all around created using crafted instruments or any sensual instrument. It becomes even more compelling for us to compare it with Photography, to be precise a picture. It is often common that when we listen to a piece of music, there…
Guest Article By : Cole Thompson John Holland Memorial – Convict Lake, CA – 2012 What does it take to create a great image? At various times in my life I’ve had different thoughts about this; as a young man I just knew that it was the location, and if…
This is the time to learn something and upgrade ourselves. The good news is a lot of platforms, photographers are giving their advice and experiences in online. Here, photography equipment giants Nikon, Olympus, Leica offering free online photography courses, sessions and web meetings for free. You can click on the…
This time we give you an article on how to create stunning images with your kits lens. Yes, that 18-55mm lens which many of us must have an underestimated lens. One should think why the manufacturers have given this range of 18-55 to start with, and then we realize this…
The Decisive Moment, a split second for capturing the ultimate moment, that spontaneous reaction within you to pull the trigger, whatever you may call it, the bottom line remains the same. That act of consciousness which determines your photograph and more or less this is the right balance between both…