The March issue has many exciting reviews, such as the Nikon D5500, the Sony Alpha 7 II as well as the Tamron 14-150mm f/3.5-5.8 Di III and AF-S Nikkor 20mm 1:1.8G ED lenses. Also reviewed is the new version of the photo editing software, Photoshop Elements 13. Learn to decipher telephoto lenses and perfect hairstyling techniques for your photos. Also learn how to get the … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2015
Photoshop Turns Twenty-Five
On February 19, 2015, Adobe Photoshop, the iconic imaging software turned 25. Photoshop touches virtually all the inspirational imagery: logos, apps, fashion, films and so on. Photoshop continues to add innovative features their releases and new mobile apps that extend the power of Photoshop to iPhone, iPad and Android devices. “For 25 years, Photoshop has inspired artists … [Read more...]
BUILDING A PICTURE
Sanak Roy Choudhury is an optometrist based in Oman who takes lovely landscape and architecture photographs. His work can be found at www.facebook.com/sanakphotography As told to Tanika Godbole Where are you from? Tell us a little about your life... I was born in a small town of Bihar (Jamalpur). We moved to Kolkata when I was only 3 years old, and I was brought up in a … [Read more...]
A Lesson to Learn
Human nature is what it is! When something is right, we like to take credit for it; when something is wrong, we rarely accept the fact that the problem could have something to do with us. I was photographing a dew drop at the end of a leaf. I setup my camera on my trusty Gitzo tripod, manually focussed my macro lens for maximum sharpness, ensured that the image appeared … [Read more...]
Flash Fundamentals
Well, we all know what a ‘flash’ is. For the sake of records, when we talk of ‘flash’, we are referring to an electronic flashgun. A flash is our carry-anywhere-source-of-light, our portable sun. Colour Temperature of Daylight and Colour Temperature of Electronic Flash The colour temperature of daylight changes with the time of the day and the weather conditions. The colour … [Read more...]