Photoshop

Image Editing – Part 2

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In the January 2017 issue of Smart Photography, Rohinton Mehta will share with you the basics of image editing. He will use Photoshop tools to process the following image. You can download the image and work step-by-step, using the guidelines mentioned in the article, to edit it. … [Read more...] about Image Editing – Part 2

Remedy for Over-sharpening

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Digital imaging offers us some amazing facilities which we did not have in the film era. We often get carried away using these new ‘toys’, and then, we tend to over-use them or use them in an inappropriate manner. Take for example, the facility to ‘sharpen’ a not-so-sharp image in Photoshop. Before we proceed, let me remind you that there is really no way to sharpen a photo … [Read more...] about Remedy for Over-sharpening

Don’t Be Put off By Gray Skies!

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With the rainy season ‘on’, dull gray or nearly white skies are common. This shouldn’t put you off your photography spree because it is very easy to add colour on to dull gray/white skies. You can use a good sky from another photo, or select an appropriate tone for the sky from within the original photo.If you wish to copy the sky from another photo:1. Open both the photos in … [Read more...] about Don’t Be Put off By Gray Skies!

Nature Photography

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The term ‘nature’ refers to anything that is not made by human beings, or, in other words, whatever is created by that unfathomable force we call ‘God’ or ‘Almighty’. Hence nature photography broadly relates to photographing landscapes, birds, animals,  insects, human beings, rivers, mountains, valleys, trees, etc. Nature photography  represents a challenge to document the … [Read more...] about Nature Photography