SP reader Arijit Das had requested us to explain, in Ask Uncle Ronnie, how to correctly use a polarising filter. Since the explanation is rather lengthy, we decided to have a separate write-up on it. Rohinton Mehta A polarising filter is one of the three very important filters for use in digital photography – the other two being the Neutral Density and Graduated Neutral … [Read more...]

Setting proper White Balance (WB) is very important if you want your images to be without any unwanted colour cast. I’m sure most photographers know this and yet, either out of sheer carelessness or with utter disregard, many photographers continue to take pictures without paying due attention to this very important camera setting. In this write-up, in the form of questions and … [Read more...]

Prathap is a professional nature photographer and founder of a blog called ‘Nature Photography Simplified’. His motto is to simplify every photography concept to help beginners and amateur photographers. Subscribe to his blog to get his free eBook, ‘Bird Photography – 10 Mistakes and Solutions’, which has been instrumental in helping thousands of bird photographers around the … [Read more...]

Saritha Dattatreya has a full-time job with a reputed education company. When it comes to photography, her first love and expertise lies in creative macro and nature images. She also enjoys creating images of food, abstracts, travel and different dimensions of street life. She is associated with DCP Workshops and Expeditions as a Panel Expert. She conducts workshops on basic … [Read more...]

Using a proper colour scheme is very important to the success of a photograph. In this article, Dilip Yande tries to expand on the theme. Having crossed over 20 active years in commercial photography, Dilip Yande says his forte is Fashion and Portrait photography. He believes variety is the spice of life, and to keep himself motivated he does a lot of tabletop as well. For … [Read more...]