Professional photo printers come in various sizes, specifications, and prices. Canon has printers ranging from A4 to large format commercial models. The company recently launched three A3+ professional photo printers in the PIXMA range — the PRO-1 (12-colour), PRO-10 (10-colour), and PRO-100 (8-colour). Here we are reviewing the PIXMA PRO-10, the ‘middleweight’ in this … [Read more...]
Weekend Project: Create Psychedelic Art!
Smart Photography has been continually receiving requests to start a basic course for beginners. With this in mind, we have asked a very knowledgeable photographer from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, to take over writing these articles. We have also requested him to be as jargon-free as it is possible, so that newcomers to photography feel comfortable to pursue the hobby.The … [Read more...]
Remedy for Over-sharpening
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...]
How Steady Are Your Hands?
The ‘best lens’ in the world (if there was any such thing) would no longer be the best if your shooting techniques are poor.There can be several reasons for your pictures not being sharp – poor focussing, poor lens contrast, poor lens resolution, subject movement, and camera movement. The biggest culprit is often the camera movement during ex-posure. Camera movements … [Read more...]
The Diver
Smart Photography reader Manoj Tilak from Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, has sent us this photo of a young lad diving in to the water. The photo was shot at Shipra river, Ramghat, Ujjain. It is a very nice picture; the subject is positioned as per the rule of the thirds, the clouds in the background are great, the sunset is good, and the exposure is perfect for this silhouette. So, … [Read more...]
