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...]
Beginner Blues
I am a beginner to photography. I have a Canon EOS 1000D and a borrowed flashgun. Pictures taken with the flash appear unnatural and harsh even though I have tried manual exposure. The subject gets too bright and the background goes too dark. Please note that I am not technically minded. Is there a way out? D. F. Kalyaniwala, Mumbai We’ll first take the background … [Read more...]
Light of Divinity
Sonali Pal Chaudhury from Kolkata is the author of this image. She wants to know if this picture could be improved. Though not perfect, I like the interplay between the light and shade.Sonali, in any picture, the background is as important as the subject. In your photo, the background, which is lighter in tone, partially takes away the attention from the main subject. The … [Read more...]
Nature Photography
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...]
Speed King!-Silicon Power 32GB CF Card
Silicon Power claim to be the world’s leading manufacturer of flash memory cards, USB flash drives, DRAMS, and card readers. With headquarters at Taipei, and branches worldwide, it is the first company to announce a lifetime warranty for memory cards. These CF cards are available in 16, 32, and 64GB capacity. This First Look looks at the 32GB CF Type 1 card (Type 1 cards are … [Read more...]
