Sony India has announced a special interview series - DOP Portraits, a series offering behind-the-scenes into the art and craft of cinematography with a mission to inspire aspiring filmmakers. A six-episode series of about 20 minutes each, DOP Portraits explores the creative and technical journeys of India’s most celebrated cinematographers - Sudhir Chaudhary, Vishal Sinha, … [Read more...]
Getting Ready for Rains
It's the Indian summer. It's hot, humid and uncomfortable. You sweat, you swear. Tolerance levels go down, tempers flare up. As a photographer you hate the season. By nine in the morning the sun beats the daylights out of you. The lighting contrast shoots up crazily; highlights blow out, shadows go deep without detail. The landscape is barren; everything is dry and … [Read more...]
Split Toning with Lightroom
Text and photos by Ashok Kandimalla. This article has been modified to make it brief from the original article published in our May 2019 issue. Split toning is a post-processing technique through which you can impart different colours to highlights and shadows. This is a very easy-to-use procedure and when used with moderation (as with any post-processing technique), it gives a … [Read more...]
Fashion Photo Lighting
Vipin Gaur is a Delhi-based commercial photographer and an educator, besides being a director of photography. His work has been published in several national publications like Femina, Cosmopolitan, Grazia, Grehashobha, Sakhi and others. He has also done an advertising campaign for the IPL team Pune Warriors. Having worked with many fashion designers and models from around the … [Read more...]
ISO ‘Invariance’
Huh? What’s that? Never heard of it? That’s okay. First, let me say right here, that this is not an easy topic to explain but at the same time, it is important. Some cameras today are ISO Invariant or close to ISO Invariant. So what does that mean? Note: 1) In trying to over-simplify things, some of the explanations may not be 100% technically correct. 2) Pictures must … [Read more...]
