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...]
Secrets to Dramatic Landscapes
We are often told that a high-end lens is the most important investment that you can make to improve your photography. Would you agree? Yes? Good for you but I have some reservations! Will you see a dramatic difference in your photography if you were to replace all your mid-level lenses with top-of-the-line lenses? Difference in sharpness? Yes, certainly. But dramatic … [Read more...]
