Happy New Year 2018
The year 2017 was a very fruitful year for me, especially as a teacher of photography. I am very grateful to you, constant reader and for all who encourage me and this blog. I thank you from my heart...
View ArticleCreating 360-degree Aerial Panorama
360 aerial Panorama of Moodbidri My good friend Nerenki Parshwanath recently acquired a DJI Mavic Pro Drone. What you are seeing above is a 360 aerial Panorama of Moodbidri stitched using software...
View ArticleOops I Slipped
Last week I visited Miyar Kambala near Karkala. You can read more about this Kambala in my earlier blog on Miyar Kambala held in 2015. This year I had an opportunity to visit it again. As a bonus to...
View ArticleCreate animated GIFs using Photoshop
Last week’s blog I posted an animated GIF file showing the slipped runner at the Kambala. Since many have asked how it was done, here is the tutorial. You can check the final GIF above. For this to...
View ArticlePhoto Walk at Cubbon Park
Our group Creative Focus had our first photo walk in Bengaluru at Cubbon Park, Bengaluru on 21st January 2018. It was a pleasure to conduct such a wonderful group who participated with all enthusiasm....
View ArticleSuper Blue Blood Moon 2018
We in India witnessed the Super Blue Blood Moon 2018 eclipse during moon rise on the evening of January 31st, 2018. I used two lenses to capture the eclipse. Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-100mm f/4 IS...
View ArticleMacro Mode on Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM
Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM is the only general-purpose zoom lens in the Canon line-up with a dedicated macro mode. It’s also the only zoom with hybrid IS which is specifically designed to minimize...
View ArticleCarrhotus Spider
I captured this Juvenile Carrhotus Spider on a vine using Canon EOS 80D fitted with Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM and Canon MT-24EX macro twin light flash. Carrhotus species tend to be found in...
View ArticleEpeus Spider
I found this Epeus spider in my garden. That day I was testing my Olympus OMD EM1 Mark II fitted with Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f/2.8 Macro Lens. For illumination, I used Olympus TF-22 Twin Flash...
View ArticleCarrhotus Spider
I captured this Carrhotus Spider on a leaf at Mala near Karkala. It had rained a little while before the shoot. Water drops were still all around its silken cell. I was using Canon EOS 5D Mark IV...
View ArticleLoupedeck Review
The Loupedeck is a recently launched photo editing console designed to speed up your workflow when adjusting images in Adobe Lightroom. Looking something like a DJ’s mixing desk, Loupedeck was...
View ArticleMonth full of Workshops
Happy to announce this month was full of Workshops. Month started with Lighting Secrets Workshop at Bangalore followed by 3 workshops on Lightroom. I will be again going to conduct Workshop on...
View ArticleLeading lines
Next few blogs I am planning to post few photography composition ideas with a very brief explanation of them. I will be posting one or two photos per blog, unlike my natural history blog which has 5-8...
View ArticleDiagonal Lines
In my last blog, I talked about leading lines. This blog let us find diagonal lines. Diagonal lines generally work well to draw the eye of an image’s viewer through the photograph. They create points...
View ArticleFrame Within a Frame
If the frame is your window on the world, the composition is where you point it. The “Frame Within a Frame” basically pushes you to find boundaries within boundaries. In Angkor Wat, Cambodia I found...
View ArticleThe S Curve
The “eye flow” in a photo is the path the viewer’s eyes take as they enter the image, studies it, and leads eye within the picture. The longer the photographer gets the viewer to study the image, the...
View ArticleCreate Panoramas in Lightroom
Lightroom is one of my preferred tools to stitch panoramic images. In the past one would have to either use Adobe Photoshop or third-party software such as PTGui to stitch panoramas, with the latest...
View ArticleRule of Thirds
The Rule of Thirds one of the first things that budding digital photographers learn about in composition on photography. Many thank this rule for their well balanced and interesting shots. However,...
View ArticleDiagonal Lines
In my last blog, I talked about leading lines. This blog let us find diagonal lines. Diagonal lines generally work well to draw the eye of an image’s viewer through the photograph. They create points...
View ArticleFrame Within a Frame
If the frame is your window on the world, the composition is where you point it. The “Frame Within a Frame” basically pushes you to find boundaries within boundaries. In Angkor Wat, Cambodia I found...
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