This is my first post about Post-Processing. I have been resisting on posting anything on post-processing because I feel that this is a topic that would be better suited to the video format of blogs […]
Category Archives: Tutorials
Are you on Aperture priority?
Most of the people I come across in the field seem to be using Aperture priority. So is that an issue? No not really, not unless you do not know why you are on Aperture Priority. A […]
KYC #4 : What does the Histogram say
Graphs and numbers sometimes can be a little intimidating. Histogram is one graph that is anything but that. If I can understand it, I’m sure most people can. Let me try and explain what I […]
Manual Exposure/Exposure-Lock : Flying Birds and more
So how does one go about planning to shoot birds in flight? There are times when you actually might want to turn the dial to ‘Manual Exposure’ for this one. Getting a Bird in Flight […]
KYC #3: Why doesn’t my Camera Auto Focus & Focus Preset/Memory
Todays blog post covers two topics. One for people just starting off with photography and the second for the more experienced ones. So let’s start with the basics first and then look at advanced ways […]
KYC #2 - Why is an f/2.8 lens called faster than f/4
The 70-200 f/2.8 is said to be a faster lens that the 70-200 f/4. What does this mean? Well, the most common answer that I have heard is - ‘it gives faster shutter speeds’ Lets take a […]
KYC #1 : Highlight Alert
The KYC series is going to be a set of mini-blogs where I talk about some features about your cameras. I hope this helps people use the camera better. Lets start with a practically useful […]
Waders - Part 2 : Photography
What are waders? Well, mainly birds that wade in water and for this blog post I am going to concentrate on shorebirds more than waders. Shorebirds would be those birds that are seen hugging the […]
The Foreground Block
In wildlife photography, everyone craves for that fantastic creamy smooth background. Comments such as Lovely Bokeh What a background Smooth BG Clean nice BG do the rounds of social media every minute. I have also […]
Red Light Photography
Before you digress too much, this deals with the time of the day when the sun appears almost RED. Have you ever given it a thought why this occurs only in the late evening or early mornings? […]
Don’t Cross the Circle too soon!
Now what the hell does that mean? Imagine the following scenario : You meet someone for the first time and that person comes and stands barely a foot away from you and starts talking. I […]
Heat Waves!!
There are a lot of parameters that photographers need to keep in mind while out on the field clicking. Here is one of the lesser known ones. On my last tour to LRK (Kutch - […]
The Lying Histogram ?
The Histogram comes in a variety of flavors. The one that is most famous and mostly used is the luminosity histogram. Take a look at the following image and the Luminosity histogram that accompanies it. […]
Low-key Images
An image of the moon in the dead of the night is generally qualified as a Low-Key Image. Just like a High-Key image which has a completely white background, a low-key image is one that […]
Subjects Too Fast - Can’t Focus?
Birds are creatures of habit, a lot of them like to repeat perches. What this means is that if you find a bird busy in an activity like a bee-eater trying to hunt or a […]
Shutter Sink
Read the “Second Curtain” blog before this one to make sure you understand the basics of the camera shutter mechanism. The Shutter Sync speed is the minimum shutter speed that allows for the flash to […]
Release or Focus Priority
The Modern cameras from both Nikon and Canon come up with very advanced AF controls. One of those controls is the Release/Focus Priority control. Both Nikon and Canon have it enabled for AF-C/AI-Servo. This menu […]
Why Camera? Why? - Part 4
Q : I got a dark image - I dialled in an exposure compensation of +1, +2, +3 — Still it came out dark To understand why your camera is doing something not quite how […]
Why Camera? Why? - Part 1
I am not getting a good image. I did everything right A common complaint by a lot of people who have just procured their SLRs So you have picked up your camera from the shop […]
What do you see
Composition is an art of exclusion. Exclude all that vies for attention other than the subject. What do you See in this image? The probably answers are A mammal sitting on the ground looking […]
