Travel Tales Through Travel Shots

Have you ever wished that your travel photography pulled at the heart strings of people and transported them into the scene with you? Where they too can share in you experience – see with their own eyes the majesty snow-capped mountains looming ahead of you, the painted bodies of exotic folks and the food that makes you salivate. In this day and age, where your Instagram feed is flooded with beautiful travel pictures from a million accounts, how do you click travel shots that are not just phenomenal pictures, but also an exciting story the masses are anticipating to hear?

How Can A Single Lens Help You Improve Your Photography?

In this case we all are culprits of G.A.S. (Gear addiction syndrome). We all save money for months or years in greed of buying new camera, lens and other equipment; hoping that it will help us improve our photography skills in some way. Although each new piece of gear increases more options to explore, we just end up getting bored of technicalities and making choices. Well, it’s going to be tough to think about going with one lens, but it’s going to be very challenging and fun.

New photography genres to try your hands on

The world of photography has gone through a lot evolution. From those heavy cameras and lenses to a simple 180 g device in your hand, the technology around photography changed drastically.

PHOTOJOURNALISM – WHEN STORYTELLING MEETS REALITY

Do you know who the real heroes are? Real heroes are the ones out on the battlefield of reality, capturing every moment and showing the stark naked truth to the entire world. They are the ones who wield the power to shape our perspectives with the mere click of a camera. They are the ones who often at times risk their lives to show us the truth that lies hidden in the very fabric of the society. They are photojournalists.

RIGHT TIME, WRONG LENS

Have you ever had an almost-perfect snapshot in front of you only to realise you were using the wrong lens? Or maybe since it’s more convenient, you just bring one lens with you? Or pushing yourself to the edge. We’ve all heard that the best lens for a portrait is 85mm, 50mm, that the best lens for a landscape is a wide angle between 14mm to 24mm and that the best lens for getting in close is a macro? So, what if we alter things up and use a lens that isn’t often associated with that type of photography and replace it with another? Will we set a goal for ourselves or do something unusual?

THE TIMELESSNESS OF BLACK & WHITE STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

If you go through the pictures of the greats like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Vivian Maier, Robert Doisneau, Elliott Erwitt and others, you’ll realise there is an inimitable, classic quality to their pictures. And what’s the common thread linking them? The pictures clicked by these greats exude the timeless quality that comes through the black & white medium. When you extend the power of B&W to street photography, you can create impactful images that transport the viewer onto a cloud of nostalgia. You draw their eye directly to your subject, without letting them get misled by any kind of distractions. If you too want to click timeless, classic pictures, it is time you tried your hand at black & white street photography!

Reflection & Photography

Reflection & Photography

Come Hail or rain, Camera ProteCtion Comes First!

Monsoon is here! Aren’t you itching to go out in the downpour and shoot some magical pictures of streets being lashed with heavy rains? Don’t you want to capture the heavy mist surrounding the treetops? Don’t you want to click a picture of the earth clad in the brightest shade of green as lofty gray clouds line the summits of majestic hills? So what’s stopping you? Are you afraid that shooting in the rain will damage your camera irreparably? If that’s the case, then don’t worry! We have compiled a list of tips to ensure that your camera gets the protection it deserves this monsoon. Read on to know more!

Canon RF 14-35mm F4L IS USM lens launched in India

Canon recently announced the launch of the RF14-35mm f/4L IS USM ultra-wide-angle zoom lens, which completes the f/4L trinity of RF lenses, together with the RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM and RF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM lenses. With its 14-35mm focal range and 0.38x magnification at 35mm, Canon’s latest lens for its full-frame mirrorless camera systems is equally adept at capturing stunning ultra-wide-angle landscape and architectural shots – providing photography enthusiasts with a versatile, professional-grade mount zoom lens at an accessible price point.

Wildlife Photography Helping Nature Conservation

Every photographer in their life has been inspired by many photographs, either on social media platforms or other platforms, of beautiful birds, snakes, frogs, bears, tigers, leopards, and other wildlife animals.

Stop! That's Not The Way To Shoot!

Ethics of Wildlife Photography

What Are The 7 Elements Of Photography

Elements of Photography: Seven basic elements of photography, that mention to the way you set up your shot. To represent any of these elements in your photography, composition helps you to choose the way you want to represent the photographs.

BEGINNERS KIT FOR CONSERVATION PHOTOGRAPHER

Conservation photographers, in other words, are wildlife and nature photojournalists that direct their duty towards making a difference for society. Photographers in this field have a very important goal: to tell the story and support nature. Eventually, they aim to represent positive change with the messages their photographs represent. Does this sound like something you are planning to pursue? Here’s how you start to become a nature conservation photographer.

How To Shoot Tilt-Shift Photography?

A tilt-shift lens is valuable for photographers who capture architecture, landscapes images, or for the creative heads who wish to have superior control over their camera’s depth of field.

POPPING WITH COLOURS - Tekla Evelina Severin

There’s no escaping it. When you talk about Tekla Evelina Severin – a photographer, art designer, set designer and colourist based in Sweden – your world will be blown away with a multitude of bold, arresting colours. Tekla started her journey working as an interior architect in Stockholm and gradually transformed into a multidisciplinary artist easily identified by her penchant for bright, lively colours and minimalistic, eye-catching designs. Her vibrant work has led her to be counted as one of the top 200 influencers in her field – a feat that shouldn’t be regarded lightly! In a bid to find out about the inspiration behind her distinctive style, we talked to her all about colour addiction, architecture and photography. Excerpts:

Sigma launches redesigned 35mm f/1.4 lens for E and L-Mount

Sigma continues to expand its lineup of mirrorless-platform lenses with its next Art-series prime, the 35mm F1.4 DG DN Art. If that model sounds familiar, it is because Sigma already has a 35mm f/1.4 Art lens, but that 35mm DG HSM lens from 2012 was designed for full-frame DSLR cameras -- though Sigma did later release a revised version of this DG HSM lens for Sony E-mount and Leica L-mount.

Things you will need to build a Low Budget Studio

You’ve been making some tech or tips YouTube videos, and they’re gaining good views on the channel.

Nikon drops fresh firmware updates for its whole Z camera range

Nikon has announced firmware updates for its entire Z camera range, with the updates all due to be released on April 26th.

Inside Out - Photographix India

A homegrown, well-known name in the architectural and interior photography circles of the country, Photographix India (PHX India) is headed by founder Sebastian Zachariah along with fellow partner and architect, Ira Gosalia.

Canon announced the launch of Three RF Mount Lenses and in progress is the New EOS R3 Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera

Canon India recently announced that Canon is currently developing the new EOS R3 full-frame mirrorless camera, which will feature a newly developed 35mm fullframe, backlit, stacked CMOS sensor and a DIGIC X image processor.

Konica Minolta India launches new range with four colour and three monochrome models

With the growing digital ecosystem from every aspect in India, organizations must change to the modification that evolving technologies bring to the table, particularly when it comes to making operations more economical. Konica Minolta, a leader in world-class printing technology, has launched a series of color and monochrome multifunction printers to go with the evolving technologies.

The Manual Pro Setting

Are you ready to become an expert with the manual setting? Having a digital or a SLR camera is a terrifying experience. Many new bees play it safe with the auto modes, but if you want to step up your photography level, then you have to switch to the manual mode and master it. After shifting the settings; not only your shots, quality, perspective, will change, you may also become more creative and have total control over the amazing results. In this article, we’ll learn about the manual settings which will take your photography to the pro level. No colourful filters needed, nor any external lights needed to shoot a creative shot. How your shot should look is the key to get that exact desired result. In this article, we’ll provide you a small introduction about manual settings which will help you to shoot pro photographs.

Unveiling 19 years of King's Exoticism & Glamour

The masses have always awaited the launch of the Kingfisher Calendar every year with bated breath. And each year, the calendar has managed to meet those expectations with new faces, new themes and new locales. In a talk with Atul Kasbekar, the man behind the head-turning images of the Kingfisher Calendar for the last 19 years, we tried to dig our way to the core and find the story behind the calendar shoots. Excerpts:

Styling for Foodtography

Log on into Instagram and you’ll certainly see at least one picture of a mouthwatering dish or a delicious meal on your feed, arranged perfectly to invoke the right centres of your brain. A plate that has been rightly arranged or a picture of food that has been rightly clicked will have people clamouring for a bite. If you too are exploring these tasty avenues of foodtography (food photography) or food blogging, there is one aspect you need to master: food styling.

Xiaomi launched the cheapest 108mp smartphone MI 10i

Xiaomi recently announced the Mi 10i, a new phone in its 10 series intended for the Indian market and manufactured in India, that’s what the “i” stands for, apparently.

Products to Look For in 2021

A new year brings with it a new wave of excitement; excitement for a new line-up of brand new products! We have scoured high and low to find out all about exciting products – including cameras, smartphones and some cool gadgets – that are rumoured to be launched in 2021. Here’s the list of products that might create waves in the industry and entice you to dole out some fresh, green notes; so keep an eye out for them!

GoPro launches The Remote and announces new firmware update for Hero9 Black

GoPro recently announced a new firmware update for its HERO9 Black flagship camera that makes it compatible with the company’s recently launched bluetooth remote named, The Remote.