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.

Nine Cool Photography Genres To Try

Sometimes even we need little inspiration to keep going with photography. Here are 10 cool photography themes to inspire your photography work.

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.

How to become A Commercial Architecture Photographer?

Now you have got quite the primer on exterior as well as interior architectural photography and all the laws that govern architecture photography.

Fine Art Photography Tips & Tricks

What is fine art photography?

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:

SHOOTING INTERIORS

If you have leafed through the magazines of any architecture & interior design magazine or if follow interior décor pages on social media, you’ll certainly have a fair idea of Interior Photography.

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.

Tamron to release two new lenses for Sony E-mount

Tamron releases a super-telephoto 150-500mm f/5-6.7 Di III VX VXD zoom lens for Sony E full-frame cameras and an ultra-wide 11-20mm f/2.8 Di III-A RXD zoom for Sony E APS-C cropped sensor cameras

Sony Launches FX3 Full-Frame Camera In India

Sony has officially launched the FX3 (model ILME-FX3) camera in India.

Exterior Architecture Photography

Have you ever stood below a looming skyscraper, with your mouth forming a big O, totally stunned by the play of lines, reflections and its size?

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.

Silhouette Photography Tips And Tricks

Silhouette is a solid and a dark shape, in outline of someone or something visible in light, opposite (against) a bright background. Silhouette photography shows subjects in a dramatic contrast, brightened scenes such as sunsets or studio backdrops. Silhouette effect is all about setting your lighting right. To create a silhouette effect, a light source is required which will be placed behind the subject, no light is needed in front of your subject. If you have placed your subject in exact manner, with the perfect camera settings, then you’ll be able to capture a gorgeous, sharp and detailed silhouette shot.

Dog Photography Tips For Better Portraits

Every photographer’s urge is to frame everything that they find amazing and are close to their hearts, including their family members and pets. Dogs are subject which give some of the most beautiful, the funniest, and the most vibrant photographs. However, just like capturing kids, it can be very hard to capture really good images due to their unpredictable behaviour. Here are a few practical and helpful tips to make your images as easy and handy as possible for you and your lovely pet. Pet photography isn’t that tough once you learn how you can make your furry best friend feel comfy in front of the camera and how to capture high-quality images of them. Check out our tips below and you’ll be a great pet photographer with some time and practice.

STREET PORTRAITS

Street portraits means connecting with the strangers you’re photographing. Street portrait is different from the common ideas of street photography. Most of the times, the photographer has no idea with what they are photographing. Looking for subject with a fascinating face to photograph is not such a tough job. The main challenge lies in approaching these strangers and establishing a relation for this kind of portrait shot. There are many more factors that make street portrait photography exhausting and tough. This means you have to practice a lot for yourself, to achieve experience in street portrait photography. In the simplest of terms, a street portrait photograph shows the person’s face in the shot and it will be taken on the street. Let’s see the tips and tricks to shot the best street portraits!

NAILING YOUR INSTA PHOTOGRAPHY PAGE AESTHETIC!

Instagram has made it easier than ever for photographers to showcase the best of their work and gain attention from people across the globe in the shortest span. Launched as a photo-sharing app back in October 2010, Instagram today boasts of more than 1 billion monthly users; making it one of the top six social networking sites in the world. And in a time when every other person with a camera posts pictures on the app and gets famous insta-ntaneously, it begs the question, how do you captivate people’s attention and keep them scrolling through your page for a quarter of the 28 minutes average time Instagram users spend on the app?

Fujifilm India join hands to Redefine Dimensions of Photography with Master Photographer and first laureate, Raghu Rai

Fujifilm India has announced the profound and ace photographer Mr. Raghu Rai as the brand ambassador for Fujifilm’s GFX series of cameras. As part of this organisation, Raghu Rai will be capturing the art and undiscovered murals of India’s magnificent national treasures - the Ajanta Ellora caves.

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.

DISTORTION Done Right!

Distortion. The nightmare that keeps amateur photographers up all night. Sounds ominous, doesn’t it? After all, who would want to click a picture only to realize that it hasn’t perfectly captured the scene you witnessed with your own two eyes – whether it’s crooked lines of the buildings or people looking like they put on weight in the most unsavory places? Distortion has earned a lot of negative clout in the world of photography, and you may argue that it’s rightly so. But… not if it’s done right!

CREATIVE SHUTTER SPEED

The most important setting on your camera is the shutter speed, and it’s as important as the aperture and the ISO, if not more so. Shutter speed control can take your photography to the next level. Examples like light painting, action and sports photography, panning low shutter speed photography. In this article, we’ll learn the techniques and tricks that are required for creative shutter speed, and how you can take your photography to the peak with it. So let’s dive right into it!

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.

How To Photograph Urban Landscape?

Urban landscapes are extremely interesting photographic subjects. Also known as cityscape photography, urban landscape photography is nearly same to other outdoor photography, but also has some particular considerations to be familiar with.

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.

Discovering New Life's First Clicks

One of the pioneers of the Maternity & Child Photography genre in the country, Amrita Samant is the founder of Mommy Shots and the ambassador of Newborn & Child Photographers Association of India (NCPAI). With more than 1,400 photoshoots across 10 countries under her belt, Amrita has created her unique mark in the industry characterised with cherubic smiles and twinkling eyes. An all-rounded artist, she uses her leisure time to work on social campaigns and raise awareness around issues such as NICU babies & Breastmilk Donation. We spoke to her about her experiences in the industry and the challenges she faced. Excerpts: