What is Light Painting in Photography? Light painting is a photographic technique where images are created by capturing the movement of light sources in a dark environment using a slow shutter speed. This method, also known as long exposure photography, allows the camera’s sensor to collect light over an extended period, often several seconds to…
Sometimes, due to the kind of lighting that we are shooting in, our images can have an unwanted colour cast in them. For example, look at the shot below: You can see that the shot appears very yellowish. This is because it’s being shot under tungsten lighting, which produces a yellow looking warm light. Different…
Trick photography refers to a kind of photography where certain techniques, either straight from the camera or while editing, are employed to give the illusion of something surreal. Below you can see a few examples of trick photography: Of course, all these shots are edited. But there is a certain way of going about…
Throwing the motion of a physical object into a blur is usually considered bad because it results in the shot not being sharp. But when you understand how a slow shutter speed can throw any type of movement into a blur, you’ll start to see that it can be used creatively in almost any situation….
This article is written by Sadiq Dastagir, a film-maker and photographer from Pune, India. You can find the link to his website at the bottom of this article. Creative portraits are one of the most challenging aspects of photography. It’s an artistic form of showing the world what you think and your image speaks about…
Long exposure photography or Slow Shutter Speed Photography is a very fascinating genre that involves the use of slower shutter speeds to create effects that otherwise would not be possible. When a beginner learns photography, they can actually think that slow shutter speed is a bad thing since it results in camera shake. But what…
Ever wondered how photographers get those surreal looking landscape images, like the one below? The answer lies in HDR photography. HDR photography refers to High Dynamic Range photography. What this means is that usually, it’s very difficult to shoot scenes in which there is a high contrast. For instance, when we take a shot of…
Portrait photography refers to shooting people, both individually and in groups. In this article, we’ll mainly be talking about how you can make use of the settings that your camera and lens offer to get the best looking portrait images. We’ll also be looking how to get better shots by understanding how to avoid hard…
Food photography is a genre that is popular among beginners because it can be started right away without leaving home. Let’s get started then. Settings For most of the food shots, we use a very low f-stop number like f1.8, f2.2, f2.8, etc. The reason for this is because in many food shots, the ingredients…
“What is the best focal length for portraits?” – This is one of the most common questions asked by beginner photographers. First of all, let me clarify one thing – There is no single answer for this because it really depends on what type of a portrait you are shooting. So the correct question to…