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One question I often get asked is – Which is the best lens for shooting landscapes?
This question can be easy to answer if budget was not taken into consideration because almost every manufacturer has a top end wide angle lens that gives amazing image quality. But the issue with those top end lenses is that they are costly.
One of the most common questions asked by beginner photographers is – What does a polarizing filter do? Let’s find out! Later on, we’ll also be seeing which is the best polarizing filter that you should buy. But first of all let’s see the answer in brief with some before and after examples of shots…
Let’s say you are trying to take the shot below: Can you guess what’ll be most important setting for this shot? If you guessed Aperture, you are correct! In a landscape shot, it’s important to get all the focal planes in focus right from front to back. Hence, we need a deep depth of field….
Landscape photography is one of the most popular forms of photography. Here’s what you need to know about it: Settings to use For landscape shots, we generally use a deep depth of field since we want everything in focus. So we use a larger f-stop number, like f11, f16, f22, etc. There is no fixed…
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…
Do you know one of the most common factors that results in many photographers not being able to get the best out of their shots? It’s because they don’t own a good tripod. A good tripod enables you to eliminate camera shake, which is very essential when it comes to shots where light is very…
This is a guest post by Sadiq Dastagir, a film maker and photographer from Pune, India. Sadiq, tell us something about yourself. My name is Sadiq Dastagir. I’m from Pune city and I am a film-maker by profession. Photography is something that was always on my mind since my composition skills were decent but when…
As with anything else, mobile apps are beginning to create a huge impact in the world of digital photography too. One of the areas where they can really make your job easy is that of landscape photography. Let’s take a look at three important apps that every landscape photographer should install on their phones: 1….
I want you to look at the shot below that I took sometime back: Now I want you to observe one thing about this shot. If you look at the water in the bottom part of the shot, you’ll notice that the rocks underneath the water are visible. This would not happen if you don’t…