As I shoot in RAW, I work a lot in Adobe Bridge and ACR. Most of my PP works (which is not much) are taken care of by ACR. I adjust most of the things in ACR – like, exposure, white balance, crop, colors etc. But, for certain works (like removing blemishes from face or adding some effects), I do visit PS quite often.
I have a workflow based on Adobe Bridge, which helps me organizing files to great extent without [...more...]
Many say, marriage is the end of romance. I do not want to comment on that, but, romance is on its height on the wedding day. In Indian marriages, wedding couples are generally not allowed to hug, kiss or even hold hands in front of the guests. But, some expressions of that special feelings, some quick intimate exchanges do happen in a flash. The wedding couples do find out some quiet moments and convey the most romance. In every opportunity, [...more...]
Hasselblad. The lowest current model – H4D-40 costs about Rs. 9 lakhs ($18,000) as of today, that too only for the body, without lenses. It’s a 40 megapixel medium format camera, exceptional image quality and blah blah. I don’t own this yet, I’m waiting for a Rs. 1 crore wedding photography contract to buy this. Just kidding. But the answer is correct to the very commonly asked but confusing question – what is the best camera?
So, let’s get back to [...more...]
Your wedding lasts only a day, but the memories live forever with the right kind of photographer. Professional wedding photographers build wedding stories with the couples through their photographs. Instead of showing off just the personalities of the couples, they will exploit their personalities (in good meaning, of course) to show the hidden joys and emotions within them. How to motivate and make the couples comfortable in front of the camera and to establish a relationship with the photographer, entirely [...more...]
Days have changed. Hardly anyone (excepting the legends) take photographs in film camera. Digital cameras are everywhere and with everyone (thanks to mobile phones). That’s a serious problem indeed!
Why is it a problem? That’s because everyone can now point and shoot. And to be honest, not all of those photographs look bad to most of the eyes on the screen. Another big problem is the term ‘megapixel’. It’s understood by the majority that the more megapixel your camera has, the [...more...]
I do meet lots of photographers regularly, mainly when I do event photography. Some ask for the settings that I use in my camera. Many may, but I don’t mind sharing my settings (because I know, one can get them easily from the net, then why not I?). Surprisingly, all of them were surprised to see me shooting in RAW. Many of them didn’t even know that there’s something called RAW in their camera. ‘What is RAW?’ – I am [...more...]
Is wedding photography an Industry in India? As per wikipedia, Indian weddings are a Rs. 80000,00,00,000, ie, Rs. 80,000 crore industry, and it grows by 25% every year. Mostly all the weddings are photographed. So, even if wedding photography gets a share of 1% of wedding industry, it is worth Rs 800 crore business a year. Then, definitely it deserves a status of an industry.
While wedding photography has gained tremendous respect in developed countries, but, it’s not the same in [...more...]
Are you conscious now? You say, yes! I say, no!! I say again, do you want a proof? You say, okay, go ahead.
I ask you, can you tell me in what position your right toe is now? Do you note that you are blinking little faster when you are reading this? Are you listening to all the sounds around you? Do you know exactly how are you feeling now? Tell me…
Being in conscious means, being in the present. Most of [...more...]
Not me, it’s said by Lord Buddha.
Surprised, right? Okay, let me explain.
We normally hate selfish people. We tell our children to not to be selfish. Generally a selfish person is a mean-minded person whom we all try to avoid.
So, how do we identify selfish people? They always seek help of others at the time of their needs and never help others if they do not have any self-interest in it. Many times, for safe-guarding their self-interests, they even put others in [...more...]