Should one focus Manually or let the camera do the auto focusing ? This question is most often asked. As long as the end result is achieved, that is a perfectly focused photograph, it does not matter, if you focused manually or on auto focus mode. Also remember, the focusing mode you choose is not linked with the shooting mode you choose. If you are shooting on manual mode it does not mean that you need to focus manually also. I have come across a lot of people who focus manu

To shoot in the street, I have to be unpredictable. There is no hard and fast rule about tactics of working in the street. The best practitioners must sometimes move at the speed of light to capture a split-second collision of line or form, at other times have the patience to wait all day at the same corner before the right compositional elements come together. Not only I have to find ways of working that suits my personality, but also I have to be willing to push myself to

we are often fascinated by the long white (actually a light grey or beige) lenses from Canon. These white lenses are all large super-telephoto lenses from Canon. There is a good reason behind this and not just cosmetics. Various glass elements are included inside the lens barrel. These expand with heat. This is not usually a problem with compact lenses as the amount of expansion is quite small. in compact lenses. As large lenses contain large elements the expansion in these c

If you will search online, you will find that it is recommended to use s RGB instead of adobe RGB for web or internet. Is it true ? or makes no difference ? Not that an sRGB file is smaller compared to adobe RGB in size but internet browsers like chrome, safari, explorer are supposedly capable to show colours of a smaller gamut file better than the one with a bigger gamut. Check out the images in the gallery, same image saved as sRGB and adobeRGB as to which one appears bette

Graduated Neutral Density Filters or simply known as ND filters are an essential for every Travel or Landscape Photographer. Why we need an ND filter? All cameras have a dynamic range which is a range of bright to dark tones that they can record. This range is quite limited as compared to what the human eye can see. So if in a scene where the sky is really bright as compared to a darker foreground, the camera has a tough time metering the difference in the range of tones acro

Shallow depth of filed, one of the most significant characteristics of a long focal length lens when coupled with a longer focal length and shorter distance between the camera and the subject makes Depth of field quite shallow especially obvious when two people are standing at different distances. Close down the aperture, move away, relatively zoom out or reduce the distance between the two subjects to increase the effective depth of field or the area of sharp focus in a phot

Some lenses are slower than the others. However, there could be a few possibilities. The lenses generally are unable to focus on plain and smooth surfaces. Shift it to an edge with more contrast and it will focus. Then you can recompose the frame without lifting the finger from the focusing button. This locks the focus as long as you do not lift the finger and press the focusing button again. If the light levels are very low, most of the lenses would have difficulty at focusi

one often ends up investing huge amounts on equipment, many a times the stuff you end up using very sparingly. If you can afford to buy expensive equipment, go ahead. However if you are on a budget, make a priority list and buy the equipment which will directly have an impact on your photography. Go for a good lens which you intend to use everyday and which constitutes the most of your photography portfolio which you are going to show around. Rather than spending a lot of mo