EVERY DETAIL COUNTS

I THINK MY BLOGS may have helped many, as these go into the basics of photography, though not starting from the scratch, like advent of photography, film, or cameras, whether film or dcams. However when anybody has a camera in his hand, he understands, what he has to do. While photographing outdoors, concentrate solely on smaller details, and observe them minutely. This is the way, u are shooting, making ur photograph, or doing an assignment. You wud require to wait hours for the subject, lighting, keeping in mind the surrounding areas, which may include unexpected frames and moments, patterns, lines, horizontal or vertical, may be diagonal, curves, spirals, geometrical designs like triangles, perspectives, polygons, circles, textures and much more as ur patience awaits. The scene above I shot at 5 pm and it gave me good chance to observe its details and the beautiful lighting. Getting ahead will pay a lot, as described above with inclusion of ur imagination.

VISUAL CREATIVITY

THERE IS PSYCHOLOGY BEHIND EVERY PICTURE. What satisfies me may not satisfy other person. Therefore the question is legitimate? Where does the visual creativity come from? This being an almost unanswerable question and nobody has yet explained and the reply does not emanate from the camera itself. The reason may be we are too impatient and distracted...We do not wish to give enough time for the factual assessment of the picture. Photography is enriched with all around objects concerned with light and form, textural pattern and interplay of colours. U are a photographer. there it needs that u deeply involve and bring out the possible and impossible.
In the adjacent picture u will find interplay of not many colours,but form,and texture. It is an intentional proposition.

VIEW LIGHT BEFORE CLICKING.

Here in the position of the car, the light is low because of clouds and adjacent trees...Yes low lighting is tricky and challenging. U need to apply all ur understanding to find out the right exposure without missing ur subject from clicking..U may encounter low light situations when photographing cityscapes in the evening, during rains with heavy clouds or in dusk and night time. Besides this may happen in private lowlit parties and events....THE LIGHT WILL NEED BIGGER APERTURE to allow maximum of light to pass thru camera to sensor....If this does not work and u get still underexposed photos, try to decrease the shutter speed to low which because of dull light, may be at lower side. Here, u will require a tripod. the most essential help in trouble....The other thing remains to satiate ur desire to capture the low light photograph, is to increase the ISO setting on the camera...This will increase chances of u getting more slower shutter speed for perfect exposures....therefore u can come home with some good stuff....In the photo of the car above, i used evaluative metering which read most of the light falling on the car body, then i did one stop minus exposure compensation to have subdued whites.

MODELLING CAN BE A PART-TIME JOB TOO.

There is a hussle and bustle amongst the crazy youngsters, particulars girls to be printed on the pages of newspapers and magazines, besides earning something. U cannot hold up without money in the glamour world. No doubt u may need patronage, a good figure, a calculative brain since this is a COMPETITION world.

2. It has become general and frequent to arrange auditions in town and cities to pull up the young gals and guys in the name of MISS, MR, MRS & MR OF SO AND SO....and earn huge profits..The trend is alluring as they advertise that this or that celebrity is also joining or judging to fetch more audiences. Local shops, business men or newspapers also become part of the trade to let the confidence set in the entrants. Any how if the gals have decided to try their luck and make a better future, here are some tips to do it as a housewife or as a part-time change......next

MAKING PICTURE IMPRESSIVE-CROP

A SILHOUETTE OF BOATS. In general people do not follow the purist's photography. No doubt, purists have their opinions on clicking images and what they shoot, do not touch part of it for anything whether for statement or enhancement. However, there are many who follow part of purism and part of their own addition/correction, until they are satisfied.

2.Nevertheless, in my opinion, u might have made a good picture but the presence of some unwanted elements ruin the beauty of the composition. In some cases, obstructive elements like these can easily be eliminated by use of 'crop' tool in photoshop. Thus u can employ changing the focus and format of ur image, besides emphazing the subject in different ways. The crop tool help to cut imperfections and make the picture perfect.

3. Would u like to view the composition of the above picture, converted to b&w, removing two elements by the crop tool. Now the emphasis is at the right side boats and the man entering from left balancing the picture with his presence in front of the inanimated objects. The middle boat joins them and the distant water adds depth to the scene...some vignetting puts ur attention in the centre and then to the rest of elements. That is why in some cases vignetting is important.

DRESSING UP DURING FESTIVALS-RAKHI

DRESS SENSES PREVAILS EVERYWHERE whether a family in India, Western countries or far East such as China, Korea, Indonesia etc. because it is a sort of decoration of the human body, in gents or in ladies. But being a witness to thousands of occasions, I witnessed that it is the ladies who overrides man in sense of colour, gorgeousness, draping, where men can but to see without closing their eyelids. Nobody leaves behind in getting the best of ornaments, new, polished, gold, silver, hybrid...but they have to decor the women bodies, whether in more tradional ways or keeping pace with modern gadgetry. They are to look wonderful. Mirror is the witness? How many times a lady came before it. Count for example 10 ladies and the mirror score??? From photography pov look for coordination in the colour of clothes and try to pose your subject in the way that the importance is given to colour hormony. Most suit them are the vibrant, bold or even pastel colours. If u wish to break the monotony, try mixing around the colours to get a more casual and elegant look... This is one of the most important of hindu festivals where the sisters' tie 'rakhi' on the right wrist of their brothers and in case ladies to ladies they tie on left hand (what an importance is given in India)-the man-on right hand, woman-on left hand. Thus the brother assures security to the sisters in their life to come. The brother give gifts to sisters for bond of love. gshroti@gmail.com

PHOTOGRAPHY:EXPRESSIONS

In pictorial or rather general photography, expressions count much, whether they are human beings or other things part of nature, besides animals.

2.Here I uploaded a photograph of two statues, one is cutting the tree and other stopping it. Though they do not have life, but convey much to protect our environment, than the thousand words.

3. A human being or animals cannot remain without expressing their inner feelings which are normally manifested through their faces. First when a child is born, we are tended to see his face what expressions he conveys as ordained by God. When he/she smiles, our hearts are full of happiness...When he cries, with mother we too become dull, what has happened. So the expressions of happiness, sorrow, anxiety, boredum, yawning, crying, laughing etc are felt throught the life. They are captured in the camera of men, women, children. As with above, the animals too rejoice, suffer and express in their silent way...birds too show feelings by their voice, their leg movements, their wings.

4. Even in nature, the plant express themselves. See them or their forms in the morning, before and after rising of sun, see sunflowers, how do they express that even a child can describe their movement. The noon sunlight affect them--the flowers, leaves, branches etc and evening it may be a different formation of expressing themselves. In India, we feel that the trees sleep as the night sets in, so we do not touch or even refuse our children not to disturb a sleeping tree.