Friday 1 July 2016

Tip of the week

Composition
  • Use Natural Frames:
Look out for doorways, tree arches, frames created naturally. Include these in your photographs.




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Bhupinder Ghatahora

Thursday 30 June 2016

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Bhupinder Ghatahora

Wednesday 29 June 2016

Highstreet Photography

Taking photographs of the High Street is one of my favourite subjects, simply because its fun and easy to capture the mood.

Here are a few points to keep in mind when taking the photographs:

  1. The right camera settings on both SLRs and Compact Cameras
  2. If allowed, use a tripod. Keep in mind that many places will not allow the use of tripods.
  3. Plan where to take the High Street photographs.
  4. Time - is it a day time shot, or a night shot. 
  5. Think about composition, how to include people in the photograph, leading lines, colour, close-ups etc
  6. Exposure - if taking photographs at night, it's always best to over and under expose the shot by 0.3. (use this as a guide only, adjust according to your image) Every camera will have a '-+' symbol.
  7. Final finished image — before I take any photographs, I always think about how I want the final finished image to look. If it's going to be in colour, sepia, b/w or do I need to add noise/gain in the final image to create the mood and atmosphere.
Settings for Compact Cameras

Day-Time
Use 'Landscape' Mode (it will give you the maximum depth of field)

Night-Time
Use 'Sunset', 'Fireworks', 'Night' Modes (every camera is different, please check your camera manual to see which mode gives a slow shutter speed. Use these as a guidance only)


Set SLR cameras on either Aperture Mode or Shutter Mode.

Here are some photographs of High Street Photography

1. This photograph was taken on fully 'Manual' using a tripod. Using a slow shutter speed has created movement of the people walking around in the frame. Photograph taken in Singapore, Sentosa Island.



2. Image taken on 'Manual' mode - Sentosa Island, Singapore


3. Photograph outside a shopping mall in Bangkok, local people offering flowers and fruits at the temples made outside the malls.


4. Bangkok - people praying outside the shopping mall



5. Lunch time rush hour in Singapore



6. Tall buildings - Singapore


7. Olympic torch relay - Basingstoke 2012 (below image was taken with a compact camera)



8. Newquay, Cornwall High Street - the image below was taken using a compact camera, which was set on 'Night' Mode. The image had a slight camera shake, so I have added extra noise at post production, simply because I was using the camera without a tripod. The colour of the image has also be changed in post production.



9. Take close-ups of structures on the High Street. (close-up photograph of the shadow)


10. Clock tower outside Sainsbury's


Hope this articles assists you in taking better and interesting photographs of the High Street. A High Street could be anywhere!


Other useful articles to read are:

  1. Morning & Night Photography (some camera settings will apply to the High Street Photography)
  2. Understanding your camera modes (useful to read if using compact cameras or semi-automatic modes on some cameras) 
  3. Apertures 
  4. How to photograph smoke (in this article there is a brief explanation shutters, it will be useful if you wish to capture movement)

Bhupinder Ghatahora

The wedding

London wedding

Wedding

Bhupinder Ghatahora

Monday 27 June 2016

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Image of the week

Modelling Photography


Bhupinder Ghatahora

Sunday 26 June 2016

Urban Landscapes

I will briefly explain the techniques on how to photograph cities, towns, illuminated signs and traffic trails in low light. Night photography is simple, fun and creative, especially at this time of the year as you don’t have to wait long for nightfall.

It is always best to photograph cities, towns and traffic trailing lights when there are still some shades of dark blues, purples, pinks and orange in the sky. The final photograph becomes more interesting with lots of colours rather than a darkened sky in the background. When photographing illuminated signs, it is advisable to shoot them in close-up, therefore the background may not be an issue.

A few points to keep in mind:

Camera settings: Use Aperture Priority mode or Manual mode on cameras. Cameras which do not have the Aperture Priority or Manual mode will often allow selecting different scene settings, such as ‘dusk/dawn’, ‘nightlight’ or ‘sunset’ modes. Please choose which suits you and your camera best.

When using the Aperture Priority mode, set the aperture at f16 (the camera will automatically adjust the shutter speed).

For Manual mode, set the aperture at f11or f16 and the shutter speed at 15 seconds. Use this shutter speed as a guide only, as your exposure time may vary depending on the available light. You may either have to increase or decrease the shutter speed depending on the image produced.

If you are using a SLR, there is normally an exposure indicator visible through the viewfinder which looks like -2||||1||||0||||1||||2+. Adjust the shutter speed whilst looking through the viewfinder and ensure the indicator is on 0, as this will give you the correct exposure.

On compact cameras choose ‘Nightlight’, and the camera will adjust aperture and shutter speed accordingly.

Exposure: due to low light, exposures will be long ranging from 10 seconds to 90 seconds. Use a tripod to avoid camera shake, or alternatively change the ISO on your camera to 800 or higher to minimise camera shake.

Composition: It is advisable to frame your shot before you press the shutter release as it avoids ‘unwanted’ objects in your photograph.

Equipment: camera, tripod, watch or a stopwatch to time exposures.

Bracketing: as we will be using a small aperture (f11/f16), it is advisable to over and under expose your image by ½ a stop. When using bracketing, you will have a selection of images with varying degree of exposure. This will allow you to select the desired exposure by duplicating the settings of your preferred image.

Warm clothing: coat, gloves, hat and umbrella.


I have used my SLR and compact camera to take the following photographs. When I used the SLR, I set the camera on fully manual mode mounted on a tripod. As for my compact camera, I used the ‘night landscape’ mode without using a tripod or flash (the camera needed to be handheld very steadily). 



Examples of photographs taken using a compact camera set on ‘night landscape’:







Examples of photographs taken using a SLR set on manual mode:

The face in this image was created by laser lights:




Outside a restaurant:




Illuminated huts near the waterfront:




Bhupinder Ghatahora

Offer of the month

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Book you wedding and get 20% off any wedding package


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Email me on info@ghatahora.co.uk to discuss your wedding needs

Bhupinder Ghatahora