Friday, 16 June 2017

Taking better photos; step 8

Tip 8:
Be creative and use slow shutter speed to show movement, i.e. trailing traffic lights, panning fixed subjects.


Bhupinder Ghatahora
Ghatahora Photography

Friday, 9 June 2017

Taking better photos; step 6

Tip 6:
Bracket your images:
* take photos of the same scene at different settings
* use camera's 'auto-bracketing',
(add photo or diagram)

Correct exposure
Correctly exposed

Bracket exposure +1
Overexposed

Bracket exposure -1
Underexposed

Bhupinder Ghatahora
Ghatahora Photography

Friday, 2 June 2017

Taking better photos; step 5

Tip 5:
Use exposure compensation to have more control on your images
* _____-2_____-1_____0_____+1_____+2_____
* a plus (+) will make the image brighter
* a minus (-) will make the image darker

The image below has been underexposed slightly to darken the trees


Bhupinder Ghatahora
Ghatahora Photography

Friday, 26 May 2017

Taking better photos; step 4

Tip 4:
Use wide aperture to isolate the subject from the background:

* use f2.8 to focus the main subject and blur the background


Bhupinder Ghatahora
Ghatahora Photography

Monday, 15 May 2017

Before & After - quick editing in Lightroom

I always take photographs in RAW format, it is still necessary to edit these photographs for best results.

Before adjusting:

One foggy morning
Below are the steps taken to edit the above photograph.
  • Convert photograph into black/white
  • Exposure 0
  • Contrast 0
  • Highlight +5
  • Shadows -30
  • Whites +30
  • Blacks -2
After adjusting:

Use the above setting as guidelines, always have keep an eye on the image while adjusting to see how these adjustments effect the final image.

Bhupinder Ghatahora
Ghatahora Photography