Shivanand Sharma

RAW Vs TIFF — Which Image File Format Should I Use?

For almost all of us be it photographers or the audience, the final result is what matters the most. Capturing a perfect shot every single time is not so easy and thus the flexibility to add finishes to the image in post- processing phase becomes crucial for getting the professional results. Accordingly, the file format [...]

Improve Your Use Of Flash Photography

Author’s Intro: Kevin provides various tips and tricks on wedding photography, portrait photography and family photography. Flash photography is one of the photography techniques where, once mastered, will produce extremely amazing and beautiful photos. However, many people do not completely understand what flash photography is, or the correct technique that should be applied. This is [...]

10 Beautiful Examples Of Macro Photography

Macro photography can be real fun. Macro photography brings out the fineness and detail which is not usually seen by the human eye. It enables you to capture close-ups of plants, flowers, animals and tiny insects with beauty and fineness. It lets you zoom into the new world of tiny subjects. The subject being larger [...]

Beyond Photographic Subjects — Envisioning The Creative Realm

When I picked up a toy camera for the first time I hunted everywhere for a photogenic subject. I ended up photographing walls, bushes and what not. Budding photographers have always been plagued by the lack of interesting subjects around them. Depending on the cultural values in a specific region it may not be suitable [...]

15 Power Composition Tips Using Design Principles — Part I

In Part-I of the series photography principles from design, we discussed 8 photographic design principles to create professionally composed photographs. Before proceeding with this one, check out Photography Principles From Design-I to see how rhythm, harmony, symmetry, balance, proportion, emphasis, contrast and unity contribute in making great photographs. In this series, we review the remaining [...]