Shivanand Sharma

ACR — How To Open JPEG Images Using Adobe Camera Raw

Here’s a quick handy tip to allow you to open JPEG images using Adobe Camera RAW plugin. Go to Edit->Camera Raw Preference. You can specify whether JPEG or TIFF images with Camera Raw settings are automatically opened in Camera Raw in the JPEG and TIFF Handling section under Camera Raw preferences. Now on when you [...]

Post-Processing — Converting Colored Photo To Black And White In Photoshop

Black and white gives a classy and timeless effect to the photographs. You can easily convert colored photographs into black and white by following these simple steps: Open your photograph in Photoshop (Ctrl+O). Create a new adjustment layer as in the picture below and create a Black and White layer. The photograph will now turn [...]

11 Photographs Of Beautifully Captured Reflections

You might have captured beautiful landscapes, floral fields and busy streets. Or might have composed various portraiture. But capturing the reflections seems to be an interesting and equally impressive subject. Reflections serves dual purpose of subjective as well as abstract photography. The mirror images of the mountains, trees, architectures, etc present an elongated view of [...]

How To Take Great Photographs

Photography is fun. It’s adventurous, interesting and artistic. But someone would rarely term it “easy”. Photography is all about paying attention to details… caring for the small things that enhance your final result. Here are eleven tips to get you started and help you take some great photographs. Good Composition, Great Photographs When you see [...]

Post-Processing And Workflow Basics

Photography Workflow is a sequence of steps from the preparation to the final stages of publishing in photograph production. As a hobbyist or a casual photographer you may never have felt the requirement to go about all this in an organized and methodical way. However a consistent procedure for capturing images, processing them and finally [...]