Digital Photography

A really powerful tool in the hands of the digital photographer is the histogram. Virtually all digital cameras, from compact economical to DSLR, can show histograms related to the photos taken. These are those graphs made up of side-by-side vertical lines that often produce curve-like shapes. Many photographers, especially beginners, do not even know of the existence of this tool, much less do … [Read more...]

Photographing the Moon is a fundamental step for any photographer. Photographing the Moon seems easy. It is there, in the sky, beautifully bright. Just point and shoot. Sure? In reality, it is not a simple technical exercise. First, you need to master the exposure. In addition, it is essential to have a certain type of equipment. It is impossible to photograph the Moon by setting the camera to … [Read more...]

We are living in a generation where the number of image and video capturing devices is increasing by number - DSLRs, smartphones, security cameras, drones are a few of the common devices which can capture photos and videos. Even 15 years back, the digital camera was a separate entity. Today even some refrigerators can capture a photo! It is not uncommon to accidentally delete photos or videos from … [Read more...]

Portrait and fashion/glamour photographer commonly face a model with the fault in the eyebrows, body hair or tan lines. Although these can be fixed in post-production on Adobe Photoshop they are better to be solved beforehand. Removing hair in Photoshop because may result in a lower resolution image with lower PPI. With the increasing quality of the display, it is too much risk not to work on the … [Read more...]

It is the lens which makes the photos razor sharp. There are many blog articles on how to take sharp photos with DSLR cameras but without a proper lens, you can not test them. For an average camera with standard zoom lens, like Sony A68 with 18-135mm kit lens, you will not get sharp close-up photos of flowers. There will be a deficiency in sharpness. Sony 18-135mm kit lens is enough great but it … [Read more...]

You have 5 fingers. We need to make you remember 5 things to for better photography with DSLR. We know that you can read many of our articles published on this website, specially for working on manual mode. We know that you can forget the newly learned theories and tips.   Bare Minimum Things to Remember Before Shutter Press   Rule of thumb : This finger is for checking the … [Read more...]

If there is one factor that affects how good videos look more than any other, it is lighting. Good light can make your video look really impressive and professional, whereas poor lighting can make it look like a low quality amateur production. In this article, apart from some known methods to improve lighting in videography, such us : using a lens with wide aperture (low f value), having … [Read more...]

What is Stop of Exposure in Photography? For a washed-out looking photo (overexposed), it is convenient to instruct someone to adjust stop by one or couple stop to get the normal feel. Stops are approximate. Exposure has no unit. We can not say how many stop exposure overall as photo received. Stop just describes the relative changes in the amount of light let into the camera. In easy language, … [Read more...]

It is common and practical to many to own a Sony A68 alongwith a Sony Mirrorless camera. Sony A68 many a times the first camera to many of the buyers. As we explained before, there are not many lenses for Sony A68. Also, it is not prudent to buy lot of APS-C lenses. As for upgrade on the body of the camera, E-Mount, A-Mount lens adapter is a common need. Buying lens adapter not exactly easy work. … [Read more...]

Previously we described tethered shooting with Sony A68 with Mac and PC. In that case, we need Sony's freeware software to get the function. In this article, we will describe how to use Sony A68, A99 live view on Samsung LED Television (NU7100 Series) for tethered shooting to improve perfection. It is an undocumented feature of Tizen TV OS. Of course, Sony's other models of same range should be … [Read more...]