I never shoot in those digital vari-program modes. These are the ones that have pictures on them…such as the flower for macro and such. If i wanted to use these, i would have brought a Point & Shoot instead. The “P” or program mode is the one i use when i hand over the camera …
I have written several entries about workflow. Since workflow is a dynamic ever changing topic – i decided to document the workflow so that i can refer this everytime to refresh myself about what i am doing. Here it is:
A term often confused and mis-used. Technically speaking, if you shoot RAW – you are processing the image for the first time when you open the images in Photoshop or Lightroom or what ever RAW converter you use. This to me is “Processing” – not “Post Processing”. There was no “processing” done prior to this …
If you asked me about this a few years ago, i wouldve said – go to hell! DAM stands for Digital Asset Management – a dam thing that you need and do whether you know about it or not. The term DAM was populirized by Peter Krogh. If you havent heard about Peter Krogh, go …
A daily ritual of listening to Lenswork podcast has provoked me into writing this article. I have often wondered and pondered about all the best brains in the world focused on creating technology to achieve the good old film? Film is analog – a blend of plastic, chemicals and such to capture the scene as …
Yesterday, i was out shooting flowers at Duke Farms and had brought along my 5 year old with me. I intended to use my Nikon 24-120mm “VR” lens and therefore did not bring my tripod. As we entered the glasshouse, we looked around and i shot a few pictures of the first few “Wow” flowers …
Back in the film days, we did something called “multiple exposures” to get a kind of special effect – to expose the same frame of film multiple times. Most consumer grade DSLRs dont have this option. You do however, have a way to get this via software. The idea is to under-expose each picture so …
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