Look what i found about myself with the new Lightroom update (v1.1) and its improved metatada browser : Most used focal length i like: 70-300mm, followed closely by 35mm! Most used aperture is f5.6 followed very closely by f1.4! Most used shutter speed is 1/60s followed closely by 1/125s Most used ISO is ISO200 followed …
Since i took a macro refresher today (pun intended) here are a few of my thoughts on the subject: While a fast lens is not a requirement, the fast lens buys you extra fast focusing time, which is a good thing. Try shooting butterflies – they rarely stay in a spot for more than half …
Here is how i rate images: One star for all those images that i think are documentary/candid/journalistic types – These are just record shots. Two stars for all those images that are duplicates of good ones – i often shoot multiples when i especially shoot people – the simple reasoning is due to avoide issues …
Having had LR since early beta days, i have had quite a few opportunities to relocate images and the database. I have so far moved the LR database and images off my main Mac HD on to a PC Laptop, to the external NAS box, and now finally to my new external HD This time …
This post was triggered by this NY Post here. I recently travelled to Pune’, India. Unlike most other travel photography, this time i decided to do it differently. I researched the place on the Internet – Wikepedia and Mouthshut.com provided excellent reference resources on the location and its history. I contacted fellow flickr mates regional …
Shooting people with wide apertures is fun. Lots of fun. The images that you get are often fantastic (the good ones that is). The only problem is just that – “getting good ones”. Wide apertures gives excellent subject isolation – which is good – this is required so as to direct the viewer to what …
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