Lessons from the field…

Having recently traveled to Santa Fe, NM – Here are a few things on what worked and what could have been done better. I had borrowed a Nikon 25mm PC-E lens for this trip. My intention was to capture those adobe buildings (Architecture) with least distortion. I also wanted to take panoramic shots with the


UniWB – A good tool for good HDRs

Well, I must first admit that this topic is neither new nor my own finding/tip. I did however find out about it a while ago, and have been using it for a while now. This along with the other tips on HDR and Skin tones will bring out the best from your RAW image…


A thing or two about Dynamic Range…

This is not an another post about what is Dynamic Range, introduction to HDR and other such things. There are several articles on the Internets for that. This article is about the usability and practicality of Dynamic Range of a DSLR (D700 for example), and some tips on shooting for HDR. The DXO Mark list


Thoughts for this week

Well, I recently taught a workshop on HDR at the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. One of the things that i was asked about was what camera was best suited for this work?


More thoughts, same week…

In the past few weeks, I have been diligently working on printing, matting and framing my pictures for a new show. During this time, i have often wondered if “outsourcing” these things would have been easier on me.  Being a perfectionist (or seemingly so) – I wear white gloves, inspect the mats under strong light


Thoughts for the week…

I am currently working on preparing for an upcoming exhibition. I will be exhibiting a series of abstracts from my digital art series.  You can check out the images on my website (select Portfolio -> abstracts).  The images were printed by John at ejarts, on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl, using an Epson 9880 printer.  The


Boundaries…

In the purest sense, Photography refers to those that somehow involves a the usage of a “Camera” somewhere in the Workflow (a.k.a process of creating the image). Times has however changed. We see use of Computers & Software – blur the lines, along with the use of digital cameras. Computers have in fact become indispensable