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Notes on ultra long exposures

A while ago – I had written about long exposures and have also provided a handy PDF cheat sheet (See references below for link). For a new series that I am working on, I needed to quickly figure out shutter values for for stacking filters. I thought I will share that table with fellow photographers who

HDR Field notes: The middle exposure…

Well, I am talking about the exposure for the middle image – the one correctly exposed image So, whats so special about this middle image? For starters – this is the one exposure that determines the extent of the +/- EV data captured. Almost everyone who has attended a workshop knows that every photographer pointing

Product review: HDR Expose

Let me start by saying that I normally dont write reviews. In some ways, I feel one shouldn’t be constrained with the choie of tools, but to rather use all available tools as required to generate your final image. So, Why did I write this review? Simply because – after using the software on a

Understanding Art

My recent trip to Philadelphia Museum of Art to see the works of Picasso and his contemporaries has been an epiphany  in some ways. The exhibit I am of course referring to is the Picasso exhibit.  As a photographer – I find these exhibits very enlightening.  If you are an aspiring fine-art photographer, I would

On critique

When you post an image for critique on one of the several photography forums – and ask for critique. Most likely chances are – You will get it. There are at least 50% of the population out there that don’t like you shit. Then there are others that may offer some tips to make it

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…