Experiments with Light

Nov 03, 2006 Uncategorized
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Yesterday there was a black out in our area. It was pouring and my laptop’s battery ran out..as I was sitting in the dark with a candle I thought of some pictures and here are the results. All Images and text © Praveen Chamarthi 2006

Flora at Lalbaugh Botanical Garden

Oct 30, 2006 Photography
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This weekend I was at Lalbaugh, the largest Botanical garden in Bangalore. A slight drizzle and heavy over casted sky followed me everywhere. Here are a few shots I managed to take.

Kebabs

Oct 25, 2006 India, Photography
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Feasting after fasting Varieties of kebabs and other snacks prepared during ID

Pottery

Oct 14, 2006 Photography
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Pot making at Pottery Town, Bangalore

Anatomical 18% gray card

Oct 04, 2006 Photography, Tutorials
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Any SLR user (advanced) who shoots in M mode must have surely come across the term “18% gray”. So what exactly is this 18% gray and how does it affect exposure? Mostly all cameras have an in-built light meter, which are calibrated for 18% gray i.e. the reference point for a camera’s light-meter to determine [...]

Avoiding Camera Shake

Oct 03, 2006 Photography, Tutorials
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If you are an ardent shooter using a SLR (Single Lens Reflex) camera then am sure you would have experienced some shots with camera shake, even though it’s not dark. You would experience this quite often if you shooting in M (manual) mode. Well there is a reason behind this and this is often referred [...]

What is HDR?

Sep 09, 2006 Photography, Tutorials
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I think in Photography one thing that cannot be achieved is to capture the full range of shadows, highlights and luminosity in a single capture. HDR stands for High Dynamic Range imaging I was introduced to HDR a few months ago through another flickr member. The first thing you’ll notice in a HDR image is [...]

What is Sunny 16 rule?

Sep 01, 2006 Photography, Tutorials
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Damn!! I forgot that light meter..does that sound familiar. A beautiful landscape is waiting in front of you to be clicked and you are left with your imagination on how to expose that frame. Well..sunny 16 rule comes handy.

How to shoot traffic at night?

Aug 30, 2006 Photography, Tutorials
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I was always fascinated to see night photographs of traffic esp. those long white and red streaks of light, the sense of motion is captured greatly at night. I have shuffled through enough of those Nat Geo magazines to find some night photographs and whenever I found one I was never disappointed. After said all [...]

Street Spotting

May 21, 2006 Photography
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This saturday I was all set to test the capabilities of my new D-SLR the CANON EOS 350D. So along with a bunch of enthusiasts I decided to shoot people rather kids and families on the streets..and man it turned out a wonderful experience for me. I guess one can understand what “unity in diversity” [...]