Photography Tips and Tricks

Our readers often ask us about our video post-production workflow and the tools that we use for video editing. To be honest, years back, when I started my videography journey, video post-production was completely an uncharted territory for me. And today, I’m glad to say I've trained myself in video editing, color correction, visual effects, motion graphics, and audio post-production on DaVinci Resolve Studio, the #1 post-production solution for Hollywood that has been used for color grading and/or editing of feature films like Alien: Covenant, Avatar, Best of Enemies, Jason Bourne, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, La La Land, Love & Mercy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Prometheus, Robin Hood, Spectre, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, X-Men: Apocalypse, and many more. I have created a structured video post-production workflow for myself that I thought of sharing with you today. So, let the journey begin!

Our readers often ask us about our photo post-processing workflow and the tools that we use for photo editing. To be honest, years back, when I started my photography journey, I trembled at even the thought of entering the dark and scary den of the monster named Photoshop. And today, I can proudly say I've tamed the beast along with a dozen other imaging apps to extract the most out of my photography. I now have a structured photo post-processing workflow comprising several tools and techniques. Today, I thought of sharing them with you so that you can take your first steps towards making the world look as beautiful as it is!

Oh, how the night sky is illuminated by fireworks' brilliant colors and amazing beauty! A fireworks display is incredibly magical, and as a photography enthusiast, you can't help but feel the burning need to freeze those passing moments in time. However, shooting fireworks requires long-exposure photography know-how which can be tricky and require some genuine technical finesse. But trust me, if we follow the steps I’m about to mention below, there won’t be anything easier than this. So let’s start our journey towards mastering the craft of fireworks photography and taking jaw-dropping pictures!

Let’s face it. We all love the snow. We bow down to the miraculous power of minute frozen water droplets to transform a landscape into a winter wonderland. And also, let’s accept that photographers like us get tempted to get out in the snow to capture some remarkable images. But photographing the snow can sometimes be tricky.

It’s no secret that while scrolling through Instagram or Facebook, at some point in time, we’ve all wondered how to get those silky waterfall textures, how to capture those stunning motion blur of the clouds, or how to shoot those dazzling car light trails.

Before we begin, let me first ask you a few fundamental questions -

1. Have you invested in a new expensive camera, but the output image quality is not satisfactory to you?

2. Are your images too bright with whitewashed/blown-out backgrounds or too dark foregrounds?

3. Are you not getting the artistic background blur that you have seen in the images of other photographers?

4. Are your images not sharp and/or shaky/blurry?

5. Are your images noisy/grainy?

If the answer to these questions is yes, you are at the right place. Trust me, you are not alone. We’ve all been there, done that. Your questions are the questions of the entire humankind since all eternity. And today, I’m going to help you remediate these eternal challenges of a startup photographer!

Every day, we get questions from our readers about the camera settings we use for videography which can be leveraged as a standard across any camera model. As a matter of fact, we do have an extensive set of ‘fixed’ settings that you can set up once and for all and forget about them since they are not dependent on the shooting conditions. Additionally, there are a set of ‘variable’ settings that you need to change on the fly according to shooting conditions. We arrived at these after a lot of trial and error and are more or less applicable to almost all brands of cameras available in the market. Today, I’m here to share them with you!

Every day, we get questions from our readers about the camera settings we use for photography which can be leveraged as a standard across any camera model. As a matter of fact, we do have an extensive set of ‘fixed’ settings that you can set up once and for all and forget about them since they are not dependent on the shooting conditions. Additionally, there are a set of ‘variable’ settings that you need to change on the fly according to shooting conditions. We arrived at these after a lot of trial and error and are more or less applicable to almost all brands of cameras available in the market. Today, I’m here to share them with you!

Lenses are precious gifts; they are the eyes of the camera. So it’s imperative to treat them as preciously as you would treat your eye. Remember, different camera bodies may come with different sensor qualities, features, and ergonomics, but it is the glass that makes the most significant difference in the image quality.

The DSLR vs. Mirrorless war is at its peak like never before. People seem to have different opinions about it and the internet is flooded with articles advising you to go this way or that. Speaking of myself, I had always been a Nikon DSLR loyalist, despite having worked with Canon. After using Nikon DSLRs for a decade, I finally made the big switch to the Sony Mirrorless ecosystem in 2020.