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What makes an Image perfect?

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There are lots of opinion about what makes an Image perfect, every photographer has a different opinion about perfect images and up to a certain extent they are right at their place. Some say an image is perfect which has great composition, great content, great lighting technics, some say perfect editing skills make an image perfect. Sometimes, It is quite confusing and makes other photographer confused.  Still, the question exists at the same place. 'What makes an image perfect"   So let's find out the answer what is a perfect image.  We all beginner, professional photographer capture the photographs by maintaining all the important things like composition, framing, lighting, content, exposures and more communicating images to the viewer. But professional photographer always looks for one more extra step and that is the purpose of the shooting images. means where are the photographs going to land, published, exhibit, showcasing etc and who are the viewers.

The secret to shooting BIRDS

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A Hummingbird Bird photography is one of the speedy subjects to shoot, It requires a photographer's quick action to capture the bird's actions like a flying bird, bathing bird, warbling, humming, sometimes play hide n seek with you. The birds may have so many speedy habits which are absolutely difficult to capture but your knowledge of equipment, knowledge of finding a location, knowledge of birds and their movement and above all the knowledge of photography.  Let's find out the secrets, tips to shoot birds amazingly and any other speedy species.  Choose the right location - The location must be full of different birds, species and must have good background too. It is important to google about to location before you plan to shoot the birds. Must know in advance about the types of birds visit this location often or once in a blue moon.Because good bird location can increase the chances of good birds photography always.  A flying painted stork- Morning Sh

Interesting tips to stay at home while ISOLATION

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Stay at Home, when isolation begins, let's follow the interesting tip to stay at home happily.  A life-threating disease Coronavirus has asked strictly all of us to STAY AT HOME but for some people, this may be a nightmare and toughest thing to follow. But we have no option except stay at home to protect us and our family. A simple medicine (stay at home) without water and milk can give us a healthy life. We have to stay at home happily.  This is article is about making your isolation interesting and busiest. When you are at home by forcefully or by choice that does not matter but the matter is how we utilize this day and do some great work while isolation begins. Daily Routine - It is very important to make a list of the daily routine job and must include some physical exercise, yoga, meditation, playing indoor games time, house job, some official work that can be managed from home like emails, video conferencing etc. Add all the job that encourage or motivate y

Obsessed with the quality LIGHT

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A Photography means in the Greek language is writing a light, Photo means light and graphy means writing. Photographer actually writing a light called photographs. It is very important for all the photographer to understand the quality of light, understand the meaning of the light for the viewers, types of lights, How well someone create the magical light to the subject. Quality light is the only medium to enhance the beauty & meaning of the photographs, how the quality light falls efficiently and beautifully on your subject  that called real photography .  It takes years and years for a photographer to creates & understand the light, lots of experiments, 1000s of mistakes, 100000 worst photographs are actually responsible to create better quality light or better photography.  I am writing this article about how you can be obsessed with the light before take any stunning shots.  Obsessed with the light -  When planning a shoot for any genres like travel, str

Landscape photography tips.

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Mostly beginner photographer has this opinion that landscape photography does not take much pain/extra efforts etc to shoot. They are always ready to shoot landscape, No weather condition, No special lens, No location information, No security or safety and no proper planning matters for them. I wanna convey a humble message to all of them that Landscape photography is the toughest genre of the photography world. Photographer spends week and weeks to capture one stunning shot, spend lots of money to travel to capture one single amazing shot.  Sometimes a photographer travels miles and miles around the world to capture the landscape photographs and spend his half of the life in travelling, Lives life very far away from their family and friends. Hats off to those photographers and their photographs. Let's discuss the important landscape photography tips to capture better shots.  Proper planning for the location details, weather condition and timing to shoot (early

Interesting Street Photography

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Street photography is one of the interesting genres at least for me. Why street photography is always an interesting genre for me and others too. Let's talk. I am mentioning the interesting point, why street photography is always favourite for all the photographer and carry extra weightage in the world of photography. Please go through the mentioned interesting points below and fall in love with the street photography genres. No time limit can go any time to shoot Interesting subjects are always available Can go in any weather condition Can shoot with one lens, No extra accessories required No extra expenses for travel, accommodation etc Shoot for quick hours, No lengthy time No spacial assistant required Free to shoot without any hassle No special permission required Spoiled/out of focus/technical error images can be re-shot Give you a great photography experience  Once you develop a habit of shooting streets, I assure you that lots of photography doubts wi

Staff Shoot on Location

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When shooting for corporate, Industries and you have to shoot the staff on the same location or limited space and one angle to shoot the staff. Sometimes this becomes a challenge where you can not shoot the staff on some other location of the company. The reason for shooting the staff is to show a comfortable culture to attract new employees, an updated version of the multinational companies along with the newly built infrastructure. To show good facilities of the corporates or to launch the latest technologies of the companies. There are endless reasons to show staff photographs. It is good content for the photographer to capture or create great stories.  Let discuss the few major points before we plan staff photography.  Meet the staff - When you are going to pre-plan a shoot then meet all the staff to whom you are going to shoot. Interact with them so nicely, let them be comfortable with you. Let them know that you are going to shoot them Instruction to the staf

Save your time, Be quick

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Once you become a professional photographer for any genre. You have opted for photography as your career and then you need to manage all your photographs drives, hard discs, pen drive, cloud and many other hidden or exposed things. I am writing this article about managing and saving your time to perform better as quick as fast. Always remember this is also an important part of professional photography. Maybe, You are good at capturing photographs but consume lots of time to manage your data, equipment etc. believe me no one going to accept you as a professional photographer. You need to be a perfect photography manager at your end to perform better at every stage of shooting. Moral of the story, how can you save your time so that you can devote your quality time to understand photography in more details.  Let's discuss the important things to save time.  Build a Smart central catalogue - While working on lightroom, Find an option "start new catalogue&qu

Tips to becoming a model

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Most of the young boy/girl and other aspirants those are interested in becoming model/actor etc. Whenever they contact me for the portfolio shoot and always ask a few questions like How can I be a model after this photoshoot. What are the important steps for becoming a successful model? They are more conscious about their career journey though I am not connected with any modelling agency or working for a hunting model or running any agency to get a modelling assignment for the model or freshers.  Up to my knowledge, I am sharing my input for those looking opportunities for being a model. Let's discuss the few important steps. If you really like this article please comment.  Model Coordinator/ Agent - You must find an agency who can represent you in front of the clients. Approach to the right agent who picks your better images and forwards to the clients. The agent knows the correct images and knows the client taste as per the market trend. Please choose an agent