5 Photo Tips » Focus

Tips and techniques for photographing star trails (contd) ..

ashish — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:26:35 +0000

Tip 941 (Lens can get fogged up): In many cases, you may under-estimate the cold conditions that you will face. In such cases, it is important to ensure that your lens does not get fogged up. You can use some Grabber Hand Warmers for this purpose. These can do a great job of ensuring that [...]

Tips and techniques for photographing star trails (contd) ..

ashish — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:13:58 +0000

Tip 936 (Understanding what causes star trails): You see those beautiful star trails, and it seems like the movement of stars causes the whole beautiful effect. In fact, what your open camera shutter (and the sensor inside) captures is the movement of the earth, since the stars are stationary, while the movement of the earth [...]

5 Photo Tips for buying a better camera (contd..)

ashish — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 13:16:42 +0000

Tip 836 (Look for the performance of the auto-focus): For most people indulging in photography, an auto-focus is one of the most commonly used functionality (it is most professional and semi-pros who use manual focus); and for point and shoot, auto-focus would be almost 100% of the usage. In such cases, it is important to [...]

How to take photos of the moon – Improve your photo shooting capabilities and your technique (contd..)

ashish — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:22:04 +0000

Tip 711 (Use RAW when possible): RAW allows you to adjustments in non-destructive (non-lossy) mode. When you are taking photos of the night, and with the moon, there is a strong chance that you will want to do white balance adjustments, and for doing those adjustments in the camera, you need to shoot in RAW.

[...]

Taking great photographs of a hockey game (contd..)

ashish — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:11:17 +0000

Tip 591 (Learn about shutter lag): In many cameras, there is a shutter lag between when you press the shutter button, and when the camera actually takes a photo. This can make all the difference between getting the photo when it is taken, so if you have a shutter lag in your camera, you will [...]