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One of the key things about making beautiful landscape images (or of any other subject) is about how much does the photographer observes and understands the subject. The finest photographs are no less than an artistic impression of what the photographer feels, experiences and…
Photographing landscapes in the tropics is usually a big challenge. The sunrise and sunset hours are very brief, so the window to make beautiful images is very short. The moment the sun goes up, the light becomes harsh and the charm in the landscapes…
Here is a photograph of hills of Sikkim, somewhere near Gangtok. I spent three days in this location, watching these hills from my balcony every morning. Just after monsoons, the weather was fluctuating and the mountains looked very different every morning. I spent a…
One of the key deciding factors about how good your landscape photographs turn out, is how you place the horizon in the frame. The decision is largely driven by rule-of-thirds, a well-known composition technique familiar to every serious photographer. Simply put, avoid placing the…
One of the key requirements in making beautiful landscape photographs is technical perfection. It is important that your landscape image is tack sharp and properly exposed. The two images below demonstrate the difference between a casually captured photograph and a technically correct image. The…
One of the most important things about landscape photography is to be at location very early in the morning, or during sunset. The same photograph below would look very dull once the sun is high up. Photographing landscapes takes some understanding of the way…
Bird watching has attendant insights too. As the photographer stood by the small tank where women washed clothes in the evening sun, the birds on the other shore busily stocked up for the night. There were flocks of Starlings, Baya Weavers, Bank Mynas, and…
It has been more than a year since we have been doing photography workshops every month. We began in Bangalore and have recently extended the workshops to Hyderabad. We will soon be coming to a few more cities across India. Be it our photography…
We unfailingly see some new perspectives and creative work coming out during our photography workshops. At the photography workshop last Sunday, we were returning from field session at Lalbagh to continue with the indoor sessions. Before we headed indoor, some participants decided to experiment…
