Fake Smoke Photography

Hello there,

In this post i want to share how i shot a smoking Canadian baseball and smoking Indian green chillies.. take a look at these pictures. To shoot these pictures you don't need fire or real smoke. It is fake smoke... I learnt this trick from PhotoExtremist Evan Sharboneau.

Focal Length : 18 mm Shutter Speed : 10 sec f stop(Aperture) : f/11 ISO : 100 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 35 mm Shutter Speed : 30 sec f stop(Aperture) : f/5 ISO : 100 White Balance : Auto

Gears you need:

• DSLR or any camera with shutter speed control
• Tripod or anything which can hold your camera study for 8 sec or more..
• flash light
• String(s).. and your subject :)

Follow these steps:

• Mount your DSLR to tripod.
• Get your subject into focus by half pressing the shutter release button.
• Put lens's focusing switch to Manual mode to lock the  focus.
• Put your DSLR camera into manual mode..
• Set shutter speed to 8 sec or more..
• Turn off all the light in the room where you are attempting shoot.
• Hold your flash light with string(s) over your subject, take look at the image..
• Once you click the shutter release button, turn on the flash light and start move flash light with string in circular motion over the subject. Or any random action..

Hope you like this tip... let me know your view.

Deepavali Festival of Lights....

In this post i'm sharing few pictures taken during Deepavali. Capturing firework is fun when you have right set of gears, i was not having tripod and shutter release cable at that pint in time, so i manage to take image 3 and 6 without the required gears. 

Result is not that bad :) what do you think?????

Focal Length : 45 mm Shutter Speed : 1/4th of a sec f stop(Aperture) : f/5.3 ISO : 200 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 40 mm Shutter Speed : 1/6th of a sec f stop(Aperture) : f/5.6 ISO : 100 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 18 mm Shutter Speed : 1.6 sec f stop(Aperture) : f/11 ISO : 400 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 45 mm Shutter Speed : 1/4th of a sec f stop(Aperture) : f/5.3 ISO : 400 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 40 mm Shutter Speed : 1/40th of a sec f stop(Aperture) : f/5.3 ISO : 400 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 18 mm Shutter Speed : 4.7 sec f stop(Aperture) : f/5.6 ISO : 400 White Balance : Auto

Few pictures from Rajasthan....

In this post i'm sharing couple of images from my Rajasthan trip.. 

Focal Length : 18 mm Shutter Speed : 1/160th of sec f stop(Aperture) : f/11 ISO : 100 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 50 mm Shutter Speed : 1/125th of sec f stop(Aperture) : f/11 ISO : 100 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 18 mm Shutter Speed : 1/125th of sec f stop(Aperture) : f/8 ISO : 100 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 18 mm Shutter Speed : 1/160th of sec f stop(Aperture) : f/8 ISO : 100 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 40 mm Shutter Speed : 1/80th of sec f stop(Aperture) : f/11 ISO : 100 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 55 mm Shutter Speed : 1/40th of sec f stop(Aperture) : f/11 ISO : 100 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 55 mm Shutter Speed : 1/25th of sec f stop(Aperture) : f/11 ISO : 100 White Balance : Auto

Focal Length : 55 mm Shutter Speed : 1/100th of sec f stop(Aperture) : f/5.6 ISO : 100 White Balance : Auto

The Moon Hidden Beneath a Cloud

This picture reminds me of all the werewolf movies.... 

Focal Length : 55 mm Shutter Speed : 1/20th of sec f stop(Aperture) : f/5.6 ISO : 400 White Balance : Auto

Panning Photography - Shooting moving subjects

In sports magazine, we often see that, the pictures of fast cars or motorbikes with blur moving background, the technique to shoot the moving subject is referred to Panning Photography.

If you master this technique or get lucky,, you will get WOW images. In this post i am sharing the few images taken using the panning technique, and also i will explain how i took these images.

Focal Length : 55 mm Shutter Speed : 1/15th of sec f stop(Aperture) : f/36 ISO : 200 White Balance : Auto

Shutter Speed: Select a slightly slower shutter speed, depending upon the light and speed of your subject. Put your camera in Shutter Priority mode, let your camera decide the aperture value for you. Start with 1/30 second and then play around with slower ones, again depending upon the light, harsh sunlight and slower shutter speed can spoil your images.

Focusing the subject: Put your camera or lens in Auto Focusing mode, you can let your camera focusing for you, by half pressing the shutter release button.

Continues Shoot: Dial your camera in continues shooting mode, where you can shoot multiple images of subject, out of many, you will find only few great images.

Panning Technique: The idea behind panning photography is that you move your camera(in a horizontal plane) along in time with moving subject. Resulting sharp subject with blurred background.

Focal Length : 55 mm Shutter Speed : 1/20th of sec f stop(Aperture) : f/11 ISO : 100 White Balance : Auto

Hope you like this tip, share your view on this.....