Posts

Showing posts from July, 2021

DIVISIONS OF LIGHT : PART-2 aka HARD & RIM & LOOP LIGHT.

Image
In the immediately previous blog , we got to know the divisions of light based on the direction of light. And we have encountered that how the light effected the quality of the picture. Sometimes, it made our picture smooth, and sometimes as a black body and sometimes as a smooth textured subject.  Based on the light direction and light intensity, light is classified/divided into so many types. Until now  we have seen front, back and soft light . And we got to know where to use each of them. So with that being said, let's start DIVISIONS OF LIGHT PART-2 aka HARD & RIM & LOOP LIGHT. HARD LIGHT : We already discussed a few points about this in the immediately previous blog . But let's discuss it in detail here. Hard light is used when you want to emphasize texture and structure of your subject . Hard light creates sharp shadows. Also the umbra region is sharp and there is very less penumbra region. We can easily detect penumbra region. It cannot able to hide any details

DIVISIONS OF LIGHT : PART - 1 aka FRONT/FLAT & BACKLIGHT & SOFT LIGHT

Image
In the previous blog , we discussed about light and it's importance. We have encountered how light can change the emotion/mood of a photograph. In the previous blog, we just barely classified light i.e natural and artificial. But actually  there is more to it. Based on the light direction and light intensity, light is classified/divided into so many types. We want to know these divisions to understand role of light completely in the photograph. So with that being said, let's start DIVISIONS OF LIGHT PART-1 aka FRONT/FLAT & BACLIGHT & SOFT LIGHT. FRONT/FLAT LIGHT :  By definition, Front light occurs when the light source is directly in front of your subject. Because of placing light source directly in-front of the subject, there would be no shadows appearing on the subject. Front lighting is mostly used when you are going to show your subject without any flaws . For example, when you are shooting people who have wrinkles, then front lighting would be able to cover tho

LIGHT

Image
We come so far with the composition part and we got to know some of the important composition rules/guidelines. And in the recent blog , we learned about an important photographic element, HORIZON . There are many important photographic elements, one of those is "LIGHT". Well, light plays an important role of carrying emotions in the photography . Let's see what is it's importance and how it effects photography. LIGHT : By definition, it's a non-living form of matter carrying living emotions. On a general sense, having more amount of light in the picture signifies the importance of the subject. It need not to be true in all situations. Similarly darker images make us feel the presence of the subject.  On a very simple/basic/low-level classification, light is of 2 types. NATURAL LIGHT ARTIFICIAL LIGHT NATURAL LIGHT : Natural light uses sun as the source of light. And using that sunlight, we try to compose our shots. Shooting with natural light is a bit of a cha

HORIZON

Image
Hi y'all. These blogs are about "how to capture pics in a different perspective than usual ", "how to edit them in according with our moods", "particularly how to make them better" and "importantly understanding them better". Firstly, we see how to examine them and how to understand those different elements. Until now we have seen and learned basic composition rules. Well there are many things out there if you want to understand photos. One of the most important element is HORIZON .  HORIZON :  Horizon in general terms known as "the line where sky and land/water meets". We mostly use this general aspect while shooing horizon lines. It's always better to keep the horizon line in the horizontal position. You see, by placing horizon line in the horizontal fashion gives us a sense of balance in the photograph. Stability depends on where you place that horizontal horizon line(high or low). On the other  hand when the horizon is inc

BASIC COMPOSITION PART-4 aka RULE OF SYMMETRY & DEPTH PERCEPTION

Image
Hi y'all. These blogs are about "how to capture pics in a different perspective than usual ", "how to edit them in according with our moods", "particularly how to make them better". Especially composition is everything to a photograph. And composition consists of many sub-parts. Well we can't learn them all at once, so let's take one step at a time. With that being said, let's start our baby steps into the topic. Today's topic is about   COMPOSITION  PART-4 .   Well by reading the last  blogs, you would got a better idea of why frames and composition are so important. This blog is a continuation of the previous blogs about COMPOSITION. Composition has so many guidelines, we saw some, now is the time to look the remaining. RULE OF SYMMETRY :  We often tend to like symmetry in the real world. We knowingly/unknowingly tend towards the objects with high levels of symmetry. This symmetry  rule is nothing but "when you are capturing some

BASIC COMPOSITION PART-3 aka RULE OF ODDS & LEADING LINES

Image
Hi y'all. These blogs are about "how to capture pics in a different perspective than usual ", "how to edit them in according with our moods", "particularly how to make them better". Especially composition is everything to a photograph. And composition consists of many sub-parts. Well we can't learn them all at once, so let's take one step at a time. With that being said, let's start our baby steps into the topic. Today's topic is about   COMPOSITION  PART-3 .   Well by reading the last 3 blogs, you would got a better idea of why frames and composition are so important. This blog is a continuation of the  previous blog  about COMPOSITION. Composition has so many guidelines, we saw some, now is the time to look the remaining. RULE OF ODDS : Well, this is the rule we may encountered but didn't realized that it is present. This rule of odds is nothing but "if you have multiple objects of same kind, it's advisable that you plac

BASIC COMPOSITION PART-2 aka FILLING THE FRAME & FRAME WITHIN FRAME

Image
  Hi y'all. These blogs are about "how to capture pics in a different perspective than usual ", "how to edit them in according with our moods", "particularly how to make them better". Especially composition is everything to a photograph. And composition consists of many sub-parts. Well we can't learn them all at once, so let's take one step at a time. With that being said, let's start our baby steps into the topic. Today's topic is about   COMPOSITION  PART-2 .   Well by reading the last 2 blogs, you would got a better idea of why frames are so important. This blog is a continuation of the previous blog about COMPOSITION. Composition has so many guidelines, we saw some, now is the time to look the remaining. FILLING THE FRAME :  While taking a photograph, if you have so much distraction in the background, it's advisable that, you move your camera close to the subject and try to fill the frame. By doing this you will get rid of an

BASIC COMPOSITION PART-1 aka RULE OF THIRDS & NEGATIVE SPACE

Image
  Hi y'all. These blogs are about "how to capture pics in a different perspective than usual ", "how to edit them in according with our moods", "particularly how to make them better". Especially composition is everything to a photograph. And composition consists of many sub-parts. Well we can't learn them all at once, so let's take one step at a time. With that being said, let's start our baby steps into the topic. Today's topic is about COMPOSITION .  Well, by reading the previous blog, we now know how to arrange our frame according to the situation. Now, once we picked our frame, it's time to fix the objects that lie within that frame. Composition is nothing but "how to place the objects inside the frame such that they can create tension". That's the technical definition, but we don't need to learn that much, we can brush out the fundamentals/basics and let our intuition and interest do the remaining work. So fo

FRAMES

Image
Hi y'all. These blogs are about "how to capture pics in a different perspective than usual ", "how to edit them in according with our moods", "particularly how to make them better". Especially composition is everything to a photograph. And composition consists of many sub-parts. Well we can't learn them all at once, so let's take one step at a time. With that being said, let's start our baby steps into the topic. Today's topic is about FRAMES .   Well, this is the part we often overlook or doesn't even consider while taking pictures or editing them. Most of us are neglecting the importance of frames that is associated with the photograph. While shooting with smartphones or with cameras, we often view world within that rectangle frame/square frame of the camera. We focus all our attention towards objects that lie within in that rectangle frame and try to align objects (or) change our position, to get a good picture. Generally, our fr