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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="ul-threaded" style="margin: 0.5em 0pt 0pt -20px;"><span class="text-cell">FFellow Mavericks & CTCians, <br />
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A beautiful year passed by.... Full of memories, our tryst with mother nature and her bounty not withstanding ... The CTC Photographer's team welcomes you all to choose amongst your best of the memories; <br />
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Yes Ladies n Gentlemen, Welcome to the first of its kind event yet again in CTC's history - we welcome you all to choose your favourite and the best of your clicks in the year 2009 and post them in the prescribed link detailed below. The Best pics amongst your choice stands to win surprising gifts and mementos or even be part of the surprise package. <br />
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Before we go ahead and announce the closing date because of the rapturous & a houseful worthy reception and blocking our weblogs with uploads, Please follow the instructions below and post your pics .. <br />
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1. Log into the following website : <a href="http://ctcsbestof2009.shutterfly.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_top">http://ctcsbestof2009.shutterfly.com/</a><br />
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2. Password for the login : trekking <br />
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3. As a visitor of the website, you are moderated to post pics and comments in the website. Please be discrete about your comments and restrict your number of UPLOADS to FIVE & FIVE ONLY .... <br />
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3A. Please upload your pics in the album already posted on the page viz. CTC's Best of 2009 and not in a new album altogether... <br />
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4. Before you upload - Please rename the pics uploaded as follows : Your Name - The Trek's Name if any or the location visited - date .... <br />
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4A. Please adhere to the above instructions strictly as it will be easier for us to identify the one who uploaded the pics and therefore easier to reward... Please note that you could upload pics from all CTC treks and events till date... Any other personal or otherwise pics from your albums are a STRICT NO_NO and will NOT be listed in the album. <br />
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5. Feel free to write about the pics posted by others in the album. other than critiquing the pics i.e... your experiences during the treks or may be if you are part of the pic, your thoughts when the pic was taken. <br />
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6. Pics uploaded are allowed to be listed finally purely on the discretion of the ctc photographers team if they do not fit the terms and conditions listed above thereof... <br />
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7. Revel in the moments that you were and were not part of although present during the event. ... Come - Be a Part of the memories, cherished, blossomed, and here to stay in our minds forever... The Best of 2009 is here to stay !!! <br />
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The CTC Photographer's Team </span></span><br />
</div>Hari Kumar Balasundaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04398654726052394339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-52943231148122212452009-12-31T02:31:00.002+05:302009-12-31T02:39:07.704+05:30Assignment Results - MonsoonDear All,<br />Thanks everyone for participating in the Assignment. Please find the assignment result below:<br /><br />1. First Prize Winner : Ranjeeth Nagarajan<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3519/3996623435_41b1c3a1bc.jpg" alt="Rain Drops by Ranjeeth Nagarajan." title="" class="reflect" width="500" height="404" /><br /><br />2. Second Prize Winner : PL Munish<br /><br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2658/4137444097_89fa2ba248.jpg" alt="IMG_1782 by plmunish." title="" class="reflect" width="500" height="333" /><br /><br />3. Third Prize Winner I - GSM Venkat<br /><br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2802/4164943731_177f452e85.jpg" alt="as soft as silk by gsmvenkat." title="" class="reflect" width="500" height="334" /><br /><br />Third Prize Winner II - Karthikz<br /><br /><div style="z-index: 1002; display: none;" id="comm_div"><table id="comm_table" style="padding: 3px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 200px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 3px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 3px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 3px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 3px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="td_white"></td><td class="td_white" style="padding: 3px 0px 0px;" valign="top" width="1"><img id="comm_pulser_img" src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/pulser2.gif" border="0" width="32" height="15" /></td><td class="td_white" style="padding: 3px; font-size: 12px;" id="comm_td"></td><td class="td_white"></td></tr><tr id="comm_button_tr"><td class="td_white"></td><td class="td_white"></td><td class="td_white" style="padding: 3px;"><form><nobr><input id="comm_button_ok" class="Butt" value="OK" onclick="this.onclick_func();" style="margin: 5px 5px 0pt 0pt;" type="button"><input id="comm_button_cancel" class="CancelButt" value="Cancel" onclick="this.onclick_func();" style="margin: 5px 5px 0pt 0pt;" type="button"></nobr></form></td><td class="td_white"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="z-index: 1003; display: none;" id="rotate_div"><div id="rotate_table" style="padding: 1px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 218px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 3px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 3px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 3px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 3px;"><div class="td_note_white" style="padding: 0px; text-align: center; margin-top: 3px;"><span id="rotate_span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;"></span></div></div></div><div style="z-index: 999; display: none; margin-left: 288px; margin-top: 202px;" id="shadow_div"><table class="shadow_table" style="padding: 0px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td width="11"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_tl" width="11" height="11" /></td><td style="width: 208px;" id="shadow_width_controller"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_t" width="100%" height="11" /></td><td width="11"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_tr" width="11" height="11" /></td></tr><tr><td style="height: 26px;" id="shadow_height_controller" height="30"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_l" width="11" height="100%" /></td><td></td><td><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_r" width="11" height="100%" /></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_bl" width="11" height="11" /></td><td><img style="width: 208px;" id="shadow_width_controller2" src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_b" width="100%" height="11" /></td><td><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceout.gif" class="shadow_sprite shadow_br" width="11" height="11" /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="photoImgDiv4165656874" style="position: relative; width: 502px;" class="photoImgDiv"> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2768/4165656874_282fff5ec5.jpg" alt="துளி / Drop by கார்த்திக் / Karthik'z." title="" class="reflect" width="500" height="328" /><script type="text/javascript"> Y.E.onDOMReady(show_notes_initially);</script> <img style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; display: block;" src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif" alt="" width="500" height="328" /></div><script type="text/javascript"> F.decorate(_ge('photo_notes'), F._photo_notes).notes_go_go_go(4165656874, 'http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2768/4165656874_282fff5ec5_t.jpg', '3.1444');</script><br />4. 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</div><div style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">While you won’t find it printed on any calendar, 2009 marks a quiet anniversary for the program that you, and many other graphic designers, probably use the most. It was 20 years ago in February that Adobe shipped version 1.0 of <i>Photoshop</i> – still its most popular (and lucrative) application, and possibly the only bit of software to have spawned its own verb form.</span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">But the true origins of <i>Photoshop</i> go back even further. The program whose splash screen now displays 41 names was originally the product of just two brothers, Thomas and John Knoll, as fascinated by technology as they were by art. It was a trait they’d inherited from their father, a photography buff with his own personal darkroom in the basement and a penchant for early home computers.</span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thus Thomas dabbled with photography, learning about colour correction and contrast in the darkroom, while John happily tinkered with his dad’s Apple II computer. When their dad – clearly an early adopter – bought one of the first Macs on the market in 1984, both were bowled over by its capabilities. Yet ironically it was its frustrating inadequacies that would eventually lead to the multi-million dollar application sitting on nearly everyone’s hard drive today.</span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>In the beginning</b><br />
By 1987, John Knoll was working at Industrial Light and Magic – Lucas film’s nascent special effects division, founded for <i>Star Wars</i> – while Thomas was studying for his Ph.D. on image processing at the University of Michigan. Having just bought a brand-new Apple Mac Plus to help out with his thesis, he was dismayed to find it couldn’t display greyscale images on the monochrome monitor. So, in true hacker style, he set about writing his own code to do the job.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Unsurprisingly, John was also working on image processing at ILM, and during a holiday visit he became very impressed with Thomas’s progress. Thus the pair began to collaborate on a larger, more cohesive application, which they dubbed – excitingly – <i>Display</i>.<br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">It wasn’t long before John had bought a new colour Macintosh II and persuaded Thomas to rewrite </span><i style="color: #b45f06;">Display</i><span style="color: #b45f06;"> to work in colour. Indeed, the more John saw of </span><i style="color: #b45f06;">Display</i><span style="color: #b45f06;">, the more features he began to ask for: gamma correction, loading and saving other file formats, and so on.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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Although this work distracted Thomas from his thesis, he was quite happy to oblige. He also developed an innovative method of selecting and affecting only certain parts of the image, as well as a set of image-processing routines – which would later become plug-ins. A feature for adjusting tones (Levels) also emerged, along with controls for balance, hue and saturation. These were the defining features of <i>Photoshop</i>, but at the time, it was almost unthinkable to see them anywhere outside of specialist processing software in a lab – or at ILM.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">By 1988, </span><i style="color: #b45f06;">Display</i><span style="color: #b45f06;"> had become </span><i style="color: #b45f06;">ImagePro</i><span style="color: #b45f06;"> and was sufficiently advanced that John thought they might have a chance at selling it as a commercial application. Thomas was reluctant: he still hadn’t finished his thesis, and creating a full-blown app would take a lot of work. But once John had checked out the competition, of which there was very little, they realised </span><i style="color: #b45f06;">ImagePro</i><span style="color: #b45f06;"> was way ahead of anything currently available.</span><br />
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<b>From ImagePro to Photoshop</b><br />
Thus the search began for investors. It didn’t help that Thomas kept changing the name of the software, only to find a name was already in use elsewhere. No one is quite sure where the name ‘<i>Photoshop</i>’ originally came from, but legend has it that it was suggested by a potential publisher during a demo, and just stuck. Incidentally, splash screens from very early versions show the name as ‘<i>Photoshop</i>’ – which seems far more in line with today’s craze for Extraneous Capitalisation.<br />
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Remarkably in retrospect, most software companies turned their corporate noses up at <i>Photoshop</i>, or were already developing similar applications of their own. Only Adobe was prepared to take it on, but a suitable deal wasn’t forthcoming. Eventually, though, a scanner manufacturer called <i>Barneyscan</i> decided to bundle it with its scanners, and a small number of copies went out under the name <i>Barneyscan XP</i>.<br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Fortunately for the future of digital imaging, this wasn’t a long-term deal, and John soon returned to Adobe to drum up more interest. There he met Russell Brown, then Art Director, who was highly impressed with the program and persuaded the company to take it on. Whether through naivety on Adobe’s part or canniness on the brothers’, </span><i style="color: #b45f06;">Photoshop</i> was not sold wholesale but only licensed and distributed, with royalties still going to the Knolls.</span><br />
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It wasn’t as if this deal meant the Knoll brothers could sit back and relax; if anything, they now had to work even harder on getting <i>Photoshop</i> ready for an official, 1.0 version release. Thomas continued developing all the main application code, while John contributed plug-ins separately, to the dismay of some of the Adobe staff who viewed these as little more than gimmicks.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Curiously, this attitude still remains among some purists, who claim that most </span><i style="color: #b45f06;">Photoshop</i> plug-ins are somehow ‘cheating’ and not be touched under any circumstances, while others swear by their flexibility and power when used properly.<br style="color: #b45f06;" /> <br style="color: #b45f06;" /><span style="color: #b45f06;"> As in the program’s formative days, there were always new features to be added, and somehow Thomas had to make time to code them. With the encouragement of John, Russell Brown – soon to become </span><i style="color: #b45f06;">Photoshop</i><span style="color: #b45f06;">’s biggest evangelist – and other creatives at Adobe, the application slowly took shape. It was finally launched in February 1990.</span><br />
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<b>Digital imaging for everyone</b><br />
This first release was certainly a success, despite the usual slew of bugs. Like the Apple of today, Adobe’s key marketing decision was to present <i>Photoshop</i> as a mass-market, fairly simple tool for anyone to use – rather than most graphics software of the time, which was aimed at specialists.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">With </span><i style="color: #b45f06;">Photoshop</i><span style="color: #b45f06;">, you could be achieving the same things on your home desktop Mac that were previously only possible with thousands of dollars of advanced equipment… at least, that was the implicit promise. There was also the matter of pricing. Letraset’s </span><i style="color: #b45f06;">ColorStudio</i><span style="color: #b45f06;">, which had launched shortly before, cost $1,995; </span><i style="color: #b45f06;">Photoshop</i><span style="color: #b45f06;"> was less than $1,000.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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With development of version 2.0 now underway, Adobe began to expand the coding staff. Mark Hamburg was taken on to add Bézier paths, while other new features included the Pen tool, Duotones, import and rasterisation of Illustrator files, plus, crucially, support for CMYK colour. This was another canny move on Adobe’s part, as it opened up the <i>Photoshop</i> market to print professionals for the first time. The program’s first Product Manager, Steven Guttman, started giving code names to beta versions, a practice which survives to this day. ‘<i>Fast Eddy</i>’ – version 2 – was launched the following year.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Until now <i>Photoshop</i> was still a Mac-only application, but its success warranted a version for the burgeoning Windows graphics market. Porting it was not a trivial task: a whole new team, headed by Bryan Lamkin, was brought in for the PC. Oddly, although there were other significant new features such as 16-bit file support, this iteration was shipped as version 2.5.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Like that difficult third album which can make or break a band, version 3 had to really deliver if it was to corner the market. Fortunately, the team had a whopper of an ace up their sleeve: layers.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">By general consensus, the addition of layers has been the single most important aspect of </span><i style="color: #b45f06;">Photoshop</i><span style="color: #b45f06;"> development, and probably the feature which finally persuaded many artists to try it. Yet the concept of layers wasn’t unique to </span><i style="color: #b45f06;">Photoshop</i><span style="color: #b45f06;">. HSC – later to become Meta Creations – was concurrently developing </span><i style="color: #b45f06;">Live Picture</i><span style="color: #b45f06;">, an image-editing app including just such a facility. While an excellent program in its own right, </span><i style="color: #b45f06;">Live Picture</i><span style="color: #b45f06;"> was vastly overpriced on its launch, leaving </span><i style="color: #b45f06;">Photoshop 3.0</i><span style="color: #b45f06;"> for both Mac and Windows to clean up.</span><br style="color: #b45f06;" /> <br />
Nothing in later versions quite matched the layers feature for its impact, but there have nonetheless been significant changes. Version 5 introduced colour management and the History palette, with its extra ‘nonlinear history’ behaviour, which certainly opened up whole new creative possibilities. A major update, version 5.5, bundled Adobe’s package <i>ImageReady</i> in an entirely new iteration, giving <i>Photoshop</i> excellent Web-specific features. Layer styles and improved text handling popped up in version 6, and the Healing brush in version 7.<br />
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<b>Today and tomorrow</b><br />
Surprisingly given the age and market leading position of the application, Adobe continues to come up with new features for <i>Photoshop</i>. With <i>Photoshop</i> now part of the rebranded and remarketed <i>Creative Suite 2</i>, Adobe appears to be currently emphasising interoperability through the likes of <i>Bridge</i>.<br />
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And the future? Unsurprisingly, Adobe isn’t telling. <i>Photoshop</i> is the jewel in its crown and its development is closely guarded. But there have been hints. Bryan Lamkin, now Senior Vice President of Digital Imaging and Digital Video, speculated earlier this year on a true 64-bit version of the application, and perhaps support for Apple’s CoreImage technology, which would bring enormous speed improvements. Rumours that <i>Illustrator</i> will merge with <i>Photoshop</i> have also abounded for years.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Whatever happens, it’s likely that Thomas Knoll will be involved in some way. Although not directly concerned with </span><i style="color: #b45f06;">Photoshop</i><span style="color: #b45f06;"> these days, he still keeps his hand in, recently developing the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in and posting occasionally to the Adobe forums.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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His brother still works at ILM too: appropriately enough, he was Visual Effects Supervisor on all three of the new <i>Star Wars</i> films. Without the original <i>Star Wars</i>, there would have been no <i>Photoshop</i>; and with no <i>Photoshop</i>, your job, this magazine and the entire graphics design industry would be very different from how they are today.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b style="color: #a64d79;"><i>Content reproduced from a magazine. </i></b><br />
<br style="color: #a64d79;" /> <i style="color: #a64d79;">Hari Kumar Balasundaram </i></span><br />
</div>Hari Kumar Balasundaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04398654726052394339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-72499691328163818472009-11-22T04:21:00.001+05:302009-11-22T04:25:40.612+05:30Assignment - Monsoon<p> Dear All,<br />Please post your photo in this Discussion thread.<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/groups/ctcstudio/discuss/72157622725511109/<br /><br />Theme : Monsoon<br />Entry Date: 22-November-2009 00:00:00<br />Last Date : 10-December-2009 23:59:59<br /><br />Monsoon still hitting Chennai. Come on Guys lets hit the wet and register the moments.<br /><br />How to post your entries?<br />1. Upload your photo in the Flickr<br />2. Copy the Photo URL<br />3. 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Add more details in the reply and post the reply<br /><br />Thanks,<br />CTC Studio Teamதம்பி...http://www.blogger.com/profile/14291196541038854213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-45636315940461881722009-11-20T14:18:00.001+05:302009-11-20T14:31:06.697+05:30The Almanac - Metering Modes in Digital Cameras<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">After a brief hiatus, The Almanac is back with basics in metering again. This time though we take a peek into the world of digital cameras & DSLR’s & their inbuilt modes for metering the correct exposure for every picture shot. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">So what happens when you look through the viewfinder and decide to take a picture, many cameras require you to first press the shutter button halfway down. This allows the camera to properly focus. To capture the shot, typically requires the shutter button to be fully pressed. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Between the time you first press the shutter halfway and the camera takes the shot, your digital camera's brain does the following...<br />
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<li style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Figures out how much light there is for your subject<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Calculates the correct combination of shutter speed (how long the shutter will remain open) and F-stop (size of the aperture) to properly expose your photograph</span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">But the most impressive thing is that your camera accomplishes all of these feats in a fraction of a second. In terms of photographic basics, when your camera "meters" the scene, it is calculating the correct shutter speed and F-stop, based on the light at your subject.<o:p></o:p><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The three most common metering modes that are available on most digital cameras are the Matrix Metering Mode, the Centre Weighted Metering Mode, and the Spot Metering Mode. Each of these metering modes have their strengths and weaknesses and the key to making great pictures is understanding those strength and weaknesses because only through understanding them will you know which mode to use in a given shooting situation. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">These common metering modes are available on all DSLRs but the way you access these menu items vary from camera to camera so once again dig out the manual that came with your camera and read up on its metering modes and how to access them.<br />
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</div><div style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b>Matrix Metering</b><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Matrix Metering Mode, in this mode the camera divides each scene up into a number of discrete segments, the numbers of discrete segments vary from camera to camera. When set for matrix metering the camera takes separate reflected light readings from each of the zones in the matrix. The camera then selects an exposure setting that is best for the majority of the frame zones sampled. Matrix metering, also known as multi-segment metering or multi-pattern metering, is the best metering mode to use most of the time because it assures you the best overall exposures under most conditions.<br />
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</div><div style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b>Centre-Weighted Average Metering</b><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Centre-weighted average metering gives special emphasis to the centre of the frame, but also covers the surrounding area. Some photographers prefer this metering mode because it’s simpler and more predictable than multi-segment metering, which uses complex algorithms to sort through the data from all the different points of measurement. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Centre-weighted metering is a good mode to select when you want to capture a brightly lit subject and be sure it’s exposed correctly compared with the surrounding areas. This is an excellent compositional technique because people’s eyes are always drawn to the brightest part of a photograph. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Unlike multi-segment / matrix metering, which interprets virtually the entire picture area, centre-weighted metering does not attempt to identify and correct situations like backlighting. This means you have to be a bit more careful when using this type of metering. However, many experienced photographers prefer this mode because they can apply their own exposure compensation (+ and –) and know that the camera hasn’t automatically tried to do likewise.<br />
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</div><div style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b>Spot Metering</b><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Spot metering measures only a small area in the centre of the frame. Typically, this area is a spot that’s only about two or three percent of the entire area of the picture (hence the term “spot” metering). When you have a select area of a picture that you want to precisely meter, and don’t want other areas of the scene to affect your exposure. However, it can be a challenging metering mode to use because you really have to pay attention to exactly what it is measuring and interpret the brightness of the spot yourself. The size of the spot varies from camera to camera, with high-end cameras usually having a smaller spot than entry-level cameras.<br />
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</div><div style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b>Partial metering </b><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Not all cameras have spot-metering mode. For those that don’t, they’ll typically offer a partial-metering mode instead. Partial Metering covers an area exclusively at the centre of the scene, taking up about 10 percent of the total picture area—not quite as small as that of a spot meter. Here, too, if the surrounding area is darker or lighter than the main subject, this mode is a good choice. It will usually give you the correct exposure for your subject, as long as your subject isn’t very light or very dark. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Now that you know what your camera does when metering a subject, May use the light to good use and come back with perfectly exposed photographs. <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Until then – Happy Clicking Mavericks!!! <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><i>Hari Kumar Balasundaram </i><br />
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</div>Hari Kumar Balasundaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04398654726052394339noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-17668327636143178852009-11-12T15:38:00.001+05:302009-11-12T15:38:57.205+05:30Pools Special -1<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Taken By ravi Gosh.<br/><br/><img width='667' height='501' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigh-Cz6ukGfUnd5rAB-sP8Gajqrlpqoy3IKehVpiq1RLu6-IYMtKEDoZBw5epncPPyTBGMRjWcgt_WfvS5vAQwpmRHWi2VfN-h5V7FHhjeET7tuYTD_KtFDaVwkffhHYm3b0LYQvaejoJj/?imgmax=800' style='max-width: 800px;'/><br/><br/><br/>By ,<br/>Bhagath makka<br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=c21eecf7-5e7d-8735-a04e-353477282fb6' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>makkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05146681445701576242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-63434797714829477892009-11-12T15:07:00.001+05:302009-11-12T15:07:14.610+05:30October Assignment Results<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Hi All,<br/><br/>Here Goes October Assignment selections:Festival of lights<br/><br/><br/>First place:<br/><br/>From camera Kirukan<br/><a title='Diwali clicks ... by Camera கிறுக்கன், on Flickr' href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/baraniphotos/4026204604/'><img width='500' height='332' alt='Diwali clicks ...' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/4026204604_03dde84a7b.jpg'/></a><br/><br/>Second place :(from jyashree)<br/><br/><img src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2700/4051951013_7d2d9cd670.jpg' style='max-width: 800px;'/><br/><br/><br/>Nice going,<br/><br/>Thanks.<br/>Bhagath makka<br/><a href='http://www.flickr.com/bhagathk'>http://www.flickr.com/bhagathk</a><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=d8089353-bb9a-8a91-bb32-11c3643a8b94' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>makkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05146681445701576242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-31568944212302702172009-11-06T22:47:00.001+05:302009-11-06T22:47:46.768+05:30Kids Lighting Howto<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Hi all,<br/><br/>Recently lot of friends asked about a kids Photo shooted 2 weekes back.<br/>so a minimal howto tutorial for that pic.<br/><br/>Actually speaking the photo about 50% camera 30%expression and 20% PS . ;-)<br/><br/><b>1.Lighting Setup</b><br/><br/><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLqHNlrkKcxm-dFI9yW3vIJJwJ6mTDuGynzzwv6_3BBMWMm6szztVrEj3clhT2oMoYGFfufz0e_Fzgh3FkWCyj2kzjPn5ojnQLiPu90l2SGwE5g7D8LUsN1KTFS8veOGteYHPiboHgKbU/' style='max-width: 800px;'/><br/>Some points in lighting:<br/>*It 's Night ,So less distracted BG<br/>*It's a outdoor shot ,shot from a doorway<br/>*SB600 ,remote triggered.and made angle that the flash bounces on the sun shade and lit the kids.<br/>* I used D300 in ,A priority F1.8 and sport metering<br/><br/><b>2.Original output:</b><br/><img width='396' height='263' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQm0qhJ2VdoiQhK0IuD_WiCNlOwCArT2LkYMYxJ7K4hVvq0CbOyNSJ6LcmO0zTH-UxpYRF7d6y0xUalaeyvmvhj_qAtPXQcdkKuRAK8EV5rW9qSAjDQvyVO0ETodzKTfRWjARGN7pHYn7/s720/sri220091018-126.jpg' style='max-width: 800px;'/><br/>*So i got this shot with perfecr expression of that day<br/>*From here ,i got 2 way ,once is to enhance the vibrancy ot go for black and white<br/><br/><br/><b>3.Final Processing:</b><br/>*Colour (added soft-focus and vibrancy)<br/><img width='385' height='255' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzgFOn3HIUKyOgDY9_j0f1DsOga9aXwC6D4sJlZaN6EH6SoQTtwgfK_O8FXdJvuBagpwNvKKxtgDgvw5b5hg9NYhcQnPF6V-MQ_rBd7VWwITiPFgEgu2Rv2XCtFDMKULlJQPUsSjw6XSEu/s720/sri220091018-126-Edit.jpg' style='max-width: 800px;'/><br/><br/><br/>*Black & White(this is a next shot of above photo ,I preferred closed eyes for B&W)<br/><a title='தோழிகள் by bhagath makka, on Flickr' href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhagathk/4048875167/'><img width='391' height='259' alt='தோழிகள்' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2728/4048875167_5d2db17991.jpg'/></a><br/><br/>And finally i shared this in flickr ;-),More photo properties available in above pic's EXIF data.<br/><br/>comments and doubts are welcome.<br/><br/>Thanks,<br/>Bhagath makka<br/>http://www.flickr.com/bhagathk<br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=1d9721bb-0ab0-8f56-9aa5-0efca053b4d6' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>makkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05146681445701576242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-35926204759024264922009-10-13T02:36:00.002+05:302009-10-13T02:39:24.401+05:30Assignment - Festival of Lights<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3439/3363975042_3acd493b21.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 315px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3439/3363975042_3acd493b21.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Dear All,<div><br />Please post your photo in this Discussion thread.<br /><br />Theme : Festival of Lights<br />Entry Date: 13-October-2009 00:00:00<br />Last Date : 25-October-2009 23:59:59<br /><br />Preparation for Diwali is hitting the streets. We can go with the theme of Festival of Lights. Play with Lights and preparation of the festival. Guys lets get into the street and bring your lights !!<br /><br />How to post your entries?<br />1. Upload your photo in the Flickr<br />2. Copy the Photo URL<br />3. Reply to the Discussion Topic given ( <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/ctcstudio/discuss/72157622447359511/">http://www.flickr.com/groups/ctcstudio/discuss/72157622447359511/</a> ) and paste your url in the following format (URL should be enclosed with the Square brackets)<br />[URL]<br />Ex:<br />[http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhagathk/3363975042/]<br /><br />4. Add more details in the reply and post the reply<br /><br />Thanks,<br />CTC Studio Team </div></div>தம்பி...http://www.blogger.com/profile/14291196541038854213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-75200150680261942602009-10-05T13:41:00.000+05:302009-10-05T13:42:08.995+05:30BEst Of Paravathamalai/3 - Sep 28th<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Hi All,<br/><br/>Here Goes Best Of paravada Malai /3 .<br/><br/>Pictures selected from participants shared Piccsa gallery:<br/><br/><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_nOMoUmBt8bE/Ssh0taJWwMI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/yuJVELbZb6o/IMG_3777.jpg' style='max-width: 800px;'/> <br/><br/><img height='445' width='594' src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_G4R3usq7Qi8/SsGa5f2wUNI/AAAAAAAADsA/WfiIV3FVB3U/s640/IMG_2278.JPG' style='max-width: 800px;'/><br/><img height='445' width='594' src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_zFHafSwpxh8/SsEnpZ5ncOI/AAAAAAAABUo/tdk7z6vEk1w/s640/28092009500.jpg' style='max-width: 800px;'/><br/><br/><img height='441' width='588' src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_sJgBppYaT0w/SsEllVWtBsI/AAAAAAAADZQ/GdEKpXGPaZs/s640/IMG_0611.JPG' style='max-width: 800px;'/><br/><br/><br/><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_G4R3usq7Qi8/SsGmF0aHXYI/AAAAAAAADws/_WlDZx7eAdg/s512/IMG_2348.JPG' style='max-width: 800px;'/><br/><br/>Thanks,<br/>Bhagath Makka<br/><a href='http://www.flickr.com/bhagathk'>http://www.flickr.com/bhagathk</a><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><blockquote/><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=0f53ad67-ea93-8499-85ab-444b039893c5' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>makkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05146681445701576242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-41736829804802162802009-10-05T13:09:00.001+05:302009-10-05T13:09:32.576+05:30September Month Assignment Results<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Hi All<br/>,<br/><br/>Here Goes September Month Assignment results.<br/><br/>Theme:Daily work (Profession)<br/><br/><br/>First Place:<br/>Worker Bee<br/><img src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2643/3962896946_cf7a25ae7f.jpg' style='max-width: 800px;'/><br/><br/><br/>Second Place:<br/>Porter<br/><img src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2560/3979187415_951a0332b4.jpg' style='max-width: 800px;'/><br/><br/><br/>Thanks,<br/>Bhagath Makka<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=31537d5c-6266-81b1-92aa-b4eb78f02a37' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>makkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05146681445701576242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-20071523315446876692009-10-05T12:56:00.001+05:302009-10-05T12:56:38.494+05:30August Month Assignment Results<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Hi All,<br/><br/>Here Goes August month Assignment Results.<br/><br/>First Place:<br/><br/>http://www.flickr.com/photos/ksbalamuralikrishna/3858371635/<br/>[Linking is restricted ,From Next time Pls avoid this restriction Posting to Assigment]<br/><br/><br/>Second Place:<br/><a title='the brat pack commandos !!! by harikbalasundaram, on Flickr' href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/harikbalasundaram/3827487012/'><img height='338' width='500' alt='the brat pack commandos !!!' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2620/3827487012_d16269b5b2.jpg'/></a><br/><br/><br/>Thanks,<br/>Bhagath Makka<br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=c76fa665-4534-8db4-bd0d-e8a7831bda08' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>makkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05146681445701576242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-86145368924265825322009-09-02T02:19:00.008+05:302009-09-02T02:48:24.715+05:30The Almanac - Page 3 - Histograms<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link 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51);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >A perfect exposure is the Holy Grail of every photographer. Although there are various methods and ways to understand what correct exposure is all about – The histogram today is one of the most useful ways to understand Exposure in photography. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-family:";" >They are an essential aid for digital SLR photographers striving to achieve consistently correct exposures in-camera and are a more accurate method of assessing exposure than looking at images you've taken on the LCD monitor. Therefore, if you are not already in the habit of regularly reviewing your image' histogram, it is time you did so</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVhRkq9fp9jb_OBvMUYJDUDnrs8KKyMRmGOPPfudz6M_AqVxDOl1EzWbbP4Vxvyy324hBcc9yCUnpbkaXTO0nBGon30mkC300hFiHNBbReqC0pK9ZKmFLZ-GG9R_ZOsmpZGPN6f0pXNE/s1600-h/histogram-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVhRkq9fp9jb_OBvMUYJDUDnrs8KKyMRmGOPPfudz6M_AqVxDOl1EzWbbP4Vxvyy324hBcc9yCUnpbkaXTO0nBGon30mkC300hFiHNBbReqC0pK9ZKmFLZ-GG9R_ZOsmpZGPN6f0pXNE/s320/histogram-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376608702724360562" border="0" /></a>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-family:";" >In basic terms, a histogram is a two-dimensional graph, often resembling a range of mountain peaks, which represents an image's tonal extent. Whilst, at first glance, histograms might appear quite complex and confusing, they are actually very simple to read. </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-family:";" >A histogram is a graph counting how many pixels are at each level between black and white.</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style=";font-family:";" >Black is on the left. White is on the right.</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></span><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style=";font-family:";" >The height of the graph at each point depends on how many pixels are that bright.</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></span><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-family:Symbol;" ><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-family:";" >Lighter images move the graph to the right. Darker ones move it to the left. <span style=""> </span>Easy!!!</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></span><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxfwbqHFAqDnTh4vb3bjYv707YuqujsKtOIH9yRX7lVvSS5vEjZ7baSSjIx0obl3kVqomPqjy9ZqfkTZEZnGoTjOmVefweCy2TPgaOXYwtF9YCPCjRu4gASKZStbY3EXiU4ki2UB5lPs/s1600-h/histogram.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxfwbqHFAqDnTh4vb3bjYv707YuqujsKtOIH9yRX7lVvSS5vEjZ7baSSjIx0obl3kVqomPqjy9ZqfkTZEZnGoTjOmVefweCy2TPgaOXYwtF9YCPCjRu4gASKZStbY3EXiU4ki2UB5lPs/s320/histogram.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376609733143976082" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style=";font-family:";" >The histogram therefore, quite simply, shows 256 levels of light (tones) that are present in an image. The peaks indicate a large volume of pixels in a particular tone and the troughs appear where there are fewer pixels. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >In effect, by simply looking at an image's histogram, a photographer can tell whether the picture is made up of predominantly light, dark or mid-tones.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">So what should a histogram look like? This is a tricky one to answer. Despite what some people may say, there is no such thing as the 'perfect histogram'. It simply tells us how a picture is exposed, allowing photographers to decide whether - and how - to adjust exposure settings. However - A few points to note are:</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:";" >The vertical scale is of no real consequence (it’s just an indication of the number of pixels at any given light level). <o:p></o:p></span></span><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style=";font-family:";" >Low contrast images will have a very narrow histogram, whilst high contrast images will cover more of the graph.<o:p></o:p></span></span><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style=";font-family:";" >Techniques such as <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">high dynamic range (HDR) photography</span> (and <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">tone mapping</span>) can be used to increase the light levels captured in the image - effectively increasing the exposure latitude.<o:p></o:p></span></span><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:Symbol;" ><span style="">·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">For finer control, individual histograms may be viewed for red, green and blue colour channels or the luminosity.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >This is a really great tool to have built into your camera! It lets you get a quick idea of what the exposure was like--whether it was improperly exposed, or whether your scene exceeds the dynamic range of your camera (take a shot from inside your house through a window and you'll run into this problem--too dark inside, too light outside). <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >The Levels and Curves tools in Photoshop allow you to manipulate your photo's histogram in your image editor. In particular, the Levels tool allows you to stretch your histogram to increase contrast and extend the dynamic range of the photo. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-family:";" >We shall cover the concept of the camera's limited "dynamic range", (the range that it can distinguish between dark and light areas in a frame) & "High Dynamic Range" (HDR) photography, a fun subject for another post.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">Until then – Happy clicking!!!</span>
<br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><i style=""><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">Hari Kumar Balasundaram</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> Hari Kumar Balasundaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04398654726052394339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-7989103637728918892009-08-24T17:22:00.001+05:302009-08-24T17:25:09.921+05:30Pic-O-Week _ August Third Week<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Here goes the Pic-O-Week .<br/><br/>Photographer : Jayi<br/>Place : 2nd Chennai CTC photowalk<br/>Home Page : <a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimaa/'>http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimaa/</a><br/><br/><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimaa/3845075163/' title='Perfect :} by jayi85, on Flickr'><img width='500' height='332' src='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3505/3845075163_59762334dc.jpg' alt='Perfect :}'/></a><br/><br/>Cheers,<br/>Bhagath <br/><a href='http://www.flickr.com/bhagathk'>http:www.flickr.com/bhagathk</a><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=2702764a-e39f-86a8-81fe-5497d48f355b' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>makkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05146681445701576242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-29110948111005624382009-08-05T15:55:00.004+05:302009-08-05T16:05:14.369+05:30Contest - Theme for the Month - August 2009<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">How would you like to celebrate your birthday !!! Cut a cake ; go out - party - have some fun rite !!! Well - Chennai calls you this month to celebrate her birthday in panache & style !!! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Yes Folksies - the theme for the month is - CHENNAI ... </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">the erstwhile 'madrasapattinam' changing lanes to become a slow giant in 'madras' and transcending an all important millenium into a beautiful IT powerhouse yet retaining the old world charm as it is - Our very old Chennai welcomes you to freeze her different facets, her beautiful self in its various forms starting from sunrise until midnight where life does not seem to slow down at all .. Anything about chennai is welcome .. there are no restrictions in the form of shots taken or colour or theme - Simply go out there and shoot and bring chennai back to life in your frozen frame. </span></span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">However, Pics from the street photography sessions are a strict no-no ... you can shoot wherever you would like and however you would want anytime and post them .. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">THEME : Chennai - anything and everything that encompasses chennai ... b&w, colour , whatever format you choose .. just ensure that you choose chennai as the central theme .. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Start Date : 5.08.2009 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">End Date : 31.08.2009 </span></span></div></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">Posting URL : </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">http://www.flickr.com/groups/ctcstudio/discuss/72157621827147689/</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHFdG5HgWPCzoALrxouGfBgk1_RMj26epM8jpmiLMmdKzfdf8LoN8AW55QkhdoNdvD9hGiAZbngxw7iQYGx82VSVVFcX_oKrF4J0TzBspCrsY2TqegT7l6PsVcWdxigLXMUCKYEhr4q0/s1600-h/Untitled_Panorama1+copy.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 101px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHFdG5HgWPCzoALrxouGfBgk1_RMj26epM8jpmiLMmdKzfdf8LoN8AW55QkhdoNdvD9hGiAZbngxw7iQYGx82VSVVFcX_oKrF4J0TzBspCrsY2TqegT7l6PsVcWdxigLXMUCKYEhr4q0/s320/Untitled_Panorama1+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366424950509550162" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Are u ready People - Lets shoot chennai in all her glory and make the CHENNAI DAY / MADRAS DAY a special one . </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">cheers </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">hari kumar balasundaram</span></i></span></span></div>Hari Kumar Balasundaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04398654726052394339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-32627241483543679712009-07-31T04:50:00.001+05:302009-07-31T04:50:46.413+05:30Assignment: Black and White Results<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Hi All,<br/><br/>Here goes Assignment :Black and White Results<br/><br/><b>Flickr Pro Account Winner is:</b><br/><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/chris1804/2589872460' target='_blank'>http://www.flickr.com/photos/chris1804/2589872460 </a><br/><br/>[<b>Note</b> : not able to publish the photo here.The flickr link is totally restricted !!! @Rare Breeze you have to do something about this]<br/><br/>A Good natural black and white Try!!!<br/><br/><i><small>A comment f for the photo in flickr:</small></i><br/>What a wonderful view. I can imagine how you felt looking it personally. My photography is taking second place for this view than the pleasant enjoyment. <br/><br/><br/>Other Photos,that catch our eyes in this competition :("<font color='#ff0000'><b>ctcStudio picks</b></font>" we can say)<br/><b><br/>1.Glow-Bali</b><br/><img src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2451/3613971560_12147b6310_m.jpg' style='max-width: 800px;'/><br/><br/><b>2.Sethu-sankar</b><br/><br/><a title='Black and White by r-sethu-sankar, on Flickr' href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/rssankar/3420591682/'><img height='378' width='500' alt='Black and White ' src='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3297/3420591682_20be9ef38e.jpg'/></a><br/><br/><b>3.Karthickz</b><br/><a title='இந்தப் புன்னகை அவளுக்கு சொந்தம், அவள் யாருக்கோ... by கார்த்திக் / Karthik'z, on Flickr' href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/mimicrykarthik/3394698129/'><img height='233' width='240' alt='இந்தப் புன்னகை அவளுக்கு சொந்தம், அவள் யாருக்கோ...' src='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3622/3394698129_e9d071f677_m.jpg'/></a><br/><br/><b>4.Raghu</b><br/><br/><img src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2594/3667175754_b8e3f7c135.jpg'/><br/><br/><b>5.John</b><br/><br/><img src='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3636/3671322874_aedf09ec4e_m.jpg'/><br/><br/><br/>Note : I Note able to publish some 3 more pics here due to Image copy/Link restrictions in flickr.<br/><br/><br/>See You aGain.<br/><br/>Cheers,<br/><big><b><font face='Comic Sans MS'>Bhagath makka</font></b></big><br/><a href='http://www.flickr.com/bhagathk'>http://www.flickr.com/bhagathk</a></div>makkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05146681445701576242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-14361642491310748612009-07-31T03:48:00.001+05:302009-07-31T03:48:28.152+05:30Pic-O-Week _ August First<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>After one month ...I am back ;-)<br/><br/>Here goes the Pic-O-Week .<br/><br/>Photographer : Diwakar<br/>Place : <unknown> (may that's not so important for this pic)<br/>Home Page : <a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/bay_rang' target='_blank'>http://www.flickr.com/photos/bay_range</a><br/><br/><a title='beee by bayRange, on Flickr' href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/bay_range/3769795294/'><img height='307' width='500' alt='beee' src='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3622/3769795294_ff19c9be8e.jpg'/></a><br/><br/>Personally ...I fella pleasant deel from these colour combination.<br/><br/><br/>Cheers,<br/>Bhagath makka<br/>http;//www.flickr.com/bhagathk</div>makkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05146681445701576242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-16057733418000404602009-07-30T01:18:00.009+05:302009-07-30T01:58:43.282+05:30The Almanac - Concept - Street Photography<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlvBoVKaBMpn7zELnVUtusRAcUcUoAe_in1Svxs4imlTOKTzRuKBbI0Dc14XBfwrqSRRGuuXrvQCa4HMUZVpewHrv_t8g25z5B9d-Vb2EzJPpNhBi48z1_rf9TW2m0TLdm2_5r_4l3XhY/s1600-h/Cartier.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlvBoVKaBMpn7zELnVUtusRAcUcUoAe_in1Svxs4imlTOKTzRuKBbI0Dc14XBfwrqSRRGuuXrvQCa4HMUZVpewHrv_t8g25z5B9d-Vb2EzJPpNhBi48z1_rf9TW2m0TLdm2_5r_4l3XhY/s320/Cartier.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363972940958357458" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>"When I saw the photograph of Munkacsi of the black kids running in a wave I couldn't believe such a thing could be caught with the camera. I said damn it, I took my camera and went out into the street." Henri Cartier-Bresson </b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: normal; "><span style=" line-height:115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Following our first steps into the foray of street photography through a photo walk session in the city of chennai - here's a precursor to what photography in the streets is all about - Read on !!!</span></span></span></span></i></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=" line-height:115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Street photography is an approach to photography rather than a location, although the streets are the usual place it happens. </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style=" line-height:115%;mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDLZ2YFVBXzl7PiuIG0mo1NVSG9-kJdNjOAPRNWZBc_q5oKyXHouI6rLwjaO7nyNx5MrrP2l3k1u2Eii733a6iQo7TDV52-aBvsk8cd37Nv_D1O3cmR5Iw_9oQ_1SLs4Zb7H0c4j62wM/s1600-h/Bresson.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 217px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDLZ2YFVBXzl7PiuIG0mo1NVSG9-kJdNjOAPRNWZBc_q5oKyXHouI6rLwjaO7nyNx5MrrP2l3k1u2Eii733a6iQo7TDV52-aBvsk8cd37Nv_D1O3cmR5Iw_9oQ_1SLs4Zb7H0c4j62wM/s320/Bresson.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363973627465731394" /></a></span></p><span style=" line-height:115%;mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Street photography captures candid mood and situation and it is generally practiced at public places streets, parks, sea-beaches, malls and political and social gatherings. It is pretty easy to take photographs at these places without seeking any permission. </span></span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=" line-height:115%;mso-fareast-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A street photographer can also take the pictures of historical buildings and archaeological monuments.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Street photography can be and often is: Odd things in the fore ground; no central focus; odd crops.It is sometimes referred to as no rules photography. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style=" line-height:115%;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=" line-height:115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The plethora of equipment (tripods, lenses, filters, lights etc etc) associated with "serious" photography is left at home, or better still in the camera store. Its just too heavy and bulky to cart around, takes way too long to set up and by the time it is set up the moment is gone.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=" line-height:115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Street photographers see the usual, the every day with fresh eyes. The reflection in a rain puddle, the colours in a crowd, the balance of a negative space. Their minds are open to all the stimuli that they see and they curse the days when they leave their camera at home.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=" line-height:115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcDtIpO6HjyiGdzbFz1S9-Q21W7jiSKqCuVWTntMIVhdJ0qjQ168ycUAKKENdSNBGlpOt9G0tzxM301CRgsOlKPLYFgmSQhdFADz7FrKlj_PB9zkN2sKgN_l169Ch_NEHyPphUTtNKeA/s1600-h/2383546080_0f1b6a2f11_o.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcDtIpO6HjyiGdzbFz1S9-Q21W7jiSKqCuVWTntMIVhdJ0qjQ168ycUAKKENdSNBGlpOt9G0tzxM301CRgsOlKPLYFgmSQhdFADz7FrKlj_PB9zkN2sKgN_l169Ch_NEHyPphUTtNKeA/s320/2383546080_0f1b6a2f11_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363978927193193682" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=" line-height:115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Street photographers are optimists, for them the glass is always half full. They go out on a photo shoot with no plan in mind secure in the knowledge that this wide world of ours will provide. A subject, a situation, a scene will present itself all they have to have is the presence of mind to capture it when it does.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=" line-height:115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Street photography is, what all photography is, a snap shot. What shines through is the photographer, his/her interpretation of the scene, what they see in the situation, their reaction to the stimuli, the art they see in their every day walk of life. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy; font-size: small; line-height: 18px; ">Technicians take technically correct and often pretty pictures. Visual artists, whatever their medium, create images that stimulate the mind, the heart and validate the human condition in all its guises. Because, after all, pretty is in the eye of the beholder and consequently very subjective, whereas art speaks to all who are prepared to listen.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCK0aVfTdWIf2rgvApKJrYeVnDTauxVYKyk-_3ewZ804xXvB5BlyMo0MSAVHrOkKdqKOEI8hKiqC7K2B2bO7GCVGNSB9uhEHWW2OTXtsDal4tjAbhSmALOb9U3Rn5aG43OyLNtx9-4t9Y/s1600-h/stephen_wright_01_470x394.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCK0aVfTdWIf2rgvApKJrYeVnDTauxVYKyk-_3ewZ804xXvB5BlyMo0MSAVHrOkKdqKOEI8hKiqC7K2B2bO7GCVGNSB9uhEHWW2OTXtsDal4tjAbhSmALOb9U3Rn5aG43OyLNtx9-4t9Y/s320/stephen_wright_01_470x394.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363980752903777074" /></a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy; font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">content reference : excerpts from bateman's blog & other digital camera resources</span></span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy; font-style: normal; "></span>Hari Kumar Balasundaram </span></i></span></span></p></div>Hari Kumar Balasundaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04398654726052394339noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-21710835829239027782009-07-22T13:21:00.002+05:302009-07-22T13:31:32.434+05:30Before and After - Potrait - Brightness and ContrastBefore:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karthick/3745712630/" title="Before - Potrait by Karthick Makka, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3459/3745712630_a18769a369.jpg" width="334" height="500" alt="Before - Potrait" /></a><br /><br /><br />After:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karthick/3744257946/" title="Patience and Hard Work by Karthick Makka, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2548/3744257946_48e3952bf8.jpg" width="500" height="280" alt="Patience and Hard Work" /></a><br /><br /><br />Steps:<br />1. Crop the photo. Here its little tight and given some breath space where the subject is looking into.<br />2. Adjust the Brightness and Contrast<br />3. Slightly adjust the saturation and the vibrancy for the mood.<br />4. Add a border to the canvas, which will give the picture complete.தம்பி...http://www.blogger.com/profile/14291196541038854213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-72580925049807637812009-07-17T03:33:00.011+05:302009-07-17T04:45:13.623+05:30The Almanac Special - Profile of a Photographer - Reza Deghati<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Our endeavour to present to you - the best of the world of photography continues with a special showcase of one of the most renowned award winning photo journalist of our times - a living legend whose work on and off the camera has helped millions today in the war torn regions from Afghanistan & Europe through Africa.</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjezjPcXpq6AYU46NfFe0EaajqGmvZtJiuOrp-4QHSUF4lC90bI6gMO_ipj5aFUH8kxMD7TD4V92NXI37bu5j4TnZ7medOmajMCEOQFfduUeb1lsMJp4V6n6dXfcv4AvYkmf5twbHivoCM/s1600-h/reza_rachel_540+1.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 307px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjezjPcXpq6AYU46NfFe0EaajqGmvZtJiuOrp-4QHSUF4lC90bI6gMO_ipj5aFUH8kxMD7TD4V92NXI37bu5j4TnZ7medOmajMCEOQFfduUeb1lsMJp4V6n6dXfcv4AvYkmf5twbHivoCM/s320/reza_rachel_540+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359190089425749762" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 1.25em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">Reza Deghati</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"> </span>(</span></span><a href="http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language" style="text-decoration: underline; line-height: 1.25em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Persian</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">: رضا, born 1952 in </span></span><a href="http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Tabriz%2C_Iran" title="Tabriz, Iran" style="text-decoration: underline; line-height: 1.25em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Tabriz, Iran</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> ), </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBeBAqVe8rZcLQtK8l8PsSazI_1NU-5ArdShJPT7x3yJ1SaOrUoeaMVG1y2ScUcGu-uYUXVTJrB9991Zsk5M-Qpt0ATL0cE44r4MAHFmefPudyyvUkmiqEGZMVMJSNuJXyCLfegqlbjUM/s1600-h/natgeographic6.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBeBAqVe8rZcLQtK8l8PsSazI_1NU-5ArdShJPT7x3yJ1SaOrUoeaMVG1y2ScUcGu-uYUXVTJrB9991Zsk5M-Qpt0ATL0cE44r4MAHFmefPudyyvUkmiqEGZMVMJSNuJXyCLfegqlbjUM/s320/natgeographic6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359191030710590482" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">studied Architecture in the University of Tehran, Reza today is a french citizen , highly regarded and published worldwide by the most prestigious international magazines.</span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98202970" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">Reza Deghati</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> was a victim and survivor of both the Shah and the Iranian revolution. Since then he has continued to seek out, connect with and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0701/oneworld.html" style="text-decoration: none; "></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUz8k2cuEBAIIhh1NEPgJxJaRJYTU1dbSN2G75SiMZS5EXp-k9mzpLnDB1HuheOnfQDn1e12jVI219t71Yo9EzlLSdgi3RN5II4nrGqZXUHvDFplh__v9OJkPeCoKUwB64fvOqbs7naQI/s1600-h/15.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 217px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUz8k2cuEBAIIhh1NEPgJxJaRJYTU1dbSN2G75SiMZS5EXp-k9mzpLnDB1HuheOnfQDn1e12jVI219t71Yo9EzlLSdgi3RN5II4nrGqZXUHvDFplh__v9OJkPeCoKUwB64fvOqbs7naQI/s320/15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359191391509312578" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">document</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> peoples in similar circumstances throughout the world.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Reza returned back to Iran and Afghanistan to help the victims of the bloody war waged between the soviets and later with the taliban. In 1985, Reza Deghati challenged Afghan warlord Ahmad Shah Massoud to a game of chess, and started a friendship that has lasted more than 15 years. "He plays chess like he fights the Taliban," the Iranian-born photographer says, "trying to psychologically defeat you."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">National Geographic television has produced several films portraying Reza and his photographic and humanitarian work. One has received an Emmy Academy Award in 2002.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykqp-u1VPAymqsOMQJ0NzBSMT3Sbf3Nj95rWmepc3o9UAVuwKN-vLzKkufKvgAkem7DtktiifwhvxLjxYMu2vxam1oRymzs9ID6Bezjx0r1PP-pvhsPhlpwYzncbL6bUyJdYbz0qC9i4/s1600-h/16.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykqp-u1VPAymqsOMQJ0NzBSMT3Sbf3Nj95rWmepc3o9UAVuwKN-vLzKkufKvgAkem7DtktiifwhvxLjxYMu2vxam1oRymzs9ID6Bezjx0r1PP-pvhsPhlpwYzncbL6bUyJdYbz0qC9i4/s320/16.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359191904637956354" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">In 1991, Reza and his brother </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manoocher_Deghati" title="Manoocher Deghati" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Manoocher</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> founded Webistan Photo Agency</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Deghati#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">[</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">]</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, which has been distributing their own archives but also those of several other photographers.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Having been a consultant to the United Nations in Afghanistan in 1990, being culturally close to this country and particularly being a journalist led Reza to found AINA</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Deghati#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">[</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">3</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">]</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. The NGO Aina, that is based in Paris, Kabul and Washington D.C., struggles for developing a civil society and cultural expression by empowering media and communication.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrI9MTVt5j2gLtmvIb8mRisA-YdZpR0qDvrhB0KkKDUXPENxBSW8QijXQ_qjHwfbWczkqUKhJPqFaPqjVo0rFbHdG-vpbO7dZgpL2aiR3vcwGBn52qB6CyVgHMufrTP1OedpCwzkESedk/s1600-h/05.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrI9MTVt5j2gLtmvIb8mRisA-YdZpR0qDvrhB0KkKDUXPENxBSW8QijXQ_qjHwfbWczkqUKhJPqFaPqjVo0rFbHdG-vpbO7dZgpL2aiR3vcwGBn52qB6CyVgHMufrTP1OedpCwzkESedk/s320/05.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359192207961788258" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">n November 2005 Reza was honoured with the title of "Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite", the French award for distinguished services in a public or private capacity, by the President of France, Mr. </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Chirac" title="Jacques Chirac" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Jacques Chirac</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">He also was awarded the prestigious “Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Services in Journalism” from the Missouri School of Journalism </span></span><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Deghati#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">[</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">4</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">]</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, in September 2006, in "recognition of his lifelong contributions, through brilliant photojournalism, to justice and dignity for the world’s citizens".</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i>Commemorating the blogpost of my master crafter & Hero, Some of Reza's greatest pics are on display at my facebook page : </i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i>http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=87077&id=556512363</i></span></span></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b><i>Y</i></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><b><i>ou could also read more about Reza's Deghati's works from the following websites :</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><i>http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photographers/photographer-reza.html</i></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><i>http://www.webistan.com/bio-reza.htm</i></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><i>http://www.flickr.com/photos/unama/sets/72157618704545386/</i></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><i>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Reza-Deghati/131514225710?v=info</i></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif;color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; white-space: pre;font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBOSexDPWN0AQTa0xYPTHFgWyO_M6ss2Ns6ZDIfdWJyZoHccDrxknqjfNRNkyfSka_BSHOruwZ5CoEGkhCz-asbco8EFAsAgbcPaaTyHRYHKHFKHQauPi-RUIX9F-28ST-i7OmWhlJM0/s1600-h/28.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBOSexDPWN0AQTa0xYPTHFgWyO_M6ss2Ns6ZDIfdWJyZoHccDrxknqjfNRNkyfSka_BSHOruwZ5CoEGkhCz-asbco8EFAsAgbcPaaTyHRYHKHFKHQauPi-RUIX9F-28ST-i7OmWhlJM0/s320/28.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359193016301756834" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">References : wikipedia, webistan, wapedia</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Hari Kumar Balasundaram</span></span></span></span></p></span></span></div></div>Hari Kumar Balasundaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04398654726052394339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-87420026606935234102009-07-16T05:16:00.011+05:302009-07-16T05:41:01.901+05:30The Almanac - Page 2 - Metering & Exposure<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy; ">"I'll just fix it later in Photoshop." <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">- If this is your most used phrase while taking pics – think again!!! Photography is not always about editing and post processing alone – Softwares such as Photoshop have become a very bad prop for good unblemished photography so to speak. You can never completely save an over or under exposed pic using an image manipulation software.</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A perfect exposure is the Holy Grail of every photographer. Although, there is no one right way to accomplish perfect exposure, obtaining the right amount of exposure depends on four factors – </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">• Factor 1: Amount of light incident on the subject</span></span></i></span></div></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">• Factor 2: Amount of light reflected from subject into camera lens</span></span></i></span></div></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">• Factor 3: Amount of light passing through the lens onto the film</span></span></i></span></div></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">• Factor 4: Sensitivity of the film/sensor being exposed (ISO)</span></span></i></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Factor 1: is controlled by the intensity of the light source – mostly the Sun on a broad daylight for instance and whether anything is blocking this light – trees, buildings & clouds for example. The position of the Sun at various times of the day vis-a-vis the subject’s position, whether the subject is lit from the front or the back or some of the subject may be in a shadow. </span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Factor 2: is simply controlled by the reflecting nature of the subject – snow or white coloured clothing for example reflects more light towards the camera than a dark subject such as coal or black stone for example. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Factor 3: is purely controlled by the camera settings – a slower shutter speed or a larger aperture allows more light to fall on the film / sensors </span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6633FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Factor 4: in simple terms is the ISO of the film / sensor. </span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Whilst taking a look at the four factors – we can easily ascertain that the photographer can control only factors 3 & 4. To simplify – Using an ISO of 100 - let’s say for a broad daylight – the photographer will have to set the shutter speed and the aperture to balance out the effects of factors 1 & 2. How can you best measure the factors 1 & 2 to set the shutter speed & aperture. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The simplest and the easiest way to understand this is to use the automatic settings in your camera – the camera’s inbuilt light meter measures the light incident on the subject [ factor 1] and the amount of light reflecting from the subject [ factor 2] and sets the shutter speed and aperture accordingly. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But here comes the trick question – how can the camera possibly know that the subject its shooting is either snow or a person clad in white clothing or dark clouds in the horizon. To choose the camera’s settings – the light meter in the camera has to make an assumption that the subject is neither too dark nor too bright and that the subject reflects a medium level of light – 18 % reflectance – the midpoint between white n black in the luminance values. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">“What the hell” is exactly the thought that would have propped in your mind right now and I know this sounds too techie – but let me explain a bit .. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What you see there is a nice scene of some fishing boats, with a good tonal range, plenty of colour and some nice late-evening sunlight. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpKrwMWxginMkAhdUeudSx_231OVuPyN22scU8cf1iOrZt_KccFol-vAPIRTM_Q6gk88o0z-im_36P4mpkWU1aTK0K4d3MnEaPKv8mNbp14xqzjv2WtGzA8DiaSfar0-bwCbPzQxKb3I/s1600-h/3110-Boatscene.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpKrwMWxginMkAhdUeudSx_231OVuPyN22scU8cf1iOrZt_KccFol-vAPIRTM_Q6gk88o0z-im_36P4mpkWU1aTK0K4d3MnEaPKv8mNbp14xqzjv2WtGzA8DiaSfar0-bwCbPzQxKb3I/s320/3110-Boatscene.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358838347258991426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What your camera’s light meter sees is this:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOK5sR-H_TYKT5YREMt4Qaxnry7REwz6NdHeM-9nmemTlTl0H_-Svvj3-UQFbn2e8KyrLhbtuDcDlfEmaxOHvyzNeCuJaPiCRKO5_54QrICbMO7PxGwuWKMFIBppZ3BioLe-7YtyihzVs/s1600-h/3110-Averagegrey.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOK5sR-H_TYKT5YREMt4Qaxnry7REwz6NdHeM-9nmemTlTl0H_-Svvj3-UQFbn2e8KyrLhbtuDcDlfEmaxOHvyzNeCuJaPiCRKO5_54QrICbMO7PxGwuWKMFIBppZ3BioLe-7YtyihzVs/s320/3110-Averagegrey.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358838580328902658" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Try this tutorial for yourself: copy the fishing boat scene onto your hard drive. Start up your image editing software and open both pictures. Light meters only see in black and white, so reduce the saturation of the fishing boat shot to zero. Next, add a Gaussian blur set at its maximum level, so that the whole picture is reduced to a field of grey. Use the eyedropper tool to measure the RGB colour value of the resulting tone. You should find that it is a mid-tone grey with an RGB value of around 127,127,127.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It’s an interesting and curious fact that any average scene reflects 18 per cent of the light falling on it. Look out of your window, and unless you live in the Arctic or the Antarctica the scene you see is reflecting exactly the same amount of light as the scene out of my window. That 18 per cent reflection is exactly the same as a mid-tone grey, mid-way between black and white.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Light meters are calibrated with this fact in mind. When your camera takes a light reading, the meter averages the scene and adjusts the exposure to produce that mid-tone grey (or 12 per cent luminance, but that’s another discussion altogether). If you point the camera at a black stage curtain, it will try to make the black into a mid-tone grey, so it will over-expose. If you point it at snow it will try to make the white into grey, so it will under-expose.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Therefore - Our camera’s light meter whilst shooting a snow covered mountain – would simply adjust to have a medium level of light present as detailed above and therefore snow would appear grey and not snow-white realistically speaking.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Now what if the camera were to focus on the volcano – the rocks would simply be too dark and the camera’s light meter would also adjust here for 18% light and shall render the volcano also as grey and not black as the case may be .. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What if the Sun whose light is reflected by the snow and the volcano is suddenly covered by clouds – although the sun’s intensity has not reduced – the incident light does not reach the snow or the volcano and therefore the reflectance has changed. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In each of these cases – the camera’s exposure setting either is over or underexposed </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Now - Imagine if you were to focus the grass incident on the ground with the volcano, the camera would return medium light values as the grass is devoid of such high reflectance as snow or volcano and therefore offers a perfect exposure setting for the shot. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The above setting offers a clue to obtaining a correct exposure – i.e. Under a given lighting condition, meter off a subject of medium brightness to select shutter speed and aperture and then use these same settings to photograph subjects of different reflectivity. </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For eg. At a given ISO of 100, if the automatic settings of the camera were to return values of shutter speed of 1/125 at F 22 . But to make the snow whiter – we need to choose either F11, F8 or F5.6 but which one .. By metering on the grass below – the camera now adjusts for the right medium values as F11 at 1/125 secs. By shooting now at F11, we are now telling the camera that it needs more light to shoot a snow covered volcano for a perfect shot i.e ... </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Similarly for the volcano – the camera might select F5.6 at 1/125 sec for a grey toned volcano and to make this dark – we would need to reduce the exposure of the sensor. This can easily be done by metering off the grass which would return values of F11 at 1/125 of a sec. If we were to shoot the volcano now – the colour of the volcano would return dark and this would be a perfect exposure. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We have just discovered that be it shooting the snow or the volcano – the correct exposure is F11 at 1/125 of a sec. </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">With this understanding – do you really think that the reflectivity of the subject has any role to play in the exposure settings. Actually speaking – the reflectivity of the subject is important in one sense that we need to capture the true nature of light incident on the subject when we are shooting.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But the key is we do not want to negate this effect; we want the reflectivity of the subject to directly influence the exposure in order for the subject to look realistic in the photo.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> The problem is that the camera's automatic exposure system </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">does negate this effect</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> with its assumption that all subjects are of medium reflectivity, resulting in incorrect exposures for all but medium brightness subjects.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">To summarize so far, of the four factors affecting exposure, the photographer only has control over the shutter speed and aperture (factor 3), and ISO (factor 4). </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Assuming a given film speed, the photographer must choose a shutter speed and aperture based on the amount of light incident on the subject (factor 1) and the reflectivity of the subject (factor 2). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But as seen above, because we want to realistically portray the brightness or darkness of the subject, the reflectivity of the subject should not really affect the choice of shutter speed and aperture.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thus, the amount of light incident on the subject remains as the primary factor controlling exposure. Therefore - For correct exposure, we must assess this factor and select an appropriate shutter speed and aperture for the photograph.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">we shall continue on our understanding of metering and metering systems in the next blog .. Following up on the temples of Cambodia - Here's our stunning pick of the week by Jeff sullivan </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p></div></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ChgXeNApko80-p5sALpMN9rnEchn146TwvHMOG72frtQ-ME8ZXuJQudjG9M1DH9pdxyGL7aibzjiJrGCJeof2FwBE_S2BADuJvr-EBl8pKoP93MGxXPLMjWMfGK5lkYD9NoeZVaV2M4/s1600-h/2299280744_ccc51541d9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ChgXeNApko80-p5sALpMN9rnEchn146TwvHMOG72frtQ-ME8ZXuJQudjG9M1DH9pdxyGL7aibzjiJrGCJeof2FwBE_S2BADuJvr-EBl8pKoP93MGxXPLMjWMfGK5lkYD9NoeZVaV2M4/s320/2299280744_ccc51541d9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358841851301377170" /></a><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">H</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">orsetail Falls in Yosemite Valley is selectively backlit by the setting sun. This was an amazing spectacle to witness. Happening only two weeks out of the year, the setting sun falls behind the vertical face of El Capitan, selectively lighting this waterfall with its orange sunset light. Gradually growing in intensity and color for the last 5 minutes or so, it was like seeing a narrow strip of lava flowing down the face of El Capitan. The weather and the water flows often don't cooperate, I was shut out by a blizzard last year, so I was fortunate to see this on two consecutive evenings this year - Jeff Sullivan </span></span></i></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hari Kumar Balasundaram </span></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>Hari Kumar Balasundaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04398654726052394339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-61441497134850340782009-07-14T02:10:00.004+05:302009-07-14T02:16:39.678+05:30Before and After - Advertisement - Brightness and ContrastPlace: Fruit Shop in Greams Road<br />Before:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karthick/3717439611/" title="BeforeKiwi by Karthick Makka, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2651/3717439611_a74605ea6f.jpg" width="334" height="500" alt="BeforeKiwi" /></a><br /><br /><br />After:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karthick/3684213974/" title="Friendship by Karthick Makka, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2453/3684213974_18e676cce0.jpg" width="272" height="500" alt="Friendship" /></a><br /><br />Steps:<br />1. Slightly tilt the image<br />2. Crop the photo as per the desired size<br />3. Increase the Brightness and Contrast<br />4. Add Border to the Canvasதம்பி...http://www.blogger.com/profile/14291196541038854213noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-82232995579732910292009-07-06T17:03:00.010+05:302009-07-06T17:56:59.347+05:30The Almanac - Page 1 - Basics of Exposure<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The word photography comes from two ancient Greek words: photo, for "light," and graph, for "drawing." </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"Drawing with light"</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> is a way of describing photography. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">When a photograph is made, light or some other form of radiant energy, such as X rays, is used to record a picture of an object or scene on a light-sensitive surface.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In other words, Photography is simply capturing Light through exposure.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> To e</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">xpose simply means to subject the film/ digital sensor in your camera to light. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">How we expose shall ultimately determine the final output - Talking of which, there are three most important parameters that define the outcome. </span></span></span></span></span></div><p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><i><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"> The aperture, shutter speed and ISO</span></span></b></span></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> An analogy for the concept is to think of taking photographs as filling a bucket of water. Imagine the following:</span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"> Water = Light;</span></span></b></i></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">Lens = hosepipe; </span></span></b></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">ISO = Bucket / bucket size; </span></span></b></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">Aperture = Diameter of the hosepipe </span></span></b></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">Shutter = Tap </span></span></b></i></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Imagine that you are in control of a tap that provides water to this bucket. In doing so, you are in control of two things: how fast the water comes out and how long it takes before you shut the tap.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Too little light results in an underexposed image, just as too little water results in an under-filled bucket. Too much water results in over filling, just as too much light results in overexposure.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Your end goal is being able to fill the bucket just to the top without spilling over (overexposing). There are infinitely many ways of doing this, but you must attain this specific value. For example, you can do this by letting the water come out very fast for a short time, or you can let the water drip slowly over a very long time.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">The amount of time you let water [light] “pour in” the camera is called “shutter speed” and it can vary anywhere from </span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">seconds</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"> to minutes to hours sometimes</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">The amount of flow has its equivalent in “aperture size”[diameter of the hose pipe], which basically measures how big the opening that lets the light shine on sensor or film is.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">These two values – shutter speed and aperture are intertwined. To get the correct exposure, both have to be set correctly – that is, if you increase the exposure time then you need to decrease the aperture.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Going back to the world of photography, In terms of exposure, it doesn't matter whether you use a larger or smaller diameter hosepipe [aperture] as long as the length of time the tap [shutter] kept open is long enough for the required volume of light to reach the sensor[exact amount of water to fill the bucket]. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">ISO = constant; Higher the aperture value = lower the shutter speed </span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">ISO = constant; Lower the aperture value = Higher the shutter speed</span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are other considerations and consequences of using different apertures and shutter speeds. It's the balancing of these factors which determine how a photograph is exposed. That's why taking a photograph is just like filling a bucket </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As said above, shutter speed measures how long the actual "exposure" takes. Shutter speed works on a double/halving scale - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">2 seconds 1 second 1/2 seconds 1/4 seconds 1/8 seconds 1/15 seconds etc.</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Aperture on the other hand is expressed as F-values like F1.8 - F2.8 - F4 - F5.6 - F8 - F11- F16 etc... </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ISO </span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">values basically denote how sensitive the image sensor / film is to the amount of light present. ISO values range from 50 to even 3200 these days - the higher the ISO, the more sensitive the image sensor.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To recap – ISO, Shutter speed and Aperture form the fulcrum of good exposure to Light – the science of which we shall continue in the next blog as well. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Following up on last week’s terrific click from the Rock fort in Trichy – let us know what you think of this classic:</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3aACmvAh707nMz_xPfSGNTMoJSW-CauEaJumA7NaCpL3G2WHcOQsnxYTSGf3LAKHH8GTs_F7ON8kcdoDULHsIq2x3xH8Q2aUCpuqy0TCpVg7ti8kVdBRTIRXQos91Iay4wATN5CzKv_c/s1600-h/jul09wallpaper-1_1024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3aACmvAh707nMz_xPfSGNTMoJSW-CauEaJumA7NaCpL3G2WHcOQsnxYTSGf3LAKHH8GTs_F7ON8kcdoDULHsIq2x3xH8Q2aUCpuqy0TCpVg7ti8kVdBRTIRXQos91Iay4wATN5CzKv_c/s320/jul09wallpaper-1_1024.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355309874049861570" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;">Icon of Khmer civilization, Angkor Wat in Cambodia endures as a revered religious shrine.</span></span></i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;color:#CC33CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hari Kumar Balasundaram </span></i></span></p><p></p>Hari Kumar Balasundaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04398654726052394339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363922025307498556.post-55516186874696720232009-07-01T03:00:00.017+05:302009-07-01T03:44:08.732+05:30The Almanac of a Photographer...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">An unknown wise man once remarked that a photography class should be a requirement in all educational programs because it makes </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663366;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">'</span></span></span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663366;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">you see the world rather than just look at it'</span></span></span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663366;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">That photography can make you think is a given - it could make you see the world through a 'little window' called </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">view-finder</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and yet you could see so much more than what a normal being could actually 'look' though his eyes. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">the creative expressions are numerous; a photograph is an open statement welcoming the new, the old, the bold n the beautiful to complete the act in his/her own way of seeing things. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So what is photography after all – Is it just a measly capture of colour, light or freezing motion. What entails photography? & above all where does the soul lie in a photograph.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As Henry Cartier once said – </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality”.</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Easier said than done – Don’t you think !!! </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Could we make a photograph actually speak a thousand words!!!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Could we actually capture that ‘split second’ – that one moment of glory when all else in the world were just looking at it. In the words of Ansel Adams – Could we actually make a photograph and not just shoot one !!! </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After all, No photographer is as good as the simplest of all cameras. So what makes us all those who own the best equipments on field – those of us who can create pictures out of nothing – those of us who can see the world in a better way than the rest of us. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This in essence is what shall cram the almanac of a photographer</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"></p><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCFF;">From the day - photography was born and its evolution through the Mesolithic and stone age era to the digital fortress that we have chosen to live in now – the almanac shall try and bring to you those moments of brilliance that has been so not be seen and little understood.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCFF;">The almanac is an intermediate for knowledge sharing be it simple definitions of photography terms in the words of a layman to the ultimate tutorials in creating HDR images; we shall help you create the best pictures through innumerable ways of post processing.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCFF;">Photographing various elements of nature and how to get the best out of whatever you own.. </span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCFF;">We shall bring to you the legends of Photography from all over the world and why their work spells magic & showcases an aura of heaven & earth rolled in one; More importantly –what inspired them and how they made it to the pinnacle.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCFF;">We shall also strive to present the various photo competitions that you could actually be part of</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCFF;">We would also try and post world renowned articles and white papers on photography that should help you enrich your knowledge further.</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCFF;">And to keep you in sync with the Technology of tomorrow – we shall try and help you be up to date with the trends and happenings in the digital world.Finally – Awesome clicks from around the world and a forum to discuss what makes it special from the rest of the clicks.</span></span></span></li></ul><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">All this and much more in simple easy to learn ways to be posted on this blog from time to time. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Learning is a never ending process no doubt and as Albert Einstein once remarked –</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663366;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> '</span></span></span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663366;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">the difference between the learned and his alter ego is trivial when compared to the unknown'. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This Blog true to Einstein’s word will look to address the tip of the iceberg of the galactica of Photography. </span></span></span></span></b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;font-size:medium;">Go on - Be a part of this renaissance and contribute to this effort by participating in this whirl-wind effort – not only by reading it but also by egging us on – criticising us – and more importantly bring on your own ideas to the forum and help us learn and grow together !!!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To start with - Here's a very special click of Trichy - Let us know what you think !!! </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRF5LbS1BkyOsg0AP278scaOXiEBFQzH1HQYuGEwG7RhW1mrtDO9fY9GFHODKw_1gCHYG4CjD4pIrFjkxnH-VOH83Wk2vxNwRZf8RwdWLntLtALube4fYKpiFUYAMDjFtgfcJXEEVJB1E/s1600-h/mail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRF5LbS1BkyOsg0AP278scaOXiEBFQzH1HQYuGEwG7RhW1mrtDO9fY9GFHODKw_1gCHYG4CjD4pIrFjkxnH-VOH83Wk2vxNwRZf8RwdWLntLtALube4fYKpiFUYAMDjFtgfcJXEEVJB1E/s320/mail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353241220407145010" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">This photo is taken at the top of the 83-meter-high Rock Fort—the only outcrop in the otherwise flat land of the city of Trichy in Tamil Nadu, India. I awoke for the climb at sunrise, in order to capture the colours from the sun radiating over the hazy city. Looking back down, we see one of many decorative Hindu temples in the area of the Rock Fort.</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"> -- </span></span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">Photograph by David Lazar</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"> </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family:'trebuchet ms', fantasy;">Hari Kumar Balasundaram</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></o:p></p>Hari Kumar Balasundaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04398654726052394339noreply@blogger.com1