Shubham Aneja

Select Maximum AF Points, 1,9,15,61 focus points I make sure that I am making use of all the focus points, to minimize the use of ‘focus and recompose.’ Keeping all the focus points active ensures that you get to use the entire focusing area on the sensor. Whereas, reducing the active focus points makes you focus and recompose the frame, resulting in soft focus. 1-point AF Assume you are taking a portrait, and in order to achieve crisp focus, you wish to focus on the eye of the subject. While using autofocus point selection, chances are, the camera might focus on the nose or the lips. The reason this happens is the camera does not know that you want to want to focus on the eye specifically. Back Button focus technique There are some situations when you try to focus on a subject and the camera takes some time before you can fully press the shutter release button. Alternatively, when you want to take photos in Burst Mode the camera misses focussing on a few shots....

White balance - To change the tone bw cool and hot In sunlight, need to add cool color. Metering Decides the dimensions to consider for exposure compensation. Flash compensation How dark/light do you want. Focus points Points to focus HDR mode TO USE: Portraits in sunlight / Landscapes / Low-light and backlit scenes  NOT TO USE: Photos with movement/ High-contrast scenes: / Vivid colors Picture control You can always create your own custom picture controls Active D-lightening Helps in preserving the highlighting and shadows in the image. The stronger the contrast of the light you are photographing with, the higher the Active D-Lighting setting you will need to use. ISO - Aperture - Shutter speed. The basic rule that I start with is using the shutter speed 1/2x of the focal length. For example, while shooting at 50mm, I ensure that I start shooting by using 1/100 sec (1/2×50 = 1/100). In the worst situations, I r...

What is HDR photography High Dynamic Range imaging How HDR work Instead of just taking one photo, HDR uses three photos, taken at different exposures. And combine all them together into a single photo. Over exposed Normal Under exposed When you should use HDR Landscapes : Big landscape photos usually have a lot of contrast between the sky and land, which is difficult for your camera to deal with in just one photo. With HDR, you can capture the sky’s detail without making the land look too dark, and vice versa. Portraits in sunlight : We all know that lighting is one of the most important aspects of a good photo, but too much lighting on someone’s face—like harsh sunlight—can cause dark shadows, bright glare, and other unflattering characteristics. HDR can even that all out and make your subject look better. Low-light and backlit scenes (see above): If your photo is looking a little too dark—which often happens if your scene has too much backlight—H...

Flash compensation and Flash modes: Note: In the “P” mode, we get 5 modes of flash Fill flash Red-eye reduction Slow sync + Red eye Slow sync Rear-curtain + Slow Sync The picture without flash (shutter speed was 2’’ to get the proper exposition) Different modes of flash: Default - Fill flash The default flash mode fires the flash at the beginning of the shot. In other words, the flash is synced to go off at the beginning of the shot. But, not every flash mode fires this way. Red eye Just like the default one, only reduces the red eye effect by contracting the pupil. Slow sync + Red eye The slow sync flash prevents that black background. Using this flash mode, the camera fires the flash for just a short portion of the shot. When the flash fires, the subject is well-lit. But when the shutter stays open even after the flash has fired, the ambient light in the background is captured, similar to how you would capture a long exposure...

White balance : First understand the concept of color tone. Daylight or natural light at 12 PM Noon: 5600 k Temp of a light bulb is 2700 K, if you set your camera White Balance settings to 2700k, your picture become clear white From: To: In portrait photography, skin tone of the subject can be considered as standard white balance You may have noticed that sometimes your images, look very orange  Light from a candle, or from the sun during sunrise/sunset, is very warm, and contains a lot of red/orange wavelengths; whereas light from a fluorescent strip is much cooler, containing a lot of blue wavelengths.  This coloured light is reflected off of surfaces, but our brain in clever enough to recognise this and automatically counter the effect, meaning that we still see a white surface as a white surface. However, your camera is not that intelligent, and unless told otherwise, will record the orange or blue tones giving the colour cast to you...