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I don't own a DSLR right now,  but I really want to learn photography. Please suggest me a camera I can purchase in 2020 with a budget of 50k to 90k

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To become a successful photographer, consider the following things :
- To become a photographer,  practical knowledge is more important than the bookish knowledge
- It is essential to have complete information about your field, look at the latest trends and news
- Take training from a reputable institute for basic knowledge of photography.
- Vision is the most important after training. - There is a need to keep a lot of passion in this field.   This field demands passion, confidence, and hard work.
- The success is achieved slowly in photography.

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As the demand for better camera phones in the world has increased, in the same way, people want to have good photography, or we can say that their desire to have best lives of their life in digital mode has become possible.

The best part for the Android phone enthusiasts is that there are many camera apps on Google Play, which can give you better photo experiences. The unique thing is that these apps are free. There are many options to improve from editing to photo quality, which can be easily used.

1. VSCO Cam:

Before coming to the Android platform, VSCO Cam has been popular with Apple's iOS users. If you are interested in editing and special effects with better photography, this app is a one-stop shop for you. That is dual characteristics in an app. This app gives you the option to do primary control as well as pre-set effects and more on this side manually. That is, you can make better use of it based on your creativity. Sharing through social media and other platforms is also easy.

2. Google Camera:

If you do not have Google's Nexus smartphone, then you can install Google Camera although this is the same as the pre-installed camera app in your Android phone. But there are also many basic and advanced features. You can do 360-degree photography with its help. There is also a feature like Lens Blur mode, which lets you focus and defocus objects like a DSLR camera.

Apart from this, photosphere, the panoramic mode has been improved. It supports your Android Wear. That is, you can operate the camera even through a remote.

3. Camera 360 Ultimate:

This camera app is particular in that there are several shot modes in it. Through this, you can do better photography with quick and short editing, Equipped with features like special effects and tilt-shift cameras. This app also has a selfie mode for selfie lovers.

4. Manual Camera:

This camera app is beneficial for those smartphone users, who also keep necessary information about the camera along with essential information about photography. The camera setting can be set manually through this app. This app gives the photographer direct control over all the features including shutter speed, focus etc.

5. Camera MX:

This camera has a lot of special effects in the Editing app too. In addition to basic features like tap to focus, zoom, timer, it has an FX menu, which has several filters, frames, and photo effects. There are also many features to balance white balance, contrast, and colour.

 

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As the demand for better camera phones in the world has increased, in the same way, people want to have good photography or we can say that their desire to have best lives of their life in digital mode has become possible.

The best part for the Android phone enthusiasts is that there are many camera apps on Google Play, which can give you better photo experiences. The special thing is that these apps are free. There are many options to improve from editing to photo quality, which can be easily used.

 

1. VSCO Cam

Before coming to the Android platform, VSCO Cam has been popular with Apple's iOS users. If you are interested in editing and special effects with better photography, this app is a one-stop shop for you. That is dual characteristics in an app. This app gives you the option to do basic control as well as pre-set effects and more on this side manually. That is, you can make better use of it based on your creativity. Sharing through social media and other platforms is also easy.

 

2. Google Camera

If you do not have Google's Nexus smartphone then you can install Google Camera. Although this is the same as the pre-installed camera app in your Android phone. But there are also many basic and advanced features. You can do 360-degree photography with its help. There is also a feature like Lens Blur mode, which lets you focus and defocus objects like a DSLR camera.

 

Apart from this, photo sphere, panoramic mode has been improved. It supports your Android Wear. That is, you can operate the camera even through a remote.

 

3. Camera 360 Ultimate

 

This camera app is special in that there are several shot modes in it. Through this, you can do better photography with quick and short editing. Equipped with features like special effects and tilt-shift cameras, this app also has a selfie mode for selfie lovers.

 

4. Manual Camera

 

This camera app is beneficial for those smartphone users, who also keep basic information about the camera along with basic information about photography. The camera setting can be set manually through this app. This app gives the photographer direct control over all the features including shutter speed, focus etc.

 

5. Camera MX

This camera has a lot of special effects in the Editing app too. In addition to basic features like tap to focus, zoom, timer, it has an FX menu, which has several filters, frames, and photo effects. There are also many features to balance white balance, contrast, and color.

~Ronish Baxter

 

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I want to buy a good DSLR for videography and photography.
I'm Vlogger . Can you suggest me which camera should I buy Canon g7x mark || or 750d or 800d . My budget is Rs. 40000 max

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I am not telling you whether you have to process your photographs or not. I am just trying to explain the importance of post processing in our photography workflow. Like most of the beginners, with my half baked knowledge, I argued with every other that post processing is not good and ethical. Maybe post processing was something too heavy for me to pick it up right away as a beginner and I covered that by arguing around, only to realize later that post processing is an integral part of the photography workflow. Now every other photograph I post, I post process them except for those pouting ugly selfies which I pose for.

Post processing isn't bad at all if it is done the right way and the right amount. A photojournalist has to present the real photograph from the scene and so he might do minimum to no post processing on his photographs whereas a product photographer who is working for an ad agency might have to rely more on that post processing to enhance and showcase it as the best product in the market, which is not the same most of the times. The general term 'editing' is a controversial word to be used here, rather we can call it as 'post processing' and 'manipulation' depending upon what we intend to do it on the photograph. The process of enhancing the visual appeal of the photograph to make it more presentable is post processing and changing something in the photograph completely is manipulating.

If you are still the SOOC (straight out of camera) guy, you might have to understand couple of things here. The JPEG image which comes out of your camera is still a post processed image to some extent. Post processing is basically any change in the photograph after the exposure is made. During the process of converting the recorded sensor information into an image, your camera would have processed the information available at each pixel to produce a viewable image. Now if you tell me that you are ok with the camera’s JPEG file and you do not want to process it further, it is totally your call but just read this article till the end, you might change your mind!

The iconic landscape photographer Ansel Adams quotes - “Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.” Post processing exists from the age of films and even beyond but we are very less aware of it since we never had enough chances to know what they did in the gloomy dark rooms. Post processing is a tool to present the image in the way you have pre-visualized the scene. Getting the images right in the scene is always good thing to do but there is still some amount of post processing to be done on your images. The camera, no matter how good it is cannot recreate the exact scene we saw in the field due to a lot of its limitations and so we bank on post processing to get most of the exposure we have in hand.

There are some aspects that we need to understand to know what our camera lack in producing the exact scene we saw. We shall discuss this further in the next part of this article..

In the 2 photographs above, you can clearly see the difference between a processed and a unprocessed image. The first one is a direct JPEG from the RAW file. The second one is a processed RAW file converted into a JPEG. You can see how a flat photograph turns into an interesting frame. You may also notice that the processing is done with different aspects in photograph.

To be continued in part 2…

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Food Photography points to ask yourself before taking a picture:

 

Colour/black and white – depends on the purpose

 

Horizontal / vertical – depends on display

 

Angle of light – left / right/back window –

 

The angle of the camera – low/ front/top – high 30 or 60, looks best in food –

 

Fresh – photograph quickly to get freshness – ice cream melts -

 

Window light – one light source is enough -

 

Avoid clutter – put food on the plate with style – white – black

 

Props – plate – spoon – fork – knife – napkin -

 

Background – choose table – table mat – white paper -

 

Subject matter – caption

 

Balance – colour harmony – colour contrast

 

Lens – wide / tele / close up – sharp – blur

 

Exposure – shutter speed – sharp / motion – do not be afraid to use manual settings.

 

Exposure – aperture – use depth of field – food looks nice in focus, out of focus feeling

 

Composition – two rounds – shadows

 

Composition – shapes / square / triangle / round

 

Composition – line/curve – s curve -

 

Composition – fore-ground / middle-ground / back-ground colour –

 

Experiment – glass - playful – fine art – wall décor -

 

Emotion – I want to eat that – steam of food -

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Portrait Photography Tips:

1. Colour / Black and white: Depends on purpose

2. Horizontal / vertical: Depends on display – Computer – Frame – Double spread – cover

3. Angle of light: Front / Left / Right / Back – Better side – Hair parting – Outdoor use reflector – Flash

4. Angle of camera: Low / Middle / High – Hide chin – Make tall

5. Expression: Normal - Look at viewer – Left – Right – Poses – Conversation

6. Hand placement: Appropriate – Experiment

7. Hair: Open – Tied - Experiment

8. Nails: Clean – Polish – Colour – Make up – Lipstick – Lewellery – Ring – Watch

9. Subject matter: Caption  

10. Balance: Blacks / Colour vibgyor – Cold – Warm - Weight / harmony

11. Lens: Wide / Tele – Sharp – Blur

12. Exposure: Shutter speed – Sharp / Motion – Fan

13. Exposure: Aperture – Depth of field

14. Composition: Centre of interest

15. Composition: Shapes / Square / Triangle / Round

16. Composition: Pattern

17. Composition: Lines / Horizon / Low / High / Vertical / S curve

18. Composition: Framing / Fore-ground / Middle-ground / Back-ground white

19. Composition: Cropping

20. Emotion: Humour / Cry / Anger / Nostalgia

21. Music and Food: Pleasant atmosphere – Shave – Waxing – Haircut – Shampoo

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I want to buy a good DSLR for photography can you suggest me which should I buy Nikon or Canon. My budget is Rs. 30000 - 40000. read less

Just go for Canon EOS 700D with dual lens kit (18-55mm & 55-250mm). Trust me, it’s a very good setup to begin with, as you can also experiment a lot with focal length. The problem with entry level photographers is that the buy a decent body with a very average lens (18-55mm or 18-135mm) and expect it to perform as if it’s a 5DmIII with a 70-200 2.8. Nikon also makes competent cameras, but as a beginner Canon is recommended because of its simple operation. read less