Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Rose illuminated by cellphone flash light

This rose is illuminated by cellphone flash light... How to use Cellphone flash as an off camera flash


Focal Length : 50 mm, Shutter Speed : 1/160 of a sec, f stop(Aperture) : f/2.8, ISO : 200, White Balance : Auto

Monday, April 28, 2014

Motorway lights

Motorway lights from BTM to Electronic city Bangalore....


Focal Length : 18 mm, Shutter Speed : 49 sec, f stop(Aperture) : f/22, ISO : 100, White Balance : Auto

Saturday, April 26, 2014

The Bridge

Another long exposure... the Kodibag bridge, KARWAR.


Focal Length : 20 mm, Shutter Speed : 10 sec, f stop(Aperture) : f/25, ISO : 400, White Balance : Auto

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Slow sync flash photography

When shooting subject with low light situation, you got only two options; either to shoot with a flash or to shoot with a slow shutter speed. 
With the flash, your subject will be lit well and if the subject is moving then it will be frozen and as a result will be sharp. problem with this is, no time to capture ambient light and cannot capture motion blur.
With the slow shutter speed, you will have enough time capture the ambient light and still subject, what if the subject is moving? you will capture the motion blue, and also the blurry subject.

You can achieve motion blur with sharp subject using "Slow sync flash".



Focal Length : 29 mm, Shutter Speed : 0.6 sec, f stop(Aperture) : f/5.6, ISO : 400, White Balance : Auto

Have you heard of Rear and Front curtain sync or flash?

Rear Curtain sync instructs your camera to fire flash just before closing the shutter.
Front Curtain sync instructs your camera to fire when exposure begins or right after shutter opens.

Mount your camera onto the tripod, then lock the focus.. once everything set, put your flash to manual mode and make the power of flash to 1/3. Now put flash to rear sync. Once you click the shutter release button, move your subject, at the end of the exposure camera fires a flash to freeze the subject. Look at the result.

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Using street light in Night Photography

Often we think street light spoils night photography, it's not always true.. take a look at the below image, 20 sec long exposure, subject is only illuminated by street light. What do you think????


Focal Length : 34 mm, Shutter Speed : 20 sec, f stop(Aperture) : f/5, ISO : 200, White Balance : Auto

Saturday, April 5, 2014

How to use Cellphone flash as an off camera flash

Off camera flash yields better result than the on camera flash, because you can fire the strobe wherever you want. Take a look at the below image, i fired the flash light on top of the subject by using cellphone.


Focal Length : 50 mm, Shutter Speed : 1/160 of a sec, f stop(Aperture) : f/2.8, ISO : 200, White Balance : Auto


Gears you need:

  • Camera with wide aperture if you are shooting in low light, i used Nikon 50 mm AF 1.8 G lens on my Nikon D3100
  • Cellphone with flash and an app to fire flash. Free app for Android and iOS
  • Use your three legged friend tripod to hold camera and you can fire strobe on subject.

Follow these steps:


  • Put your camera into manual mode.
  • Focus the subject and move the lens's focusing switch to Manual mode to lock the focus.
  • Fire the strobe on top the subject, and click your shot. I shot this image at night.


Take look at Tiny Buds... and let me know your views on this post.

Friday, April 4, 2014

The Tide

This image was taken in til mathi (black sand) beach, KARWAR


Focal Length : 18 mm, Shutter Speed : 1/1250 of a sec, f stop(Aperture) : f/5.6, ISO : 400, White Balance : Auto

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Long Exposure Photography

Checkout my new long exposure work, this time i'm in this frame :). 30 sec long exposure, 20 mins after sunset.


Focal Length : 18 mm, Shutter Speed : 30 sec, f stop(Aperture) : f/13, ISO : 100, White Balance : Auto


Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Tiny Buds...



Focal Length : 50 mm, Shutter Speed : 1/160 of a sec, f stop(Aperture) : f/2.8, ISO : 100, White Balance : Auto