Traveling is fun but it can be very costly. Whether you are going to an unwinding solo vacation, a family holiday, or a business trip, spending money when you travel is inevitable. But thanks to your smartphone and some awesome travel applications, you can now lower your cost whenever you board the plane and move from one […]
Looking to shop for gadgets before you set off on your travels? We’ve come up with ten handy gadgets to shop for before you head off travelling around the world. 1. Walkin’ Bag – $170 Any seasoned traveller will be able to share stories of airport discomfort, lack of seats and long queues. It is […]
Photography for the past century has remained the same, capturing image through light. Not much has changed, the general idea is still the same. Modern digital cameras and film cameras use light to create a photograph. During the film era, rolls of film were used instead of memory cards. While pinhole cameras and camera obscuras […]
Most of the time when we’re driving and we see an amazing scene, we take our camera and take some pictures. Once we go check out the pictures in a larger screen, the images doesn’t give justice to what our eyes saw. Landscape photography isn’t a point and shoot affair. Practice and experience is needed […]
Looking for inspiration on the cheap countries to travel to? We’ve got 10 cheap countries to add to your travel list. 1. Incredible India India is an incredibly diverse country with a million sites to see, bargains to buy, fabrics to fondle and food to feast on. Obvious attractions include the Taj Mahal but off […]
People are always an interesting subject to shoot. The pure emotion you can capture in a single photograph is amazing. When their mannerisms and little quirks show in a photograph, this can explain their personality more than a simple conversation. A great place to start taking pictures is the street. With street photography a lot […]
Photography isn’t limited to point and shoot cameras and DSLRs. A lot of phone manufacturers are putting high resolution cameras into their phone making them viable photographic tools. Apple, Samsung, HTC, etc. are pushing the phone photography into a new level. Almost all mobile phones have a camera. Unfortunately this has no effect in the […]
All cameras have built in flash nowadays. The point and shoot has one and the digital SLR has one too. It is often used during the night or whenever there isn’t enough light to achieve a proper exposure. However, despite having built in flashes, camera manufacturers are still selling external flashes. They are priced at […]
The dawn of digital photography has made cropped sensors the norm for most new photographers. During the film era, there was no cropped sensors. Every sensor was full frame. Since making digital sensors is quite expensive, camera manufacturers made cropped sensors so they can easily penetrate the market. However, full frame cameras like the Nikon […]
The most commonly used portrait lens by most photographers would be the 50mm f/1.8. It has a large opening which is good in gathering light and achieving a thin depth of field. The size of it is also a plus since it’s very small and compact. And with a price of around 100$, it is […]
Some say that post processing is now part of photography itself. Straight of the camera pictures are rare nowadays. Almost everyone edit their picture one way or another. Even some in-camera settings are already considered post processing. But one can’t argue that post processing can help enhance your art. So here are some useful tools […]
If you want good pictures, take good exposures. A well exposed photograph is technically a good picture. Since light is the major determining factor in a photograph, how you control it will determine the output of your camera. Unless you want your pictures to be overly bright or vastly dark, a good exposure is start […]
