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Photography Basics for Beginner Photographers

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Starting with professional photography seems a little overwhelming sometimes. Taking your first DSLR and trying to understand it feels difficult, but trust me that is not a thing you should worry the most. The struggle for me was not to learn using the camera as a beginner photographer, it started later. My photographs never looked professional and I use to wonder why. And I found out that there are some basic technicalities that need to learn. So in this article, I am going to help you understand the basics of photography that every aspiring professional photographer should know.     Exposure Triangle   Exposer triangle has 2 words ‘Exposer’ and ‘Triangle.’ Exposer means how much light is reaching your camera sensor and the triangle shows us the 3 camera settings which we can use to control the amount of light reaching there. Only 2 of the 3 camera settings can control the actual light which are  Shutter Speed and Aperture. The third camera setting I ca...

Photography Composition techniques for better Photographs

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Composition of a photograph is basically deciding where to place your subject in it and what goes around the subject. While there are no rules to be creative, there are some guidelines to make some better looking photographs. The creativity comes from the artist not with the gears or tools he is using Even if you have the most expensive camera anyone can buy, your photograph will look like a snapshot if you don’t know how to compose it. Alternatively, if you are good at composing the photographs you took with a cheap smartphone will look stunning. In this tutorial, I will be showing you some composition techniques you can use to improve your photography skills.           1.      Fill the frame As the name suggests you have to fill the whole frame with your subject. This is the simplest technique of composition as we don’t need to worry about the position of different elements except for the subject. All the distractions can be avo...

8 tips to earn money as a photographer in Quarantine

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The coronavirus outbreak has caused a lot of trouble to many businesses out there, but weddings are among those who are affected the most due to this pandemic. Many photographers had to cancel the pre-booked projects, they are having a great difficulty to find any events to shoot. As the government is not allowing a lot of people to gather in one place, the photography studios are shut down. Now the question for the photographers out there is, how to earn while we are not allowed to go out? So I have come up with some ideas to earn while we are staying at home using our photography and editing skills.         1.    Sell Stock Photographs   As a photographer we all have some of our great photos stored in our devices or for sure we can create new content while we are home. Guess what, we can make money with these photos, by putting them out there on stock photography websites where people can buy copies of our photos. Here is some more informatio...

6 dramatic one light setups for portrait photography

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If you have only one light in your kit and if you think that it is not enough for taking dramatic portraits, well here are 6 one light setups for shooting dramatic portraits. Here you will know that there are many things you can do with only one light and generate some great portraits for your portfolio. I love seeing your work and get inspired by your ideas. If this article helps you. Please share your photos on Instagram and tag me on your post @infinit_o_graphy.   1)     Flat Light In this light set up the light is directly In front of the model. There is not much shadow play in this setup. We get a flat image by using this but it is the starting point of one light setups. 2)     Paramount/ butterfly lighting   This setup is like Flat light the only difference here is that the light is moved 45 ° above the model’s face. Just by doing this, you can achieve a great difference in the results. A butterfly-like structure is obtained b...

10 photography ideas during quarantine period

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These are tough times for us all, many of us will be spending way more time at home over the upcoming few weeks and I just wanted to see if I could do something to help. So, I’ve put together some photography ideas you can do while you’re home. Break the monotony of your days and bring some joy in these dark times. I love seeing your work, if you are inspired by this article, please share your photographs to Instagram and tag your shot @infinit_o_graphy 1. Portrait Photography Make your siblings or anyone in your family a model and take some good portrait shots, practice some good and dramatic lighting techniques. Here is a video on the one light setups for portraits. By doing this you can practice your lighting skills and also generate great shots for your portfolio free of cost. 2. Self Portrait Whether you are a portrait photographer or not, now is a great time to turn the camera on yourself. Creating self-portraits has several benefits. Firstly, it puts you in the shoes of ...