Monday, April 27, 2020

THE CAMERA FOR BEGINNERS- Canon EOS 1300D


Hey guys, today I will be talking about my camera since many of you have been asking me about it. It’s the canon 1300D.
Canon 1300D
The Canon EOS 1300D known as the Digital Rebel T6 is the camera I use. Announced in March 2016, the camera is more evolution than revolution.
Being light and in expensive the canon T6 has an 18-megapixel Advanced Photo System type-C (APS-C) CMOS sensor and a DIGIC 4+image processor which simply means that it is good enough to give you a clear picture even in low light. It is equipped with a 9 point auto-focus system which allows quick auto-focusing on the subject that makes it a good camera and easy to use.
modes in the canon 1300D

Having 14 scene modes, the camera can shoot in any scene mode and take good photos depending on the scene you chose. The Canon EOS 1300D also has some fun and creative filters with which you can use .Various scene modes include Night Portrait, Food, Sports, Macro, Landscape, and Portrait presets. One of the scene modes being Night portrait, the camera automatically adjusts the light for a clear picture with less grain. ISO sensitivity range of ISO 100-6400 (expandable to ISO 12,800).
shot using Night mode

 It’s quite a good camera for beginner since it has the auto mode settings which the camera adjusts the basic settings and lets you take standard photos till the time they learn to control the camera manually.
Having the video mode, the camera lets you shoot high resolution videos up to 30fps. Video can be shot in 1920×1080 (full HD). Although the video settings are in auto, the camera gives good footages. It can be used as a blogging camera and because of it I prefer using it during my vlogs.
 A unique feature about the camera is that it supports Wi-Fi and NFC pairing. The system uses Canon’s Camera Connect mobile app to enable wireless image transfer and remote camera control. This makes image transfer easier and faster when one needs the photos the minute he shot it. You can actually control the camera through the phone including where to focus, adjust settings such as shutter speed, aperture, ISO speed and actually capturing the image through the phone.
I have always enjoyed using this camera and it has been giving me awesome results.Here are some recent photographs.

 







Wednesday, April 8, 2020

EDIT YOUR PHOTOS LIKE A PRO USING LIGHTROOM


Hello everyone, today I want to share how I use and edit photographs using Lightroom. I'll walk you through. knowing a few simple tools can help you understand the basics. Adobe lightroom is a great software that has the ability to bring out your photo editing skills in a creative and easy way. It has easen my work and recommend you to start using it.


Before and After being edited


First I import the photographs. After importing the photographs in lightroom, I simply start going to the right side and start editing the image. Basically I start with the basics panel and make little changes. It is mainly used making blacks blacker (or lighter), whites whiter (or darker). For example in this photo I lowered the contrast highlights and whites. I upped the shadows and the blacks a little bit. This settings can change depending on the photograph being edited.

Clarity takes the mid-tones of an image and enhances them, bringing sharpness to a photo and increasing the texture found there. The vibrance and saturation they both work to increase and decrease the intensity of colors in an image, but whereas saturation simply increases the intensity of all colors simultaneously, vibrance increases the intensity of muted colors.

On the tone curve panel I adjust the RGB mode. In this section I will only change the RGB, the red channel and blue channel. When you add one node in the middle of the curve and raise it, you're increasing the value of the specific channel (i.e. red green or blue) for every pixel in the picture.
On the HSL/color panel, I use it for color correcting editing each color on its own. HSL is a powerful color grading tool that targets specific hues in an image. For correct use of this panel,you have to understand each section.
Split toning allows you to add one color tint at a certain saturation level to the highlights and another at a different saturation level to the shadows. In this section you create the mood of the picture.
After adjusting the slip toning I move to the detail channel. It contains both sharpening and noise reduction tool which allows one to enhance the photograph by fine tuning it in an efficient way.
Detail panel


The camera calibration tab/ panel provides controls that are meant to be used to micro adjust and tune camera raw's color interpretation for a particular image. Adjusting the hue values especially can make a massive difference in the right way.

From there your image is edited and ready to be saved.
After editing
You can save the edits as a preset and edit your photograph by just one click. It takes you less time to edit your photograph using a preset.
Thanks for your time and for that here is a free preset for you.. URS PHOTOGRAPHY preset