Flash exposure compensation in Manual mode on Canon systems

I am specifically talking about the cameras that I own – 7D and 5D MKIII. There is NO flash exposure compensation when the camera is in Manual mode….

Canon 5dMK III owned

Real pleasure to have this optical beauty in my camera bag. I have been shooting with it since Dec 2012 and know what a potential it has both…

Toucan Backup

Backup Program: Toucan

Folks I recently found the Toucan backup utility while searching for free backup apps. Its pretty simple but does a good job. It can do copy, of a…

Kata WS 606

Kata WS-606

Kata WS 606 was the gift I received this Diwali. I wanted a bigger bag that could accommodate 2 digital SLRs; 4 lenses, one of them being the…

Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch

Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch

Finally a new addition to my list of post processing tools – the Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch tablet. My first reaction was – Awesome. It looks great,…

Colors for sharing

Folks, I am sure many of you would have wondered why the same image looks different on different viewing devices, even browsers… A lot of factors affect how…

Ruby

Swarovski: Ruby in Gold

Its almost an year I did my last product shoot. The next was was certainly overdue 🙂 Heres one of ruby in gold pendant from Swarovski. The idea…

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Adorned…!

Much has been said about jewelry in an Indian wedding… but all those words fall short in describing their beauty and their place in our rituals. So I…

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December in Lalbagh

It has been ages (3 months) I wrote on my blog and I am beginning to feel sick… Things have piled up and there is a considerable backlog…

10,000 views in 10 months

Was happy to see 10K + hits today when I opened the blog stats. Its been 10 months I started writing… way to go 🙂

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Fill flash

When it comes to using flash – I generally bounce it off walls, ceilings and any other surface I can get hold of in the vicinity. Well I…

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Landscapes. Part 1

There was a time when I thought a landscape image was anything that someone shot on their vacation and posted it on the internet for their friends and…

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Just One Light

Welcome back … Wishing you a very happy Diwali… I have been thinking of doing this article for a long time;  finally I have the images to show…

Lamborghini Reventon

For those who dont know what the Lamborghini Reventon is – its the most expensive sports car ever built; each costing 1 million Euros + tax. Only 20…