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Salt Production – Life at Marakkanam : Photo Story

Salt, the most common ingredient of our food, has a story behind it. The process behind the making of the salt is beautiful yet heart wrenching. I have tried to capture the story through my pictures. Tamil Nadu is one of the few states that produce salt in India. In Tamil Nadu, salt is produced primarily in...

Josh Adams – Philanthropic Photographer

Josh Adams, an event and wedding photographer living in Seattle, WA, pursues a mission to capture the essence of events one moment at a time while helping others through his wedding photography by directly donating funds to Tiny Hands International for each wedding he books. The majority of Josh’s...

Tutorial – Using Focus Stacking to Extend Depth of Field

Focus Stacking is a powerful technique to achieve virtually unlimited depth of field than an individual photo would achieve. This technique involves taking a series of images, each at a different focal distance but some overlapping focus area and post processing to combine these images into single sharp...

Learning how to ‘See’ in Photography – Composition Guide

We walk around without ever thinking about the world we inhabit. However this changes once you have camera with you since it forces you to see the world in snippets of time and in frames of perspective. A famous photographer once said: “Photography is not about the thing photographed. It is about how...

Dawn Light before Snow Storm at the Valley of Ten Peaks – My Story

What do you think about shooting places which are shot to death a zillion times. Valley of Ten Peaks a.k.a Moraine Lake is one of them. During my recent trip to Canada, I planned to shoot this lake. I woke up very early ~5:00 and head towards Moraine Lake. The sky did not look good at-all. The clouds were...

How to Straighten Slanting Photos using Photoshop – Quick Tutorial

Unless you shoot with a tripod all the time, you are bound to end up with a few slanted images. ”Slanted images” appears to lean toward one side. This is especially noticeable in landscape photography. For example, below is a perfectly good image of the Dubai skyline taken by a friend of mine....

Holiday Special – Awesome, Fun and Creative Photographs of Danbo

I love Danbo. These Toy Cardboard Robots are cute and extremely photogenic. For the uninitiated, Danbo is a cardboard robot which was commissioned by Amazon Japan from Azuma Kiyohiko, the creator of the manga character Yotsuba-chan. Here are some absolutely creative photographs of Danbo. Danbo – The...

People from Saurashtra – Gujarat

The author, Harsh, was the winner of the ShutterMonks – Indian Streets Photo Contest. Saurashtra in Gujarat is a collection of districts with different cultures. I have been mesmerized by the people here ever since I moved to this region. Here is a peek into their lives through my...