NJB'S PHOTOGRAPHY

Taking portrait in bright light is quiet tricky & most of the time photographers avoid to take images in such conditions. The major reason for this is the harsh light creating unpleasant shadows, bright highlights & more contrast. Sometimes it is unavoidable to do so & you may miss really good shots. The simple tricks which can be used under such circumstances. Try to use a shade if available nearby.This will provide you for getting nice exposure & soft light. The image on the left is taken in afternoon in open space. I kept the person in the shadow of vehicle which really helped me to get rid from harsh lights & shadows. I was to take portrait of a villager & I noticed he was having the umbrella with him. I requested the person kindly use it. It helped me not only for getting good exposure but also composing the image. It is good practice to put an soft white umbrella in your gear box if possible. Somebody can assist you by holding it for creating shad...

I was on the trip to Mandav/Mandu (6-9-9) Sunday. My friend Vijay is having the bike “Theunderbird :Royal Enfield”. The area local manager of Royal Enfield had organized an official trip to this place. Mandav is around 90Km from my residence place Indore, Total 16 people were in the group along with the manager & two mechanic. We started around 6:15 from Indore. It was nice fresh morning the sigh of relief was there were no signs of getting rain. I was thrilled to have fun with photography as it was my first experience to shoot while having a ride on bike. I have tried motion panning considering nothing can be better than this time to work on that. I kept wide open aperture to get slow shutter speeds & keeping image stabilization on of my canon 18-55mm IS lens. Some shots turned out really well. It’s really difficult to get very sharp images but I got some images with acceptable quality. I was also interested in taking some people portraits as always. Here is a bit more...