Thursday, December 18, 2008

Before and after!!!!!



The title is about making the photographs look better and not about the results of loosing 50 pounds in a week. The two images above are the two versions of the same photograph. The second one looks better. The first image is the as-is image from the camera.

I just did the basic adjustments of brightness, contrast and saturation on the as-is image. That is called "applying make-up" to the photograph in photographer pappu's terminology.

I use Photoshop to do the same; however there are many other free tools are available. If your computer is running windows then it will probably have Microsoft office picture manager. Just open the image and play with different values of contrast, brightness and saturation till you are satisfied. Just make sure that your photograph doesn’t look unreal. Many more things are possible with Photoshop and you can turn an ordinary photograph into an extraordinary one.

Some people say that they like virgin images without any make up. Well, no one is virgin in this world, life screws everyone (I know a bit out of context, but felt like using it :)). Decide whether to live with the virgin boring images or turn them into WOWW ones. The choice is yours!!!
Camera: Nikon D80
Location: San Francisco Sky line

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Golden grass and golden sunset

Golden grass The first one was clicked near 17 mile drive. People kept coming in between the lens and the object. When people werent there, my wife kept coming in between to disturb me. Finally I got what I wanted. I clicked three four shots from different angles.

The second one was clicked on the way to Vegas from LA. My wife clicked this one when I was driving. I am putting it on my blog (Copyright permissionss??? who cares!!! she says her money her money, my money her money. On similar lines I say my photos my photos, her photos my photos :) It was a different sunset angle and wasnt easy for her to focus from the running car, yet she managed to click this beauty. I wish the mirrors were cleaned properly though :(