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Technical Vs Creative Photos – How To Strike The Right Balance.

July 8, 2021 by Hari Leave a Comment

Model Hidden Face

Photography is a highly creative artform but it relies on the technical possibilities that are available, both in terms of the photographer’s knowledge and the camera and equipment itself. This leaves you, as a photographer, with a difficult conundrum – how far can you push the creative aspects of photography without skipping on the technical…

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History of Self Portraiture And Great Ways To Do It

June 17, 2021 by Hari Leave a Comment

Freckles On Face

In the modern world all of the major social media platforms are swamped with ‘selfies’ but it might surprise you to realize that this is nothing new; and the main difference between the present day and the past is the ease of creating self portraits rather than the desire to do so. With a smartphone…

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Complete Guide To Achieving Symmetry In Photography

February 3, 2021 by Hari Leave a Comment

Photo Showing Symmetry

The word symmetry originates from the ancient Greek word, ‘symmetria’ and approximately means ‘equal proportions’ or an ‘agreement in dimensions’. In modern language though, symmetry means something that has parts which mirror each other. Nature is full of examples of symmetry and that even includes the human body! Imagine if you folded a picture of…

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Great Signs That You Are A Photophile

October 16, 2020 by Hari Leave a Comment

Rural Landscape

The word photography comes from the Greek root words of ‘photos’, which means ‘light’, and ‘graphe’ which means a ‘representation’ of something, usually using lines or by drawing. Together, the words ‘photos’ and ‘graphe’ roughly mean ‘drawing with light’. This is a quite an elegant way of describing the art of photography since the practise…

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Which Are The Most Spoken Languages In India?

July 11, 2020 by Hari Leave a Comment

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Is Hindi the most spoken language in India? Is there a difference between the spoken languages of Hindi and Urdu (the script might be different)? Why does India count Hindi and Urdu as different languages? According to the 2011 Census, there are 121 languages in India (there are hundreds of dialects). Each one of these…

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Complete Guide To The Sony World Photography Awards

June 22, 2020 by Hari Leave a Comment

Studio Photo

Sony, the telecoms and high tech giant, has had great success in the camera industry since its first digital camera, the Mavic, was released in 1988. There was a gap of almost ten years until Sony released its second digital camera, the Cyber-shot model, in 1996, however since then many photographers have come to rely…

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