Photography Tips and Tricks: Part VI

Hello everyone. Today we would see again a simple yet effective photography subject.

Are you wondering what is that thing??? If you don't get it, no need to worry you are not the first :P whereas if you got it then well you are a good photographer than me (Time to move to a different blog entirely.. ;) ).

Now for those who didn't get it. It's nothing but a bottle and that too a plastic one. The whole point of writing these Photography Tips and Tricks series is to tell that you do not need great camera and great spot to take good photographs. So here I try to show that how most banal things can be shot in such a way that they look interesting.

Let me show you the setup.

There is nothing brilliant about the above photo, but if you get little closer you can get astonishing results like:

See the result is clear. Once I read somewhere, I guess in Scott Kelby's book, that take the photograph in a unusual angle to make the viewer think about the photo. Nice thing to apply.

The camera settings are simple. You can use any camera and natural light, for the white background I had used a A3 size white paper.

Some more photo of the same subject:

P.S: If you have any doubts do let me know in the comment section below.
A tip, To make the photo black and white, don't use the inbuilt black and white function of the photo editor, if you see the word "Saturation" somewhere just make it 0. 

Photography Tips and Tricks: Part V

Hello everyone. The trick that I am gonna talk about today is applicable to the one's who have camera's with manual focus.

Ever wanted to take photos like this?

One thing I must admit is that taking these kind of photos requires lots of patience and fair amount of luck.

I got this photo only couple of days back. We had unexpected rains in my city. I saw these beautiful drops near the window sill and captured it.

So now lets move on to the technique.

1. Set your camera to manual focus.

2. You would need faster shutter speeds, I prefer 1/1500 sec and above. I           shot the above photo at 1/2000 sec.

3. Now you need to use trial and error to set the focus right. But the trick that     worked for me is focus at the point where the drop is generated. Focus at       the red circle in the below photo:

4. I have used aperture priority mode while taking this image with f5.6.

5. If you have a zoom lens use it, if you don't then it doesn't really matter         that much.

6. Lastly, shoot many images until you get the picture perfect.

That's it. So from now on whenever you see water dripping from a window sill or any other surface make sure you capture it and paste the link to that photo in the comment section below.

Few more photos:

P.S: If you have any other such idea, please let me know in the comment section below. Also feel free to share this post.