Here is a list of articles that I have written on this website. Though they have been classified under various categories, most of the articles cover aspects from other categories as well. After all, everything contributes to the final photograph, starting from photography equipment all the way to the finesse of photography techniques and visualization.
Quick links to the sub-topics:
Random Thoughts
Travel
Improving Photography
Fundamentals
Darkroom
Camera and Lens
Accessories
Reviews
Life in the Hills
Bonus: Articles from Maini’s Hill Cottages
Here is the detailed list of the articles:
Random Thoughts – Writings on photography
- Understand the difference!
- Winds of Change
- Stuck in One Place?
- The Camera He Did Not Buy
- Himalayan Peaks in Monsoons
- Rain on The Roof
- Does photographing a beautiful artwork create beautiful photograph?
- Yet Another Alpenglow!
- Stuff Happens…. Anecdotes from Night Photography
- An Evening With Clouds
- Lock-Down & Photography
- Bird-Photography : The Ethical Way!
- To-Do list during Social Distancing
- Quest for Happiness
- Camera is calling me!
- Swinging Chameleon
- Murphy’s Laws in Photography
- The Wonder that were Slides
- Creating Memories, Not Photographs
- Novice Alerts !
- 5 Sins that Photographers Commit
- Cup of Chai & the Sparrow
- Photography, A Language!
- Bike or Car
- My favorite things!
- We, The Photographers
- Playing with Words
- Social Media Photography Competitions
- Photography – a way to spirituality
- Photography Blog
- Fading Memories
- Forest Fire
- Old friends and photography
- Helping a friend (camera purchase)
- Caterpillar takes a stroll
- Facts about Nikon (which you did not know, or did you?)
- Point and “Shoot”?
- Bouquets & Brickbats
- Clutter that builds up
- A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Myths in Photography? You decide!
- Rainy Season
- Model Release
- Minimalism – A Way of Life!
- Regular Store or Online Shop?
- Photography Competitions – Behind the Doors!
- Nostalgic – Missing Film Cameras!
- Preventing Thefts
- Annoying Little things
- Time Management & Photography
- Photography – Hobby or Profession
- Selling at Shutterstock
- Click Less, Create More
- Who is a Photographer?
- Genre of my creations
- Lens caps and gravity
- Our Eyes vs Camera
- f/8 and be there
- Religion and Photography
- Ansel Adams – His Influence
- Starting to blog
Travel – Articles on various trips
- Picnic by a Mountain Stream
- A Forest Walk, and Birding
- Ramlila at Natadol & Behind the Scenes…
- A Morning Trek in Natadol
- Rendezvous with Fellow Photographers
- On trail of snow-capped peaks
- Photoshoot, Nature & Spirituality
- With Camera, Clouds & Birds
- Nature Walk at Natadol
- Frog Rock at Bhimtal
- When the clouds clear up!
- Wood-Fire Stove
- Photowalk – Yet another Mountain Stream
- Cascade near Do-Gaon
- On the trail of Cascades & Waterfalls
- Corn Seller and the Monkeys
- Summer festival in a village
- Majuli Island
- Another Hill Trip – Phone vs Camera!
- Overflowing Stream
- Temple with Million Bells
- Enchanted by Mountain Stream
- Trip to Jageshwar Temples
- Village Trip with Operation Eyesight Universal
- Drive in Kumaon
- An unplanned photowalk!
- Photowalks
- Birds in Allen Forest
- Traveling with Photography Equipment
- Family Trips and Photography
Improving Photography – Tips and guidance to improve photography
- Winter Wonderland
- Capturing Emotions – Sadness & Despair
- Aiming for the Milky Way
- Apple Pie – Improving Composition
- Capturing Starry Skies
- Panoramas, Snow & Coffee
- 10 Common Composition Mistakes – Avoid These!
- Moving in a herd?
- Learning from Johannes Vermeer
- Minimalism in Photography
- Star Trails
- Critique… Improve… Critique… Improve…
- Birding & Bird Photography
- Balancing Elements – A Study of Locomotive Parts
- Farmer’s Despair – Improving Composition
- Capturing Emotions – Fear
- Using Partial Dynamic Range
- 5 Common Technical Mistakes
- Avoid these 5 mistakes! (Not related to camera)
- Photographing Interiors
- Food Photography
- Getting out of laziness
- The Stairs Photograph – Improving Composition
- Capturing Clouds
- Photographing Small Insects
- Making of a Photograph
- Story in a Photograph
- Candid Photography
- Photographer’s Block
- Capturing Sun-rays
- Mountain Stream & Long Exposures
- Learning from Monet
- Stand out from the crowd
- HDR Photography
- Learning from Rembrandt
- Portraits
- Photographing Children
- Razor sharp images
- Photographing Sun
- Photographs that got away!
- Old Buildings
- Knowing Where to Stand!
- Photographs without People
- Beyond the Blue Horizon
- Creating Motion Blurs
- 10 Fears that bind photographers down
- Deep Blue Skies
- Time of the day
- Frames within Frames
- Capturing Sunsets
- Learning to Visualize
- Infra-Red Photography
- Street Photography
- Lomography
- Photographing Texture
- Low and High Key
- Prevent buildings from falling
- Fibonacci Spiral and Photography
- Fog – Capturing its Mystery
- Negative Space
- Panning
- Using colors effectively
- Flash and Tripod – Not allowed !
- Black & White
- To Chimp or Not To
- Photographing butterflies
- Composition Rules – Interpreting Images
- Composition Rules – Part II
- Composition Rules – Part I
- A strong composition
Fundamentals – Basics of photography
- Depth of Field – Aperture, Hyper-focal Focusing, Focus Stacking
- Learning to Instagram (Part 2)
- Learning to Instagram
- Auto ISO
- Obsession with Manual Mode
- Un-Selfie
- Silhouettes
- Exposure Values & Exposure Compensation
- Perspective
- Learning to see light
- Macro Photography
- Understanding Histograms
- Bokeh – Making the most of it!
- Basics of Exposure
- Camera Shake – How to avoid it?
- How to learn photography?
- Phone camera for photography
- Knowing my camera
Darkroom – Tips on post-processing (present-day darkroom)
- Stop Overdoing Things!
- Vibrance Vs Saturation
- Have you overdone it? (Part 3)
- Have you overdone it? (Part 2)
- Revisiting raw files
- Have you overdone it?
- Nik Collection – The secret sauce!
- Clone Stamp vs Healing
- Posterization
- Choosing your Digital Darkroom!
- Color Management
- Photography getting lost to Photo-editing
- Saturation – the ideal level
- Top 10 Photo-editing Traps
- Raw files – what affects them
- Changing the Image Size
- Best Image-Editing Program
- Cropping Tool
- Organize and BackUp
- Mastering Gimp / Photoshop / Lightroom / Affinity …
- Flawless Skin
- Burning and Dodging
- Image File Formats – Basics
- Curves Tool at your service
- Sharpening
- Balancing Act (in Color)
- Remove Noise (Add Grain?)
- Post Processing RAW
Camera and Lens – The core equipment for photography. Some suggestions and guidance on cameras and lenses
- The Right ISO
- Nikon Z Mount
- Dipoter Correction of Camera
- Tricks to using long teles
- Extremes of Weather
- Questions that nobody answers
- Decrypting Warranty
- What to do with old cameras?
- When to upgrade DSLR?
- Walking around with a heavy camera
- Buying a used DSLR
- Buying your first DSLR
- Expensive Lenses & Better Photographs?
- Using Wide-Angle Lenses
- Navigating the Nikon Menu
- Shutter – How it works
- Evolution of Nikkors (Nomenclature)
- Nikon or Canon?
- Staying Focused
- Megapixels
- Metering Modes
- Next lens to buy?
- Camera modes (PSAM and more)
- Full Frame or Crop Sensor?
- Why do I use a SLR/DSLR?
- Normal Lens
- Cleaning DSLR and Lens
- Prime Lens or Zoom Lens?
- Buying a used lens
Accessories – Practical views on photography related accessories
- Tripod – using it efficiently!
- Buying Filters
- Buying a Camera Bag
- Keep your photography equipment clean!
- Monopods
- Hoods & Lens Flare
- Buying a Tripod
- Neutral Density Filters
- Batteries
- Flash Modes
- Camouflage
- Red Filters (and other colors)
- Cleaning Camera Accessories
- Polarizing Filters
- Do I use Tripods?
- Inside my camera bag
- Dry Cabinet
- To use a clear filter or not?
- Caring for memory cards
- Camera Straps
Reviews – Reviews of some photography equipment that I could not find on the internet. This includes some not-so-common lenses, accessories, and even some odd-ball items related to photography.
- Drooling over Fujifilm X-Pro 3
- Petzval Lenses
- Top Movies for Photographers
- 10 Books on Photography – Must Reads
- Affinity Photo – Rocks!
- Hoya PRO ND 1000 filter
- 50mm lens for Nikon
- Nikkor 200 mm f/4 AI
- Nikon CLS and SU-800
- Boxtudio – Studio in a Box!
- Yongnuo flash – 568EX
- Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 AI-s
- Zeiss 135 Apo Sonar or Nikon AF 135 DC
- Fujin D Cleaner
Life in the Hills – This is about adapting to life in the hills, and thoughts that cross my mind while sitting idle. Nothing to do with photography!
- Forest Walk and The Fox
- Rains in the Hills
- Maintaining a Healthy Lawn
- Pines : Love-Hate Relationship
- Keeping Warm in Winters
Bonus: Articles from Maini’s Hill Cottages – Articles from cottages.live (opens in new window/tab)
- 10 Benefits of Staying in a Homestay
- Forest Bathing (Shinrin-Yoku)
- Aedi Devta Temple
- Snow – The White Miracle
- Magical Fungi
- Fruit Orchard at Maini’s Hill Cottages
- ReWilding the Garden
- Jageshwar Dham
- Sunsets at Natadol
- Starry Skies
- Terrace Farming
- Brooks & Creeks of Natadol
- Forest Walks
- Learning Farming from Nature
- Devi Dhura & Maa Barahi Temple
- Ancient Vishnu Temple
- Birds of Natadol
- Blossoming Fruit Trees
- Colorful Autumn
- Cascades & Waterfalls
- White Clovers and Ladybirds
- Wild Fruits
- Wild Flowers
- Driving on the Hills
- Frost
- Glimpse of the Peaks
- Saim Devta Temple
- Lichens in our Orchard
(Mountain Stream – Nikon Df with a 25mm lens)
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