Photography is not just a science of pictures, it connects a mood to the gist of the event. Nowadays SLR very easily available, and no offence but every Tom, Dick,Harry with a SLR assumes themselves to be a photographer, including me. But, in fact the truth is not all of us are photographers.
So, how do we discern a photographer from a common man. Well as a matter of fact, in order to be called a pro in any field, we need to have knowledge about the technical details. One should love to study the subject, explore the horizons, and invent new dimensions. When you actually start nullifying your own objectives to re-innovate them, that is when the process of learning starts.
For me it so happened i always wished to have a camera of my own, i saved some money and bought a 5 MP camera embedded phone in my final year. I clicked photos like mad, and called myself a photographer back then, criticizing others how they could not click photos. But now i know that i was so delusional of myself. I don't even know the 'A' of photography, let alone being an expert on it.
Photo clicked at ISO 12800
So everyday i take out my camera and try to take pictures from my DLSR, and to my utter disappointment not one photo is what makes me go 'wow'. I know that with my Phone i used to shoot great pictures, and that was not because i excelled in the art, but because the camera settings were automatic, i.e. optimized for a day to day user.
I have been clicking photos that were torn in texture with my SLR, as in the pixels were not clear and had an unpleasant granulated structure. I was pissed off with my camera that, it's quality was not good. I clicked thousands of photos and hell, had the same texture. It got me frustrated, until one day i was going through a magazine, and read about ISO setting.
The higher the ISO the lesser the clarity. I was under this notion, that if i clicked photos with higher ISO(color variance) i would get a beautiful colored picture. i used to take photos at ISO 12800. So, finally i reduced the ISO to 400 or 800 and took photos, and mind it they were not oomph, but yea way better than the previous ones. And it took me, five months to discover it. Somewhere inside i knew that lower ISO photos looked more appealing, but then i thought, what do i know, maybe 12800 were technically sound.
So, i am still on the process of learning, and if i could one day touch one drop of this ocean i would be the luckiest person existing :)
So, how do we discern a photographer from a common man. Well as a matter of fact, in order to be called a pro in any field, we need to have knowledge about the technical details. One should love to study the subject, explore the horizons, and invent new dimensions. When you actually start nullifying your own objectives to re-innovate them, that is when the process of learning starts.
For me it so happened i always wished to have a camera of my own, i saved some money and bought a 5 MP camera embedded phone in my final year. I clicked photos like mad, and called myself a photographer back then, criticizing others how they could not click photos. But now i know that i was so delusional of myself. I don't even know the 'A' of photography, let alone being an expert on it.
Photo clicked at ISO 12800So everyday i take out my camera and try to take pictures from my DLSR, and to my utter disappointment not one photo is what makes me go 'wow'. I know that with my Phone i used to shoot great pictures, and that was not because i excelled in the art, but because the camera settings were automatic, i.e. optimized for a day to day user.
I have been clicking photos that were torn in texture with my SLR, as in the pixels were not clear and had an unpleasant granulated structure. I was pissed off with my camera that, it's quality was not good. I clicked thousands of photos and hell, had the same texture. It got me frustrated, until one day i was going through a magazine, and read about ISO setting.
The higher the ISO the lesser the clarity. I was under this notion, that if i clicked photos with higher ISO(color variance) i would get a beautiful colored picture. i used to take photos at ISO 12800. So, finally i reduced the ISO to 400 or 800 and took photos, and mind it they were not oomph, but yea way better than the previous ones. And it took me, five months to discover it. Somewhere inside i knew that lower ISO photos looked more appealing, but then i thought, what do i know, maybe 12800 were technically sound.
So, i am still on the process of learning, and if i could one day touch one drop of this ocean i would be the luckiest person existing :)
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