Welcome to my collection of musings on photography. Here, you’ll find a diverse array of articles capturing my random thoughts and insights on the art and craft of photography. From basics to technical tips and creative inspiration to personal anecdotes and philosophical reflections, these writings explore various aspects of photography that fuel my passion for this visual medium. Dive in and join me on this journey through the lens, where each article offers a unique perspective on capturing the world in images. – S. Maini
Note: These are old articles, that have been archived here. They may not be technically correct in present times. (My Old Website)
Random Thoughts on Photography
- Understand the difference!
- Shifting Perspectives: Evolving Thoughts on Photography and Perception
- Stuck in One Place?
- Forest Walk and The Fox
- 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!
- 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!
- 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
- Facts about Nikon (which you did not know, or did you?)
- Point and “Shoot”?
- Clutter that builds up
- Myths in Photography? You decide!
- Rainy Season
- Model Release
- Minimalism – A Way of Life!
- Photography Competitions – Behind the Doors!
- Nostalgic – Missing Film Cameras!
- Preventing Thefts
- Annoying Little things
- Photography – Hobby or Profession
- Selling at Shutterstock
- Who is a Photographer?
- Our Eyes vs Camera
- Religion and Photography
- Ansel Adams – His Influence
Basics of Photography
- Depth of Field – Aperture, Hyper-focal Focusing, Focus Stacking
- Auto ISO
- Obsession with Manual Mode
- 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?
Improving Photography
- Winter Wonderland
- Capturing Emotions – Sadness & Despair
- Aiming for the Milky Way
- Apple Pie – Improving Composition
- Capturing Starry Skies
- Panoramas, Snow & Coffee
- 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)
- 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
- Time of the day
- Capturing Sunsets
- Learning to Visualize
- Infra-Red Photography
- Street Photography
- Lomography
- Low and High Key
- Prevent buildings from falling
- Fibonacci Spiral and Photography
- Fog – Capturing its Mystery
- Panning
- Using colors effectively
- Flash and Tripod – Not allowed !
- Black & White
- To Chimp or Not To
- Composition Rules – Interpreting Images
- Composition Rules – Part II
- Composition Rules – Part I
- A strong composition
Travel
- 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
- With Camera, Clouds & Birds
- Nature Walk at Natadol
- When the clouds clear up!
- Photowalk – Yet another Mountain Stream
- Cascade near Do-Gaon
- On the trail of Cascades & Waterfalls
- Summer festival in a Natadol
- Overflowing Stream
- Temple with Million Bells
- Enchanted by Mountain Stream
- Photowalks
- Traveling with Photography Equipment
Darkroom
- Stop Overdoing Things!
- Have you overdone it? (Part 2)
- Revisiting raw files
- Have you overdone it?
- Clone Stamp vs Healing
- Posterization
- 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
- Cropping Tool
- Organize and BackUp
- Burning and Dodging
- Image File Formats – Basics
- Curves Tool at your service
- Sharpening
- Balancing Act (in Color)
- Remove Noise
- Post Processing RAW
Photography Equipment
- Dipoter Correction of Camera
- Tricks to using long teles
- Extremes of Weather
- Questions that nobody answers
- Decrypting Warranty
- What to do with old cameras?
- Buying a used DSLR
- Buying your first DSLR
- Expensive Lenses & Better Photographs?
- Using Wide-Angle Lenses
- 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)
- Normal Lens
- Cleaning DSLR and Lens
- Prime Lens or Zoom Lens?
- Buying a used lens
