How to share your product photographs with client for final selection?

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 5/24/2013 6:13:00 AM

'I have been doing some product shoots with few of the known Indian Photographers who are more into commercial Photography. I can't share more details about those shoots but recently one of my friend approached me to click some photographs for his NGO. He runs an NGO which creates green products out of wood and leaves. He wanted me to click photographs of these products. For other'

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Bheemakali Temple @ Sarahan Town, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh || A Wonderful place to experience peace, natural beauty, unimaginable faith, strong culture & lot more...

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 5/23/2013 3:15:00 AM

'Recently some of us were on Kinnaur Trip and there is place called Jeory on the way. Sarahan is approximately 30 kilometers from Jeory and it's a beautiful town located on hill-top with amazing views of snow covered hills of Kinnaur. Bheemakali temple of Sarahan is most popular place to visit and this Photo Journey shares some of the moments spent around Bheema Kali Temple.   Bheema'

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I dream of Switzerland

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 5/22/2013 3:30:00 AM

'In this sweltering summer heat of Delhi, I often find myself dreaming of the hills. Pristine green valleys dotted with towering pine trees is a landscape straight out of my dreams. I have been dreaming of the perfect place to go to for such a vacation. Where else can it be but Switzerland? Whenever I think of Switzerland, what comes to my mind is sheets of snow extending for miles into the'

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Digital Photo Processing and Indian Photographers

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 5/20/2013 6:07:00 AM

'Day before yesterday I was traveling to a place called Phagwara in Punjab and met a Photographer who was in same Volvo and going for a shoot in Amritsar. We had good discussions about various things around Photography, new trends, Indian Photography market, attitude issue and acceptance to new technologies and softwares. Earlier I had some thoughts about post-processing and involvement of'

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An eveving at Wake & Bake Cafe, Shimla || Cafe with wonderful location on Mall Road, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 5/19/2013 1:33:00 AM

'While coming back from Kinnaur, I spent two days in Shimla. While roaming on the Mall Road, we happen to visit a Cafe called 'Wake & Bake' and really loved being there during evening. This Photo Journey shares some of the moments I spent at Wake & Bake, Shimla.  So here is the first view you get from the Cafe Windows. Wake & Bake Cafe is on 2nd floor of the building just in front of'

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Photomatix for HDR || A Cool Software for HDR processing

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 5/18/2013 6:06:00 AM

'I had heard a lot about Photomatix and today tried with set of three photographs shown below... PHOTOMATIX is one of the top software for HDR processing. A Company called HDRSoft owns this software and continuously work to make it better. Photomatix Pro is available on Mac OS X as well as Microsoft Windows and primarily designed to make the process of merging multiple'

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What is special about GIMP Photo Processing tool which is FREE? || Comparitive study of GIMP, Photoshop Elements and other Photo Editing Softwares

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 5/17/2013 5:54:00 AM

'Lot many times I have heard of people using GIMP as Photo Editing tool and was wondering what is so special about this tool, as I was always a Adobe user who has tried Lightroom, Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and Photoshop Album Starter Edition. Apart form these I have also used iPHOTO and Aperture.  With all such new tools coming into the market, I also thought of evaluating some of'

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TOP 5 Videos one should watch before starting image-processing in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 || Latest Version of LIGHTROOM

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 5/16/2013 4:36:00 AM

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Soft Proofing in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 || New Features in 4th Version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 5/15/2013 3:13:00 AM

'In latest version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, there is a very useful feature called 'Soft Proofing' which is quite helpful for folks who prefer to pring their photographs frequently through Lightroom. It's mainly about adjusting colors in your photographs so that correct color reproduction can be done. Let's discuss more about Soft Proofing in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.0... In'

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How to see Thumbnails of RAW camera Files on Windows7? || Photography related Tips and Tricks

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 5/13/2013 5:44:00 AM

'Handling Raw files without any software is nearly impossible and at times it's irritating that we can't see thumbnails of these files in Windows Explorer, but now Microsoft has come up with a solution for this. Just to go to the link shared below and download 'Microsoft Camera Codec Pac', which enables Windows for veiwing thumbnails fo Raw files like NEF, CR2, ARW etc. http://'

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“Enroute – MOONLAND” || Snow Biking in India by Aneesh Airborne Awasthi

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 5/11/2013 7:57:00 PM

'It was a bright sunny morning simla had received fresh snow fall. As every year I had a plan to ride on it. This was my KTM’s first intro with snow. I started from palampur my home town to simla to have the white ride reached simla around evening.     Stayed simla at my friends place and made all necessary checkups of my bike. Bike was all fit to ride through. I'

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An Exciting Trip to Amazing Hills of Kinnaur region in Himalayan State of India || Himachal Geographic Initiative

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 5/10/2013 1:54:00 PM

'Here are some quick details about the Kinnaur Trip and more details can be found on Facebook Event Page - 19th May : Shimla [8:00 AM] to Sangla [05:00PM] 20th May : Sangla [8:00 AM] to Chitkul [01:00 PM] 21st May : Chitkul 22nd May : Chitkil[8:00AM] to Kalpa [01:00PM] 23rd May : Kalpa 24th May : Kalpa [08:30AM] to Shimla [08:30PM] 25th May : Shimla Local tour Inclusions: •'

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How to give your best when you have to shoot your products without studio lights?

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 5/10/2013 6:25:00 AM

'(4 year old story - 2008) Recently one of my friend referred me for a Product shoot with a small start-up company who are into creating green products. products which are made up of wood, leaves and natural stuff !!! I have worked with  some very well known products and all the shoots in the past were done by hiring a particular studio with appropriate lighting equipments, but this time'

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Pure Photo Journey - Painted Sky

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 5/9/2013 2:30:00 AM

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Reciprocity - What's special about it?

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 5/7/2013 3:48:00 AM

'You can adjust the aperture setting and shutter speed to create several different correctly exposed images. The relationship between the aperture and shutter is known as reciprocity. Reciprocity gives the photographer control over the depth of field of the image, which controls the area of the image that remains in focus. This is the easiest way to control what part of the image you want'

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Great Feedback from one of the famous Indian Bird Photographer- Just have a look || Bird Photography Tips by Experts

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 5/5/2013 6:12:00 PM

'This post is a real reply from one of the Indian Professional Bird Photographer, when I shared my first attempt to shoot Birds with her. She really took the pain to find out time for detailed analysis of the photographs and framed following reply. I am simply pasting it without any changes and hope you will also be able to pick some of the good tips about Bird Photography - --------------'

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Which Lens should be my next Lens??? Should I go for Prime Lens or Zoom Lens???

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 5/4/2013 6:32:00 PM

'What is a Prime Lens and why would I consider them instead of a Zoom lens? vice-versa.. Before jumping on to a conclusion lets know something about these lenses... What is a Prime Lens? A prime lens is a lens that has one focal length only. They come in all focal lengths ranging from wide angle ones through to the longer telephoto ones. Let’s explore some of the common arguments for'

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A Beautiful Photo Journey to Mandore Garden by Bhavna Negi

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 4/30/2013 11:01:00 AM

'Mandore is an ancient town and was known as 'Mandvyapur' in historic times. The town remained the seat to the Rathore Clan until 1459 AD, when Rao Jodha (Jodha of Madore) - a Rathore chief who united the surrounding region under his rule, shifted his capital to the City of Jodhpur.      The now ruined Mandore Fort, was and even now is a fine piece of architecture. A huge, now'

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Helicopter Ride from Great Noida to Muraina, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 4/29/2013 4:16:00 PM

'Flying in the air and experiecing the world from top is an amazing experience. All such experiences are only because of great friends around me. This time again, one of my friend referred me for a completely different project in Madhya Pradesh. This Photo Journey doesn't include any project related photograph but some aerial shots we took on the way to Madhya Pradesh from Greater Noida.'

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Helicopter Ride from Great Noida to Muraina, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA

Author : VJ Sharma      Blog : PHOTO JOURNEY      Date : 4/29/2013 4:14:00 PM

'Flying in the air and experiecing the world from top is an amazing experience. All such experiences are only because of great friends around me. This time again, one of my friend referred me for a completely different project in Madhya Pradesh. This Photo Journey doesn't include any project related photograph but some aerial shots we took on the way to Madhya Pradesh from Greater Noida.'

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