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Weekend Drives With My Canon G9 Camera

Weekend Drives With My Canon G9 Camera

I‘ve had my Canon G9 camera for almost 2 years now. While I’ve put up a fair selection of photos taken with it from my sojourns in India, I’ve rarely shown much of what do with it for the rest of the year, when I’m in Dubai. The truth of the matter is, I probably […]

Posted on May 24, 2010January 28, 2014 by Samir Bharadwaj

Taking Street Photos on the Bus Route

Taking Street Photos on the Bus Route

After my Sunday visit to the Mahim Nature Park, during my recent trip to Bombay, I spent a week doing a lot of hopping around through the city. My transport of choice is usually a public bus, and that week I was on buses a lot. Most of the time, I had my camera with […]

Posted on September 19, 2009June 13, 2010 by Samir Bharadwaj

4 Easy Lessons in Photography Inspiration

4 Easy Lessons in Photography Inspiration

Remember when you were little and your parents had guests over? At some point the conversation would inevitably turn to you and your astonishing talents. Maybe you were a great piano player, or a master reciter of Little Bo Beep, or your sneeze was funnier than anyone else’s on your street. Whatever your alleged talent, […]

Posted on December 20, 2008February 8, 2014 by Samir Bharadwaj

Recapturing the Vibe of Old Time Photos – Fresh Finds

Recapturing the Vibe of Old Time Photos - Fresh Finds

After a long gap, I present you with another Fresh Finds and this time I have been browsing with an interest in recreating the look and style of old photos and other vintage visuals. Bert Stern recreates Marilyn Monroe’s last photo shoot [CONTAINS NUDITY – If you are allergic, you have been warned] If you’ve […]

Posted on February 22, 2008February 15, 2014 by Samir Bharadwaj

Go Steady With Your Camera & Take Shake-free Photos Without a Tripod

Go Steady With Your Camera & Take Shake-free Photos Without a Tripod

One of the most common problems faced by photographers of all levels of expertise is shaky, blurry, fuzzy pictures caused by your hand shaking the camera at the wrong moment. This becomes worse when you’re taking photos in a dark setting and the camera needs to use a longer exposure. The longer the exposure, the […]

Posted on September 18, 2007April 17, 2013 by Samir Bharadwaj

Why Drive Errors Lead to Cleaner Computers and Better Photos

Why Drive Errors Lead to Cleaner Computers and Better Photos

A couple of days ago Vishal woke up in the morning to find that one of our computers wouldn’t start up. In that monochrome text graphics limbo world of PC BIOS screens, it was deciphered that one of our hard drives was missing. Well, not physically missing, because it couldn’t disconnect itself and walk off […]

Posted on August 27, 2007May 13, 2014 by Samir Bharadwaj

Top 5 tricks for taking professional looking photos with your digital camera

Top 5 tricks for taking professional looking photos with your digital camera

It’s great when technology in a field advances to a state where the field suddenly opens up to the masses in a way that was never possible before. You could say things like YouTube have done that for the world of video, but long before that development, photography was brought into the mainstream in a […]

Posted on May 10, 2007June 5, 2010 by Samir Bharadwaj

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