Sumit kumar bhalotia: photography tips

Here are some common photography techniques and tips to improve your capturing experience.

1. Focus on the eyes

Manually select an AF point that’s positioned over one of your model’s eyes, or use the central focus point to lock focus on their eye. While eye contact is not always desirable in a portrait, sharp eyes certainly are.
Then, with the shutter release half-pressed to keep the setting locked, recompose your picture before taking the shot.

2. Use a standard lens

Wide-angle lenses are a great choice for photographing environmental portraits, where you want to show a person within a specific context.
A better choice for portraits is either a standard lens or a short telephoto lens.
The classic portrait focal lengths for a full-frame camera are 50mm, 85mm prime lenses and a 70-200mm zoom.
These will help to compress features and provide a more natural-looking result.

3. For micro magnification
If you take off your lens and hold it in front of the camera, you get a macro lens! I was really skeptical about this, but I just tried it and it worked like a charm. This is the coolest camera trick I’ve seen in a long time.

4. Using window light.
You don’t need an expensive home studio lighting kit to take amazing portraits – a window and a reflector can help you achieve stunning natural results without spending too much.
Position your model at an angle to the window and use a white or silver reflector to open up any shadows across their face. A silver reflector will give a crisper quality of light than a white one, although the effect won’t be as subtle.
Be aware of any color casts that may be introduced by features on the other side of the glass as well – a lush green lawn can give skin tones a sickly quality, while late evening sunlight on a patio will reflect lots of warm light.