by Anand Chaudhuri | Jan 19, 2015 | Assignments
Engagement Party Photography New Jersey Raoul and Katie’s engagement party was planned as a surprise to them by their friends. They came to meet a couple of friends for lunch at Sahara, New Brunswick and were greeted by a room full of 50 friends. SURPRISE!!!...
by Anand Chaudhuri | Jan 9, 2015 | Photography Techniques
Part 3: Understanding Lighting Contrast Lighting size is the most important factor for lighting contrast, which in turn has an impact on tonal contrast, form and texture. Lighting size is pretty important and consequently requires a detailed discussion. The fact that...
by Anand Chaudhuri | Jan 8, 2015 | Photography Techniques
Part 2:Understanding Lighting Color Lighting contrast is the topic of the third part in this series on photographic lighting. A light source has high lighting contrast if all of its rays strikes the subject at nearly the same angle. A good example is direct sunlight...
by Anand Chaudhuri | Jan 7, 2015 | Photography Techniques
Part 1: Understanding Lighting Brightness Understanding lighting color is realizing the fundamental difference between the way the human eye and the camera perceives color. The eye can detect a very slight change in the color mixture, but the brain adjusts for this...
by Anand Chaudhuri | Jan 7, 2015 | Photography Techniques
The word photography means, writing with light. Light is the raw material for any photograph and we want to understand how it works so we can take better photographs. We start this series with Understanding Lighting Brightness. The fundamental quality of light is its...
by Anand Chaudhuri | Jan 5, 2015 | Photography Techniques
Part 3: Understanding Tonal Contrast 18% Gray Understanding exposure metering is the final part of the series of articles on photographic exposure. Almost all cameras have automatic exposure these days and those meters perform pretty well. While that is a convenience...
by Anand Chaudhuri | Dec 26, 2014 | Photography Techniques
Part 2:Understanding Shadow and Highlight Detail In this third part of the series on photographic exposure, we deal with understanding tonal contrast. Strictly speaking contrast is not exactly about exposure, but it is very closely related. In this topic we...
by Anand Chaudhuri | Dec 23, 2014 | Photography Techniques
Part 1: Understanding Photographic Exposure Reciprocity Understanding shadow and highlight detail requires us to ask the simple question of what constitutes detail. Look at one of your photos for dark and light areas where you can gather any texture or color or form...
