Use of Natural Objects in the frame

Another Natural Arch at Arches National Park Utah
Originally uploaded by Arun Sasidharan (www.asasidh.com)

This is one quick and easy tip that could improve the quality of photos many fold. Instead of the regular straight on approach to taking the picture, look around for some natural object that can be included in the frame as a foreground or to enclose the subject. This would become a natural frame for the photo. In this case I tried to include a tree in the frame to make the subject a bit more interesting. Sometimes you may need to add a bit of fill flash or else the foreground will appear very dark. Adding a string foreground or a framing to the composition will make it stronger.

Adobe Light Room Tip - Edgy Effect

If you use Adobe Lightroom - A new and useful photographic workflow tool from Adobe, you should try this cool effect. This is by mattk from lightroomkillertips.com
This effect can be useful for Street or Urban type of photography. he does a lot of fast adjustments to various settings like recovery, filllight, contrast etc. Luckily there is a detailed instructional video of about 10 MB. You may have to watch the video twice or thrice to get the idea

here is the link http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/2007/video-surreal-edgy-effect/

Happy Diwali - Festival of Lights

Diwali is the festival of lights in India. I wish all my friends a very happy Diwali.

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More on Diwali at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali