5 Gallery Styles For Photography Blogs

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Go through some best gallery style designs for your photography blog. Every photographer has a dream that a perfect blog with good gallery style and to arrange photos. Arranging the photos in a gallery style will made a silent attraction to your blog design. So check some designs which is best for photography blog.

Novelty WordPress Design

Novelty is gallery style template with attractive four picture gallery and black footer design. Its a center aligned design.

Lugas Blogger Template

Lugas blogger template with 5 column photo arrangement with titles on the bottom of the pictures. White colored template with attractive 3 column footer also.

Photography Studio

Photography studio is black gallery style with 3 column picture gallery. Sidebar is added to the template and has no footer.

Shotmag Gallery Template

Shotmag is gallery style template with picture slider on the top and gallery style is just below that. With normal simple style footer is added to the template.

Photography Template Design 

Photography is a gallery style with 3 column picture gallery. Its comes with a simple design and normal footer.


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Sharpen Your Images In Photoshop Using High Pass Filter

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Today we are going to learn how to sharpen your images in Adobe Photoshop using High Pass Filter. Its a simple technique that most of the Photoshop users are using to make more sharpen the images. By using this filter effect we can increase the sharpness of image and by that we can add more quality and professional touch to our images, With the high pass filter you should get better results in your photographs. The high pass filter will retouch the edges of the image, it will appear more sharpen. So lets go through it.

Here I add the image, with high pass filter.

Without High Pass Filter

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With High Pass Filter

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Here we can easily find out the difference where the head portion of the first elephant is more detailed when we add the high pass filter. Red and yellow balloons are also more detailed. Its the image only just added the high pass filter. After adding the filter you must color correct it. And correct the saturation and contrast also to get better results.

So lets go through the high pass filter sharpen technique.

High Pass Filter Sharpen In Photoshop

  • Open the Image in Adobe Photoshop (CS5 - Or higher version is better to preserve the quality)
  • Then make the image as layer
  • Make a copy of the same image by pressing Ctrl + J (Windows) , Command + J (Mac)
  • The Go-to Filter - Other - High Pass (Adjust the high pass value)
  • Then press your layer copy and add soft light
  • After that adjust the contrast and saturation of the image to get better result.
My final result after the color correction.

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Here you can see a big difference after the proper color correction made to the image. You can adjust color tones and it related to mood of the image.
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Right Way To Clean Your Camera Lens

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Lens is also a part of camera, so maintain and protect your lens is also an important thing. Today we are going to discuss about the proper cleaning methods to clean your DSLR camera lens. Many people don't know about the cleaning methods, they simply clean the lens or cleaning lotion.So lets go through the good practices that you can adopt to clean your lens.

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Good Cleaning Methods & Items Needed

Step 1 : Using Air Blower

First you must remove all the dust particles from your lens, before using the cloth or lotion. Use air blower to blow all dust.

Step 2 : Lens Clean Brush

Then you can use soft lens clean brush to clean all minute particles and make sure there is no particles on the lens top.

Step 3 : Premium Cleaning Fluid

Theses fluids are specially designed for camera lens. Make sure that you are using the lens cleaning fluid with premium quality. Then spray it over the lens.

Step 4 : Premium Grade Lens Tissue

Lens cleaning tissues are very soft and dust lens. So use the cleaning tissue over the lens very gently and smoothly on rotating motion. After that wait for some time to evaporate the fluid completely from the lens.

Step 5 : Cotton Swabs 

Use cotton swabs to clean the lens body. Use can gently roll it over and remove dusts.
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Monochrome (Black and White) Conversion In Photoshop

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Making monochrome images in Photoshop is very easy technique but there is one simple problem in that. Monochrome (Black and White) images with combination of two colors 'Black' and 'White'. While making a monochrome image we should bother about the color balance according to image which is undergoing the process. Color toning which leads an important area in monochrome conversion. For example some images are plenty with yellow tones. Image of 'Yellow Flowers'. We should know about the toning of yellow color in Black and White processing. So lets go with the definition and tutorial of Monochrome conversion.

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What Is Monochrome ?

Monochrome means that the images having one color or shades of one color. Monochromatic images have limited colors and hue. In monochromatic conversion only use the color shades of grey , so the images are also called as greyscale images.In digital photography, the time of post-processing a color image to greyscale or monochrome by combining the values of multiple channels Red, Blue, and Green. In 20'th century film photographers use black and white film roles for capturing monochromatic images.

Monochrome Conversion In Photoshop

Photoshop is the best image manipulation software available in the market. Photoshop has advance option while making the Black and White image. Photoshop provides the color channels for adjusting the actual tone of image. Go through the steps.
  • Install Adobe Photoshop (CS5 and above is better)
  • The open up a normal image which want monochromatic conversion
  • The remove the Lock and make the image as Layer
  • The go to Image in tabs
  • Then Adjustments -- Black & White

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The you can view the color correcter. There is advance option to adjust the Red, Green, Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Blue. Then you can adjust according to the color tone of the image that you open up in Photoshop for the monochromatic conversion.

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Adobe CC Plan For Photography

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Adobe offers most comprehensive and a best solution for photography in unbelievable price. Adobe Photoshop CC and Lightroom are the best software's now available in the market for editing photos . These softeners provides best solutions to edit, enhance, and share your images anytime.

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Adobe Photoshop CC

Photoshop provides a complete set of tools to edit, composite and transform your image to anything you want. Combine multiple images to change the prescriptive to create something new. In new update you can use Photoshop using iPad. There is a mobile app that lets you combine and cut out images, apply different looks, and more.

Adobe Lightroom

You can make your photography better and best. Easier, faster and absolutely new digital photography from your iPad and iPhone. Helps you to organize and share images to where you want. No matter how many edits you make, you can always revert back to your original image in just a click.

See Adobe CC Plans - Creative Cloud Photography Store

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All plans provided by Adobe is affordable. Both Annual and Monthly plans are also provided. The best plan is Photography plan and offer so many additional features too. Make an impression on your plans and enjoy the new solution to enhance, re-composite and edit your photos and make a new digital photography world.
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Introduction To Prime Lens

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Its too small when compared to a zoom lens. Its very comfort to carry, I just surprised when I saw a prime lens in my friend bag in 2005, before starting my photography career. Yeah today we are going to discuss an simple introduction on prime lens. The first thing that prime lens are very small in size compare to a zoom lens. Just go through the simple definition.

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Definition of Prime Lens 

Prime lens are lens having one focal length. Which means that the focal length of prime lens is fixed and you can't adjust it like a zoom lens. Prime lenses are uni focal length and zoom lens are just variable focal length. Just opposite to a zoom lens what it have the property. 

You always got a zoom lens while buying a new camera. Its just inside kit. But so many people loves the prime lens which will buy additional.

Categorize the features

Now we are going to categorize some features of a prime lens. In which means to the Weight of Lens, Aperture Value and Price of Lens.

Weight Of Lens

In case of zoom lens weight of prime lens is comparatively very low. Its very easy to carry in your camera bag. Its is too compatible with all camera models and lens in size also.

Aperture Value 

The main argument by the prime lens lovers are the high speed aperture speed. Its aperture down to the value up-to f/1.2 and zoom lens value up-to f/2.8.
Canon 50mm f/1.2 ( INR - 1,05,000INR apx) One of the best lens from Canon for prime lens lovers.

Price Of Lens

Its very less in size and built in very cheap quality so the price is also affordable when we compare to the zoom lens.

My First Prime Lens

My first prime lens is Canon 50mm f/1.8. It is the cheap and small prime lens now available in market. If you are a zoom lens lover you can first try this lens to make some experience. Canon 50mm is very small in size and built-in quality is very cheap. Its about 110$ (INR 6,700 apx). Just try the new experience in prime.
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Protect Your DSLR Camera From Weather Conditions

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Just think about the DSLR protection ? Are you worry about the weather conditions that may seriously affect your camera ? Today I am going to discuss about some daily tips to protect your camera from weather conditions. This tips are followed by me for last five years to safe my two DSLR cameras. Here you can also follow these simple methods.

Advance DSLR Bag

Buy one advance level DSLR camera bag. That types of bags have the inter coating, this may helps your camera to safe from all exterior contacts. By this you can keep your camera safe.

DSLR Protection Case

Now there is one DSLR protection case is available in camera stores. Buy one, that may cover your camera body from all exterior contacts and dust. When you are using this additional cover body, every month you must clean your camera removing this protection case.

Good Cloth

Use one good micro fiber cloth to cover your DSLR camera and this type of cloths don't make a starch on your camera body. Cover it simply, not make to tight on covering and after that you can keep it in your bag.

Remove the Battery

Remove the battery when you are not using the camera. Otherwise there is no use for a longtime it may discharges and when comes in contact with the exterior weather it will damage the battery. Always better keeps the battery in case while its not in use.
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Best Web Color Combination For Your Photography Blog

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Good color combinations make a blog more attractive. Today we discuss about some matching web colors for your photography blog. Here I provide the web color combination of 5 color theme sets in every chart. You can pick the color combination from the charts given below. More color charts will be updated soon.

90's Flat Colors

Flat colors are a combination of colors with the red and blue combination.
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Flat Blue

Flat blue is a color chart with blue tones in dark and light. It makes a good and attractive look.
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Good Morning

Good morning color chart with smart blue and yellow combinations.
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Mood Coffee

I prefer coffee colors , which is a smart color chart with light mood colors.
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Sun-Rise

Sunrise web color chart with combination of attractive red and yellow with dark tones.
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Colors can also express the website's character. The color theme says everything about your website. So its important to choose the color theme which suits your website's character. You can feel the change if you had applied every five of those to your website.
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Choose Your Proper Situations - Lessons On DSLR

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Photographers are clicking always, what is clicking and for what they click ? There is a question about that. In means to a photographer clicking is the best ability but, there is so many things before your simple click. Understand about the situations and the conditions. Factor is also an important thing too. The right time are you choosing for it ? Let me check you are on the right way of clicking.Today let we discuss about some serious lessons on photography that understanding the situation. A serious issue, because there are so many factors are in addiction to this topic.
Mainly we can can disuses 3 important factors to understand your situation and while these situation is in front of you, how to handle it.

Availability Of Light

Light is the actual treat of photograph. Most important factor of a photographer is the availability of light. We can discuss it on later post about the light and proper lighting on photography. 
Simply check your light conditions. If the time is day/night. What type of lights are there. If day time there is sunlight, most powerful light. Most of the photographers are doing in the same less their camera ISO in sunlight, in some cases lesser down the ISO to minimum is not a best solution, can use filters or higher shutter rates to control the ISO value. If the time is night so there is good source of light they simply increase the ISO value and lesser the shutters to get good photographs.

Increasing ISO Value

Simply increasing the ISO value will seriously affect the photograph. It will increase the grains and will reduce the sharpness of photograph. So that's not a appropriate solution, and below post will discuss about the proper ISO values.
Avoid low light situation is good while increasing the ISO values. Or better use external lights to get proper light to make it better. Next simple method is to use a flash. Every photographers keep one external flash light in their kit, because in some low light situation they can simply reflect the flash light or use it in addition to direct flash cutter.

What Is Going To Take ?

What is going to take is the next question. What subject is focusing and what category ? Trying to take a landscape photograph in low light is very bad idea. Using a flash or external lights are not a proper way to take up. So choose your time to take the photograph. Day times with available sunlight is best time to take your landscapes.
If you are taking a portrait of model inside your studio room, you can simply light up and use flash triggers to get proper light in less ISO. 
Taking macros or low exposures use the flash or external lights. If you are in long exposures better choose your right time to take the photograph.

Choose The Right Gear

Your gear is your photograph. Choose your right gear along with your category of photography. There is no use a macro photographer keeps a wide lens in his kit. He must choose best macro or zoom lens for taking the right photograph. Always keep things in your kit and maintain it well all time. Right gear will increase the confidence of your photography too.

Proper Light Combinations - Pre Production

Make proper light combinations to make it more attractive, you can simply use filters in pre production time make that. Pre production combinations are exact color of the photograph.

Hope you understand the lessons. Thanks for reading the topic. Enjoy clicking.
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How To Get Proper ISO Settings ?

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What is ISO ? How to get proper ISO settings according to the situation ? This is a major question. Photographers always confused about the best settings on a camera to get suitable image. ISO plays an important role in making of a good image, according to the situation.

What Is ISO ?

It simply means that how sensitive to film was to light. We can make a description like this Image Sensitivity Of Film / Light. In digital photography the term ISO means that the image sensor of the camera is how sensible to the light. ISO values comes like this ISO-100 , ISO-200, ISO-400, ISO-800. 
The main important thing you should know about the ISO is that, increasing the ISO increases the grain amount and it will seriously effect the Sharpness of the image also.
( Most of the professional Digital-SLR cameras have the property to reduce the grain when high ISO values are recommended ).

Situations And Examples

Photographers generally use higher ISO values to get rid from dark situations. 

Example 1 : A photographer is taking a birthday party photo in low light room. There is no external light and flash, he is forced to higher his camera ISO value to get images.

Example 2 : He is taking a photo of indoor game performing under low light, he is forced to higher his ISO value to get smart shutter speeds.

How To Get Proper ISO Settings

Most of the photographers have this confusion about the ISO. So they go for the only method that is to change the Manual mode to the Aperture Priority mode or Shutter Priority mode. Simply armature photographers go for Auto Mode (No Confusion Mode).

This is not the right way, photographers should understand about the light the situations and change proper Shutter Speed ratio to the ISO settings. This is the right way that understanding your situations and change the settings to proper method. 
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How To Protect Your DSLR Camera Screen

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Today we gonna discuss about some DSLR camera maintenance. The most important and sensitive part of your camera outside is your camera screen. So lets have some idea to protect your DSLR camera screen.

Screen Guard 

There are so many types screen guards are now available in shop, both the hard type protector and simple plastic type. Both are good ones. If your camera screen is tilt one so you can better go with the plastic type. And your screen is other type, the hard glass type protectors are good.

Good Cleaning Methods

The most important part is that the cleaning method. Here below I'm going to advice some good practices of cleaning your camera screen.

Follow These Methods

1. Use rocket blower to blow the particle dust over the screen.
2. Use camera cleaning liquid and spray it over the screen, and gently remove it.
3. Use micro fiber cloth over the screen softly/gently to clean the screen.

Don't Use These Methods

1. Don't clean the screen with hard cloth.
2. Don't use water, spray or any other cleaning lotions.

So many people don't know about the good cleaning methods, they always use the local sprays or any other screen to clean their screen. Camera screen is the most important part of a camera. Protect it !
Thanks for reading, feel free to comment any thoughts or doubts.
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How To Free From Blurry Images ?

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People always hate blurry images, because the main attraction of an image is its sharpness. Most of the amateur photographers are in great confusion about the blurry images. Its always gets less attraction in all medias.
Lets discuss about the solution for this problem. This tutorial is for DSLR users. digital camera users doesn't bother about the blurriness , because camera automatically sets the functions.

Shutter Speed Of The Camera

Manuel users understands about a term Shutter Speed in all DSLR cameras. Always go for high shutters means that 1/100 to higher is good. The camera will takes 100 frames in a second and it captures the motion in right way. The motion of the object is too high, go for higher shutter. 

Handling Of The Camera 

Handel the camera in right way to avoid minute shake. Hold the camera tightly and properly when press shutter button, It will help to reduce the unnoticeable shakes.

Use Tripod / Stand

Professionals always use tripod to take picture this is because to avoid unnecessary and unnoticeable shakes. Minute shakes will seriously affect the sharpness of the image while zooming it.

Hope you understand the methods for avoiding shakes and getting sharp images, thanks for reading my blog.
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How To Clean Your Images ?

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Yesterday one of my friend post an image in Social Media which has lots of noise in that. He is trouble with the clarity of image. Today so many people have this same problem that heavy noise in the image. Mostly the images taken in the night time.
Here we discuss about the clarity and remove dust/noise from the image in simple steps.

Software Needed
Adobe Photoshop - (CS4 or above is better)

Plugin For Photoshop
Noiseware (Shareware / Purchase)

Click Here To Download Noiseware Plugin

1. First install the Photoshop and install noiseware photoshop plugin inside it.
2. Then open your image
3. Goto - Filter - Imagenomic - Noiseware
4. Adjust the settings according to your photograph.

After using the plugin it will remove all the noise from your images. Then we discuss about increasing the clarity of image.

In photoshop -  Goto - Filter - Sharpen - Smart Sharpen (settings according to your photograph)

Finish with process and now you have a noise free clarity image. Thanks for reading, feel free to comment any indecision here.

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Make Money On Photography

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Photography is good profession for making money. Now a days so many peoples are on photography for making money and some people are of making photography as their profession. Photography is a field of creativity, its not easy to make money by selling your creativity. Using the creativity in advanced method is the only way to stick on photography, there is no secondary option to replace the creativity. Always use it in new way. Photography can be classified in to so many terms. Macro, Landscape, Candid, Wedding, Portfolio, Nature, it goes on.

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1. Choosing Your Category

First you choose your category is the most important thing. Find out your talent in making good ones. If you are talented with macro photography, make a good professionalism and perfection in that. Always people do that handle so many, its not a good way in photography. Choose the right one and stick on that. Then make creative output. Share it and make money.

2. Make Your Position 

Next thing is that to make your position in right place. The only way to make position, boost-up your way of thinking and go to new and advanced level of creative photography. Don't make it too easy, always be good and best with the results. Don't adjust with your results. Try more and more to get best results.

3. Function Of Photography

Another important one is to know about the function and right setup of photography. Learn all the basics and advanced level of photography. Always go with photographic terms. Learn about the function of photographic equipment ,filters and Digital SLR working methods.

4. Wedding Photography

So many peoples are making money from wedding photography. A great number of photographers are by category he/she is wedding photographer. Now a days people are more interested in getting good pictures of wedding and making costly albums too. If you are good for taking portfolios and candid photography you can easily try with wedding photography. By professionally its a good method of making money.

5. Part Time Occupation

Handling photography as a part time occupation/business and make money from that. You can do your job for making monthly income and make photography as part time business. Many of my friend doing photography as their side business having good and secure job. Here they can make an additional income for their entertainments and other enjoyments. 

6. Be Professional

In any field understanding the all methods and techniques and be a professional. The good way to achieve your right and secure position in photography or any other media, be a professional

Thanks for reading any queries about this topic, you can contact me through contact form (its a simple method),

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Photography Revision About ND Filter

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In photography we use filters for so many purpose. Today we are going discus a revision about the ND filters. ND filters are also known to be Neutral Density filters. In filters we use CPL we could discuss about it later are also be the same use of ND filters. But CPL does't control too much light but it can control. ND filters are mainly used in photography for controlling the availability of light for taking long exposures in high light situations. ND filters controls the light that comes to sensor of the camera and the shutter will open for long time.It slow down the recording time of action winch means that increase the rate of shutter speed. 

Classification of ND Filters 

ND filters classifies in the means which allows the entry of light. ND filter 2, ND filter 4, ND filter 8. Normally the classification goes likes this. 2,4,8 which means 2 allows more light than 4. If the intensity of the light higher in situation so you can use the ND filter 2 & 4 so here the filter size is 6. So it allows the entering of light and higher the shutter rate. If the shutter rate is high the action will record slowly.

Use of ND Filters - Situations  

We can use ND filters in photographing a waterfall , clouds, river, sea. Which the the situations have a movement and it records a smooth way because of higher shutter. The image will taken this way have a more imaginary touch. The top of this blog post I represent two images with ND filter and without. It will shows the difference. 

Hope you understand the ND filter revision. If you have any doubts or clarification about this topic put a comment or feel free to contact me through the contact form. Thanks
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