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Apr
7
2010

Photographing Butterflies – a mini HowTo

tariquesani on April 7th, 2010

Dark Blue Tiger [Explored]

Dark Blue Tiger (Tirumala septentrionis)

When my above butterfly picture made it to Flickr explore, making the count of my butterflies in explore to five I got a couple of request for writing a HowTo about capturing good butterfly pictures. I am not claiming to be an expert in butterflies nor do I assume that I have taken exceptional pictures but after having taken a second look at the pictures I posted to Flickr I realized that a few things were common to most of the pictures. This is more of a list to tips and tricks than a complete HowTo

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Jul
19
2009

Single light portraits – A mini HowTo

tariquesani on July 19th, 2009
Nivedita

Nivedita - Single light setups

As a beginner in studio photography I wallowed in self pity of the fact that I had only one light and portraits needed was at least three and I could not afford any. Then I was gently reminded of the working motto of SANIsoft. “Argue for your limitations and sure enough they are yours”*

I started experimenting and sure enough I found that a single light could give very dramatic results.

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