Shivanand Sharma

Many a times we discard our photos just because they fail to impress us — might be because of colors, clarity or sharpness. Especially with landscape photographs, dull skies and flat tones completely break the aesthetics of an image. And we end up putting these images in the trash. But wait! How about adding some punch [...]

Why Would You Not Want Nikon’s Latest FX Camera — Nikon D600?

Nikon D600 rumors have finally turned into a reality. Nikon D600 premiers as the first ever Nikon FX line up which happens to be in prosumer range. If you have been waiting for a professional camera like Nikon D800 and the budget was a constraint, Nikon D600 is surely one to look up at. This [...]

5 Awesome Entries to Beautiful Flowers Assignment

Last week we started APN Assignment as a brand new feature on APN Forums. Our very first assignment was Beautiful Flower Photographs. It was good to see so many photography enthusiasts and hobbyists participating in the assignment to share their beautiful pictures. Flower portraits, floral fields, fine details — all the submissions were distinctly beautiful. [...]

Macro photography is an amazing opportunity to enter the world of beautiful surprises. Minute details, fine textures and life size reproduction are enough to get you excited. However investing in a macro lens is not always a feasible option, that too, just for experiencing the fun of capturing the macro details. If you’re immensely interested [...]

Demystifying IS — Truths And Facts About Image Stabilization

Image stabilization nowadays is a common feature available even in the compact cameras. The other day I was searching for a compact cameras in Canon Powershot series. And one thing that was common among all the cameras, be it Canon IXUS 510 HS (with 12x optical zoom) or Canon PowerShot S100 (with 5x optical zoom) [...]