Charles Joseph Photography

Adobe Photoshop is a mush have for all the photographer's these days. If you ask me, I can't imagine my editing workflow without it. Being said that, who doesn't like a smooth ,lightning fast and free flowing experience while working on their images, post the shoot to make them come to life. At times, you might start to feel that Photoshop isn't that responsive, its performs slower then usual, with a amount of lag, which makes you feel annoying while you are working on the edits. "I don't have a Pro Build Editing System" or else "I need a better System Config, in order to make it run more fast". If this is something that even you might be thinking, till an extend, you are right. But in this post, I will share some quite simple, yet very useful tips on how you can boost up your Photoshop performance simple bu just tweaking up your setting a bit. (I have used Adobe Photoshop CS6 for this post. All the setting will be pretty much the sa...

Now a days in this digital world, its way much simpler to shoot and save a image forever. Your memory cards hold much power; without them, your digital camera is worthless, which is why you should always be sure you are purchasing the best memory cards and take care of them properly. Without any doubt , as I always say, the camera on the Smartphone these days perform way better then Point and Shoot cameras, being said that , it doesn't mean that Point & Shoot can't be a good option, they have their own advantages. As we are talking about the memory here, its a good choice to go for a reputed one from a brand like Sandisk. Buy yours from Amazon.in The Sandisk Ultra is a good choice , and I would highly recommend it for your smart phone and Point & Shoot camera. Its Fast, reliable and comes with different memory capacity.  When to comes to D-SLR, how can one not buy the Sandisk Extreme Pro. Buy yours from Amazon.in These are...

No doubt, the camera on your phone these days can get amazing Picture Quality. I was shocked myself to see some phone camera perform way better then a Point and Shoot camera , In terms of Picture Quality, Camera Settings and Different Shooting Modes, putting them to shame. Phone manufactures such as Apple, Samsung, Vivo, Motorola etc, are coming up with a lots of added and advanced features to their mobile phone these days. From the awesome Portrait mode to the Moon Light Feature, Dramatic HDR to a Wide Panorama, they are just amazing and very easy to use. The in build camera app is always best when it comes to clicking a picture. its quick, simple, and alot easy to use as compared to other heavy and confusing apps. How do I take my Photography one step ahead? How can I get a shot that stands out from others? If you have such question on your mind, you would be spending hours looking and trying out different apps in the App / Play Store. There are tons and tons of ...

As you saw in my previous post, I shared some tips on how you can shoot outdoors using natural light, If you haven't yet, you can view the post here . As you know it gets hard these days to step out in the rain and try to shoot, not only will you risk your camera getting wet in the rain, chances are you wont be able to get the desired shot you are looking for. So today I will share a few tips on how you can use the Natural light coming through your window to its full advantage to make some beautiful and creative portraits using Window Light. Using Window Light for Portraits.  The below mentioned tips aren't just limited to shooting portraits, you can use these tips for shooting Food, Products and use it with your own creative ideas to get some out of the box shots. So let get started with it. 1. Timing Timing is the key to shoot using Window light. as you all know, natural light coming through the window wont be there through out the day. It will, but the in...

Tethered shooting is connecting a computer to the camera when you shoot so the pictures you take are downloaded to the computer rather than (or in addition) to a memory card. The camera and computer are connected by cable, hence tethering. Image used for Presentation Purpose Only. Source Google Images. WHY TETHER SHOOT The best thing about Tether shooting is that you get to watch the raw photographs on the computer. At the same time others present on the set, Make Up Artist, Fashion Stylist, Art Director or even your clients can view them too on a much larger screen rather than your camera’s LCD screen. T ethered capture view on Lightroom 5 Tether shooting also allows you to do fine adjustments to the photo’s you just shot like, Exposure, White Balance and Focus too, so that your next shoot would be as you desire. Charles Joseph viewing the photo and making fine adjustments to it.   SET UP & WORKFLOW I usually mount my camera on ...