MENTORGRAPHY

I had the opportunity to photograph the sport of Canoe sprinting on the 12th of Mar. The 1000M (meter) races were held at MacRitchie Reservoir. My photography setup a. Nikon D850 (set to DX mode 1.5x to hit 825mm focal length when needed) b. Nikkor 80-400mm f4.5-5.6 c. Nikkor 1.4x TC-EII d. AF Setup : AF-C , D9 AF points , AF-C release priority : Focus + Release , Tracking sensitivity : 2 e. JPEG FINE* f. 7 FPS g. Hand-Held Again the Nikon D850's autofocus ability was up to

I started photographing sports from 2008 and have been hooked to this genre since the very first session. As sports action can be extremely fast paced and peak action moments are fleeting, all sports photographers tend to use a camera that has a very fast frame capture rate. When I started , my DSLR of choice was the Nikon D3 which gave me 9FPS (Frames Per Second). This Nikon D3 however was only a 12MP (Megapixel) camera but it was a benchmark (for other DSLRs positioned for

We are into the second week of the New Year and I hope this blog finds you in the very best of health and raring to learn and capture new gems in your photography journey. In this very first blog of the year , I am going to share with you the benefits of using the Focus Stacking technique and tips on using the D850's Focus Shift feature. So why use the Focus Stacking Technique ? 1. To obtain the BEST possible image quality by using the optimum F-Stop values (f5.6 , f8.0) 2. M

It has been a tremendous 3 months of photography after I started using the Nikon D850. All my other Nikon Full Frame DSLRs have all taken a back seat when I am out and about busy photographing for my clients or for my own personal enjoyment. This will be the last blog on the D850 for the year and in this blog I just wanted to share with you my personal experience with the huge & fine amount of details that the D850 captures irrespective of the Nikkor lenses that are in my ars

The goal was to capture interesting Xmas lights scenes from uncommon viewpoints in the fastest possible manner during my photowalks along Orchard Road. 1. No tripod used - doing this allows me so much more flexibility in capturing moments and using different POVs - the excellent dynamic range and high ISO performance of the D850 gives me this flexibility 2. Shooting JPEG FINE * with the my customised PICTURE CONTROL settings produces the color impact in camera saving me post

I had been spending my October and November shooting tons of images for my clients. There were lots of lifestyle and architectural type shots in locations that have pretty dim lighting. Locations that do not allow the use of tripods as it could disturb their guests & of course locations with high dynamic range extremes. The other requirement from the clients was speed in delivering the files. They wanted the final ultra high resolution images processed and delivered in 7 days