It's been almost 7 years ...

Its been almost seven years that I penned anything on here...Boy how much work can keep us from pursuing our hobbies....I have decided to add old pics and also start clicking again!!!!!

Last seven years has been really blessed ...I moved to  work in a different country visited other countries...it has been amazing ....

I hope to keep my quest with looking at the world through a lens alive from this year onward....Good luck to me!!!!

Its finally coming.....

Some good resource on photography

Cardinal Photo: Numerous tutorials on this site for better photos with a heavy emphasis on lighting suggestions.

DIY Photography: A site filled with tons of helpful tips that will assist you in saving a lot of money as all of its suggestions offer step-by-step directions on how you can do the project for yourself.

Lighting Essentials: A site dedicated to one of the most essential skills for any photographer: lighting.

MCP Actions: MCP Actions features many detailed tutorials on various aspects of photo editing and even includes some video demonstrations.

PhotoClops: PhotoClops mixes in some photography headlines, but it’s heaviest focus is on giving tips and tricks .

PhotoShelter: PhotoShelter is a site for helping you market yourself online, but the blog is filled with useful tips on how to market yourself as well as some handy instructional posts for various tips the offer.

ProPhotoResouce: A general resource site for a wide assortment of photography tips and tricks.

The Digital Story: The Digital Story features a mixture of tutorials, feature articles and a weekly podcast with more information.

Some great sites for online Photography Magazines

Digital Photo: A digital version of Digital Photo magazine with feature articles, handy tip guides, gear reviews and archives.

Layers Magazine: Layers is a magazine dedicated to teaching you various tips and tricks for the ever-popular Adobe Photoshop.

Photo District News: An online extension of the PDN print magazine featuring news, reviews, feature articles and a whole lot more.

Photography Monthly: A monthly British photography magazine with tips, tricks, feature articles and more.

Popular Photography: PopPhoto is the online version of Popular Photography and includes feature articles, reviews, blogs, photo galleries and more resources.

Professional Photographer: This site also includes Web exclusive content that compliments the print version of Professional Photographer.

Shutterbug: Shutterbug’s site is well categorized so you can quickly find information that best relates to your skill level, if you need lenses, want to read up on techniques and a whole lot more.

Some interesting web sites on Digital Camera Review

Camera Labs: A site dedicated solely to reviews of cameras and lenses and highlighting the best values you can find.

Digital Camera Review: A site dedicated to nothing but a seemingly never-ending stream of reviews of digital cameras that are thorough and extensive.

Digital Camera Tracker: Mixing reviews and some news, it also has a tracker for the most popular cameras each month.

Digital Photography Review: This site offers an extensive archive of digital camera reviews, example photos taken by many of them, forums and a handy side-by-side comparison tool for various models that shows you their specs, pricing from various sites and more.

DPhoto Journal: This site has a heavy focus on camera reviews, but also features reviews of lenses, accessories, general news and more.

Lets Go Digital: Besides doing reviews of digital cameras, Lets Go Digital features a camera comparison tool and a camera founder that allows you to choose from numerous features to find the camera that fits your needs.

Luminous Landscape: While Luminous Landscape does more than reviews, this is the area where the site really shines.  Its reviews are exceedingly detailed, and you feel like you really know the camera by the time you’re done reading it.

I got this on my email....

Steps to becoming a great photographer

I wanted to make this like one of "those" "10 steps" "100 ways" "101 ways"..etc., but then giving it a thought I guess there are so many steps into being a photographer....a GREAT one I mean.

As a FIRST step you need to carry a camera with you all the time. You never know when or how that moment will come up. I have had times when i have felt "Oh Gosh wish I had my camera with me!!!" A moment lost can never be captured again.....Now I always carry my point and shoot with me and also use my phone ..these days camera phone are no less. I do a lot of clicks with my 3.2 megapixel camera phone, which actually comes in handy.

Secondly CLICK!CLICK!CLICK! that's the mantra to great photography. Out of at least 100 of pictures I click, I only like a few. Not all pictures you click will be a master piece. You need to experiment with your shots - Do things you think you would not do. Take a picture a day!Be it the trash can...the spoon on your plate... the flower on your dresser..anything...just take a picture.

And please understand that constant everyday shooting will improve your photography. They say practice makes a man perfect!!!!

Look at other peoples work...notice their style...just don't admire their work be a critic....Visualize what way you would have done it... copy the picture in your mind and think of ways you think it would be a better shot.

Get down to where "they are". When you are photographing people or pets try to get an eye contact. The eyes speak a lot. It also makes people feel that we are at the same level as them.