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2017 ASUS Photography Awards has invited Bobby Joshi to be one of the jury with pleasure and we really appreciate that Bobby could share his photography skills with ZenFans.
Bobby Joshi, a travel and landscape photographer based in Bangalore and founder of GoodShotz Photography Pvt. Ltd. - India’s foremost photography company offering classroom & online workshops, and photo tours. Here is what he has to say about photography and tips for the participants.
- Tell us a bit about yourself : I am a man wearing multiple hats. While I am a travel and landscape photographer based in Bangalore , I have also founded GoodShotz Photography Pvt. Ltd.—India’s foremost photography company offering classroom & online workshops, and photo tours. You’d not expect this but I also head strategy for a tech firm. It’s challenging but fun switching between different roles.
I have been photographing for as long as I remember now. Started with a point-and-shoot film camera way back, I quickly graduated to using Film based SLR’s and then to film auto-SLR’s. I made a switch to digital photography sometime in 2012.
I’ve worked for some big firms like IBM, Dell & EMC which provided me an opportunity to travel around the world. Every once in a while I’d take time off and go off on a photography trip.
My work has been published around the world like National geographic, Telegraph UK, USA today, Caters news, Garuda Indonesia and many more!
- What influenced you to take up Photography ?
I think traveling and photography go hand in hand. I’ve been fortunate to have travelled to some of the most beautiful destinations around the world and photography has allowed me to freeze those moments forever. Today looking back at the photos I took 5-6-7 years ago helps me to time travel back to those beautiful places and re-live those moments.
Nature & traveling is what inspires me and continues to be my single biggest driver. I find being amidst nature therapeutic. Photography is a medium to expressing that feeling. - What is your specialization into Photography? What made you select this particular category.
I am a nature, landscape and travel photographer. While as a photographer I shoot various genres, the one I enjoy most is nature and landscape. This brings me closer to the nature and allows me to explore beautiful places untouched by human population - Among your works, which one is your favorite? Why?
This is a difficult question to answer. I have enjoyed working in China, South East Asia, Mauritius, Europe, USA, but Bali continues to be my favorite and closest to heart. I love going back there again and again. It offers so much diversity in photo opportunity. Besides, people are super friendly and food is amazing. - What kind of tools do you use for post processing? Do you feel edits are required?
Processing is an integral part of photography. Fundamentally, cameras have a DR of 12-15, where as a human eyes has a DR of up to 25. Photography is not what camera records but what your eyes SEE. Image correction, contrast, adjustments form a part of it. Post Processing allows you to create that visual experience that you as a person saw and felt.
Landscape photography of all, requires the most technical and advanced level of post processing skills. It aims to evoke WOW in every attempt. It should transport viewers to the place you shot, and make them feel as if they’re right there. It’s a manifestation of what you saw and what a dream is like.Tools I use for post processing Adobe ACR and Photoshop. Nik.
What kind of photographs impresses you the most? What will you generally look for in the winning photo?
- To me a good photograph is where I see an honest and sincere “intent” from the photographer. I don’t like convenient or lazy photography. Intent automatically makes you push boundaries, both in terms of creativity and physical limits.
- Next is obviously the technical skills. Understanding the rules and elements in photography and making them to work in creating a striking image is the next thing. Composition, light, focus all of it add to the technical aspect of photography.
- Third is subject. I see people sometimes miss the obvious. Subject is something that everyone would naturally associate and care about. It’s not something someone has to find or review. It is the most important aspect of photography and it’s what “tells the story” in your image.
- Fourth would be – does it inspire? Some of the most technically correct photographs with fair subject may still fall short in its inspirational value.
- Impact would be the Fifth criteria. What do you “feel” when you see a photograph? Does it evoke emotions? If so, what kind of emotions? Does it move you?
Aesthetic content, choice of background & foreground, visual appeal would be other aspects of a photograph you’d call a winner.
- What are your thoughts on smartphone photography? Do you think it would be the next big thing into the world of photography?
Smartphone photography is here only to stay and I firmly believe it will only get bigger and bigger. One of the biggest advantages that smartphone photography offers is the instant social reach. It allows the photographer to snap and share in an instant with minimum to light processing. Smartphones are revolutionizing the world of photography. There are photographers who have shot an entire wedding, or a whole travel experience or even completed a journalisitic assignment just with their smartphone.
Social apps like Instagram, Facebook and twitter have not only assisted the spread and popularity of smartphone photography, but also helped in making it one of the most popular hobbies amongst people around the world.
Today, anyone with a decent to good smartphone can try their hand in photography and express their creative side. - Any simple tips and tricks for the participants to get the perfect shot?
1.Look for that light. Remember, while composition is the king, dramatic light conditions can make even the most boring frame extremely dramatic.
2.Familiarise yourself thoroughly with your phone camera. Smartphone cameras are built smartly and offer a lot of control and features. Most of us don’t even know half of them beyond focusing and shooting. Understanding how to control your phone camera will go a long way in controlling how your photographs come.
3.Edit responsibly. Lot of apps offer “instant filter based processing”. Sometimes they work, most of the time they won’t. Know what will work and what won’t. You can’t make a bad image look good by over processing.
4.Don’t use digial zoom. Instead, walk up or move yourself. Digital zoom will compromise the image quality and it’ll show poorly in your photographs.
5.Choose various points of view. It’s a lot easier to compose through smartphone. So look for low and high points to make your shot dramatic.
Well, so you all must have got a clear idea what the winning picture should be like. So go around and start clicking keeping his tips in mind.  You can find his work here : http://www.bobbyjoshi.com/
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