Landscapes, you don't have to travel

I used to believe that one have to travel a lot to capture good landscapes and scenes, and I think that same is the belief of many of you...
     But I soon realized this thing that the landscapes are every where around us. Its just that we don't value what we have, and admire the things that are out of our approach. Do you agree?
     If you dont, soon you will after this example i am going to quote.
When you go to Karachi, you do photograph big flyovers and heavy traffic, this all seems to be a little exciting to you, but is just a mess for the residents of those places. Similarly, when a person from Karachi side goes to hilly/snowy areas, he is highly delighted to see and be in snow, but the residents of those places have to face other consequences while living there.
     Its best if you try to capture scenes nearest to you, try to explore new ways to show them. A desert can be pictured in thousands of ways..... similarly a road and a snow fall too.

Let me know of your views too. Do Comment.

Never Exploit, My request

                I have heard of that photo from many sources that was able to bring a big money to its photographer in which a starving child lying with hands, legs and belly on ground was being watched by a vulture.this was the photograph,

                It’s a very heart breaking moment when poverty or critical situation of affected persons is shown in a way that is very close to brutality, and you know that photographer suicide after one year due to haunting from photos he taken during that trip to affected areas in Saudan.

                I know, many competitions and exhibitions focus on the poverty but remember people, the poverty of a person can also be shown by the type of sleep he has, by the type of work he has, his clothes rather than what that photographer pictured

                This photography competition might also be giving the topic of poverty some day or you might be photographing poverty by yourself, what I want to say is that I want you to take a snap that conveys poverty without exploiting it.

                I hope you also happen to view that photograph and become cautious to maintain difference between conveying and exploiting.

Capture what...?

         In daily routine when you have lost your mood a little, then you surely take photographs and delete them not liking them. Don't you? :)
         At moment of such a stressed mind, i would suggest you to capture things instead of scenes or flowers. the point is that try to make things look like what they are not. try to picture a building under your fist, a tree from a friends head, a car under your feet or something like that.
        Your mind are factories of ideas, you will have to think of newer ideas and implement them successfully.
Here is what i did once,

          I hope that doing this, you will surely lose your stress and will come in a very good mood. I don't guarantee it but my hopes are high.
          Some people will not be understanding this. If someone tries to change or cool down his mood with taking snaps of flowers and/or nature scenery, he will fail, because good shots of nature can only be taken in a good mood, otherwise you won't get a good shot and this will displease you more.

Must try this some time...

Don’t do it everywhere

Photography looks like a very charming thing but sometimes some wars may break out due to this.

                You must be getting enthusiastic that how the hell can photography cause disputes. I’ll show you how!

                In functions like college parties, marriage proceedings, and others, only some designated people are allowed to take the photos for the sake of privacy.

                                                But!!!!!!

                Some people try to be over smart to take pictures at such places and happen to become the cause of the dispute.

                I have seen many such functions, of whom, the ending ceremony got sad due to such disputes.

So, Here’s a little advice and a sincere request that don’t consider every part of this universe a place appropriate for you to do photography. Let the professionals do the group photos & bridal shoot or get permission first.

                Even when shooting a landscape, architecture, a market place or anything like that, try to make sure no female comes in your photo shots.

                It is also a very good thing morally.

Professional photography is really A step ahead

Most of the photographers that use mobile cameras and get better results through editing think that they have done best of they could shoot, but here is a poke that do try photographing with a professional camera, you will surely know the things you can do.

I assure you all that the results you will be able to get with professional camera will be better than what you people get with editing your photos. By editing here i mean the color correction, auto contrast, bloom and such other edits.
Some people do other effects as sepia, brown, etc to make their dumbest photos look best. They also get some likes and supporting comments for those but in real and what is close to a real photographer's heart is that such photographers are not doing their work honestly. See this one from my point of view.

Photography is'nt hard in Pakistan

Photography is not a difficult thing in a country like Pakistan, whose culture, living standards, history, architecture, and everything else is so diverse, all you have to do is to have a good esthetic sense and a littley good camera.
    Wherever you drop your feet in Pakistan, you have lots and lots of shots to take, probably more than you can take in your time.

Photography, AN ART...!

With this new age of mobile cameras, Photography has become more of an art than a profession....

You will find most of the street boys having superb photos claiming to be their own.... you will mostly be inclined to think that he has copied from net.... but yes they are their own!

This is mobile camera age... anyone can take hundred of shots a day with no camera gear needed
and from that hundred of shots he must be able to select 2   or   3 photos that are competent....

I myself used to take up to 200 snaps in a go, with my mobile at some time... :-)
and then select some snaps to show to my friends to brag..

Don't Wait

hey! don't wait for the site to start ....start going through your photography collection and start making folders with topics

Coming Soon

Hi everyone! PicPaksitan is a competition of its own type. We are first to introduce this type of competition in Pakistan.We are very proud to announce that we are going to launch the competition very soon.........