ShutterXpose concluded its season 3 of Digital Photography 101 workshop on a high note. The workshop was held at the recently upgraded MAS Boardroom at the IBIS Hotel with the state of art audio/video system on Friday 29th April 2016. The workshop was sponsored by Tamron Lens and Naser Mohamed Al-Sayer Communications Communication, the official dealer of Tamron, Canon, Steiner and Vanguard products in the State of Kuwait.
Mr. Salman Al-Basha, the Product Manager representing our sponsor introduced the participants about the company and Tamron lenses in particular. Tamron lenses have won many awards among the prestigious EISA awards. Tamron Kuwait offers 5 years International Warranty on all it’s lenses at a very competitive price. Tamron produces Di and Di II lens for both full frame and crop sensor camera bodies and are available for most of the popular camera mounts. Their most top selling 90mm macro f/2.8 Di VC USD; 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD; 70-200mm Di VC USD and 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD lenses were on display for the participants at the venue.
ShutterXpose has been conducting workshops from it’s inception in 2011, they are generally known for their high quality course contents and detailed explanations. The participants were dynamic personalities representing multiple nations working in different background yet with a common passion to pursue Photography as their hobby. The workshop also witnessed few students who wished to continue their hobby along with their professional career in the future. The workshop was targeted towards novice, beginners and amateur to provide them not only with basics but enough of knowledge to carry on to the intermediate level. (more…)
ShutterXpose Photography and Tamron Kuwait in collaboration conducted a Photography session at the Al Hamra Luxury Mall & Roof Top for Weekenders club members on 15th April, 2016. The event was well supported by Tamron and Naser Mohamed Al-Sayer. It was also a good chance for couple of members to try the new release Tamron SP 15-30MM F/2.8 Di VC USD, a full frame, fast f/2.8 aperture wide angle lens which offer image stabilization (Tamron’s Vibration Compensation “VC”)
ShutterXpose has been providing their members time and again opportunities to exhibit their passion, the group had the best of time capturing a bird eye view at one of the tallest building in Kuwait. The photo session was a memorable for all and a learning curve for some of the new members to capture aerial cityscape view.
We had the Tamron lens for a day and the following are our quick general review. (more…)
ShutterXpose is conducting Season 3 of Digital Photography 101 Workshop on Friday 29th April, 2016.
Photography 101 is a must workshop for Novice, Beginners and Amateurs photographers. This workshop shall help you to understand the basics of camera operation, related camera jargon’s in simple and easy to understand language, learn exposure and how to balance exposure setting for capturing amazing and stunning images.
Photography is not about capturing casual images, it’s all about creating and making good images which inspires the viewer’s eye. (more…)
AAB World is the organizer and main sponsor of the first event of its kind in Kuwait Photographer’s Bazaar. An open day to buy and sell used gear and equipment.
This event will gather many photographers and videographers from all over Kuwait and give them the opportunity buy and sell used photo and video gear and equipment among themselves. It will also be a great chance to meet fellow photographers/videographers to socialize and chat with them and benefit from their experience and advice. In addition, you can also listen to their opinion in regards to buying and selling your equipment. All attendees will be provided with free coffee, refreshments, and sweets as well providing special discounts on many brand new products in our Symphony showroom. (more…)
Nik Collection are a package of seven powerful editing plug-ins photography tools, now completely free. Previously, Google sold the plugins for a steep $149. These plug-ins includes filter application that improve color correction, to retouching, image sharpening, noise reduction as well ability to make adjustments to tonality of images.
Google acquired Nik Collection with 2012 purchase of Nik Software, the German company that is better known for the Snapseed apps for Android and iOS. While Snapseed is a simple yet powerful for mobile users, Nik Collection is geared towards professionals and enthusiasts. The suite sold for $500 before Google acquired it, and it later went down to $150. Now Google has decided to offer the package free for everyone. Well, it could also mean that there would be no more new releases of this great collection, moreover there had been no updates in the last 3 years.
Note that, these are plugins, not standalone tools, so you will need the programs listed below. If you bought Nik Collection since January 1, 2016, you will automatically receive a refund over the following days.All said, these collections are one of my best plug-ins. (more…)
