Category: Camera

What if you are always living in suspense while not knowing what’s going on back at home. Not having the resources to find out if something has gone wrong in your neighborhood or even your own home. There have been many incidents where home invasions have occurred and have caused trauma for all. Surveillance captures incidents where most people can’t, leaving people of the community worried about living in their own neighborhood not being well protected around their own society.

Did you know that out of all state home invasion statistics, Victoria was the highest state being 54,200 number of break ins per year? Did you also know that these could have been prevented by the use of surveillance cameras, as more than 60% of attempted break ins are detoured because of these lifesavers? There were 208 home attacks and around 224 carjacking’s in the earlier year, police said. These numbers are on a rise and will only continue to become an even bigger problem in our society. Prevention is needed, so I believe that surveillance cameras are not an invasion of privacy, they bring great benefits to citizens.

It is ridiculous and hypocritical to think that the people who complain about surveillance cameras being an invasion of privacy are the first to contact the police once their homes are broken into. Since they did not have cameras, how can they look into the case without footage? Nobody will ever be accountable for the crime, and the cost will be on us. I am willing to bet that these people would think differently and have an altered opinion on cameras when you compared the before with the after. Knowing the security cameras protect your innocent family and home from being destroyed, why haven’t you got them? It is time for us to grow up and do what is best for us. It is not an invasion of privacy it is a case of protecting our privacy. This act needs to be acted upon now by every single person out there.

It actually takes the buglers less than 5 minutes to enter the house. We all expect to be safe in public places, but how can we be safe when we are not being watched by cameras. How can we expect to know what’s going on in our area if we don’t even have the resources to help us?

There were many cases where incidents were not recorded due to lack of materials. From a horrifying personal experience, when my neighbor went through something traumatic, the help of my security cameras brought them nothing but good things. What if no one could help them through this difficult time and left them with nothing but questions, which is why the need for security cameras is a must, especially in our generation.

A recent incident shows another reason why surveillance cameras are helping the community. Four children died because of a drunk driver on the road leaving everyone with questions and no answers. Until a neighbor caught security video of the car speeding moments before the terrifying crash. are surveillance cameras useless now? If your neighbor has a camera pointing to your property don’t complain saying it affects your privacy, which it doesn’t because if something happens it will give you more evidence and back up.

People can sit there and say that surveillance cameras are just there to give the community a false feeing of safety when in reality they are definitely more than just that. it is shown to decrease crime rates against properties and town centers and shown to help solve one in every 1000 crimes. You wouldn’t want to be a work with your employees and for instance a break in happens and the employee gets hurt without a surveillance security camera you wouldn’t know what has happened regarding it. I can understand when people say the danger is when the surveillance video is released of individuals who are not actually involved in a crime. But answer this, would you rather be in fear every day or let a clip of a surveillance footage ruin your chance of safety. Three teenagers were arrested being involved in a home invasion and police chase, the man was interviewed and said three boys smashed through his front door, chased him through the house and out the back door before tackling him and threatening to kill his son. That’s freighting isn’t it, that could’ve been prevented with a security system that can ensure your safety. Everyone complains about the safety of their children or neighborhood so why not do something about it and take action.

You never know you could be next. To continue and ensure that you and your family are living in safety, surveillance cameras are definitely not an invasion of privacy, it is a case of protecting our privacy.

Opinion Essay

Newcomers to the professional commercial photography field often wander around in their minds if they have the appropriate equipment for the job. This isn’t a strange thought since it’s a paid gig after all. A client pays good money and expects professional results that match the value they are paying. So what professional equipment do commercial photographers often use?

Different fields have a different niches and specialized types of equipment to serve the niche. A landscape photographer will prefer a high-megapixel count full-frame camera paired with a wide-angle lens. This combination is ideal as landscape photographers require a detailed frame with a wide angle to capture the most out of a particular landscape. If you throw this combination to say a portrait professional, it becomes harder to work (not to say impossible) as portraits are usually captured in the medium tele-primes.

For the purpose of this article, we are going to explore our experience serving the food niche as professional photographers. Our results are often used in commercial spaces. Food photography, especially for a commercial purpose is unique as a photographer needs to understand the creative direction of the client and translates the direction into actionable photos.

Food photography on its own has many things to explore. When we first see a food item we visualize it with our eyes. Firstly, with the help of our eyes, we decide which food we should eat, and then secondly we finally decide what to eat. Likewise, in food photography, our eyes play an important role while shooting the subject. The colors of the food item attract our eyes first and then our minds. So the colors and definitely the taste of the food give us the answer that why food photography is one of the trending photography genres of all time. However, to get fascinating photographs of the food item, not only you require a good styled meal but also some excellent skills. You may think that food photography is simple that is why it is one of the favorite genres of all photographers. But it is wrong preparing the food, styling it, props, setting up the light and editing it, and much more is definitely hard work to do.

Search for ideas

Now in this fast-running world, no one was to make or create something of their own style through whatever they have learned. But will try to copy other people’s ideas or what they have created. Try to create something of your own, no matter if it fails but you did make it on your own.

Start feeding your mind with inspiration from professional food photographers. Each and every day thousands of food photographs and videos are posted on social media. Look what type of creativity they are bringing into their photos. The simplest way to search is on Instagram with the help of food hashtags.

Camera & Lenses

For food photography, we need the resolution to give us the flexibility in cropping during the post-processing stage. To achieve this result, we often default ourselves to Canon 5D Mark IV or a Canon 5Ds. Any 35mm full-frame camera is going to achieve a decent result in any given food photography but if you want the flexibility to crop at a later stage, stick to any full-frame 35mm that offers 30 Megapixels or more.

From time to time, we get requests to shoot with a big budget. To deliver results similar to the budget provided, we rent ourselves medium to large format cameras to satisfy the image quality needs for our delivery to the client. Phase 1 or a Pentax 645D are both excellent cameras to work with, albeit they cost a kidney and an arm each.

My ideal selection of lenses for food photography would be 35mm, 50mm, and 80-100mm. Since I am using a Canon system, I would usually go with ‘L’ lenses for maximum optical performance.

In food photography, most subjects are static. Naturally, we use a tripod, prime lens, and artificial light to eliminate variables that can make our job harder. Once you got it set up, it all boils down to the photographer’s creativity and photo composition to speak for the result.

Role of natural light

Natural light is the first preference for all photographers in terms of food photography. Most of the food photography is done indoors because outdoors there are chances where you may end up getting harsh lighting.

Food photography includes natural light because it gives the food real colors with the soft shiny light to it. For the best results, I would recommend placing the subject nearer to the wide opening window which can throw more light on the subject.

Role of tripod

I have seen many photographers who will purchase a ($1500) camera but will never purchase a ($3.32) tripod for themselves. After camera and lenses, a tripod is one of the most important photography accessories one should purchase.

A tripod helps you to capture very sharp and quality photographs. For food photography, if you have shaky hands then you should take the help of a tripod. With the help of a tripod sometimes out of the blue, you may get some creative angles or ideas which will make your photograph look more beautiful.

Role of food stylist

I would suggest if you want amazing results you need to work with amazing people. Food photography is not only about having the skills to capture a photograph. But also to seek help from professional food stylists. To build your career in photography to definitely need to learn to collaborate with professional people which will help you to elevate your photography to another level.

In every field of work some or the other way you will have to collaborate with people because everything cannot be handled by one person. Likewise, in food photography also you can seek help to cook, style the food item, set up the props, etc.

The advantage of assisting a good stylist is that they may end up giving you more creative ideas or adding more styling ideas to the subject. Rather than that the food stylists have their own years of experience in it. And it is always fun to collaborate with people.