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How to meditate (Very simple method of meditation )
Kindly find the Photograph from web http://the-comforter.org/How_to_Meditate.html
sit in comfortable position .You can sit cross-legged on the floor, lie down, sit on a chair / couch etc., to meditate.
Look at Gurudev’s picture for a minute or two until you can remember the image.
Then close your eyes and pray / say silently to Gurudev, “Help me meditate for 15 minutes.” You can choose a time-limit according to your convenience, for eg., 5 / 10 /12 /… minutes.
Then, with your eyes still closed, think of Gurudev’s image at the place between your eyebrows (also known as the third eye). This means that you have to try to imagine Gurudev’s picture in your mind.
While thinking of the image, repeat silently (Chant) for 15 minutes the secret divine mantra given by Guru Siyag.
If you have not been initiated by Guru Siyag, silently chant the name of any divine or spiritual entity you believe in such as Gurudev, Krishna, Jesus, Eloheim, Allah, Holy Father, Om, Love, Truth, Kundalini, Energy, Peace etc.
During meditation, you may experience certain automatic yogic postures or movement of your limbs. Swaying, nodding of head, rapid movement of head from left-to-right or vise versa, inflating or deflating of belly, clapping, grunting, moaning or laughing can happen in many cases. Do not panic or worry. These actions, happen involuntarily, are ordained by divine force, and they are needed for your internal cleansing and readying you for further progress.
You may also experience vibrations, see bright lights, colors or even have visions or revelations of the past and future events. These are indications that you are progressing well on the spiritual path.
However, if you do not experience any yogic postures or see visions, it does not mean that are not making progress. In all probability, the divine force awakened in you has perhaps decided that you don’t need these experiences,
You will notice that your meditation will come to an end automatically exactly when you reach the time limit you had set mentally prior to starting meditation.
Siddha Yoga In Short:
Anyone of any religion, creed, color, country
Anytime morning, noon, evening, night
Any duration 5, 10, 12, 15, 30 minutes. For as much time as you like.
Anywhere office, hosme, bus, train
Anyplace on chair, bed, floor, sofa
Any position cross-legged, lying down, sitting on chair
Any age child, young, middle-aged, old
Any disease physical, mental and freedom from any kind of addiction
Any stress related to family, business, work
Let me experience you feel in your body by this method ????????

Whether you are planning to be a photographer or a collector of photography, you have to understand the various types of photography to which you may be subjected. One of the most common types of photography is portrait photography. Within the realm of portrait photography you will also be exposed to celebrity portraits or famous portraits. That is not to say that portraits are the most common type of photography by any means but we tend to hear more about it than you do food photography or Olympic photographs. In order to be an efficient photographer or collector of celebrity portraits, you have to understand this type of photography and how it ties in to other types of photography.

Involved in some of the other types of photography are Olympic images, food images and sports images. When it comes to photography, each type of image projects something to the owner of the image whether it’s a portrait or images of tangible things. For example, food images will project to the viewer what a particular dish will look like after completion while sports images will portray the way a team will look on the field or as they prepare to begin or finish a game. A good photographer is able to project these images to the viewer so that he or she can look at any of those images and understand what the photograph is attempting to portray to each viewer.

The concept of portrait photography is to show the clearest image of a person or group of people that is possible. Likewise, food images and sports images also portray clear images to the viewer. Photography as a whole has an important function, that of making certain the photographer does everything possible to portray each image in the clearest possible way. For more information on photography and how to make it work for you, visit Condenastore.com.

So I have to do this photoshoot for a modelling course
and we need to bring a product with us, like perfume or toothpaste or something with a “brand” name.
Then we will take pictures with this item and the photographer will put the name of the brand on the picture making it look like a fake magazine ad
I need some cool ideas though for items.
I was thinking maybe OPI nailpolish or something
Please help!

I want to be able to make my photos look really good…I am really good at taking photos but I am not a professional photographer by any means…I am always so impressed with the quality of photos pros use and so I wanted to know what software programs do you use to perform your:
a) Enhancements – I want a program capable of augmenting body parts… I’m not saying I am doing this currently but I definetly want something which is capable
b) Quality Air Brushing
c) User Friendly Interface Platform
***What do you think of Adobe’s products?***

When people talk about Depth of Field (also called DOF), they usually start talking about f-stops. These are numbers like f-1.4 or f-32 that represent how much light the aperture lets into the camera. While this is important, this is not where I want to start today.

There are three basic things that affect Depth of Field and they are:

1) the lens aperture (f-stops)

2) the lens focal length (the size like: 35mm vs. 200mm)

3) the subject distance (how far it is from the camera)

Keep in mind that most digital cameras do not have f-stops as per say. In fact if you have a straight point and shoot camera with a set lens, it may feel like you have no control at all.

Both the point and shoot and even many of the more advance digital cameras are based on a false premise. They assume all people want their photo in focus, all the time. “Now wait a minute”, you say. “I want my pictures in focus . . . don’t I?”

Remember, we are not talking about a 110 year old lady who can not hold the camera steady. A photo tip many people don’t realize is depending on where you focus in any given photo; so much in front of the subject and so much behind the subject will also be in focus. Generally, more will be in focus behind the subject than in front of it. So if you want a really sharp photo try focusing 1/3rd of the way into the image, not dead center.

There are good reasons for wanting a narrow DOF verses a wide DOF. Wide DOF means everything in focus all the time. For those who are not “into” photography this mode is good 90% of the time. Here are some examples of when you may NOT want to shoot that way.

A) Portraits: focus on the person and blur the background. This is helpful when there are distracting elements behind the subject.

B) At the zoo: focus on just the animal. The idea here is to make your photo look like you took this animal in its own natural environment.

C) Flower shots: focus on part of a flower, and let the others flowers around it become a painted background for your image.

D) Sporting Events: focus in on the one who crossed the line first, jumped the highest, or ran the fastest. You can show the winner better by using creative DOF.

So, how exactly do we control Depth of Field? Shooting an object that is 5 feet from the camera will have a narrow DOF range verses shooting the same object from 25 feet away. Keep in mind that the closer you are, the fewer things there are that can distract your viewer from what you really want to show.

Most set lens range from 28mm – 38mm, there is less to adjust, less to think about, and unfortunately less control. Another photo tip is this; if you photograph someone using the 35mm end of the scale, more of the photo will seem in focus (wider DOF.) However . . . if you have a zoom lens and shoot with the 200mm end, much less of the photo will seem in focus, because you are using a narrower DOF. This is selective DOF, and it has nothing to do with the f-stops.

If you do close-up photography the close-focus or macro mode of your camera will also give you a fairly narrow depth of field. But you can push that even further by using filters. Most cameras, will now accept filters. But even if yours does not (set lens again); you can hold the filter in place and still shoot. Close up filters allow you to shoot much closer than the lens will by itself, and in most cases it also gives a very narrow DOF.

Many of today’s cameras have more than one auto mode. In a fully automatic camera you have not gained much if any control, but if you have the option for Aperture priority or Shutter Priority you are back in the driver’s seat. Basically put: Aperture Priority means that you control the aperture (or f-stop) and the camera picks the right shutter speed to get a proper exposure. Conversely, Shutter Priority does the exact opposite, you control the speed and it will pick the correct aperture for the given light conditions.

Since I brought it up, I guess now would be a good time to explain f-stops. The words aperture and f-stop usually refer to the same thing. I have absolutely no idea why we don’t call them “a-stops”, but just so I don’t confuse anybody, I will call them f-stops. The f-stop controls how much light enters the camera. Many books and magazines confuse people by referring to how big the opening is and how small the depth of field is. Most people don’t care about the mechanics of the process they just want to understand the end result.

A small number (like f-1.4) means only a small amount will be in sharp focus.

A large number (like f-32) means a large amount will be in sharp focus.

But wait, you’re saying to yourself, “I don’t even have an aperture mode.” Maybe you do, and don’t realize it. If you’re camera has little pictures or icons on it, like many cameras do, you may have more control than you realized. The picture of the small head means portrait mode. (Your girlfriends smile will be in sharp focus but not the tree behind her.) The picture of the little mountain means landscape mode. (Her smile will still be in sharp focus, but so will the tree 20 feet behind her.)

Most people are attracted to the thing that is in the sharpest focus, so, it becomes very hard (visually) to be attracted if the entire photo is in complete focus. There is nothing specific to draw the viewers’ attention. By using the creative possibilities of depth of field; no matter what kind of camera you have, your images will be much more powerful and interesting.