Ashok Kandimalla has been in the photographic field for over three decades and has extensive experience in both film and digital photography. Being an electronics engineer by profession and a photographer, he possesses a unique and deep insight into the technical aspects of digital photography and equipment. He has published more than a 100 articles on photography and some of his writings have also been published in the well-known international magazine Popular Photography. An avid collector of photographic books and vintage cameras, Ashok has a keen interest in the history of photography and a passion for sharing his knowledge on photography through teaching and writing. He is the only Indian photographer to be featured on the Nikon Centenary website. He is presently working as a Management and Engineering consutant. He can be reached at kashokk@gmail.com.
Cropping, the name given to discarding unwanted parts of a photograph is perhaps the oldest post-processing action, possibly as old as photography itself! Here are some of the important reasons why it is needed -
1. To improve the composition for example, if your picture has a centered subject and you want it as per ‘rule of thirds’.
To remove excess background
