How to Sharpen Photo Part One

I’ve been asked many times how I sharpen and color process my photos.
Today I’m going to explain you my technique on sharpening.
My method is quite simple actually

STEP 1 – THE CAMERA Having incredibly sharp photos is not something you can do only using Photoshop. If you take your photo with high ISO values, low shutter speed (and you have some blur) or plastic toy lens you’ll probably fix something with Photoshop, but just fix, not improve the sharpness. That you must remember .....
So, it’s essential to take photos as sharp as you can ..... Some Tip from me:

Use a Prime Lens
In film and photography, a prime lens is either a photographic lens whose focal length is fixed, as opposed to a zoom lens, or it is the primary lens in a combination lens system.
Prime Lenses are wonderful, especially for street photography, and using them it’s easier to take sharp photos. And the reason is simple. They have superior optical performance. 50mm prime lenses have been built since the 1930s. Their optical designs is just perfect. That means: the sharpest optics you can buy. They are are a lot faster than zoom lenses, that means you can take in lowlight conditions sharp photos thanks to their speed (without a tripod), and without using high-iso. You don’t need to use a long exposure when you can set your aperture at f/1.4. But this tip i get from some pro photographer ... while i.... well.... just stick with my 35mm with my D40 body ... hehehe ...i think it can be useful also but not as good as 50mm that i consider to buy when i got the money to fix my ff body .....

As i can see during my observation to the world of pro photographer, there are a lot of pro photographer use 50mm to shot a picture. For Example one of Malaysia Great Streets Photographer Chot Touch use 50mm lense to capture his work.

A 50mm lens can be used to shoot in low-light, for portraits at a wedding (or portraits in general), photojournalism, macros, candids, etc. The only thing I don’t see them being used for may be sports. Even if it isn’t your primary lens, your 50mm should be your backup as it can do almost anything you may demand of it. With all this in mind, remember that you are the photographer and you need to make your tools work for you.

Many lens manufacturers produce or produced prime lenses at or near the following focal lengths: 20mm, 24mm, 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 105mm, 135mm, 200mm, 300mm, 400mm, 600mm. For prime lenses between 24mm and 200mm many manufacturers produced two or more lenses with the same focal length but with different maximum apertures to suit the different needs of photographers.
What Prime lense that suit you ? For me i will use 35mm and 50mm cause it cheap and suit my picture to make it sharp.
Enough for the prime lens until next time with other tips to sharpen your photo !!!
Note: Great picture always good from camera and ps just to make it great remember that !!!
Azahairi Abd Aziz ©