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As a young woman, Ami was very shy and introverted. Picking up a camera changed that for her. She found a reason to interact with people. It empowered her and became her passport to engage with the world around her. “It allowed me to learn about and eventually understand people and make sense of the world. Now it is an incredible tool to tell important stories and hopefully create understanding.”

Shooting Portraits at Home

Summer is here and the heat is increasing everyday in parts of India! So we at Asian Photography magazine thought some of you might want to stay indoors in the summers and need some tips to keep taking pictures indoors! We hope this article on shooting indoor portraits helps you get through the unbearable heat!

Photoshop: General Editing Tips

Photoshop is a magical software used by amateurs who have just started out to thorough professionals who have been in the business for a long time. Photoshop is powered by its user’s imagination and the software is as good as its user. Being such an important tool, we make sure we have regular articles sharing our knowledge on post processing as we have done this month. In this article we will discuss how to enhance and work with a JPEG image in Photoshop. So let’s dive in!

Artistique 2017 Women Empowerment

On 19th August, Saturday, World Photography Day, Asian Photography will be kicking off Artistique 2017 at Bengal Gallery, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Kolkata.

How To Photograph Fireworks

While we are focussing on shooting festivals, we thought it would be great to also take a look at another big aspect of festivals – fireworks! They form a big part of a lot of festivals, and are commonly seen in not just Indian festivals, but other events and celebrations across the world.

Equipment To Use To Shoot Festivals

Festival season is here! While everyone in India is counting down days when they can buy new clothes, enjoy with friends or even just get time off from work, but photographers have already started planning their trips around the country to cover these festivals.

Reasons Why A Fixed Lens Camera Is The Best

If you ask what a fixed lens camera is, the answer is in the question itself. Any camera that does not have a interchangeable lens mount is a fixed lens camera. In simple terms, these cameras have a fixed lens and can be used to shoot almost everything. The simplicity is what makes it the easiest form of any camera to use.

Symmetry In Compositions

What is a symmetry. In easy terms symmetry is when an object, image or scene can be divided into two parts (from the center vertically or horizontally) and each part of the image would look like a mirror reflection of the other. Symmetry can also be defined as perfect halves of any object or image.

The Urban Eye

A self-taught photographer, Harimao Lee got interested in photography about two years ago, and has never looked back. His urban and street photography captures perfectly the essence of his hometown Hong Kong, and other Asian cities. He climbs rooftops of skyscrapers, kneels on streets and exploring every aspect - modern and traditional. This month we speak to the urban photographer and find out more about his fascinating work.

Artistique Mumbai Roundup

The fourth edition of Artistique, a travelling exhibition, which had started its journey in Kolkata opened its doors in Mumbai on 28th September.

The Wizard of Weddings

From studying architecture, to becoming a professional architect, Samo Rovan today is a destination wedding photographer. Being an ex-photojournalist, Rovan is best described as a documentary storyteller, when it comes to shooting weddings. His work is reflective of his fun and direct, yet emotional and sincere approach. This month we speak to the Slovenian photographer, and take a journey through his beautiful wedding stories.

The Soul of a Wedding

After dabbling in photography in college as a biotechnology student, he knew his calling was in the arts. He experimented with film, and then went on to study film production in Australia. After he shot his friend’s wedding, it was no looking back for him. His journey as a wedding photographer began, and today he has become one of the most sought after wedding photographers in the country. We talk to Sudeep Bhattacharya this month, to find out about his distinctive narrative style, the changing wedding photography scene, and his focus on creating stories that last a lifetime.

Celebrating Pongal

Thai Pongal is one of the most important festivals celebrated by Tamilians. A harvest festival, it is a four-day festival according to the Tamil calendar is normally celebrated from January 14 to January 17. A day after the Thai Pongal, Tamils celebrate Mattu Pongal, wherein cattle are recognised and afforded affectionately, and it includes games such as Jallikattu. The game has recently come under a lot of scrutiny, and saw a government ban on the sport. We decided to take a trip down to South India, and document the celebration of the festival in Tamil Nadu.

Wildlife Photography

It is february and photographers are executing their long awaited wildlife photography tours. the winter chills and the early morning safari ride making up for the long and arduous wait to get the perfect shot. for this reason, we decided to give some tips on wildlife photography focussing more on how to use your long lens to the fullest to get the best photographs for the season.

The Thrill Of Adventure

After playing around with photography as a kid, he picked up his first professional camera at the age of 19. He started exploring the hills and mountains with his camera, and not much later began shooting adventure sports photography. He has shot numerous renowned climbers and adventure sportspersons. This month, we speak to adventure and landscape photographer Nadir Khan, who tells us about the thrill behind adventure photography, and how it gets his adrenaline pumping.

Shooting Extreme Wide Angle

While most photographers prefer to use prime and mid range zoom lenses for their day to day photography, extreme wide angle shots are stealing the show slowly but surely. With manufacturers pushing for and producing ultra wide and fish eye lenses the consumers are attracted to this ‘new’ point of view! Keeping that in mind we decided it was imminent that we gave out some tips to shoot amazing wide angle pictures!

Going Back To Film

In the current digital age, shooting images has become as easy like breathing and literally, the cameras these days are more capable of doing things that other photographers once had a hard time figuring out.

Backing up & Saving your Images

There would be very few photographers who can claim that they haven’t even once accidentally deleted an image or lost an important file, yet so many of us neglect the need to back up our work.

Is Photokina losing its charm?

There’s more to the show then what meets the eye: Rumours, product launches and more

Canon Unveils EOS 5D Mark IV in India

Canon is continuing with its run of innovations and particularly so for the Indian market.

Capturing The Legends, Statements And Stars

A trained actor from New York City who professionally took up photography in 2004, Mark Bennington has since then earned a reputation for his unique style of photography. He worked as an actor for over 10 years in America, and has even tried his hands out as an actor in Bollywood with two feature films including Dibakar Banerjee’s Detective Byomkesh Bakshy. His latest work comes in the form of a unique photography book titled fwhich has recently been published and released as a coffee table book by Harper Collins India. We speak to the photographer about his journey from being in front of the camera to being behind it, the concept behind his latest book, and how his experience has been working in India.

Great Family Vacation Pictures

Often we come back from a trip to some of the most beautiful places on earth and find that all the family vacation pictures that we have taken, are either framed badly during shooting, are overexposed in the sunlight, or underexposed due to harsh back light etc. In this article we will discuss the different problems and talk about different ways to take beautiful family pictures while on vacation.

Slow Shutter Photos While on Vacation

Summers are just around the corner and we hope you have already planned your next vacation! In the spirit of summers and also photography, lets learn a bit of both in this article about slow shutter photography while on vacation.

How to Maximise Your Point & Shoot

Point & Shoots are one of the most widely used categories of cameras. Owing to camera’s low price and ease of use, many beginners prefer to use these small wonders. Professionals also prefer a powerful point and shoot as a second camera, as it is easy to carry and fits snugly into one’s pocket. But these features come with a price, and these cameras are not without issues in their own way. In this article we will take up each issue and discuss how we can try to overcome them.

Tips to Shoot in the Sun

Taking photos in direct sunlight is often a challenge, right? For a lot of beginners, and even advanced photographers, direct sunlight is a no-no when taking photographs and they often avoid it. That is to say that if you can avoid taking pictures during times when the sun is at its brightest, then maybe you should. There are usually the problems that crop up when you take pictures under the direct light or rays of the sun.

Underwater Photography Tips

Since it’s vacation time and a lot of people are heading for the beach. Many photography enthusiasts will also be trying their hands on underwater photography and we thought this would be a great opportunity to give our two cents on the topic to help our readers out! So, lets get into the basics of underwater photography.

Canon G9X Mark II

In a world that is dominated by big budget DSLRs and mirror less cameras, oftentimes the smaller cameras are ignored and left unsold. Consumers tend to forget the amount of innovation these cameras go through every year and are oblivious of the true potential of these cameras. We got our hands on one such camera recently as Canon sent it’s G9X Mark II for review. We put it through the tests, let’s see how it performed.

Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM review

Canon has been making products for its mirrorless camera segment for some time now. The EOS M5 is an example of how Canon has focussed to deliver good performance to the mirrorless camera consumers. To make sure that the given performance does not fall short of anything. Canon is always trying to keep its mirrorless segment more user friendly and also equipped with compatible lenses. This month we get to try out the Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM lens attached to the Canon EOS M5. Let us see how this lens performs.

Chasing Colours

Finding colours in India

Colours are not Scary

We have come a long way since black and white film photography. Ever since colour films came in the market people have used it to create images that look and feel more natural. But in recent times we have seen photographers avoiding colour and opting to shoot or edit images in black and white. In this article we try to understand the implications of the recent spike in the use of black and white and why photographers should not refrain from shooting in colour.