In this issue

TRIBUTE TO WOMEN - FOR THE BETTER - AMI VITALE.

10 ICONIC FEMALE PHOTOGRAPHERS.

JOURNEY OF 3 INDIAN FEMALE PHOTOGRAPHERS.

Essential settings and techniques for beginner DSLR user.

How to maximise image quality for night photography.

Different problems in lenses and how to correct them.

FESTIVALS OF INDIA - BIHU

Festivals Of India - Bihu

Shot with Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

8 mins

For the Better

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.”

7 mins

10 Iconic Female Photographers

Their work has broken boundaries and defied stereotypes. They have been inspirations for generations of photographers to come and created a legacy for other photographers to follow. As a part of our tribute to female photographers, we take a look at 10 iconic female photographers through history, who have paved the way.

9 mins

Tribute to Women

Photography is largely seen as a boys’ club, but there are a number of highlytalented female photographers out there who can prove you wrong. As a tribute to women this month, we spoke to three different female photographers, from three different streams of photography - Rathika Ramasamy, a wildlife photographer, fashion and editorial photographer Nisha Kutty, and Bhumika Bhatia, an upcoming contemporary photographer from Delhi. They discuss their journey, struggles and achievements, and gender-biases, if any, in the field of photography.

10+ mins

Street Photography 101

Over the years we have done a lot of articles on street photography and our magazine has grown and flourished just as this genre. But as we move to a new era in photography where digital cameras are not bound by their huge sizes and have developed themselves into small inconspicuous packages, let’s talk about a few tips and tricks on street photography in this new era.

5 mins

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!

4 mins

How To Maximise Image Quality For Night Photography

In the digital age of photography, it has become very easy to take a certain type of pictures which earlier required a lot of preparation from the photographer’s end.

4 mins

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!

2 mins

Mobile Photography and Depth of Field

Mobile phone photography has advanced rapidly in the last few years. Mobile phone photographers are taking up different genres and shooting almost every kind of a picture using their phone cameras, than a DSLR. One of the techniques that give our images a more interesting look is depth of field (DOF). In this article we will show you how to achieve depth of field in mobile photography.

3 mins

Canon EOS 77D

The Canon EOS 77D is a new member of the Canon XXD family. Previously we have seen cameras like the EOS 70D and 80D surprised us with their amazing performances. The segment has been favoured by quite a many number of photographers, especially the intermediate users and the serious hobbyists and amateurs. The main reason for the segment to be so popular is the ability to get professional control while taking images and outright performance by the sensor which delivers very great performance in low light and general situations. The other factors being a vari-angle LCD, another great addition which made the 70D and the 80D so desirable, makes its way into the EOS 77D as well. We tested the camera this month, and here is how it performed.

2 mins

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Asian Photography Magazine Description:

Asian Photography, the flagship of SAP Media Worldwide Ltd., is the only premier Business to Consumer (B2C) photography magazine in India that caters to the art and science of photography with a persistent emphasis on photographic segment as well as talent. Since its inception 27 years ago, Asian Photography embodies the uniqueness of the Asian spirit and culture both in the professional as well as amateur sector of the growing population of photographic enthusiasts.

Bedsides the technical aspects of photography, it also motivates its readers to explore photography as an Art, as a hobby and as a culture. With the most comprehensive content, which has been appreciated by both the enthusiasts and the industry alike. Asian Photography truly represents the Asian Continent and with its Asia Pacific edition from Singapore, it is being distributed in entire Asia-Pacific region. The unrivalled success of the magazine lies in the unstinted patronage and support extended by the global majors like, NIKON, CANON, SONY, FUJIFILMS, EPSON, PANASONIC, OLYMPUS, TAMRON, PHOTOQUIP and other leading photographic players.