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Carl Warner makes beautiful
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Volume 17
issue
8
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january 2014
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Founder & editor, network18
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President & editorial director, tV18
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january 2014
Better
PhotograPhy
the Perfect Gift
editorial
“Eventually, the
portraitist may
be forgotten.
But the portraits
last, reminding
people of how or
who they were.”
Three years ago, my grandfather’s 95th birthday occasioned an
extensive, fun, group photo session. With family from all over
coming to wish him, I made over 200 group portraits. A week ago,
N Krishnaswamy peacefully passed away. All of a sudden, I found
myself thinking of the biggest gift he had given me... a love for
classic literature. I hear him now, even as he eloquently recited from
memory, all those years ago when I was nine, the irst paragraph from
‘A Tale of Two Cities’
by Charles Dickens... “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,
it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the
epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness...” (Strange that
Dickens thought of capitalising the words ‘Light’ and ‘Darkness’). Through my grandfather,
Dickens, Dumas, Melville, Poe, Orczy, Walter Scott and Shakespeare came alive. I am happy
that I had a camera with me that day, three years ago.
I ind making portraits immensely satisfying. Sometimes, they are made quickly, intuitively.
At other times, the photography is planned. Lights and backgrounds are assembled.
Family and friends are invited. Many a times, I ind myself sending pictures to people by
email... even to complete strangers. Once in a while, the only option is to visit a photo lab.
From
chai
offered by trafic constables to being invited as a special guest at the founding day
celebration of a nearby
chawl
... the rewards, oddly enough, have often been more gratifying
than the best assignment fees I have earned.
There is no other gift or form of art that can replicate the immediate tangibility of a
wonderfully captured, beautifully framed print. Eventually, the portraitist may be forgotten.
But the portraits last, reminding people of how or who they were. This is why a good portrait
can be the most valuable and the most selless gift that a photographer can possibly give.
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K Madhavan Pillai
editor@betterphotography.in
Nôtre Dame de
Paris, 1922
by Eugène Atget
Discovering his passion
at the age of 40, Atget
made some some of the
most visually evocative
images of the streets,
buildings and people of
Paris. Atget’s neighbour,
legendary photographer
Man Ray, purchased
many of Atget’s prints.
When Man Ray requested
Atget for an image, to
publish on the cover of his
magazine, he agreed, and
said, “Don’t put my name
on it. These are simply
documents I make.”
For reading more on the life
and work of Eugène Atget—
Great Masters
Turn to page 116
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SnapShots
GearGuide
CellphonePhotography
75
TeST
52
TeST
Nikon Df
Is the analogue
functionality worth the
time travel?
28
Book Review
‘Genesis’ by
Sebastião Salgado
Apple iPhone 5S
Is this the best
cameraphone today?
80
32
CellPHoNe TeCHNiQUe
The Pet Project
Photographing your
four-legged friends
Look Who’s Shooting
Aparna Jayakumar
33
Visual Musings
by Amit Pasricha
83
CellPHoNe DiArieS
Dinesh Khanna on the
politics of chairs
60
Fujiﬁ lm X-A1
A camera identical to
the X-M1, except for a
difference in sensors.
84
Profile
Teresa Franco
... and her love for
macro photography
ON THE COVER
64
Nikon COOLPIX P7800
Does slow and steady
really win the race?
creating surreal art in tHe snOw
•
Fascinating macrOs witH a cellpHOne camera
(total 176 pages + 16 pg supplement)
January 2014 • Rs. 150
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Olympus M. Zuiko
12–40mm f/2.8 PRO
The best zoom lens in the
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72
Panasonic 12–35mm
f/2.8 OIS
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Bp excellence awards
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Special
BP eXCelleNCe AwArDS 2013 ............................... 38
oN BUYiNG A New CAMerA .................................... 42
ToP 30 CAMerAS ................................................. 44
eXcLusIVe tests
Apple iPhone 5s
nikon p7800
Fujiilm X-a1
sigma 18-35mm f/1.8
olympus 12-40mm f/2.8
74
Sigma 18–35mm f/1.8
DC HSM
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Photograph pets and other furry
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prOFile
Discover a world of forms
& hues with paint buckets
The legendary Eugène Atget
who inspired generations
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about buying a new camera
Carl Warner makes beautiful
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Focus
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10 8
17 2
Profile
Carl Warner
Creating landscape art
with human bodies
STorY BeHiND THe PiCTUre
India From Outer Space
90
oN ASSiGNMeNT
Snow Projections
Making the most out of a
roaring blizzard
114
94
MY BeST SHoT
S Paul
A Burst of Colour
Turning paint cans and
splashes into works of art
11 6
GreAT MASTerS
Eugène Atget
Discover his enchanting
records of French culture
102
TiPS & TriCKS
Photograph moonlight,
shapes and smoke
Regulars
feeDBACK ............................................................16
reADerS GAllerY ............................................... 88
PHoToGUiDe ....................................................... 98
1000 worDS ....................................................... 122
YoUr PiCTUreS .................................................. 130
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