Author Archive "Ambarin Afsar"

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The Difficult Art of Portraiture

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Often, I find myself struggling with portraiture. I admire photographers who can simply walk up to their subject and make a portrait. …

Orange Matte: She loves dimly lit, dark environments and the light that filters from windows and doors. There are traces of lives lived, old peeled paint, rust, decay and grime. Photograph/Feyza Ceylan
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Ruin Aesthetic

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Go Away Closer

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Every once in a while, it is a good thing to go away someplace and sit by yourself and your thoughts. Similarly, …

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A World of Mirrors

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Colour can be one of the most overpowering elements of a photograph. Photograph/Ritesh Uttamchandani
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Portrait Special: Into a Vast World

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Remember dreams in which you are doing impossible but amazing things like flying or even levitating? Self portraiture can bottle these concepts into fun images. Exposure: 1/50sec at f/3.5 (ISO 200) Photograph/Soumya Jayaraman
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Tripod Techniques: Decoding Selfie-ism

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Should a photograph tell the truth? Or should it flatter the subject? Photograph/Shyamal Das
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Portrait Special: Finding The Perfect Mood

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Great Masters

Sebastião Salgado

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Shot at the Galleria mall in Mumbai, this image works because of the attention paid to composition. Ensure that your frame is well balanced. Photographh/Swapan Mukherjee
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25 Tips for Amazing Architecture Photos!

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The wonderful orange sky acts as negative space and surrounds the flock of birds perched on a wire, effectively conveying a sense of scale and magnitude. Photograph/Sindhur Reddy
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The Mysterious Spaces

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Rato monk holding his rosary. Photograph/ Nicholas Vreeland / Tasveer Arts
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A Monk’s Camera

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Great Masters

Rajesh Bedi

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