Better Photography

Our ever curious and passionate love affair with the camera will never cease. And so be it as Better Photography, India's first magazine completely devoted to the art and science of photography presents an expansive imagery like no other can. It is also the best-selling photography magazine in India and South Asia.

Making Better Pictures / On Assignment

A Jigsaw in Pictures

by Supriya on Feb 10, 2012 • No Comments

Prerana Manker creates a series of patchwork collages, each made from a number of different photographs.

Making Better Pictures / On Assignment

Dark, Sharp, Gritty!

by Team BP on Feb 4, 2012 • No Comments

Kelly Castro photographs intriguing and creative people from different walks of life, to portray how individuals can be similar, and yet so different.

Making Better Pictures / On Assignment

The Disappearing Wild

by Team BP on Feb 1, 2012 • No Comments

Salvatore Arone makes pictures at zoos to create a series of stark, close-up portraits to give a human-like quality to endangered animals.

Making Better Pictures / Shooting Technique

Portrait Special: 100 Tips to Make Stunning Portraits

by Ambarin on Jan 31, 2012 • 1 Comment

Ambarin Afsar walks you through a few simple tips to great portraits.

Making Better Pictures / Shooting Technique

Portrait Special: Finding The Perfect Mood

by Ambarin on Jan 30, 2012 • 3 Comments

What strikes you the most when you view an image? Possibly that it is joyous, humourous or sad. Ambarin Afsar discusses how this mood is the foundation of every photograph.

Making Better Pictures / Shooting Technique

Portrait Special: Into a Vast World

by Ambarin on Jan 29, 2012 • No Comments

Ambarin Afsar explains how one must understand the choices that one needs to make before one shoots, especially regarding backgrounds and colour.

Making Better Pictures / Shooting Technique

Portrait Special: The Light of Life

by Ambarin on Jan 28, 2012 • 1 Comment

Ambarin Afsar discusses how to control and experiment with the one element that breathes life into every photograph—light.

Making Better Pictures / Shooting Technique

Portrait Special: Weave a Story

by Ambarin on Jan 27, 2012 • No Comments

Ambarin Afsar explains how the final photograph eventually depends on important narrative devices like aesthetic framing, graceful poses and props.

Making Better Pictures / Shooting Technique

Portrait Special: Going Beyond

by Ambarin on Jan 26, 2012 • No Comments

What do you do when the obvious becomes boring and you want to differentiate your style? Start by breaking a few rules, Ambarin Afsar says.

Making Better Pictures / Shooting Technique

People in Landscapes

by Raj on Jan 25, 2012 • No Comments

Raj Lalwani shares some simple tips on how to make your landscape photographs more dynamic by including human subjects.

Latest entries

Events

POY 2011: Celebrating India’s Best Photographers

by Team BP on Feb 7, 2012 • 3 Comments

After a long hard journey, the Canon-Better Photography Photographer of the Year 2011 culminated in a wonderful awards night, filled with happy and sometimes nervous moments.

Columns

The Making of a Powerful Picture

by Team BP on Feb 10, 2012 • No Comments

K Madhavan Pillai speaks about how a photograph can capture a sliver of time.

Making Better Pictures / On Assignment

A Jigsaw in Pictures

by Supriya on Feb 10, 2012 • No Comments

Prerana Manker creates a series of patchwork collages, each made from a number of different photographs.

Lens Reviews / Reviews, Tests

Well Above the Mark

by Neha on Feb 9, 2012 • No Comments

Neha Mutreja tests the new Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 21mm f/2.8 ZE to check if this is the best wide angle lens in the market.

Interviews / Photo Feature

The Bureaucratics

by Team BP on Feb 9, 2012 • No Comments

Jan Banning undertakes a photographic study of administration and public servants across eight countries in the world.

Compact Camera Reviews / Reviews, Tests

The Crown Has Fallen

by Team BP on Feb 7, 2012 • No Comments

Its predecessor is arguably the best compact camera around, but the new Canon PowerShot S100 just does not match up. Raj Lalwani tells you why.

Great Masters / Interviews

Jagdish Agarwal

by Chandni on Feb 6, 2012 • Comments Closed

Neha Mutreja speaks to Jagdish Agarwal to trace the life and works of this legend, also known as the father of stock photography in India.

Events

POY 2011: The Final Face-off in Mumbai

by Team BP on Feb 5, 2012 • 2 Comments

The Final Face-off of Canon Better Photography Photographer of the Year 2011, took our participants across the city of Mumbai, as they tried to capture The Spirit of Mumbai . Here's a look at the final submissions by each contestant.

Making Better Pictures / On Assignment

Dark, Sharp, Gritty!

by Team BP on Feb 4, 2012 • No Comments

Kelly Castro photographs intriguing and creative people from different walks of life, to portray how individuals can be similar, and yet so different.