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Happiness Erich Caparas
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The Animals
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On The
Streets
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Editorial
Arturo Lopez Illana
Prakhar Garg
Priyashi Negi
Editorial
Ankit Tyagi
Chief Visualiser From times immemorial, portraits have been used for more
Sheetal Mann than just keeping record. They have been used to show power,
importance, virtue, beauty, wealth, taste, learning or other
Design qualities of the subject. Since then, the art of capturing faces
Bhavyaa Parashar
have come a long way. It takes just a moment in time to capture a face on
Analysis the film. The lines on the faces trace back to the past experiences, the raw
Prateek Kashyap emotions and so many narratives. Eyes that hold embers amidst the swell
of oceans, speaking the language of the soul. The freckles like the galaxy
Writers of stars, waiting to be explored. The magic that lies between the contours
Aditi Puranik of jawlines and cheekbones and the secrets hidden in the strands of hair.
Navneeth Unnikrishnan
The sunshine smiles and the raindrops on golden hair all depict beauty in
Shrey Malik
Swati Rawat its eminence.
Shimran Epari
Nivedita Joshi Drawing from the most expressive muse, Chiiz introduces its next
instalment on Faces. We have incorporated the works of many proficient
Technology photographers to bring to you this month’s issue. The wildlife portraits
Sachin Arora
by Wolf Ademeit gives wildlife photography a whole new dimension with
Rishabh Jain
Bharat Bhushan stupefying animal portraits. Erich Caparas’ exquisite fashion portraits are as
Aditya Baghel aesthetically pleasing as they are immaculate. The black and white homeless
faces captured by Leroy Skalstad reflect the stories that one looks for in an
Business Development artwork.
Rajesh Basu
Amit Ghosh
JP Stones’ and Marco Vendittelli’s tribal portraits are breaking new ground
Dimas Fajar
with the innovative thought process that went behind creating such
Sales portraiture. Rupa Sutton’s portraits on pets is beyond adorable and a sight
Krishna Srinivas for sore eyes. Vedat Satilmis’ and Puneet Jain’s work on monochrome Faces
Amit Gupta is awe-inspiring and epitomize the true theme of this issue. We have the
exquisite work of Leo who has contributed by sharing his tasteful work on
Marketing
birds.
Kanika Maurya
Anurag Khaneja
The portraits by Harshawardhan Nevkar depict the Indian street portraiture
Public Relations in all its finesse. Alexandre Sattler’s portraits characterize travel and culture
Barkha Chandra and each frame is extraordinary beyond measure. One cannot help but
marvel at the Underwater portraiture by Alex Ribeiro and how his pictures
Staff Photographers
give an altogether different edge to underwater photography. Saumalya
Surbhi Sharma
Susana Gomez Ghosh’s avant garde work on street is one that will leave the viewer
Tarundeep Singh entranced. Suniel Marathe amazes with sensational boudoir photography
Urshita Saini that is staggering in itself.
Finance Overall this issue is replete with amazing portraiture that will leave you in
Neelu Singh
awe and admiration, looking for untold stories in the masks that people
Consultant wear. For the deep furrows on the face are a remembrance of events that
Apratim Saha transpired during a lifetime. How tears sometimes flowed parallel to the
Mansa Inc. lines of happiness. Etched on the face and the forehead is a sanctuary of
bygone eras. The face tells it all.
CEO
Mukesh Kumar
Regards,
Cover Photo Arturo Lopez Illana
Erich Caparas
Contents
Classics
Old is Gold 28 Movie Review 36
Boulevard du Temple Rear Window
Louis Jacques Daguerre Alfred Hitchcock
42 JP Stones
On the Streets 32
46 Marco Vendittelli Leroy Skalstad
62 Arturo Lopez Illana
Gross National 50
64 Harshavardhan Nevkar Happiness
65 Mayank Gandhi Swati Rawat
Figure Study
Suniel Marathe 91
Tools
Gear Review 56 App of the Month 66
SIGMA 14mm 1.8 Art Series AfterFocus
The Animals
Wolf Ademeit talks about his popular style of
wildlife photography and how it is different than
other genres
Cheese
F/6.3 1/160s ISO3200
Q. Love towards wildlife and expect special access or privileged or privileged treatment, such as
getting no special privilege while treatment, such as a backstage pass a backstage pass at concerts. It
in zoo, what is your opinion on at concerts. It is also possible as a is also possible as a normal zoo
this? normal zoo visitor to photograph visitor to photograph aesthetically
A. I am always asked if I have aesthetically demanding pictures. demanding pictures.
special privileges in the zoos in
which I photograph. Well, I have no Q. Using animals as models and Q. Using animals as models and
special privileges. My pictures were portraying their sharp expressions portraying their sharp expressions
taken as a normal zoo visitor during can be challenging. How do you can be challenging. How do you
the normal visiting hours. This note plan your shoot? plan your shoot?
was intended for my workshops. A. Unfortunately, you cannot plan A. Unfortunately, you cannot plan
Some participants may otherwise otherwise expect special access good luck.
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much more intense than the black
and white version. Personally, I like
the black and white pictures better.
Hello World
F/6.3 1/320 ISO200
The Baboon
F/7.1 1/500 ISO1600
Prateek Kashyap
prateek@chiiz.com
An adventure seeker by heart, his
passion for photography was ignited
in the Great Himalayas. Clicking clear
frames and solving the mysteries of
life, he just wants to spend his time as
Saki a confused photographer.
F/6.7 1/400 ISO1600
Taitung Firethorn
Nikon D4S 600mm F/5.6 1/640 ISO800
Osprey
Nikon D500 600 mm F/5.6 1/1600 ISO200
Kingfisher
Nikon D4S 600mm F/5.6 1/3200 ISO2200
Honey Buzzard
Nikon D7100 600mm F/4 1/2000 ISO1000
One among many
Nikon D810 105 mm F/18 1/250 ISO100
Puffer School
Nikon D7200 60 mm F/16 1/200 ISO100
Find Alex Ribeiro’s work
Website: alexribeiro.co
Instagram: alexribeiro.photography
Facebook: AlexRibeiro.photography
The Lover
Nikon D810 Nikon 24-120 mm F/5 1/400 48mm
My Bird
Nikon D810 Nikon 28-300 mm F/5.6 1/100 300mm
Age slows things Tired of waiting
Nikon D750 85mmF/4 1/400 ISO320 Nikon D750 112mm F/4 1/80 ISO400
Watching the world fall apart Calm but not from within Happy to die young
iPhone 6 4.15mm F/2.2 1/100 ISO50 Nikon D750 85mm F/2.8 1/320 ISO320 iPhone 6 40.15mm F/2.2 1/105 ISO32
Old is Gold
Louis Jacques Daguerre and his most
celebrated creation Boulevard du Temple
28 CLASSICS
Left: by 1835, Daguerre
fire in 1839. In 1829 Daguerre met seized the light, I have arrested the and the surrounding areas, Paris,
Nicéphore Niépce, an inventor who flight”. the photograph taken from Louis
had produced world’s first Heliograph In 1839, Daguerre used his invention Daguerre’s third floor apartment
in 1822, and the oldest surviving to capture what is thought to be of the houses on Saint Martin
camera photograph in 1826. He the first picture of a human. The Boulevard in Paris, still life collection
had been attempting to obtain shoe-shiner on the street of Paris’ of sculptures presented to King
permanent pictures by the action of Boulevard du Temple, wasn’t actually Ludwig I of Bavaria, Still life collection
sunlight since 1814. While Niépce aware that he is going to make history of sculptures including one of
was fascinated about Diorama, when Daguerre clicked an image of Jupiter Tonans. Presented to prince
Daguerre too had an idea about the shoe-shiner and a customer on Metternich of Austria, a still life of
capturing an image from the camera the street. Perhaps the street might sculptures. One of these photographs
obscura. The individual efforts of both be filled with a lot more people was also presented to Nicholas I of
became much more worthy when the moving around on the streets, but the Russia, 1839.
two became partners in 1829, and anonymous Frenchman and the shoe- Besides these, Louise’s work on
continued to work together until the shiner were only two to stand still for earliest portraits has also been
death of Niépce in 1833. a period of 10 minutes. It needed found. Few of them are the portraits
By 1835, Daguerre had discovered Daguerre to expose the silver plated of an artist in 1843, two portraits of
that if a copper plate coated with sheet of copper for several minutes, undefined men (1840-1845), the
silver iodide was exposed to light in develop it and then finally fix the portrait of American inventor Samuel
a camera, then with fumes of mercury image using chemicals. Morse, 1854 and another portrait of
vapor fixed by a solution of common The second version of Boulevard du Madame Louise Georgina Daguerre,
salt, a permanent image would be Temple was taken later in the same wife of Louis Daguerre.
formed. This process reduced the day judging from the position of the
exposure time from eight hours to shadows. This was a big day indeed In this way, Daguerreotype made
thirty minutes. The results were not because this was the first time when a huge success and it kept on increasing
permanent because whenever the human being was pictured; until now Louise’s virtue day by day. Louise
developed picture was exposed to only ‘art’ had served the purpose. breathed his on 10 July 1851, at Bry-
light, the unexposed areas of silver By mid-19th century a large numbers sur-Marne, France and is still revered
darkened, until the image was no of pictures, especially portraits, as one of the founding fathers of
longer visible. were created by the process. This photography.
Daguerre put all his efforts in his technique was supplemented by
goal and finally he made it. He made the Wet Collodion Process. Thereby,
a crucial discovery when he found Daguerreotype became the first
that an invisible faint “latent” image successful form of photography.
Aditi Puranik
created by much longer exposure Daguerre achieved great heights aditi@chiiz.com
could be chemically “developed” after his discovery. Some of his A budding journalist, Aditi watches the
world with wonder in her eyes. Talented
into a visible image. Daguerre, on surviving works include the view of but lazy, introvert but sarcastic, she is a
nature lover, continuously trying to work
seeing the image exclaimed, “I have the rear of Notre-Dame Cathedral on her photography and writing skills.
CLASSICS 29
Blue Eyes
NX1 F/2.8 1/80 ISO400
N I C E
NX500 F/2.2 1/100 ISO320
Leroy Skalstad
grew up on a small
farm west of Holy
Hill Wisconsin.
Now known
affectionately as
“Cameraman” by
those experiencing
homelessness,
Leroy has worked
on the St. Ben’s
Community Meal
Program annual
calendar for the
past 21 years and
works each year
for Help-Portrait
M i l w a u k e e ,
which offers free
photo shoots for
underprivileged
families in
December. He
says that his life
as a photographer
has been an
incredible 61-year-
old journey.
Needful Face
Canon EOS 5D F/8 100mm 1/250 ISO800
The Thoughtful Mind
Canon EOS 5D 105mm F/5.6 1/30 ISO500
On The Streets
Leroy Skalstad talks about his experience of
living on the streets and about his journey of
Poor Situation
Canon EOS 5D 135mm F/5 1/250 ISO400 becoming a photographer
Q. We came to know that you the street life? and bought a 35mm Pentax k1000
are a veteran and have served in camera for about $40 as the camera
the Vietnam War and have also A. It has been over 30 years that was a bit old and then I went on
experimented with photography. I have been living in the streets. with photographing the streets.
Please share your experience It all happened when I started
with us? having problems in keeping jobs. Q. How has living on the
A. It was kind of a golden time I couldn’t handle the stress of a streets helped you to acuminate
for me when it all happened. I did normal work-day; I shared it with photographic eyes?
photography in Vietnam but only the doctors and they diagnosed A. There are young people on the
when I used to get free time. In post-traumatic stress disorder but I street and they actually don’t talk
Vietnam, we have the monsoon had to go through a lot of struggle to you as you are a stranger. But
rains and there you can do some as I had to get an approval to get you make eye contact with them
great photography. I used to go the compensation. The approval and you get to know them with
in the cities and the villages and process takes a couple of years and their expressions. I am aware of my
when you are an infantry soldier it that’s when I spent time living in the surroundings and there are children
becomes difficult to carry a 35mm streets. When you love photography and teens that are rejected by their
camera with us. But we did have and you don’t have a camera, you families due to their physical or
the Kodak 126 Instamatic cameras would just look at people who are in cognitive disorders and sometimes
and it took a lot less space while the streets. When you are homeless, because of their sexuality. When
carrying. We used to keep it in our you don’t often talk to people and you get to know their story and
backpacks and the 35mm mostly just make eye contact. I always share your own story with them you
stayed at our basecamps. used to think to myself that, God I can really relate to how they feel.
wish I could just capture this as a When it comes to photography you
Q. How long have you been living portrait in my camera. So eventually have to first know your subject and
on the streets and photographing when I got a place to live, I went without using words you tell their
FEATURE 33
Helpless
Canon EOS 5D F/6.3 1/250 ISO400
story. The real stories are mostly from and my struggle in life from Q. Who has been your inspiration
present in the streets, the homeless being a veteran to a homeless in life and in what ways do they
have experienced a lot and I always person. That is how I develop a inspire you?
try my subjects to comprehend mutual trust with my subjects where A. My mom has always been my
what photography actually is. That we can actually relate to each other. inspiration in life and she is the one
is when they give permission to do There are complications related to who taught me the value of freezing
photography. using the homeless as subjects as time and the value of archiving
the circumstances can be different photos. I knew that my mother
Q. What is your main focus when and I personally have had situations created our modest life on a small
you subject the homeless? How do where conversations transitioned dairy farm which would be valued
you differentiate your work from into portrait sections. I like to think as the years go by. My favourite
the non-homeless photographers that sometimes when my subjects artist has been Gordan Parks and his
when they make the homeless ask me how do I want them to work is so inspiring that I have kept
their subjects? pose. My answer always remains his work in my apartment too. He
A. A lot of times what happens is that the same, just look at my lens as had a way of using his equipment
when I find something interesting, you are sharing your life story with as per the subjects. His hallmark
I ask people if they would have a other people. My subjects don’t was how he brought the story at
cup of coffee and then we talk always look directly in the camera forefront, if you look his work it’s
about our stories and share our but when they do, they are really so natural people are at ease while
experiences. That is when we really sharing their life story with other working with him and that’s where
get to connect with the homeless people. According to me that’s the all my inspiration comes from. I just
and it becomes more interesting. hallmark of my work and that’s what cannot define his work in words.
I bring up my story, where I come I do.
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The Homless
Canon EOS 5D 85mm F/4.5 1/125 ISO400
Ankit Tyagi
ankit@chiiz.com
Ankit has intense love towards photography and is now working as
an Asst. Editor with Chiiz. He has been writing for us for a long time
now and believes in the power of words. The dream is to explore and
find different perceptions in life. He likes watching classic movies and
Down-and-out In His Thoughts is inspired by Alfred Hitchcock as a director.
Canon EOS 5D F/4.5 1/250 ISO800 Canon EOS 5D F/5 1/250 ISO1600
FEATURE 35
Movie Review
Rear Window
Plot
A photojournalist L.B. “Jeff” Jeffries, famous for
his work in the magazine is trapped on a chair with
a broken leg. The movie starts with Jeff sleeping
with his broken leg on a chair in his tiny, sweltering
courtyard apartment. The role of Jeff is played by none
other than James Stewart, a well-known name in the
history of Hollywood. Jeff is a restless man of action
who is confined to his apartment and spends weeks
looking out of his window at his neighbours across the
courtyard. As being a photojournalist he is great with
the skills of a spy. Through his window Jeff carries out
the act of voyeurism.
36 CLASSICS
Snowy Finn
Canon EF 100 mm F/3.3 1/400 ISO3200
Pippa and Mirror
Sigma Art 50 mm F/2.2 1/500 ISO640
Along with the award winning software, the Bolt can do very
precise work which would be very difficult or time consuming
to create shots in seconds. Mark Roberts Motion Control
(MRMC), UK has certified this robot for the best high-speed
motion capturing and the best cinematography. The Bolt is
a multi-axis precision motor-controlled robotic arm fixed to a
stationary base, which, in turn, can be moved on hi-tech rails at
the speed of four meters per seconds and the arm can swivel in
a 180-degree arc, in any direction.
KEY FEATURES
MAYA: Take moves planned in Maya and feed them into the Bolt.
FLAIR INTERFACE: Interface with real-time virtal and augmented reality graphics-
all through flair software.
TRIGGERS 41
J P Stones has spent much of his
life traveling from one country to
the next. While on this journey, he
became aware of how we seem to
be moving towards a homogenous
global culture of sorts. He saw
photography as a way to capture
and promote the uniqueness of
both ancient and modern cultures.
It was this seed of an idea that grew
into Aztec Photography Workshops
in Mexico: an opportunity to
photograph locals who have
retained their culture, customs and
Sitting or Waiting
Canon EOS 5D Mark III F/8 1/500 ISO160
heritage, despite modern pressure.
In Search of Prey
Canon EOS 5D Mark III F/1.8 1/250 ISO50
TRIGGERS 47
Woman from Tamberma tribe, Togo
Nikon D750 35 mm F/10 1/250 ISO100
Gross National
Happiness Prateek Kashyap
New Delhi, India
Kids of Phuensholing
Canon 60D 90 mm F/5.6 1/200 ISO640
Happiness is a transient wave that we The first time I ever heard about a sleep deprived crankiness sweeping
chase while living this limited life. A country called Bhutan was in middle through my mind. The last thing I
desire so potent which makes a man school when my teacher asked me needed was a nauseous road trip
move to unfathomable distances. to locate this landlocked country on through the mountains. I took a deep
And yet, even when we momentarily a map. I might not have passed that breath and woman-ed up. I had to
embrace this fleeting phantom, it test but on that day, I was introduced get through 4-5 hours of drive before
slips out of our grip like water leaving to this tiny neighbor of ours. And hitting my face on a pillow at my stay.
us gasping, panting, and desiring for now, 14 years later, I bumped into ‘4-5 hours Swati. You can do it. Maybe
more. this acquaintance again only this time it’ll end sooner than you realize.’ I
it happened through a friend. told myself. Never in my life did the
I’m sure you’ve lived long enough to universe ever respond so potently
experience this. So let me ask you, ‘...And Paro, Oh man the quaint Paro and delivered so swiftly. And never in
how does your version of happiness valley. It got me high man.’ My friend my life I wish it hadn’t.
looks like? I remember sitting on the confessed after coming back from his
balcony of my house and asking this backpacking trip with his grad mates. The journey from Bagdogra to
question every single night before ‘High on what?’ I winked. Phuentsholing felt like it was carved
going to sleep. My version was He closed his eyes, sank back on out of a sculptor’s imagination. With
simple - find your passion, be good the chair and exhaled with a smile, the mountains accompanying me
to others, and love yourself. I knew ‘Happiness’. throughout the journey, I didn’t feel
I wasn’t the only person searching That was it. If a place could literally tired or alone. I had a new travel
for it but I wanted proof. I wanted to take my cynical friend’s breath away, buddy and a pretty mesmerizing one I
validate my thoughts to know that it could at least give me few bouts of tell you. The only time it disappeared
there were other people around who peace. I was not at all prepared for while I was on the road was when
consciously aimed to live and direct what came next. it passed the torch to its other half
their entire life in fulfilling this goal. The plane landed at Bagdogra airport and let it surround my vision with
I was looking for a person, at max and I mentally prepared myself for nothing but trees and wildlife. Yeah,
a group with mutual philosophy. I the roadtrip to Phuentsholing. I that happens too. You cross three rich
didn’t know that I would come across hadn’t slept all night to sort my work luscious forests and if you’re lucky
a country. before this vacation and I could feel enough, you could spot an elephant
50 FEATURE
or two on your way. I felt like a child she said with the same curve rested ever get to see so many of them at
visiting disneyland for the first time. on her face, as I pointed it out. She one single place especially with such
Everything grabbed my attention and unknowingly made my day. I paid my graceful undertone.
I was frantically peeking out through regards to her and left, stealing her
the window trying not to miss out on expressions for the day. And the best was kept for the last.
anything. It was such a rush of blood A day later, I was in Paro valley and
to the head that my fatigue left the A gush of fresh air swayed over me that was the time, I understood my
room for wonder to fill that space. I as soon as I stepped out and opened friend’s remark in its purest essence.
spent the night at Phuentsholing and my eyes only to find myself standing It felt like going into a serene coma,
left for Thimpu the next day. at this picturesque spot surrounded so overwhelming that you take in
by mountains and serene faces. everything and nothing around you
Upon reaching Thimpu, I saw this Throughout that day, all I saw was at the same time. I remember sitting
woman at a restaurant where I this undefined curve and a sense of outside and having a cup of tea when
stopped to grab some breakfast; Late absolute calmness which everyone I saw a man carrying his toddler on his
80s, having this peculiar look on her seemed to nonchalantly possess. To shoulders and telling him something
face as if she was amused. You know be honest, I was a little jealous and with that same recognizable smile. He
that look when you see an old picture mystified. felt like a character from some silent
and can’t help but grinning ear to indie movie involving lots of colors,
ear even after putting it down? Yeah, The next day I began my day trip to lots of calmness, and lots of feel-
she had that look since I entered this Punakha where the serenity stretched good moments.
place. I was intrigued. I immediately over the landscape. However, I
wanted to talk and say Hi. Turned out, couldn’t hide my excitement over I embarked upon my three hour trek
she was the owner of this neat little visiting the temple of fertility after to reach Paro Taktsang prominently
place and she didn’t realise that she reading about it for so long and it was known as Tiger’s Nest. A dreamer’s
was smiling. as peculiar as I expected it to be. With dreamlike journey introduced me to
walls covered immensely with the art the diverse flora and fauna of Bhutan
‘I don’t know what you’re talking of phalluses of all shapes, sizes, and only to lead me towards one of most
about. I was just cleaning the counter’, in all directions, I wondered if I would magnificent sight ever captured by my
Kids of Phuensholing
Marjit Bhaskar Gupta
Sony ILCE-3500 50mm F/1.8 1/400 ISO200
Banaras,India
Prateek Kashyap Paro Valley
New Delhi, India Canon EOS 60D 18mm F/3.5 1/640 ISO100
52 FEATURE
Anand Suthar Yamini Krishna
Mumbai, India Panasonic DMC-LX100 11mm f/14 1/320s ISO200 Thane,India NIKON D7100 24mm f/10 1/200s ISO100
Radha Swami
Banaras, India NIKON D7100 70mm f/6.3 1/100s ISO 100
Saptarishi Choudhary Playing while praying
Kolkata,India Canon 600D 24mm f/4 1/60 sec ISO:400
Jyoti Sharma The sacred Tiger’s Nest Jayesh Joshi Blood Pheasant
Banaras, India Nikon D5200 20mm f/7.1 1/125s ISO 100 Navsari,India Canon 6D 700mm F/5.6 1/30 ISO800
Image Quality
Just like other SIGMA Art Series, the image
quality and sharpness are not compromised for
wide aperture. The question that I had in my
mind was, would the 14mm perform well at wide
open 1.8? Well, it did a great job and the result
was just amazing. The sharpness at 1.8 was crisp,
even better than the other two lenses 14mm at 2.8
That’s a big deal as the other two lenses are also a
great name in the market.
SIGMA 14mm Center Sharpness
56 TOOLS
Edge Sharpness & Coma
The SIGMA 14mm performed well and the edge
sharpness and coma was well controlled.
The SIGMA lens had very little coma as compared to
the other two lens brands which is very uncommon to
see.
TOOLS 57
Hello There
Canon EOS 5D Mark II 200 mm F/2.8 1/1600 ISO800 Leica Q 28 mm F/1.7 1/160 ISO100
In His Thoughts
Canon EOS 5D Mark II 200 mm F/2.8 1/3200 ISO800
Wrinkled Lady
Canon EOS 5DS 200 mm F/2.8 1/500 ISO800
Want Something
Canon EOS 5D III 20mm F/3.2 1/1000 ISO1600
He loves blending
into the streets and
capturing faces
that has emotions,
expressions.
Check out his work:
www.thevedats.com
The Addict
Canon EOS 5D Mark III 168mm F/3.2 1/3200 ISO2000
Street Life
Canon EOS 5D Mark II 200 mm F/4 1/100 ISO400
Portrait(Calcutta)
Nikon D800 44 mm F/3.5 1/1250 ISO320
Old Portrait 1
Nikon D800 44 mm F/3.5 1/1250 ISO400
Harshawardhan Sham Nevkar
lives in Pune and he did MSc.
Microbiology from Pune University.
Currently he is working in TATA
Chemicals innovation center as
research assistant. All the portraits
are from his home town Pune itself.
If he gets a chance, he would love
to travel and click portraits all over
the world. He has a Nikon D5200
camera with 18-55mm and 55-200
mm lens. He bought this on Jan
2017 and from that day, his interest
in portraits has only increased.
Raw Life
Nikon D5200 Nikon 18-55 mm F/3.5 1/500 ISO160
Gaze
Nikon D3300 50mm F/1.8 1/500 ISO100
Innocence Smile
Nikon D3300 50mm F/3.5 1/100 ISO200 Nikon D3300 50mm F/3.5 1/100 ISO200
App of the Month
AfterFocus
Category:
Rating: 3.5/5
Platform: iOS, Android
Cost: Pro version for Rs 102.21
Apple and One Plus have been claiming that now you
can click DSLR like photographs right from your phone
with their digitally rendered bokeh effects, adding a
depth of field to your otherwise very flat smartphone
photos. But guess who beat them to the race? Say
hello to the app of the month AfterFocus.
If you are using the app for the first time, there is a bit that do a better job with all of that stuff, the USP of this
of a learning curve here with all the different settings app is a simple one and the name says it all.
to choose from. AutoFocus has three main image
focusing modes: Smart Focus, Manual Focus and Now don’t get too excited, this app won’t magically
Double Photo. Choosing the Double Photo mode will transform photos clicked by your smartphone to pixel
automatically adjust the image focus for you. Snap a perfect DSLR like photos. Photons being captured
couple of pictures and Double Photo will allow you to through the optical lenses of those cameras and then
compare the shots. being registered in the sensors, it’s quite a complex
process. After all there is a reason those bulky things
Smart Focus is the easiest way to take a picture since exist. Trying to imitate that level of depth and then
this mode only requires you to paint roughly around digitally rendering it to photos clicked by your phones
the edges of the object, a portion around the object to is an extremely challenging task, one that no company
set your focus for less intensity and a section in which has really been able to achieve.
you want to have a blurred background effect.
Despite all that if there is an app that has the capacity
Manual Focus, on the other hand, is the trickiest to set to add that little bit of depth to your photos and make
up among the three modes. Using this mode requires them look somewhat professional, it has to be this one.
you to manually paint over the desired image you want There are two versions of the app, a free one and the
to focus on but don’t worry, you can always hit undo in (free of ads) paid one that costs around 100 bucks. If
case you get it wrong. It’s easy to go overboard with you are a regular blogger who clicks a lot of photos
the app leading to very artificial looking background from your phone and consequently share it with rest of
blurs, for that reason the app provides two different the world, that price tag is worth it. In either case there
levels of blur. That way you can easily divide your photo is no doubt that your next instagram post could enjoy
into three sections foreground, middle ground and the the advantage of looking professional.
background. Once you have done all of this you can
tweak the type of blur you want (lens, motion, zoom),
change the aperture. The Motion blur, I think is one of
the best around, for it truly gives that movement effect Shrey Malik
shrey@chiiz.com
you were always looking for. The bokeh, conversely, Self proclaimed intellectual, reluctant nihilist and a wannabe
could be better. There are options to add different comedian. He is a graphic designer with impressive problem
solving skills.
filters although I personally think there are other apps
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The Bishnoi Lady
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The Bright Eyes
Canon 1200D 146 mm F/5.6 1/160 ISO640
WINNER
Sohail bin Mohammad
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3rd PLACE
Aniruddha Guha Sarkar
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Playtime
F/7.1 1/125 ISO2000
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He has won several awards including Francisco StreetFoto 2017, URBAN
HUMANITY PHOTO AWARDS Photo Awards 2017, London Street
from UNESCO & China Folklore Photography Festival 2017, SIENA
Photographic Association(2013, 2015) International Photo Awards 2017 etc.
and CBRE Urban Photographer of His work has been exhibited in national
the Year(2014). His work has been and international galleries in Agra,
selected among the Finalists in different Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati, Chennai,
International Street and People Greece, China, London, San Francisco
Photography competitions like Miami and Miami.
Street Photography Festival 2017, Sun
Sleeping Time
F/11 1/125 ISO1000
The Spectators
F/5.6 1/160 ISO1000
Joy of Nature
Nikon Coolpix L16 15 mm F/4.4 1/192 ISO175
Abhishek Purohit Stare Amit B. Dutta The Ladakh Smile
Rajasthan, India Nikon D750 350 mm F/6.3 1/320 ISO200 London, UK Nikon D750 54 mm F/4 1/60 ISO500
Amit B. Dutta Jejuri Saint Sampa Guha Majumdar The Face of Bhavnath Fair Welcoming Dance
Haresh Patel
London, UK Nikon D750 155 mm F/2.8 1/160 ISO640 Gujarat, India Nikon D810 35 mm F/4 1/500 ISO64 Nikon D750 42 mm F/4.8 1/125 ISO1600
Palghar, India
Souvik Banerjee Creator with his Creation Radha Swami Happy Face of Happy Land
Abu Dhabi, UAE Canon 5D Mark III 70 mm F/2.8 1/200 ISO500 Banaras, India Nikon D7100 35 mm F/2.2 1/2000 ISO200
Pinkesh Bhati The Fall Sadiqur Rahman The Painter Pinaki Ghosh The Human God
Rajasthan, India Canon 1200D 50 mm F/3.2 1/1600 ISO800 Assam, India Nikon D5100 36 mm F/6.3 1/200 ISO320 Maharashtra, India Nikon D750 50 mm F/1.8 1/160 ISO100
Jevgenij Scolokov The Fairytale Mona Singh Tender Ties
Riga, Latvia Canon 5D 85 mm F/2 1/1000 ISO100 Haryana, India Nikon D750 105 mm F/4 1/800 ISO100
Ritesh Ghosh The Pilgrim at the Gangasagar Transit Camp Amit B. Dutta The Cubian
Fuji XT1 95 mm F/2.8 1/200 ISO100 London, UK Nikon D750 75 mm F/4 1/80 ISO180
Kolkata, India
Lets Basket
Canon 5D Mark III F/1.8 1/250 ISO250
California Dream
Canon 5D Mark III F/3.5 1/8000 ISO100
The Troublesome
Canon 5D Mark III F/2.0 1/8000 ISO50
Woman I Color Dust IV
Pentax K1 Profoto B1 Pentax 70mm F/8 1/100 ISO100 Nikon D90 Nikkor 50mm F/5 1/100 ISO100
Call Me
Pentax K3 Sigma ART 21mm F/4 1/125 ISO100
Lídia Vives (January 29, 1991, Lleida)
studied Fine Arts and is currently
working as a fashion, musical bands
and artistic photographer. Her
work is characterized by pictorial
environment, the use of color, to
hide secrets in her pictures and the
dreamlike quality. When she creates
a photograph, her main interest is
not only the technical effect, but also
the anecdotal. The idea is to make
it look disturbing and disruptive, it
seems that the character will begin
to move at any time, to make clear
that they are only one frame of a
sequence.
Color Dust VI
Pentax K3 Pentax 70mm F/5 1/80 ISO100
The Denim
Tough Look
Erich Caparas was born in the Philippines but grew up in Northern Virginia/Washington
DC area. He has a degree in Economics and Engineering. Professionally, he has worked
as a graphics designer/photographer in Washington DC and New York and started
photography in 1977 way before digital, back in the film days.
He beta tested Photoshop and consulted with them when they introduced layers in
1993-94. Being on the cutting edge of technology gave him an opportunity to work with
some of the most known names in the industry including National Geographic, Mobil,
Smithsonian Institution, Discovery Channel, Victoria’s Secret, Ringling Brothers/Barnum
and Bailey, Siegfried and Roy, and the White House.
Q. What changes have you
seen from being a Beta tester
of Photoshop in 1993 to the
exciting innovations of the
21st century in Graphic Design
industry?
A. I consulted with Adobe when
they introduced layers in 1993.
That change was the turning
point in Photoshop. It was, at
that point , no longer just a
digital darkroom but also as
a raster software you can do
design with. That breakthrough
was monumental. It established
and propelled Adobe into the
21st century.
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once. This is good but
sometimes it can be bad also.
Because the student have the
urge to run, they forget that one
has to walk first before running.
As a result, the information is
not learned in the proper order
it should be learned. Bad habits
abound. And it’s usually harder
to teach someone with bad
habits already.
Surbhi Sharma
surbhi@chiiz.com
An adventurous girl who has a great love for
street food. She is dedicated towards her
work and is a self-inspired lady. She has a
dream to travel the world alone. Fight Me
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Recent Credentials:
Awarded the coveted Becker Memorial
Award for Creative Photography, 2017
Candy Shop
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Lost Soul
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