It is yet another New Year, and one that we are looking at with much excitement. It is also the time for us to set aside the hopes, concerns and curiosities and reflect upon a year gone by. For Smart Photography, a reflection on the previous year cannot go by without a compilation of the best cameras available in the market by the end of 2016. Here is a compiled list of top … [Read more...]
The Ones that Did Not Make it… Part VI
The photography industry has been through a highly exciting but tumultuous century. During this period, many corporates have entered and exited the camera business. The industry has been severely competitive in the nineteen sixties, seventies and eighties and this inevitably took its toll. SP tracks those companies that did indeed play a part in the fortunes of the … [Read more...]
MAGNIFICENT MALAYSIA
R Srinivasan A compelling blend of cuisines, cultures, sights and activities - it might turn out to be your dream destination, says R Srinivasan. The name ‘Malaysia’ as per one school of thought is believed to have been derived from the word ‘Melayu’ in Malay, supposedly from the Tamil words ‘Malai’ (mountain) and ‘Ur’ (city). The country’s third-largest source of foreign … [Read more...]
My Life with Cameras…
My journey in photography started because of my dad’s interest in cameras/photography. But my first serious camera was all thanks to my mom who had got this viewfinder camera from Japan in the 1964 Olympics, called Petri and I still have the camera with me! Dad had a background in photography because he grew up in a famous studio in Nagpur called “Acme studio” and helped his … [Read more...]
BEHIND THE STAGE The making of a perfect wedding shoot…
As told to Unnati Sagar Hridgandha Mistry, wife of renowned Indian photographer— Girish Mistry, is a photographer, a mentor as well as a wedding planner. (Girish Mistry is the founder of Shari Academy of Professional Photography and Digital Imaging, which has now completed 25 years of imparting quality education in the field of photography) Hrid, a faculty at Shari Academy, … [Read more...]
