As far as I could remember, I've had everything planned. From what I studied, where I would go to school and so on............... The only problem was that life gave me a rude awakening and taught me that things don't always go according to plan. It took me a long time to admit this. For…
Continue reading ➞ The magic of unpredictability in photography
"When forced to work within a strict framework, the imagination is taxed to its utmost and will produce its richest ideas" - T.S.Eliot Choices, choices... We are overrun with choices. The choice of camera, which lens to use, which camera is the best at this and that and we forget the fundamentals of…
Continue reading ➞ Are you telling your story through your photography?
With the release of the Nikon Z mirrorless cameras, it got me thinking about the relationship between technology and our search of perfection. There is nothing so exclusive so cold as perfection. Photography is a technical medium and over the years, the cameras have gotten more sophisticated and with the released of even more sophisticated…
The full Variations series is finally completed. This series is something that started totally accidentally. From time to time, I set myself assignments is order to hone my composition skills. My aim for this exercise was to create variations from the same subject. Halfway through the exercise, I realised that this is very similar to…
Continue reading ➞ Variations series – Simplicity vs Intricacies
On a grey Sunday afternoon, I stood for 10 minutes in front of an abandoned building lost in both my thoughts and mainly in awe at the craftsmanship. A lady came up to me and asked what I was looking at. What had caught my eye was the contrast between the old and the new.…
When I first picked up a camera, I was only familiar with the concept of one image at the time. This was until I came across the Magnum website and works of Henri Cartier- Bresson and many others. What stood out to me was more their approach to photography along with their distinct way of…
Continue reading ➞ What a photography series can teach you about being a photographer!!
It is easy to bring the camera to the eye level to capture an image and as many of you may have noticed, the majority of images captured generally at also from that point of view. However, experiencing with different viewpoint can yield some incredible results. I myself have be known to be found in…
Continue reading ➞ How to capture unique and different perspective in photography and architecture
