Telling Stories Through My Captures
Landscape photography is more than just photographing the landscape in front of your lens, and it has to do a lot with the journey and the preparation before the travel. I don’t wish to elaborate on the planning part in this post. This post is entirely about the virtue and practice of patience in landscape…
Continue reading ➞ Patience – An Important Virtue in Landscape Photography
Have you ever seen photographs with silky smooth water, moving clouds, light trails and so on? Those kind of photographs are achieved by slowing down the shutter of your camera; what it essentially does is open the camera's shutter long enough to capture motion. There are a lot of use case scenarios for using long…
Continue reading ➞ Before You Try Long Exposure Photography For The First Time
When you are starting out on landscape photography and do not have your finances in place; traveling twice to a far off location or spending some time there to get a photograph can be a daunting task. This post is based on my experience shooting landscapes. Mannavanur Lake, Kodaikanal (Nikon D7200, Tokina 11-16mm, 30" Exposure)…
Continue reading ➞ How I Approach an Unknown Landscape and Photograph it
This post is a personal analysis about the world of Instagram and how it has the potential to have negative effects on our mental health.
The feeling of not knowing what to do or think is ripping me from the inside. Sometimes I feel a boulder on my chest. My eyes give away the fake smiles I sport. Still remember that dreadful night… the hopes of the previous days, being sucked out of us, shattering our hearts. The hot and…
Social media, which started as a small sharing platform for various types of content, have taken over our lives. With the data boom and algorithms, we are becoming extremely limited in our thoughts and activities. The content being pushed to us is catered as per our beliefs and views; we see only what we want…
Swipe The cold mountain winds brushing your hair, The thump of the motorcycle, Travelling with your friends, you haven’t met --- You’re with that girl, Who dances and smiles Your heart pumping for this new feeling ---- In that car, you always dreamed of Munching the miles… Battery low! Is the message you…
SHALLOWYou call yourself progressiveBut when your daughter found a man,You disapprovedWhen your son wanted to be a musician,You became tone deafWhen your wife wanted shorts,You shamed herBut when you saw someone in bikiniYou pronounced it as progress to your friendsWhen your husband cried over an argument,You called him weakYet you proudly counsel that crying is…
I wrote this poem a while ago. Everyone in this world has problems, and many tend to stick to the societal perception of what is normal, but deep down inside, a person could be hurt very badly. Photo by Aidan Roof from Pexels Where do I go to open my mind?To whom thou I speak…
The last time I have posted on my Instagram feed was on 23rd October, which was 22 days ago. A few days before posting that image, my mind got into a glut and built up of utter confusion and chaos due to various things that were bothering me. Lost in those myriad thoughts and confusion,…
Continue reading ➞ Aspiring Content Creators: Create More, Consume Less
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