Live in the moment

It's surprising how so many things pass by, unseen, in this world. Moments are one of them. We’re always so busy we hardly have the time to notice life in the glory of its intricacies. 

Moments like human expressions, actions; that split second when a child smiles innocently, that one moment when an old couple hold hands and you see the subtle smile and content on their faces, the moment when you see a butterfly flying by and the very next one of a street dog looking at it curiously.

The thing about moments is, when you least expect it you will come across a sight of such heart-breaking beauty that you will unconsciously remember it for years to come.

During my industrial visit, I was sitting by the pool side one evening and watching my friends play in the water. Seeing them splash around, it made me curious about the moment when the hand just hits the surface of water. So I clicked photos of it with a very high shutter speed, not really aware of the beauty of what I was clicking.

Moments never fail to awe me and I believe that photography really helps me capture them. It enhances my ability to observe and capture moments; Moments which help me keep my faith in magic.

Nature Struck

I really feel personification of nature as "mother nature" is very apt. She looks after us in the most unconditional manner, ignoring all the ill treatment we give her. Though we completely depend on her, we take her for granted. 

Nature takes care of all our needs, providing us with peace and comfort when we seek resort from our hectic lives. Her pristine beauty never fails to awe us.

My college has a basketball court. And right next to the court was a small little garden which had various plants and flowers in it. This was the place I would spend my time after my lectures. Many people thought it was quite weird for me to run around the plants and trees in the garden. In my defense, I was just trying to click pictures of honeybees and butterflies.

I was extremely lucky to find a bee sitting serenely inside the flower, something very rarely seen. Seeing this immediately brought a smile on my face. I quickly clicked a photo of it before the honeybee could fly away.

As I spent more and more time in the garden I slowly realized my immense love for being in and around nature. I love the fresh air, the smell of the wet grass, the greenery and the silence, the chirping of birds and rustling of leaves. I find myself when I'm in the presence of nature. She is expressive in her own ways. The smallest of things you see around has so much to say. Nature is like a catalyst to expressing yourself. In this way photography made me realize my love for nature.

The First

I got into photography three years ago when my father got me a new mobile. It was the Nokia 5610 with a 3.2 mega pixel camera. It had the macro feature in it, so it was something very fascinating for me. This was the first photo clicked by that mobile. It was raining outside and my exams were on for which i was least interested in studying.


So I decided to go out for sometime and try out my new mobile camera and my ability in photography. With a very "philosophical" look in my eyes and the red and black mobile in my hand, I was roaming on the the road trying to capture something interesting. As I was walking, a flower vendor who was passing by caught my interest.


The flowers he had looked quite beautiful with the drops of water on their petals. Among all the roses, gulmohar and daffodils a small white flower with it's glistering petals caught my eye. And so i switched on the camera mode in my mobile and clicked a photo of the flower.


 I was quite surprised with the quality of the image, the depth of field and the details the camera could capture. And luckily for me, every time i was stressed studying for my exams I would look at this picture and my mind would rejuvenate completely. This photo became something very personal for me and with my growing attachment for this photo grew my interest in photography.