Abhijit More
Hello Readers…
Ok so photography...So how did it all begin for me….I have no clue how to even write about it….but you know what…I will give it a shot at explaining briefly how it all began….
So here is it is….How I met my Camera….oops sorry…photography first…then the camera…no wait the Camera first then the photography...
Grandpa had a film based photography camera in the early 1990’s. He never let anyone come near it. He used to clean it and always keep it hidden somewhere in his closet. The camera was like a treasure for him.
I was one of the naughty ones in the family, always creating chaos in the house, dropping things, breaking open things which never meant to be open. Curiosity killed the cat they say, the same was with me. I liked things which made me curious.
The camera that Grandpa kept hidden made me curious. Something that made me curious meant trouble in the making for others.
One day I got an opportunity to touch, feel and ohh my god…click a picture…and I kept clicking till it didn’t click…Quietly placed the camera where it belonged and whistled my way out.
The next day, Grandpa was furious…I had finished his entire role clicking stuff that was around. He asked me never to touch his things again.
Things cooled down in a few days after my clicking spree. Grandpa called me up to his room one day and suggested that I can assist him in clicking pics since he needed someone to take to shoot for an event in which he was being felicitated.
Voila…he taught me the basics. This is how you frame, this is how you use light, this is how you use flash…and my friend this is how you use your brain to click.
Never looked back since then…I assisted my Grandpa wherever possible. After all I had hands on something that made me curious.
Travel photos, Family photos etc etc.…I kept clicking…
Today when I write this…well long story…incomplete… I feel happy to have tried and tested and never given up on it.
Keep smiling. Keep Clicking!!!