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A Photographic Story - Manoj Aryan (Celerbrity photographer)

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One-on-One 1. Early influences that shaped your sensibilities?   Well, I used to be a medical science student who left the dentistry to follow his passion for Art. Since childhood, I was inclined towards painting & sketching and used to participate in various competitions and by the god's grace, eventually won many medals as well. This passion of mine led me to choose photography as a career which itself is a form of art. One thing I would like to share here is that I never took any formal classes or assisted any photographer prior to starting my photography career. 2. Is there any project you consider your big break? It happened to be a long-time back ( around ten years ago). I still remember my first fashion shoot for designer Tanieya Khanuja which I shot using the Air cooler grass stacks and some wild vegetation ( in India we call them "Sarkande" if I am not wrong ). The shoot started around 9 PM in the night and continued till morning. That shoot gave me a lo

Corruption during Pandemic

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We have never seen pandemic as serious as Corona pandemic. With the widespread of this deadly virus throughout the world, we all are experiencing a major threat to the economy of the countries. The virus has not only affected the economic conditions on individual level, but even worse than all this it has affected the economic conditions on the Country level or the World level. All the countries of the world are fighting hard to save themselves from this pandemic and sustain it without much losses. Even the country like United Sates or America, also known to be the most powerful country of the world, with all the necessary resources have been a big faliure in sustaining Covid-19. The country has reported most number of deaths due to Covid-19.  At this time of the crisis, where our government is looking for all the best possible facilities for fighting Corona virus, we all should come together to fight this virus. But, even in this crisis there are people being opportunists for the time

Let the Littles Flaunt ! (Somya Sood - Baby, Kids, Maternity & Family Photographer)

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One-on-One Q. Few words about yourself? An IT engineer and an MBA graduate from IIM Calcutta, I left my cushy corporate job of 9 years to follow my dreams. My passion for portrait photography blossomed as I became a mother to a beautiful boy. While capturing his tiny toes and fingers, I found my calling .     Q. How would you describe your style of photography? As a  natural light photographer  I feel that shooting outdoors or with natural light makes my subjects relax and lets their personality shine through, versus an intimidating and unnatural indoor setup. I specialize in portraiture because I feel one of my key strengths lies in interacting with people and capturing their natural emotions and expressions through my imagery. I want honest responses and lots of emotion. My favorite photos are always the true ones; the ones that make you smile when you look at them, or maybe cry a tear or two. I have exactly one rigid non negotiable rule for myself as a photographer:  I don’t shoot f

5K Friends... Do They Worth It?

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Friends undoubtedly hold a very important place in our life. They are always there for us to help us, to guide us to the path of right and Wrong, to support us. But, all of it depends on the people you choose as friends. If they are true to you, they will always be there as a boon to you, but if they are fake, they will become a cure to you. In this world of Digitisation, Internet is being followed as a mainstream culture now. You always have it in your pockets, it's always with you, everywhere, everytime. And ofcourse, with internet being followed as a culture now, we have also built our digital world. In this digital world we are living connected to the number of people digitally. They are always there with us, even in our pockets. We can always talk to them whenever we want over the internet on several social media platforms. Even with this social media, we started showing or expressing ourselves a lot more than before. We now more often show our love and affection on social med

Indians are Law Abiding Citizens?

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Indian constitution has designed laws and duties for every citizen of the country. These laws are made to be followed strictly to maintain a healthy living within the country. As a Good citizen of this country, we are required to follow all the laws and perform our assigned duties furnished by the government.  Whenever we see anything going wrong, we suddenly stand in front of it and want to impose the laws on it. For example, whenever we come across any issue about women being harrassed, most of the people come on roads and start protesting against it. We are in so much of anger that we use protests as the way of showing our anger and we want the strict implications of laws for the criminals. But, what happens after a week or two, everything comes to normal, and we again consider inappropriate behaviour towards women a normal practice. Same can be seen with Voiceless animals. Recently we heard about Delhi's NGO case where NGO people were brutally attacked by the locals. The people

Be Fabulla : Pooja Wang (Kids Fashion Designer)

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One-on-One Dialogue.... What about branching out internationally with your own label? Actually i am very soon going to launch www. Because I want a website which will be obligated to our international clients and domestic & international ports. We will have worldwide shipping and obviously it will be marketed globally in all the countries. So all the people who are living abroad can have access to our website. They can go through all our collections. They can shop online, order online and we will ship it from here. Why do you think your work resonates with the kids so well? Yeah, because we keep a very important factor in our mind when it comes to kids. We are actually known for QUALITY, COMFORT & DESIGN and while designing our outfits we do not even consider just the design part of it but also the comfort factor. Because for a child the most important concern for a mother is that the outfit should be comfortable. If it will start becoming uncomfortable then there’s no point of

Do We Really Need Censorship ?

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Censorship is a regulation imposed on a particular media, message, writing, etc. This censorship is imposed to restrict the spread of some particular content in audience which is considered to be unfit to be consumed by all. For a particular movie, it is given 4 types of Censor Certificate. These certificates are given to categorize the movies into different forms, so that the audience can also be categoroized.  Censorship is mainly applied to the movies to restrict their consumption from a particular set of audience. For example, the movies like "The Dirty Picture" contains the media content which is restricted for the children or inappropriate for the young children to consume, that is why the movie is certified with 'U Certificate' which clearly restricts the movie content to adults only, and showed the content  to be unfit for children or underage. It is applied to movies mainly because movies gives the audience a different way of thinking, movies basically develo

Clicking Tiny Souls : Somya Sood

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1. Few words about yourself? An IT engineer and an MBA graduate from IIM Calcutta, I left my cushy corporate job of 9 years to follow my dreams. My passion for portrait photography blossomed as I became a mother to a beautiful boy. While capturing his tiny toes and fingers, I found my calling. 2. How would you describe your style of photography? As a natural light photographer I feel that shooting outdoors or with natural light makes my subjects relax and lets their personality shine through, versus an intimidating and unnatural indoor setup. I specialize in portraiture because I feel one of my key strengths lies in interacting with people and capturing their natural emotions and expressions through my imagery. I want honest responses and lots of emotion. My favorite photos are always the true ones; the ones that make you smile when you look at them, or maybe cry a tear or two. I have exactly one rigid non negotiable rule for myself as a photographer: I don’t shoot fake smiles. Per

Reflection is perfection : Makeup Artist Gouri Kapur

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1. How did you get your start in the industry? Also, how did you learn the trade? I started this trade when make up artists were just about getting to be known in the industry. In Bombay they were called dadas and the transition to being called official make up artists was still very new, women weren't allowed to work in the film industry. In bangalore it was very very new. I started my career by meeting a photographer at a book store who I knew briefly as he lived down our lane, and had mentioned to him that I was going to Bombay to learn this art and he had mentioned we must work together as he was into portfolios, I started my career charging 500 Rs a face.    2. What has been the biggest challenge of your career? You have to keep working very hard to get better at what you do, plus you are in a freelance mode, so it's very easy to let go if you leave your discipline on working towards being better, So the biggest challenge and reward is knowing you getting better than y