What it means to be a "photographer"?
Of late, we had been interviewing a photographer every month whose work pushes the boundaries of our profession to create images that are emotional, edgy, original, and most of all capture a unique moment in time. This time we bring to you - Kulshreshtha Photography - a group of photographer whose work may inspire you to stamp your own imprint and become the most innovative photographer you possibly can be.
Talking to Kulshreshtha Photography, they says travelling with camera is the perfect form of therapy. When not shooting, we are busy pursuing their studies, watching films, and adding more films to his massive film collection. He also collects film cameras, photo books and comics. Today, he talks about his passion and the urge to do good quality work.
FilmCafe: Tell us a little bit about yourself?
Kulshreshtha Photography: We are just normal, somewhat silly guys that love to take photos and are lucky enough to also make it a part of our career. We are those ones who love to take photos and can describe the difference between aperture and shutter speed. Colorful, vibrant, fun, dynamic, and just a little humorous is what describes us better. But on the whole, we are always excited and are always ready to try new things! Apart from our studies and photography.
FC: What first drew you to photography?
KP: We were in the 1st year of our graduation, when we got to know about the term commercial photography. From then on, the next thing we did is to have our tool which is our camera always ready, and start exploring. we started with the basic study of nature and object then drew towards other. We usually experiment a lot in our work. Around that same time when we began pursuing photography professionally working on the models, we were earning money for the first time in my life. Before that, we had never really had an actual “normal” job that allowed us to save and put money towards our passion in photography. This in a way you can say how the personal side of us developed.
FC: What do you think are some clichés in fashion photography you steer away from yourself?
KP: We usually believe in capturing moments so that it looks natural. We also work on our concept and then try to execute it for the shoot. In our work, we like to stylize seemingly “ancient” subjects with contemporary flavors. For example, a lot of our photographs are about modern influences with a “stylistic date-stamp”.
FC: How important is it that your models share the same narrative when you are clicking them?
KP: It is quite important that our models should also share the same narrative as mine while clicking them. They should also have the same mind set and a vision about the theme to a certain extent. The struggle is always finding a happy balance between stylized and tasteful. As photographers, we only have one sense to guide a viewing experience: sight. Therefore, we are absolutely dependent on visuals to narrate the story as well as the image should also reveal something about the subject, and as well about the photographer. We love when We see a photographer’s vision reflects in the images so strongly that even their personal touch slightly glimmers through the image, and transcends being just another picture of someone.
FC: How much of your photo shoots are instinctual versus planned?
KP: As we mentioned that we plan our concept and try to execute it in our shoot. If this doesn't work then we go for instinctual and try to figure out best possible way. We keep learning more experimenting in the field. Frankly speaking, the actual event of taking a picture is the shortest. But before that, we try understand the culture, the location, and the light. And as we keep evolving each day, you can see a noticeable difference in the images of mine in the past to recent.
FC: What do you want your viewers to take away from your work?
KP: We want viewers to notice and take interest in my Work so that they will pause to learn more about my work and we will need the photographs to present our work in a way that is easy for those viewers to make easy sense of it.
FC: According to you “what kind of photos are important to present”?
KP: This is really very nice question from your side and I was accepting this kind of question from your side. Actually according to us everything in this world is important and can be present as a good photo or photography art, if you are able to click the object according to your eye view and can able to explain about that object to others by your photos.
FC: What are some tips/advices you would give to yourself if you started photography all over
again?
KP: we have found that when dedicating ourself to one task, we can often be distracted by new projects and ideas that come my way. Over the years we’ve learned to choose a project and stick to it until the end, but we will admit that we constantly tempted to jump ship when things get tough. However, we would suggest all: Having a direct focus is very important when pursuing any career, and especially true when it comes to photography. we suggest working in one focused path that you are passionate about. And yea, do remember - Photographers who shoot environmental portraits or wild life or fashion photography are often different than those who shoot architecture. So focus on your calling. But yes! Never Stop. Explore more and more till you get what you are actually striving for. All the best.
We ll find how our photos appear more comfortable, more involved in the image. The more trustworthy they find of us in creating their image, the better the image will appear to be !
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Some of the photographs submitted by Kulshreshtha Photography:
