Kalakaaris Magazine issue 4

Editor 

Shreyak Singh 

Sub-editor 

Vallabh 

Design Artist 

Mahesh Goud 

snippet by packo alonso

Kala Kaaris magazine is a bi-monthly publication which showcases 

the talents of people be it photography,music,or anything which is 

one of a kind and features it in this magazine. 

Every issue of the kala kaaris magazine has it’s own theme. We 

look at the work of the artists,select the work on the basis of the 

theme. 

Founding Editor - Shreyak Singh 

www.shreyaksingh.in 

FEATURING 

PACKO ALONSO 

HARSHIL MAJMUDAR 

PRIYANKA BHUKYA 

KUMARAN 

TANVI JAIMAN 

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YASEERA MOSSA 

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Packo Alonso 8 

Priyanka Bhukya 26 

Kumaran 36 

Tanvi Jaiman 46 

Harshil Majmudar 18 

Rajesh Kumar Das 58 

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Yaseera Moosa 70 

A Trip to Himachal with 

Deepthi 82

Packo Alonso

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Packo 

Alonso 

Interview

Tell us a little about you, yourself? 

I live in Merida, a city in Mexico. I have 

been a photographer for a few years 

now. My major is graphic design. 

During my studies I took photography, 

ranging from traditional and up to 

digital. Since then I become a 

passionate photographer. 

What type of photography do you do 

most? And what do you enjoy most 

and why? 

My style is mostly in exterior: street 

and people. I find it much more 

appealing than working inside four 

walls, as I do not stage or prepare 

my pictures: everything is captured as 

it happens, which makes it more real 

What is the most challenging part 

about being a photographer for you? 

I believe that the easiest part of 

being a photographer is just that, 

taking pictures. The hardest is making 

a living out of it. 

Describe your photographic style? 

How did you develop your style? 

My style is free, sometimes involving 

non-traditional hdr, while mixing 

contrast and shadows to bring 

objects to the foreground and to give 

the technique a different style. I 

think of my style as urban, with 

traditional subjects and natural 

landscape with a grunge touch. 

How important is it for a 

photographer to connect with his 

subjects to bring out their true 

self? 

When taking pictures I try to connect 

with my environment. I want to share 

this connection with the viewer, as if 

I was a painter and the atmosphere 

was my canvas. 

Can you walk us through the actual 

process that you use to set up a 

portrait? 

I consider that street photography is 

not easy. What I like the most is to 

freeze the instant, the moment, when 

someone enters his or her state of 

most relaxation or introspection in his 

daily life, and to give that picture an 

style of my own. 

What was your scariest moment as a 

photographer? 

There have been many. The one I 

remember the most was when I was 

trying to photograph an old house and 

the roof fell down. Luckily, it did not 

fell on me. Another issue is taking 

pictures of people in my 

country: security concerns would 

make some subjects to doubt your 

good intentions; they might suspect 

you are trying to kidnap them!

What is your best post processing 

tip? 

I love shooting my pictures in RAW 

format with good lighting. 

Urban photography requires to be 

prepared for all situations, and 

so I take advantage of a neater, 

cleaner process. 

Do you find it hard to turn down a 

day planned with your family at 

the last moment because of a job 

put towards you? 

It is very hard for me to plan a 

whole day with my family. 

Because of this, whenever I have 

the chance of traveling or being 

out, I employ to fulfill my life 

passion: photography.


Harshil 

Majmudar


Harshil 

Majmudar 

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collected and edited by shreyak singh 

Photography which I inherited from my father started 

around two years ago. I 

never knew I was going to be this good. 

Being an automobile fanatic (cars and bikes) and having 

tough passion for them, I used to click photographs 

with DIGICAM. Finally my hobby turned into a passion 

when my dad gave me his one and only Nikon D3000. 

It excited me, and my parents too encouraged me. Dad 

helped me with his Nikon D3000 which was my very 

first SLR.My father was pleased with the result and 

also with my zeal as well. 

My grandfather has always been my well-wisher and 

a best friend. He is the one who supported me at his 

best. I have never been good in studies. But, in photography, 

I am. 

I was supervised under professional photographer, 

‘Mr. Manish Chauhan’, a 

well-known photographer from Baroda. 

Since then, my father has helped me with new gadgets 

such as Canon 70D and other required accessories, 

helping me get better results. 

Harshil is today a proud official member and 

photographer of Baroda Superbikers Club, famously 

known as SBK BARODA.

I get immense pleasure clicking photos of 

Supercars , I have shot many 

Supercars in Gujarat including Special 

Edition Lamborghini Gallardo , 

Rolls-Rolls Phantom , Maserati etc. . These cars 

being one of their kinds, it always feels 

amazing to click their pictures. 

The time has totally changed, from running 

behind cars and bikes to cars and bikes 

running behind me! 

My love for automobile is infinite. 

I always try to learn more and more from 

superior photographers or video tutorials . 

Travelling to places and to explore them is the 

unique part of photography. 

Talking about safety ‘yes it’s very important, but 

for me results are prior than safety! 

Creating your own photographs with your own 

vision is the best thing. 

What eyes can capture is equivalent to get 

captured through a camera; the difference is just 

that the camera is a man-made eye recording all 

the moments everywhere. 

Being Who I am at such a young age is quite a 

great achievement for me. 

This is just a beginning for me, a long way to go 

and many things to learn! 

I have always been supported and helped by my 

family & friends. 

Cheers! 


Priyanka 

Bhukya

Priyanka 

Bhukya 

Interview 

From how many years are you 

engaged in painting? 

Painting is my hobby .I’ve started in 

my schooling when I was studying 

my eighth standard .Then I realized 

that It’s never too late to revisit a 

Dream. And now art is my passion. I 

advise to every novice out their trying 

to make a name for themselves but 

scared that they won’t be as good as 

the pros is that do it from the heart, 

at some point in life every pro was an 

amateur. 

What are the essential tools of an 

artist? 

The most important thing to do is 

Practise. So, that you can make your 

hands move freely just like a 

printer, which is always ready to print 

whatever you think. No matter what 

pencils you use or the brushes but 

i can give you a small advice Pencils 

are very important in drawing the 

higher the number before the letter 

B, the lighter the shades are. 

What is your work knowledge? 

I continued to build myself in the 

field of pencil drawings, it was unusual 

and people didn’t know much 

about it. It has been quiet clear to 

me, that most of them are painters 

so, I want to be out of box and started 

with pencil shades .The blend 

of shadings which give details, expressions 

.Or merely I can say that 

to unfold the secrets of black and 

white. 

How did you get started in 

sketching? 

People’s emotions – a baby’s giggle, 

best friend’s laughing, a mother’s 

love, all these beautiful emotions 

inspired me to store them in my fantasy 

world thats the art. 

How would you describe your 

work style? 

I’m still not an Artist, drawing makes 

me happy and the appreciation motivates 

me to start it professionally. 

What kinds of situations do you 

find most stressful when your 

painting? 

While painting we often rub it so 

there is loss of media. And sometimes 

disruption causes ripples in 


canvas. But overall painting relieves 

your stress that’s the magic of 

colours. 

My art must provoke thought. 

How long have you been a painter? 

From past few years. I always prefer 

to think about a particular concept, 

and then convey it through my work. 

Each picture has a story behind it. 

What is your most challenging 

piece of work you have completed? 

Pencil artwork I can do it with an 

ease but painting is always a challenge 

for me as am not that good 

enough but still i do because I enjoy 

painting. It’s hard to choose any one 

piece but my creepy,emotional,the 

women themselves, in a manner 

most poetic art work would be my 

favourite. 

Time when you made a suggestion 

to improve the work? 

“Passion is which drives your life” 

and Since I’ve started my artwork 

their after I never looked back I just 

do it for my sake it winds up with creative 

thoughts. 

What do you believe are your key 

strength ? 

Friendly,expressive,Communication 

and my art . 


KUMA 

DOCUMENT

RAN 

OF LIGHT




Interview 

with 

Kumaran 

Yes, infact I love to shoot nature. It is so 

dynamic that everytime I approach her I encounter 

something new.The lush green farms, 

woods during the monsoons and winters, the 

lakes, water falls, streams, rivers and the 

unexhaustive list of nature drives my passion. 

Clicking nature in turn gives me a sense of 

relaxation. 

Tell us a little about yourself. 

I am a project management professional residing in 

Hyderabad. A nature lover and a self learned 

photographer. 

How did the passion you have for photography 

develop? 

My interest towards photography started from my school 

days. My first Camera was a Nikon film roll version in 

which I used to try some unique clicks whenever I go out 

on a trip with my friends. Since Photogrphy is an 

expensive hobby I could’nt pursue it during my college 

days. But once I got a job, I could afford the basic DSLR 

camera Canon EOS1000D and then moved towards Nikon 

D7000. The fuel that motivates me to continue my hobby 

is the appreciations that I receive from my friends and all 

those who follow my pages in Facebook. 

Document of light – Photography - https://www.facebook.com/that.moment 

KS Photofactory - https://www.facebook.com/KSPhoto- 

Factory 

You seem to incorporate a lot of naturalistic elements 

such as birds, plants and leaves. What is it about the 

natural world that draws you into incorporating those 

into your images? 

Photography is about creating, exploring 

and trying to develop skin and attain a 

sense of style for your images. What is it 

about photography that you enjoy most 

and how do you think you will further your 

career over the next few years? 

I never tried to develop a style of my own, but 

my photographs generally reflect my mood 

and the way I see the world through my eyes. 

The thing that I enjoy most in photography is 

capturing the moment that will never come 

back. Though I am not in the frames It makes 

me feel that I am inside every single photograph 

that I click. In the next few years I would 

like to take photography as my career in commercial 

categories like candid wedding shoots, 

Kids, family, fashion and couple photography. 

If you could describe your photography in 

under a sentence, what would it say? 

“ My photograhs reflect my mood” 

Finally, any advice for aspiring photographers? 

I would suggest all the aspiring photographers 

to learn more and try out what you have 

learned. The best way is self learning with lots 

of resources available in the web.The key is 

continuous learning.

I love this quote 

“Your first 10,000 

photographs are your worst” 

– Henri Cartier-Bresson 


TANVI 

JAIMAN



Tanvi 

Jaiman 

TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOURSELF WHO ARE 

YOU AND WHERE ARE YOU FROM? 

- I’m one of those people that belongs to 

everywhere and no where. It’s not like I’ve 

lived in different places (been in Hyderabad for 

most of my life) but I’ve managed to call 

the strangest places “home”. The exposure 

I’ve received thanks to my parents has made 

me grow emotionally and mentally and all of 

it has made me who I am today. Who that 

person is? I don’t know, I haven’t found out 

yet. 

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORK TO 

SOMEONE? 

- It’s a big hodgepodge, really. I stick to 

photographing people most of the time. Can? 

dids, conceptual art, I’ve tried my hand at 

editorial work too… but my main focus no 

matter what I shoot, whether it be a pretty 

sunset or just someone’s hands, is to capture 

stuff no one would pay close attention to. In 

the past four years I’ve spent photographing, 

I’ve learnt to use my own vision as a prime 

lens or something to look closer into tiny details 

that truly make something beautiful. 

WHAT IS THE POST PROCESSING TECHNIQUE 

FOR YOUR IMAGES? 

- I’ve come a long way with this. The 

12 year old version of me used web-apps 

such as Picnic to literally over-edit an im? 

age with as many filters as possible. Today 

I stick to either photo-manipulations and basic 

color tweaking. 

WHAT KIND OF TOOLS DO YOU USE FOR 

POST PROCESSING? EXPLAIN YOUR WORK 

FLOW. 

- For the longest time my sole companion 

for editing was GIMP and the Pixlr Express 

web-app. Got my hands on PS CS6 just a 

few weeks ago and there’s no going back. 

I don’t have a pre-planned work flow as 

such. I just decide on a particular mood 

I’m trying to create and leave the rest to 

random experimentation. 

AMONG YOUR WORKS, WHICH ONE IS YOUR 

FAVORITE? WHY? 

- “Searching For Oasis” is probably always 

going to be my favorite. Mostly ‘cause it 

depicts every aspect of the person I want to

grow into. Also, while taking it, I man? 

aged to overcome one of my biggest fears: 

heights. Looking at the image now makes me 

feel invincible, almost. 

ordinary, even if you’re taking photographs 

of flowers or even food. Stay genuine with 

your art, originality is rare but it’s also the 

most appreciated thing about any person. 

WHAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST INTEREST? 

ING EXPERIENCES FOR YOU WHILST OUT PHO? 

TOGRAPHING? 

- A few months ago my dad and I were 

out on a drive to scout for locations. I was 

looking for a medieval kind of place, and the 

only one we found had a “no trespassing” sign 

right outside it. Obviously, we stopped our car 

right there and went right in anyway. While 

shooting people started gathering and watch? 

ing as if we were filming a movie. It was so 

great! 

FINALLY, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR 

AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE 

JUST DIPPING THEIR TOES IN THE PHOTO? 

GRAPHIC FIELD? 

- Don’t let what other people have to say 

bring you down. Take any criticism positively 

and implement it instead of just interpreting it 

as “hate”. Do something that’s out of the 


Rajesh 

Kumar Das



Rajesh 

Kumar DaS 

Collected&Edited by Vallabh 

I was born on April 1990 in New 

Delhi. My dad being in Indian Army 

has travelled across different 

destinations in India. 

Now I am pursuing B.com final year 

in M S Ramaiah College of Arts 

Science & Commerce in Bangalore. 

I think my interest in photography 

came from my dad. But, for him photography 

means clicking my photos. I 

still have the 27 year old camera that 

he used. 

I got my first camera (point and shoot 

from Canon) when I was in my 10th 

class in Rashtriya Military School, 

Bangalore. I I first started By Clicking 

Photos of different events, functions 

and tours conducted by the school. 

To my surprise few of my photos got 

exhibited by the school photography 

club during our annual day and this 

exhibition has definitely motivated 

me to do better with my photography. 

I got my first DSLR a year ago and 

started learning photography on my 

own. Social media and different 

magazine on photography was the major 

means to learn photography for me. Till 

now I haven’t attended any classes on 

photography. 

I have won a photography contest conducted 

by BMS college of Engineering 

in Bangalore. According to me photography 

is a continuous process of 

learning and experimenting with 

different settings. Being an amateur 

photographer I would like to add one 

have to be active on social media and 

marketing of this skill apart from learning 

and taking great clicks. To me nature 

& wildlife is the biggest motivation to 

do better with my photography skills. 

Sometimes I have to wait long for the 

right click but when I get the right click , 

Which I aimed for, My happiness knows 

No Bounds. 

Along with my studies I get time only 

during weekends to go out into the field 

for birding, landscape and macro photography. 

I even go out in nights during 

the weekdays for long exposure frames 

across different locations across 

Bangalore. 

As of now I want to graduate and work 

in my stream as well as take photography 

at the same time because 

“Photography” is what I enjoy doing 

whatever the situation is ,irrespective of 

the time.

“Photography” is what I enjoy doing 

whatever the situation is ,irrespective of the 

time.


YASEERA 

MOOSA



YASEERA 

MOOSA 

infinitely more powerful than 

pretty bokeh and sharpness. 

How long have you been in the 

Field of Photography? 

I started taking photos around five 

years ago. 

What initially interested you into 

photography? 

I’ve always wanted to make art, 

but I’ve never been very good at 

traditional mediums. I have 

dabbled in painting and music 

and crocheting and just about 

every other creative endeavor 

you can imagine, and I have 

been hopeless at all of them. 

Photography was this window 

that finally 

allowed me to create some 

tangible, visual evidence of how I 

perceive things. 

What would you say is more 

important Good Knowledge/ 

Good Equipment? 

Knowledge, undoubtedly. Some 

of my favourite photographs 

have been shot on disposable film 

and iPhones. Good 

composition and subject matter is 

Which photographer do you look 

up to and why? 

This is a really difficult thing to 

answer, because I’m so involved 

in so many different genres from 

so many different time periods. I 

think the most powerful thing any 

photograph can achieve is to 

grant viewers a perspective that 

challenges their perceptions, 

and Brandon Stanton of Humans 

of New York epitomises that. I 

admire him so much for his vision 

and compassion and ability to 

encompass the human 

condition. 

What genre of photography are 

you most interested in? 

I love photojournalism, and that 

comes in so many forms. It’s a 

mother holding her child’s dead 

body in a warzone, it’s lovers 

holding hands in the street, it’s 

the way a city looked fifty years 

ago, it’s anything that is contextual 

and tells a story. Those are 

the kinds of photos I love most to 

look at and dream of creating.


Would you say photography is a 

hard line of work to get into? 

It’s difficult to say because I don’t 

work as a Photographer full-time. 

I’m studying Architecture at 

University and I do Photography in 

between. I think there’s a big 

market for wedding and 

commercial Photographers, but 

most other genres aren’t quite as 

easy to break into. 

If you could work alongside any 

one photographer who would it 

be? 

There are so many photographers 

that I’d love to meet and talk to. 

It would be an absolute dream 

to learn from someone like Steve 

McCurry. 

something interesting in it. It 

sounds simple but it is immensely 

difficult. 

Do you find it hard to turn down 

a day planned with your family 

at the last moment because of a 

job put towards you? 

I generally only take on photography 

jobs if I have the time 

and the assignment is something 

that I expect to enjoy or learn 

from, so when I have to pass up 

a day of sleeping in or being 

social, it’s usually worthwhile. 

What goal are you working 

towards within your photography 

and when will you know you have 

reached it? 

I don’t have a goal that will ever 

make me feel like “This is it. I’ve 

succeeded.” The greatest reward 

I get for my photography is the 

process of doing it. It makes me 

immensely happy. I would love to 

someday work for a publication 

and take photographs that affect 

people but if that doesn’t happen 

I wouldn’t consider it a failure. 

My daily goal is just to notice the 

world a little more and preserve

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To travel is to live. I couldn’t agree more. 

Doing a full time job and also 

maintaining your travel goals seem like 

an 

impossible thing to do. But we all have 

excuses not to travel more when we can 

and when we have time. We always 

imagine going to offbeat beautiful 

places as we read it in the travel magazine 

but we keep dreams on the backburner. 

Either we are not ready to put our head 

into planning or we easily accept that 

these places are far from our reach. 

For me travel around the year comes with 

a lot of planning, whether its managing 

leaves, finding out offbeat places or 

making my itineraries after lot of 

research. Google has all the answers; all 

you need is to ask right questions. And 

there is a lot of information on the blogs 

that you would feel, there is no place 

where you reach first and write about it. 

This year I set some new limits for myself 

and planned the trips which were out of 

my comfort zone and mostly solo trips. 

From colours of Mathura, to temples of 

Cambodia and from Valleys of Himala 

yas to wildlife of Karnataka, there 

has been a lot on my cards for this year. 

And as I write this, in the back of my 

mind I am planning a trip To Meghalaya 

for quenching my thirst of monsoon. 

The More you travel , the more 

you realize how beautiful this world is; 

and may be you are losing time sitting 

at home or being in your small cubicle. 

However, balancing the passion and 

everything else is a Key, and that’s what 

I am trying to do. Being a travel 

photographer, you ensure to do as much 

pre-work as might do and read about 

the places and visualize your photos 

beforehand. I had a very successful trip 

to Himachal this year and visited 

beautiful villages of mountains. 

The memories of this trip are deeply 

engraved in my heart. Whether taking a 

selfie under the hoarding that said 

‘Hindustan ka akhiri Dhaba’ or 

tasting the purest water from the 

glaciers of Kinnar Kialash. Hugging the 

most beautiful black shining stray dog 

during my morning walks, or chasing a 

white wagtail bird in a jungle trail;

having a cup of tea in the warm wooden 

house with a kinnauri family, listening 

to their family stories or meeting a lama 

predicting the future of a lady. Visiting 

the Buddhist forts during the morning 

prayers or tasting the homemade apple 

alcohol distributed after evening worship 

of Gupt devi in a temple. And I swear, I 

can keep on continuing about these 

lovely memories which are still fresh in 

my mind. 

I was keen to know the lives of Kanuri 

people, understand their culture and feel 

their hardships in this inhabited village. 

I found the feeling was mutual to know 

about each other’s life to live the life for a 

few moments which is different from us. 

I have never met such cheerful and warm 

people. I got invitations from the 

villagers as I smiled and nodded to say 

hello. Sitting in their small 

wooden houses they talked about social 

and cultural values of Kinnaur. They are 

big hearted people who love to drink and 

celebrate. 

In the weddings they would consume as 

much as 600 liters of homemade apple 

alcohol, that would be quite a wedding 

to attend I guess. 

The ladies do all the hard work of making 

the drink and storing it however 

they don’t consume it except the one, 

that is being served for the Puja of 

Goddess- Durga. Hinduism and 

Buddhism are the major religions here. 

I had the chance to meet a Lama in the 

village and was curious to know how he 

actually predicts the future. It felt it to 

be like a game of ludo where he would 

roll the dices and match the number 

in his holy book. He looked at me if 

I wanted to ask something about my 

future and there was absolutely nothing 

about which I wanted to know, I was 

living the happy present. 


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