Kalakaaris Magazine Issue#5.pdf

SURYA-Narendra
category-black and white
type-landscape
photographers-surya chaitanya , narendra
How long you have been in the field of
photography?
Though we have started clicking around
2 years ago with a DSLR, we have a passion
for photography since our childhood.
As we both are very good friends and
have many similarities between us and
similar passions in our lives, we came
together to thrive on into this field.
What initially interested you into
photography?
The beauty of nature and the lives of people
around us have fascinated us.
Observation of the celebrations and
emotions of the society inspired us to take
up this profession. Especially in our city,
there is a beautiful beach. Every morning
we used to go there with camera along
with us and click the sunrise and the life
around the beach. Finding
different places every day and
capturing the beauty of it and the
emotions of people there have stirred up
our interest much towards this field. We
found this is the right medium to express
ourselves to the world.
What would you say more important Good
knowledge/ Good Equipment?
Both good knowledge and good equipment
are important. But comparatively,
Knowledge of composing the picture,
balancing elements, framing, cropping,
rule of thirds are the most basic
knowledge in this field. Changing
the camera settings faster as per
the light, we have to click the subject
as fast as possible is very important
one in our view as a travel
photographer. Though we have
a good equipment but no good
knowledge doesn’t make any sense
and doesn’t differ from an ordinary
to a professional.
Which photographer do you look up
to and why?
This one is a very difficult question for
us. Everyone has their style of composing
and framing as per their genre
may be wedding, fashion,
travel, wildlife etc. But, as we intend
to ecome travel photographers, we
love the clicks of Hari Menon, one of
the most renowned travel
photographer in India. The way he
chooses the subject and the background,
the way he deals with the
sunlight was really amazing. We love
the way he captures the expressions
and emotions of the people on the
street. That makes a huge difference
between him and the rest.
And we also follow Arko Datta, a
famous
photojournalist. The clicks of him at
the time of tsunami in 2004 are