I love trekking and photographing mountains. Himachal and Uttarakhand are my favs and most visited states because of their amazing Himalayan treks and I would suggest everyone to go on Himalayan treks be it short or long. The view and feeling you get after reaching the destination just can't be described.
I am a Nature, Architectural and product photographer based in Delhi. I come from the mountains of Himachal Pradesh and that's from where my interest in nature developed which later turn into Nature photography. I have done my graduation in computer science and used to work in an MNC as a data analyst.
In early 2018 I quit the job and started working as a full-time photographer. I do product and architectural shoots for brands and companies. Besides that, I love to capture the natural beauty and essence of city architecture as well.
By far the journey is going good but was full of ups and downs. I learned a lot throughout this journey and I am looking forward to more adventures and experiences in future.
3. What skills and equipment will you consider essential when photographing architecture?
Photographing architecture can be both simple and complicated. For example, if you are photographing a famous monument. You have to see through the pictures people take because you never want to capture a perspective which is already captured by thousands of people.
2. Is there a specific destination you would suggest photographers and travellers to visit?
I would say, every photographer and traveller should visit at least one place in the mountains, beaches and their fav cities. That will help them a lot to choose what they enjoy the most and what they love to photograph. And with time they can have their plans accordingly.
I would say, every photographer and traveller should visit at least one place in the mountains, beaches and their fav cities. That will help them a lot to choose what they enjoy the most and what they love to photograph. And with time they can have their plans accordingly.
Personally, I love trekking and photographing mountains. Himachal and Uttarakhand are my favs and most visited states because of their amazing Himalayan treks and I would suggest everyone to go on Himalayan treks be it short or long. The view and feeling you get after reaching the destination just can't be described.
3. What skills and equipment will you consider essential when photographing architecture?
Photographing architecture can be both simple and complicated. For example, if you are photographing a famous monument. You have to see through the pictures people take because you never want to capture a perspective which is already captured by thousands of people.
That's where some rules of photography like leading lines and framing the subject, visiting the place early in the morning for amazing light and a good perspective comes into play.
For equipment, a wide-angle lens will work in the majority of the time and I also like to use a telephoto lens to get those details or if I want compresses the background.
4. Did you study photography? What are the available courses for aspiring photographers?
No, I started learning photography by attending workshops, photo walks, tutorials from youtube and by practice . There are many courses available if one wants to learn from institutes. Many institutes in and around Delhi provides certificate courses, diploma courses etc in photography.
5. What makes a better image stand out from other ones?
For me, every stunning image involves 3 stages.
First is planning, which you do before deciding the shot. Like researching about the place you are going to, what kind of pictures people taking, what the place looks like at the different time of the day etc.
Second is light and composition. These two things are something which holds the power to completely change a photo within your camera. Amazing light and good composition is 70% of everything you need for a great shot.
The third is the post-processing. Post-processing is very important, many people take it lightly. But if you know how to edit or post-process your photo in a good way you can make your photos stand out. If you captured a great landscape or an amazing portrait but you post-processed it in a bad way, no one will like it whereas if you captured a normal photo and post-processed it very well.
4. Did you study photography? What are the available courses for aspiring photographers?
No, I started learning photography by attending workshops, photo walks, tutorials from youtube and by practice . There are many courses available if one wants to learn from institutes. Many institutes in and around Delhi provides certificate courses, diploma courses etc in photography.
5. What makes a better image stand out from other ones?
For me, every stunning image involves 3 stages.
First is planning, which you do before deciding the shot. Like researching about the place you are going to, what kind of pictures people taking, what the place looks like at the different time of the day etc.
Second is light and composition. These two things are something which holds the power to completely change a photo within your camera. Amazing light and good composition is 70% of everything you need for a great shot.
The third is the post-processing. Post-processing is very important, many people take it lightly. But if you know how to edit or post-process your photo in a good way you can make your photos stand out. If you captured a great landscape or an amazing portrait but you post-processed it in a bad way, no one will like it whereas if you captured a normal photo and post-processed it very well.
Everyone going to like it. I personally believe every good photo deserves a good post-processing to be a great one.
6. What piece of advice would you like to give to future and aspiring creators?
First and most important, keep learning. Never stop learning. It's the only way to keep improving yourself in this competitive world. There are thousands of things in photography. It could be anything like how to set up lights for a specific type of image or some video making technique or maybe a different post-processing style.
6. What piece of advice would you like to give to future and aspiring creators?
First and most important, keep learning. Never stop learning. It's the only way to keep improving yourself in this competitive world. There are thousands of things in photography. It could be anything like how to set up lights for a specific type of image or some video making technique or maybe a different post-processing style.
Learning is an infinitely long process, I also have so much to learn. With learning second is patience. I saw many people quitting just because they didn't see the results in first some months.
Things in photography do take time. Nothing will ever happen overnight. But if you keep learning, practising with patience, I am sure things will definitely start showing results in your favour.
- Sachin Chauhan (Nature & Architectural Photographer)
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Interviewed By Akshaya Rathinavadivel
- Sachin Chauhan (Nature & Architectural Photographer)
Interviewed By Akshaya Rathinavadivel
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