Kaleidoscope: Few words on Photography

At present, almost everyone who owns a camera thinks they are great photographers. Their exposure is limited to facebook, twitter and orkut. But the fact is their work is far from being a work of ART - which a photograph really is! The thing takes a toll on my nerves when friends take random photographs and expect 'likes' and positive comments for their weird photographs.

A bird's eye view of the landscape of Orissa

The real fact is; they are not that great photographers. The sooner they realize this the better! Not everyone needs to excel in photography, it's ok if you own a camera, take a photograph and share them on public websites; but please don't expect to receive whole bunch of accolades and hats off's. The worse part is when they come after going through hundreds of editing softwares.

A flower shot

Many of us even go to the extent of taking photography lessons spending huge sums of money. To them, 'why bother?'. If you possess the aesthetics of good photograph you will excel without training. I have nothing against them. Just help yourself with good promotion techniques. And there are a few; who just want to become a photographer just for the sake of the glamour associated with it. How sick can some people get! Try and be original. In Arts field you are nothing; if you are not original.

And finally, for those few; who know that they are good at it, don't get yourself be bothered about what another person may say about that camera angle, that subject, that proper light alignment, that 3/4th rule or whatever the heck it is called. They are just dumbos with critical views. If a photograph looks good, expresses some feeling, its work is done. It's as simple as that! Never get involved in technical details. A photograph speaks a lot about you and the person/objects/place being photographed. Let those natural moods be expressed. Don't let technical details influence your aesthetics of taking a perfect photo. So, with that just 'click' 'click'.