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HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS It’s been a year now that we are publsihed and now we are in the 7th issue of the magazine which focuses on portraits.With some successful interviews of successful people like Jarrad Seng,Sankar Salvady, Shikhar Sharma in the past we are here with some more people whose interviews you would love to read. Also with the 6th edition reaching 2,00,000 views on ISSUU,it’s celebration time.We plan to extend our magazine team and increase the sales this year. We are also publishing an other magazine named Tadka which is a Gossip and Food Magazine. Wish you all good luck and hope you wish us the same.
ShreyakSingh Shreyak Singh Editor
Kalakaaris 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
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FEATURING MITHILESH KUMAR PUSHPENDRA MAURYA SEHAR PURI ARPITA PATEL SOURABH GANDHI
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Interview with MITHILESH
LOCATION: Ranchi, Jharkhand
ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER: Photography happened to me in the end of 2009 when i was on tour to shimla. i realized after seeing the nature that yes, this is the medium that can give me maximum pleasure A sense of satisfaction to my soul. I got my first DSLR NIKON D7000 and the moment i had it, i was in love with it and the fire is still there inside me for it. I wish and hope that i get better and better day by day in the field of photography and take photographs , capture moments which satisifies my inner self. - “Mithilesh” AWARDS : Reached to the final stage of Kaleidoscope All India Photography Compeition in 2012. (Total Participants : 750+) Work was exhibited in Kalanirvana International Art Centre, Hyderabad (2nd-4th Feb ‘ 13) One picture got selected in national competition called “ PHOTOMANIA’13” and was exhibited in New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal Many pictures have been awarded as “Best photo of the day, Best photo of the week and Best photo of the month” on international platform: www.pixoto.com
Interview with
MITHILESH
Tell us a little bit about Perhaps my childhood hobby yourself? of drawing pushed my I am basically a mechanical imagination further when I engineer by profession and have my camera with me. working in a prestigious PSU Photography is powerful named “Heavy Engineering medium to express. To me, Corporation Limited� based in it brings inner peace. I enjoy Ranchi, Jharkhand which also the moments. When clicking, happens to be my birth place. I tend to forget what is I started photography as happening around me. hobby after 2009 and doing it Plus, it helps me forget the professionally since 2013. I like tensions of office,and in a clicking nature, landscape, way recharges me as a and portrait and fashion person.I believe, every photography. person must have a hobby and a passion to at How did you choose least keep trying to fulfil it. photography as a medium to express yourself? What drove you to develop I always liked go out and this unique style of art? observe the surroundings How did you discover it and which may be people, mould yourself to what you fashion, plants, architecture, are today? animals, etc. Places close to Photography happened to nature always fascinated me. me during my first travel-trip Most of the times, I will out of my comfort zone i.e. imagine how the things will Ranchi to Shimla-Kullu-Manali look in a different perspec- in 2009. Just a day before of
my journey, I bought Sony Cyber shot. When I was travelling and exploring the beautiful natural sights in Shimla-kullu-manali, I realized that clicking pics is what I enjoyed the most during the trip. However, the Sony CyberShot was not doing the justice to what my eyes were seeing and the pics it generated. After my trip, I decided to go for advance camera within my budget and thus I bought Nikon D7000. I am a self-taught photographer. So, I keep learning every day. Photography is teaching me how to focus, work hard for your goals and to try to do better than what I did yesterday.
I am not an expert in photography nor do I believe that anyone can be an expert in this field. It’s a huge ocean of knowledge. I want my viewers to check my photography work and let me know the short-comings which I will try to overcome. Thus, helping me in my journey of photography. What type of camera, lenses and lighting equipment do you use? I have Nikon D7000, 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G, 35mm 1.8g and 50mm 1.8g lens. I mostly use natural lights. I use 5 in 1 42� reflector.
What kindled your interest in portrait photography, what Inspired you? Portrait photography is a very What do you want your challenging and interesting viewers to take away from zone. Every day we come your work? across so many people and
each people has his/her own style, different expressions, different dresses, etc. In short, every person is unique. So getting a chance to click them is always fascinating. Any final thoughts or advice for our readers? Believe in your inner voice, have passion for your hobby and work towards accomplishing it. And yeah, keep clicking as much as possible. Be your own critique first.
Pushpendra Maurya Editor Location : Lucknow,India Rights : Different Photographers
ABOUT THE RETOUCHER: A freelance photographer and high-end beauty retoucher, from the city of Nawabs, Lucknow, India. Having a traditional family business of clothing with passion for photography .It all started in the year 2005 with a point n shoot camera. Initially, their were portraits, landscape, travel etc. Just sort of random clicks. But then, it’s not just a good camera that makes a lively photograph. Soon, he realized his images miss the professional effects and image quality and started foucisng on the post production.
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With every error, I learned and corrected myself. Soon my work started to shape up more desirable. Thanks to social media that gives me a platform to showcase my work. The attention I got for my work among Pushpendra Maurya, friends and positive reviews from I am a freelance photographer and high-end beauty retoucher, lives in the renowned professional have been really motivating, but it’s just my city of Nawabs, Lucknow, India. passion and love for photography I have a traditional family business of clothing. My passion for photography that keeps me going. With time, I developed my expertise started in year 2005. It all started with in Beauty and Fashion retouching. a point n shoot camera. Initially, I did According to few, it can’t be a full portraits, landscape, travel etc. Just sort of random clicks. But then, it’s not blown career to go with. Actually, it’s just a good camera that makes a lively sort of stereotype here in India. When you tell others you are a photograph. Soon, I realized my photographer, they don’t give your images miss the professional effects creative work its due credit and I am and image quality. I started focusing trying hard to break this stereotype more on post-processing images in and will continue to work for my Photoshop and Lightroom. I started passion on photography. reviewing works of different professionals and their techniques, tried to learn from them and practice Works of renowned photographers such as Julia Kuzmenko McKim , again and again from the basics. I never had any professional training in Michael Woloszynowicz, Mikhail photography and retouching. I am all Malyugin and Aaron Nace inspire me. self-taught, everything from internet, blogs and tutorials. There is no short cut Beauty and Fashion retouching is all about your style, your creativity and your vision. to learning. It’s a process and The key is to have patience when you make everyone has to go through it. mistakes, correct them and learn from them. Keep going, be a creative dreamer and then put your work in form of art that makes you proud. Enjoy it at last.
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sehar Interview With puri If there was one thing you would want us to know about you, what would it be? I love experimenting! with anything and everything. And it’s completely reflected in my work.I love Travel Photography but I’ve meddled with Fashion, Food, Interior, Portraits, Events, Wedding, Abstract, Street Photography etc. Basically, you name it. What drives me about that is just the sheer thrill of taking something ordinary and ensuring that you have to take a second look at it. Are you formally taught or self taught? And what has been the best source of information along this journey (workshop, online forums, classroom, mentor, etc)? Self taught. I like the idea of learning and tweaking around so that’s how I picked the basics up and moved on to the finer aspects through books, online forums and whatever else I could get my hands on! But I’ve also had the most supportive mentor who goes by the name of Srila Mookherji.So it’s no surprise that she picked out my first camera. How was the transition from hobbyist to paid professional and what kind of assignments have you done? Much awaited! And speaking of my mentor, she was the first to kick off my
professional journey! The first event I covered was her exhibition. And from then on, it’s been about Food Photography at Zaranj, Euphoria at CCFC, Interiors for Shilpa Bansal, Fashion Shoots, Wedding shoots, etc. What type of session do you look forward to the most (maternity, newborn, child, family, senior, wedding, engagement, etc) and why? The Wanderlust kind or in other words, Travel. Just the idea that you can capture all aspects of your journey - from the people you meet, to the places you see and everything else in between. Nothing beats that.
ANEEL NEUPANE
INTERVIEW WITH
TREASURE BOX
RIDING A LITTLE LATE
MAKING MEMORABLE MUSIC
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ABOUT THIS MINIATURE ARTIST A 22 years old photographer from Nepal who loves traveling, meeting new people and eating and is particularly very fond of Pineapple. HOW THE SERIES SMALL WORLD STARTED! “Lately I have been obsessed with the idea of miniature portraits. I like shrinking people (usually myself) into tiny beings and merging them with the surroundings. The tiny world fascinates me in so many different levels. These are the pictures of my series “A SMALL WORLD”.” says Aneel. So Finally here we are wth the Editor’s Favorite. Let’s See what we have in the Interview with Aneel. Aneel’s “Small World” has been going round the internet for a while now. The team of our magazine also loves his work. All the Best Aneel !.
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INTERVIEW WITH
ANEEL NEUPANE Tell us a little bit about yourself? I am a 22 years old photographer from Nepal. I love traveling, meeting new people and eating. I am particularly very fond of Pineapple. I love Sci-Fi, specially anything related to Time-Travel. Photography is my favorite hobby and now my profession as well.
How would you describe your style? I would describe my style as “tiny attempt”. I don’t believe I have perfected the art of Miniature composite, so I call it an attempt. How long have you been a photographer? I bought my first camera a little over 3 years ago. I have been taking photos ever since. I started pursuing Photography professionally almost 2 years ago.
What is your current state of mind before we continue with the interview? I would define my current state of mind as ‘excited and extremely happy’. I am What type of cameras do you shoot with? overwhelmed by the response from people I shoot with a D-SLR camera. Canon EOS over the world regarding my Photo Story. 550D is my main camera body. And it is my favorite camera as well. Did you go to school to study photography? What are your favorite computer/editing No, I learnt everything I know from the accessories, other than your computer? Internet and by experimenting “at home”. My favorite editing accessory is Wacom I did want to go to Photography school Bamboo Pad. It is the entry level graphic but that option was too expensive for my tablet from Wacom but I am most financial state. So far, self learning has comfortable using it. turned out to be fruitful for me.
SOURABH GANDHI Photographer’s Location New Delhi
SOURABH GANDHI Tell us a bit about yourself? My name is Sourabh Gandhi, people call me Sabbyy, 27 years old, Mathematics hons graduate from Delhi University, working as a software engineer in an IT company based at Delhi. Photography is in my blood, this passion has come from my father, he is a painter and was fond of photography when he was of my age. The creativity, imagination and varied unique experiences of my childhood have led me to follow my passion. The world of photography helped me to express them beautifully and artistically. Photography interprets my imagination and thoughts and converts them into reality which brings me soul soothing experiences. Apart from photography I love sketching, painting.
and after that there was no looking back. Though I used to do a lot in my college days but never thought of doing it professionally, but now it’s a passion cum profession for me and best is yet to come . Who all are the artists that you found inspiring? There are many photographers who inspire me, like Henri Cartier sir, Steve McCurry sir, Raghu Rai sir, Tarun Khiwal sir, Akash Das sir and many more. What gear do you use? I use Nikon D800 with 50mm 1.4g, Nikon 24-70 f2.8, Nikon 70-200 f2.8 and recently bought Nikon D750 with 24-120mm f4.
If you could go ten years back, what When did you first know that you want- advice would you give to yourself? ed to be a photographer? Don’t be afraid of taking chances I never thought about getting so deep and be grateful to the biggest misinto this, that I will be leading the takes: they can make you grow, more photo tours and will be giving the than you can imagine. interview for magazine. On one of my birthday, my friend gifted me a camera, which came as a surprise to me, since then I followed photography
Any words of wisdom for the upcomers? For up comers, I recommend to follow their heart and never stop capturing. Shoot as much as possible, because lots of them have hidden talent which comes out only if they follow their heart. Always remember there are no shortcuts to success and it’s one’s hard work that sets you apart.
INTERVIEW WITH
ARPITA PATEL
ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER: Since childhood I like doing painting, craft work, making something creative. I try to learn something new every day. I never like sitting ideal. I like exploring things, going to new places get to know more about the place, people, culture, language, living etc Photography is a huge term for me to know. It all started with selfies (self-framed). I had no digital camera or phone way back. I used to take my dads phone and clicking selfies. few inspired me like Richa Kashelkar. Since then I felt I could actually understand things and can express my feeling through my clicks.
INTERVIEW WITH
ARPITA PATEL
I don’t think you need an introduction but as a part of the formality, can you please tell me a little about yourself. I am born and brought up in Hyderabad. I have done my schooling from Sri Aurobindo International School & Intermediate from Little Flower Jr College. At present I am pursuing Graduation from Aurora Degree College. Since childhood I like doing painting, craft work, making something creative. I try to learn something new every day. I never like sitting ideal. I like exploring things, going to new places get to know more about the place, people, culture, language, living etc.. And yes now photography is added to my blood so I love clicking. So when did you feel like having a passion for photography? Photography is a huge term for me to know. It all started with selfies (self-framed). I had no digital camera or phone way back. I used to take my dad’s phone and clicking selfies. He felt very annoying so I tired clicking objects with his phone. And then my brother got me a Sony digital camera. By then Facebook had very good photography pages few inspired me like Richa Kashelkar. Since then I
felt I could actually understand things and can express my feeling through my clicks. A strong bond was created between me and the moments or picture captures, images, photographers, still in moment or say Freeze. Can you share the first picture you took and tell us something about the picture.
This is my first click from Sony Digital camera. It’s actually a dustbin with holes pattern on it. I felt as if it’s a way to enter different world or to come out. It is up to us how we look in to it. There are many problems in life and yes even we have solutions it’s on us which path we take and solve the problem. It’s a original picture it’s not edited. No black and white option is used. You’re getting viral on internet day by day tell us something about your audience. I just like to experiment on lighting when I am free. Few concepts are very much being appreciated by the viewers. I am happy that people are
“If you hadn’t become a photographer, what might you have done?’’ Fashion designing was always in my mind. Cutting, mix and match, Apart from Photography what do you presentation, experimenting using of actually do? waste and creating new thing. I It is true that we live in a complex and always want to be self-depended it’s stressful world. We all in a hurry and our all I wanted. leisure time is more valuable than ever before. Personally, I prefer to spend my free time at home. Making few craft items, gardening and sometimes cooking. able to understand what I am trying to tell by my clicks. They really liked the way I present my clicks. They also like the innovation I use in my clicks.
Who was the person who most influenced you, and how? I say it’s my mum (mother). She inspires me the way she manages everything. Take care of family. House, health cooking and a happy go lucky smile on face all the time. Actually she really likes capturing memories since childhood she used to take us to studio and get those passport size pictures clicks. She used to say we should get every year a passport size photo done so that we get to know the changes we get every day to day. And I still remember when we used to go out for vacation she used to focus on background more than an object or the person standing. She always felt people who at the picture first will definitely focus on back ground first and then the person. And these things got me long way and all the credits goes to her.
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