Pictorial Souvenirs
Tell us about your interest in photography. How and when did you start?
Since my childhood days, I have been fascinated with cameras and photographs. Being born and brought-up in Agra, I always got an opportunity to see many tourists at Taj Mahal, using long barrel like cameras. I used to wonder what that was all about. As a child I dreamed that one day, I too will have such a camera in my hand and will pursue photography. My dream came true in 1988, when I was in my thirties and for the first time in my life I picked up a camera - a Minolta XG1. Though initially I may have clicked some hopeless, rather worst shots, but few of them were nonetheless very good. And that prompted me to start learning and training myself, trying to get a better shot each time.
What gear do you carry for landscape photography?
SONY alpha 7 with 16-35mm F2.8, 2470mm F2.8, 70-200mm F4 lenses.
Which is your favourite lens and why?
I pursue different genres of photography. For portraiture, I prefer a 70-200mm f/2.8. While for still life photography or food photography I use a 100mm macro f/2.8 or 70-200mm f/2.8. But when it comes to landscapes, I would say that 16-35mm f/2.8 is my favourite lens. The reason behind this is, a 16-35mm covers almost 96.7º to 64º angle field view. This is much beyond the viewing angle of a human eye (i.e 47º). The vastness in the landscape makes it much fascinating and impressive.
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