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Jeet Khagram
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Best of the week 43 at #nomadict 2021
My dad gave me a Canon 60D when I was 13 years old. Then we visited Hong Kong and Macau; I was fond of shooting landscape photos. I instantly felt that travel photography & creating videos around people, culture and different places is the most inspiring and exciting form of telling stories and expressing thoughts and feelings. When I was five years old I got a cochlear implant. It is a neuroprosthesis that stimulates the cochlear nerve (nerve for hearing) to help improve the ability to hear and understand speech. However, it has always been difficult for me to express my feelings with words.
"Photography allowed me to connect with the world, tell my stories and share emotions by capturing beautiful and inspiring moments worldwide."
Every photo is unique; every trip is a new experience, which is why I love what I do. I always keep in touch with like-minded and passionate people who have similar interests to me. Despite this, I am not so involved in the big photography community here in Mumbai. As a landscape photographer, my continuous drive is to experiment with new ideas and techniques of photography, in known or unknown places.
The shot of Tso Moriri, located in Ladakh, India was taken in the evening. Tso Moriri lake is a breathtaking 26-km-long lake located at an altitude of 4,530 metres above sea level near the border with China. It is surrounded by Himalayan peaks towering at more than 6,000 meters. It is essential to be well acclimatized to the altitude before travelling to Tso Moriri lake to avoid risk of altitude sickness. The lake attracts visitors for its sheer natural beauty. However, due to its long distance from Leh, this place is not often packed with too many tourists, which meant that we had the entire of Tso Moriri all to ourselves! The drive from Leh to Tso Moriri took us about 8-10 hours, but the mountains and the Tso Kyogar had given us a glimpse of the magnificence we were about to see. Our hearts were thumping with the high altitude and even more so with excitement.
I wanted to capture the beauty of the sunset around the lake. The weather is always unpredictable in this location, so I could not properly shoot the first day. The second day, I went with my family in the afternoon only to capture this shot and luckily, I got the result I wanted. I had to wait for a long time, though, because many people were around the lake. It was not until the perfect moment had appeared where the all-mountain could be seen, and with two people facing the lake, that I took a photograph. The atmosphere at that moment inspired me enormously; tall mountains surrounding the lake were, on one side, all hills were enlightened with sun rays and on the other side, shadows of mountains covered the entire lake.
To shoot I used a Canon EOS R5 and the lenses I used were Sigma 35mm f1.4 DG HSM and Canon RF -70-200mm f2.8 IS USM. Then for processing this particular image, I focused on the elements that inspired me to take the photo: Two people facing the lake which is covered by the shadow of the mountains while the other side is glowing from the last sun rays. I wanted to bring out the best in the picture by giving a slight creative touch to my pics which I have shot. I edited the sky and soft clouds so they reflected the same color tones as the landscape, creating a complete, harmonious scene. I believe that there will always be a better photograph you can take. But after taking this photo and when I composed it, I felt that it was fitting within my style. I always like to shoot where my photo communicates, which is an important aspect that I evaluate at the end before considering the photo as “finished.”
"Also, I want to achieve a photo that is bright and soothing, enhances the viewer's experience and makes one feel as if this photo is not real but out of someone's imagination."
With this shot, I learned that there is a lot to consider when planning to take a shoot in a location like this where mountains surround the subject. Especially, you have to think ahead and plan on distractions as much as possible as well as the direction of taking the photo. What elements need to be captured in the frame? How will the interplay of light and shadow be? How is the weather forecast? And of course, how will I process this image after taking it and what result do I want? All these questions help you act faster when you are on the spot, which is important when the sun is disappearing behind the mountains at a fast pace.
I cannot wait to discover more of these kinds of places, and immortalize them the way I experience these moments in an artistic way. One lifetime is not enough to see it all. So let’s explore the world!
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