The camera and the cameraman

if someone had paid me every time a client asks what camera i use, i would have earned somewhere between 7000 Rupees now! when clients ask me what camera i use, i share my wedding gallery link and tell them, if you like my pictures, then i'm using the right camera,

recently i read blog where the author lists out 10 questions that you should be asking a wedding photographer, though most of them made real sense like asking the photographer regarding the deliverables - it also had a question where the client should be asking the photographer on what camera he uses! my take in the grand old question is, while hiring a wedding photographer or any photographer for that matter, you should be going through his recent works or instead of checking his equipments, because a there are high possibility that you would rate an armature as a professional by the camera he owns, Photographic equipments only tells a part of the story the real picture is always the final work that a photographer shows..

The obsession with 5D mark III

Canon's 5D Mark III is the big daddy of professional cameras that is out in the market, though i have been using 5D Mark III lately, i have heard people telling me that, oh you are using a 5D! then you should be a professional, im a professional, yes, this is what I do full time but please stop tagging me as a professional because i use Canon 5D Mark III in your weddings, i was a professional even before using a mark iii and i will remain a professional even if i switch to Canon 6d. Though the relationship between a photographer and  his camera has often been compared to a pen and an author, i completely disagree with this comparison, in my view, the relationship is like that one between an F1 driver and the driver himself, you need the best form of both but the important part is always the human not the machine.

All the images shown in this blog are taken in my beloved Canon 600D and they are one of the finest images that i have taken on any camera and of course the client's loved it

Toe Rings and the reason behind wearing it

Hindu Weddings are filled with Traditional practices, though we have a separate blog in which we will be discussing the complete nuance and the reason for most of the practice that has been followed, we will start with what is mainly practiced in Tamil Weddings, "Meti" Toe-Ring.

Unlike popular beliefs toe was worn by men in ancient and the reason why women are made to wear a toe ring is because of the scientific value. Toe ring is generally worn in the second finger, a particular never from this toe finger is responsible for regulating blood flow, most of the toe ring are made out of silver which absorbs polar energy from earth and passes on to the entire body

Hold on

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All about my photographic upbringing

I have noticed that generally when photographers grows out of the cocoon from their mentors or even in any creative related field which requires a great amount of mentoring - they tend to dismiss or isolate themselves from their mentors and claim to be a 'self-made" genius artist with little or no influence from them, which is actually sad to be more precious atrocious 

Before getting into wedding photography back in 2005, i wanted to be a fashion photographer and my search took me to a cinematographer, who advised me that before getting in, I should invest a good amount in buying equipments, almost 8 years later i happened to meet Mr.Raghu, (Raghu Sir) wedding photography only because of the guidance of Mr.Raghu Laksminarayanan, I feel immensely lucky to have been associated with the team for a good period of time, Mr.Raghu is arguably one of the best wedding photographers in the country and a pioneer in showcasing the nuance in a Brahmin wedding, before meeting him, i always had my mind that wedding is one boring form of photography where people gather in groups and a guys shouts 'smileeeeee"

when my clients tell me 'Mr.Sujith are you the best in the business' I murmur thank god you have not heard photostrophe! 

I have literally been a witness when he posts a pic in his hugely popular facebook page, some top notch photographers who wouldn't dare to like or comment on the pic would secretly inbox him asking him 'how the shot was taken!'

Though I guess my way of telling a story is different, the basics, the artistic value of a shot, in short the complete mind, body and spirit of wedding photography  has been embibed because of the time I spent with him and by closely following his work till today and I will never shy of telling this to my client's how ask me in wonder how did learn to take shots like this..

I would like to end the blog my quoting George Bernard Shaw where he once famously said that 'i'm taller than shakespeare because i'm sitting on his shoulder' in my case though I feel im standing on his shoulders but still shorter than him..

Dedicating this first blog to Mr.Raghu Lakshminarayanaan,