JYOTISH DUTTA

This July, 2017 I made another trip to Dzukou Valley, Nagaland. Unlike last year, I travelled very light this year, only a backpack with a small sleeping bag and a set of fresh clothes, sealed in zip bags . Photography gear wise, I was carrying my 5D mkII, canon 70-200mm f4, and the Fuji x100. For protection from rain I relied on my rain poncho.  And that just about it.  It took us 3 and a half hours from Vishwama to reach the basecamp in Dzukou valley. We spent 2 nights up there.  It rained most of the time with temperatures ranging between 18-20 Degrees at night. The weather in Dzukou has always been unpredictable, changing every few minutes. The only photographic opportunity we got was when the rain stopped. A gust of wind thinned the cloud cover enveloping the valley, allowing for the sun rays to diffuse through and lite up, rather selectively, the crests and troughs that comprise Dzukou. This time however I found plastics eve...

A couple of weeks back, I came across a post by a noted photojournalist(new into the wedding photography market) about his   interaction with a prospective client that went wrong. In the uploaded screenshot was his conversation with his client, where the client states his preference for a particular kind of image effect, and where the photojournalist sarcastically refuses to let go of his ‘many years of learning’ and ‘in-camera expertise’. And no surprise, his fans and followers (except a few) began to belittle the particular prospective client for his lack of ‘taste’ for ‘real photography’. Within no time our photojournalist turned wedding photographer’s post had hundreds of likes and many shares. My take on this is that the ‘client’ is always right. After all he/she is the one who is going to show me the money. My kind of ‘Creativity’ or what I   call ‘Art’ may not necessarily sync with the expectations of my client. I would take great care in getting a clear idea of my...

    If you have travelled to the mountains in Eastern India, the chances are you have made a pit stop in one of  the many stand alone food joints cum wine shop along the NH. The most popular and readily available item on the menu being 'Noodles' (sometimes it being the only item on the menu)     Didi serving noodles. Sela Pass, Arunachal Pradesh While coming back from Tawang , we took a detour to Mandala, a very popular birding destination in Arunachal. Though I like observing and taking pictures of birds and wild animals, I just didn't like the idea of capturing portraits of small endangered birds, drawn out by the loud and sometimes irritatingly long recorded bird calls. I caught up with some portraiture instead.   Sange's food joint cum general store Sange's kitchen.....she's busy preparing Noodles for us