Karthik Rajagopal Photography

How photography found me...

When I was 11 years old, I saw a flock of birds in the sky. For once, in my young life, a split-second scene was imprinted in my mind. And since I was a good kid who usually never asked for anything special, my father bought me a Yashica toy camera. From that day onwards, Yashica roamed with me, safe in my pocket. Our relationship remained steady for years, and she ins

pired me to dream of a career in photography. I expressed this to my parents with enthusiasm, but I had just passed out of school, and my parents shoved me in the direction of an engineering college, so that I could lay the foundation for a 'steady career'. My busy college days kept me away from Yashica, making me restless; so I turned into a gossiping college RJ overnight. I was hugely popular for around 3 weeks, before I got caught. Then I opted for a safer profession - designing valves. For quite some time, I didn't know how to spend my salary. Then my greatest passion crept back into my head - I bought a camera, a classic film SLR, a Nikon FM 10 (that was not because I missed my RJ-ing days). Photography again cast its spell on me. Every weekend, I bonded with my camera, hills, rivers, animals, trees, gypsies and other photography subjects. I stacked up weeks worth of leave for long photography trips. Soon, people began accompanying me on these trips, and they wanted to learn photography from me. I started conducting photography workshops, which saw enthusiastic participants of all ages. By this time, photography had been my passion for nearly 8 years. My work life was getting drabber by the day - I didn't want any more valves in my வாழ்வு. So I worked up the guts to quit my job and bought myself the best professional photography equipment .Now I am pouring my heart into the art of photography. I do portrait and wedding photography in a candid manner (No posing! It is not natural). I try to create visual stories about people in a portrait photo, identifying the depth of their expressions and body language. Of course, people are not my only models. When products come along and ask for a portfolio, I enjoy portraying them at their stunning best.