Kalakaaris Magazine Aug 2014 | Page 54

Tanvi Jaiman TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOURSELF WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE ARE YOU FROM? - I’m one of those people that belongs to everywhere and no where. It’s not like I’ve lived in different places (been in Hyderabad for most of my life) but I’ve managed to call the strangest places “home”. The exposure I’ve received thanks to my parents has made me grow emotionally and mentally and all of it has made me who I am today. Who that person is? I don’t know, I haven’t found out yet. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORK TO SOMEONE? - It’s a big hodgepodge, really. I stick to photographing people most of the time. Can? dids, conceptual art, I’ve tried my hand at editorial work too… but my main focus no matter what I shoot, whether it be a pretty sunset or just someone’s hands, is to capture stuff no one would pay close attention to. In the past four years I’ve spent photographing, I’ve learnt to use my own vision as a prime lens or something to look closer into tiny details that truly make something beautiful. WHAT IS THE POST PROCESSING TECHNIQUE FOR YOUR IMAGES? - I’ve come a long way with this. The 12 year old version of me used web-apps such as Picnic to literally over-edit an im? age with as many filters as possible. Today I stick to either photo-manipulations and basic color tweaking. WHAT KIND OF TOOLS DO YOU USE FOR POST PROCESSING? EXPLAIN YOUR WORK FLOW. - For the longest time my sole companion for editing was GIMP and the Pixlr Express web-app. Got my hands on PS CS6 just a few weeks ago and there’s no going back. I don’t have a pre-planned work flow as such. I just decide on a particular mood I’m trying to create and leave the rest to random experimentation. AMONG YOUR WORKS, WHICH ONE IS YOUR FAVORITE? WHY? - “Searching For Oasis” is probably always going to be my favorite. Mostly ‘cause it depicts every aspect of the person I want to