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