Finally
all the running around and anxiety came to an end when I received a packet
yesterday and I knew what was inside! My first ever digital Single Lens Reflex
(dSLR) Camera. The Nikon d3200. The hassled process for getting the camera
started about a couple of months ago, when I decided to put my words/thoughts
into action and get the dSLR. Someone would wonder why the hell it took so long
to buy a Camera?!?!? It’s mostly because of my inability to settle for anything
but getting what I like/want. Also as they say when get yourself a pet or even
in the case of choosing your life partner it’s just not your liking that
matters, the feeling should be mutual and they must find you worthy too, the
Camera also put me to every possible test to judge if am worthy of holding it!
It’s literally like the commercial add, I earned the Camera not just bought it!
Yes
indeed it was a dream which came true. But if I think well I never thought of
becoming a photographer or doing serous photography. Even when I was working
with wildlife, I found other things more interesting than clicking photos. In
past couple of years things begun to drift, when I met and worked with people
like Anirban Duttaroy, Sanjay Sondhi, Krushnamegh Kunte, Rohan Mukherjee and
others, my colleagues and friends at Samrakshn Trust (my former employer). I
began to appreciate their incredible photographs and skills. But then also it
was just up to the level of liking and didn’t think of doing it myself. It was
last year when I accompanied a group of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)
members on a trip to Garo hills and got to spend time with professionals
(photographers) like Suraj, Sudhanshu and Nikhil and experienced their passion
for photography, something somewhere got triggered! Then onwards I stated to
take the matter seriously and as time passed my will to do photography increased
and became a dream eventually. The first step to fulfill my dream was to get a
decent camera, I have been talking to people and reading about cameras for more
than six months and then decided to buy d3200. Here I must mention about my
best friend M, who has been a great support throughout and made me realize my
dream. She always trusted in my potential and pushed me to go for it!
The
camera and photography is important to me also because I enjoy working with
wildlife and for their conservation, since I am working in a complete different
sector now, I realized photography and writing about my experiences with
wildlife is going to be my way of working for and with them!
Now I
have the camera so will start exploring the forests of the region to take
photographs and will learn and be better eventually. I realize it going to be a
life long journey and have only taken the first step but am determined to continue
with it.
When
I sit back now and write, I feel satisfied. Having a dream is something but
putting your heart and soul to live it is very pleasing. When I look at the
camera lying at my desk and getting its battery charged it seems to me as if
it’s rearing to snap and asking me to use it to chase my dream.
So be
aware birds and animals, here I come to shoot you (with my camera of course!) –
Mind it!!
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