They'll giggle gregariously into the camera when you want them to look all scenery and poetry and all of that, but would not oblige you if you insist they look down the lens gleefully saying "cheeeese".
Shooting children can be fun and challenging at the same time.
It's true that a picture is worth a thousand words, but with children, it's the words they utter before or during a photo-session that set the mood and freeze the frame into an unforgettable narrative.
While shooting with some children (the photographs of whom are here for all to see), I was witness to a wide range of emotions. From playful to profound, the kids surprised me with their ability to emote.
From a shy guide-girl in Manali who said she loved pink and green bangles and reluctantly agreed to pose, to a cherubic seven-year-old who insisted on being shot in his self-made igloo.
There were these child-monks I met during a trip to McLeodgunj who seemed oblivious to the flash-bulbs popping all around and refused to get distracted from their training session...
...and then there was a bunch of giggly siblings who said they would pose for me if I agreed to have their kid sister sit in the centre of the group.
And while shooting for an Independence Day photo package I came across Chimpu. He agreed to pose to my liking, preened into the mirror on his barber father's work-station and posed.
I gave him a toffee in return, showed him his picture on my digi-cam and was about to leave when he tugged at my kurta and asked, "Didi, main Shah Rukh Khan jaisa lagta hoon na? (Don't I look like Shah Rukh Khan?)
I smiled and nodded...About the AuthorDivisha Gupta ...Read Morefirst published:August 15, 2006, 14:37 ISTlast updated:August 15, 2006, 14:37 IST
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They are the most delightful of subjects and the most spontaneous of models.
They'll giggle gregariously into the camera when you want them to look all scenery and poetry and all of that, but would not oblige you if you insist they look down the lens gleefully saying "cheeeese".
Shooting children can be fun and challenging at the same time.
It's true that a picture is worth a thousand words, but with children, it's the words they utter before or during a photo-session that set the mood and freeze the frame into an unforgettable narrative.
While shooting with some children (the photographs of whom are here for all to see), I was witness to a wide range of emotions. From playful to profound, the kids surprised me with their ability to emote.
From a shy guide-girl in Manali who said she loved pink and green bangles and reluctantly agreed to pose, to a cherubic seven-year-old who insisted on being shot in his self-made igloo.
There were these child-monks I met during a trip to McLeodgunj who seemed oblivious to the flash-bulbs popping all around and refused to get distracted from their training session...
...and then there was a bunch of giggly siblings who said they would pose for me if I agreed to have their kid sister sit in the centre of the group.
And while shooting for an Independence Day photo package I came across Chimpu. He agreed to pose to my liking, preened into the mirror on his barber father's work-station and posed.
I gave him a toffee in return, showed him his picture on my digi-cam and was about to leave when he tugged at my kurta and asked, "Didi, main Shah Rukh Khan jaisa lagta hoon na? (Don't I look like Shah Rukh Khan?)
I smiled and nodded...
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