Tarun Khiwal is a famous fashion photographer and is also a winner of the prestigious Hasselblad award. In his first critique on Fotoflock he has selected an image which for him captures a slice of life.

I have gone through the images at the Fotoflock gallery and since I predominantly shoot people I have narrowed it down to the picture titled “Happiness” by Kanta Leishangthem.

The first thing that comes to my mind when I see this photograph is that I can feel the happiness of the lady being photographed, the photographer has done a great job in capturing a slice of life in the image.

 A strong emotion can overpower technique in photography even if a picture has a shake or the composition is a little off or the image is out of focus, the emotion can simply overpower these flaws.

Ultimately the goal in people photography is to capture the emotions of people as they are and in the most natural way. This photographer has just done that which is refreshing to see in today’s technically perfect and lifeless imagery

Tarun Khiwal dreams of shooting the Dalai Lama, Madonna, Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp because he feels that these people have a lot of character on their faces. He believes in learning from the school of life and receives immense inspiration from people and real life.

Tarun Khiwal’s Website | Tarun Khiwal’s Interview | Photo by Kanta Leishanagthem | Fotoflock Gallery

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