Today, while I was writing one of the chapters of my upcoming book, I thought it has been a while since I wrote here in my website diary. All of you, who are reading this, I assure you that I sat for long enough time waiting for a thought to share with you, and many ideas poured down and evaporated. Photography as an activity, is easier to explain, but as a mindset it turns into a very deep research.
There is so much to talk about, and there are so many people who devoted their lives in explaining photography, its impact in the world, and, its influence on the photographer. It is an action, much like any other act of meditation through art or science (I will connect that dot in the next session), where one can have conversations with oneself, as long as one is conscious. And, we can have long conversations about this.
So today I have decided to bring more regularity in my connection with readers of this diary. I propose that every Sunday we can talk live though Instagram, at 16:30 (04:30PM) Indian Standard Time. Every Friday, I will pick one topic of photography to write about, and post it here on the website. And, on Sunday at the given time, we can talk about that live on Instagram @prashantrana_official (Link - https://www.instagram.com/prashantrana_official/ ) about that topic.
The conversation will be in native Hindi (or common Urdu) so that all of us from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, can participate. You can always comment and suggest themes of discussions, or your questions related to photography.
The live video will later be uploaded to Youtube as well, so if you have time limitations, you can join us at Youtube - Zikr: Conversations in Photography (Link - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy129cJLS3_vQN8wUFls_Mg?view_as=subscriber )
Here in Blog Diary, the article will be in English, so that we can minimize language gap, and focus more on our photography. So I encourage all our English speaking friends to join us, if you question or suggestion is in English, we will mix it well with Hindi and Urdu, to exchange our ideas and make this world, a smaller place.
Every Friday, I will be writing about one of the topics which emerges from our discussions on Sundays. For the next Friday ( 13th March, 2020 ) I will be writing about Aesthetics in Photography. So I look forward to see you all on Sunday.