Rishika Brahma an eminent photographer and mentor of Sony, and the co-owner of ‘The Brahma Studio’, who won several awards for her incredible way of picturing a wedding, attended the Photography competition and exhibition organized by Adamas University in partnership with The Photography club of India and Sony.
In a
short interview, she talked about her passion for photography.
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| Rishika Brahma [Photo Courtesy: google/alphacommunity.in] |
How was your experience throughout the event?
I was pretty nervous before I went on to the stage because teaching young bright minds can be challenging because nowadays whatever we try to inform, you guys already know about it, the internet has fed you with so much information and everything, so I was thinking will I be relevant enough or if I’ll be able to give whatever is expected from me or will you be able to learn something new through me. Now, I felt positive as students out here are supportive, so I liked it and it was a nice and fulfilling experience.
As you
mentioned photography started as your passion and later became your profession
so how did that journey happen?
So, to be
very honest, I just went to a photography exhibition, the calling for what you
want to do in life can happen anytime anyway. I was studying Chartered Accountancy
and no one in the world could have imagined that I’d become a Wedding
photographer. Now I am an entrepreneur but eventually, I was first a wedding
photographer. Then my husband and I worked together to build many other businesses
but that happened much later. When I began, it started as a passion, I just got
a camera and my calling and passion for photography were so strong that I left studying
Chartered Accountancy. Which once I always wanted to do but later was no more
relevant to me. I used to paint as a child so the creativity was always there
it was just finding a genre, a way to release itself.
Any
suggestion you want to give to an aspiring photographer?
There are
a lot of suggestions depending on what kind of genre that person is going for.
But I would say, to any aspiring photographer, you must shoot whatever your
soul tells you to, after taking a photograph if you feel connected or close to
it then you’ve done much of the job itself. As a small e.g., While, I was
showing my grandmother’s images or whenever I stand with the pictures that I
showed, it still brings tears to my eyes since it has a strong meaning to them,
it satisfies my soul, to such a level that no pay cheque can do.
A
photographer at first should shoot for his/her soul satisfaction and then can
go for other things.
As you
said, you’re driven by emotion, so how hard it is for you to capture the right
moment at the right time?
It was very
difficult. I restarted shooting immediately after 3-4days of my wedding but because
I am a very emotional person, whenever I used to see a father-daughter or mother-daughter
moment happening I used to start crying. But what I never did was put my camera
down, even if I was crying, I would still keep my camera in one eye and keep
clicking images and those photos turned out to be brilliant because they spoke
of the raw emotions of that very moment. So, I think it is a bit difficult if
you are an emotional person but it’s not impossible.
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