World Photography Day | Actor and director Randeep Hooda: I'm more comfortable behind a still camera than in front of it
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For star Randeep Hooda , photography has been a passion for years. It’s an excuse to head to the jungles which he loves to the core. On World Photography Day today, which falls ahead of his 50th birthday, the star sums it up, “I am more comfortable behind a still camera than I am in front of a still camera.”
Adding to this, Star and director Randeep Hooda behind the lens at MP’s Kanha National Park The star, who won the Best Debut Director at the National Movie Awards for his movie Swatantrya Veer Savarkar , confesses that his passion helped him on both personal and professional fronts.
Meanwhile, “The camera helped me a lot in my direction. The compositions which I experimented with my still camera helped me a lot in framing the movie shots. From how to bring attention to a certain part of the frame and how to make an aesthetic frame, all that made my choices a bit easier,” he says but credits his director of photography Arvind Krishna as well.
Notably, “So with my sense of framing and his expertise, I was able to capture my movie well. Most actors when they become directors, they're directing other things and not the frames. When I became a director, I already knew that I had experimented with a lot of frames. And, it all started with a still camera.”
As per the latest buzz, Randeep’s love for photography started with humble camera phones and then he started admiring photos in magazines and on Instagram.
In further updates, “Without the camera, I used to go to jungles and enjoy the beauty. Then I bought a camera but so many buttons on it that it discouraged me from even using it. So, I started experimenting from my balcony in Mumbai.”
On top of that, His turning point was connecting with wildlife photographer Sarosh Lodhi whom he admired.
“So, we interacted on Instagram messages and he shared, well why don't you come to Nagpur and we'll go to Kanha National Park (Madhya Pradesh), and I'll show you how to use it. That just happened at about 9pm and at 6am I was at Nagpur airport with a couple of friends, and that's how it all began. There, I saw my first tiger Chota Munna and I got great pictures in my first 2-3 outings, and then I was hooked. Then, the camera became a very big excuse to be in the jungle.” He then started documenting his trips and clicks as “every frame has a story to tell”.
Source: Hindustan Times