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This is a snippet

from my personal

series, The Deadpan

Diaries, which follows

my deadpan sister on

her various adventures.

Sometimes funny ideas

will come to you on the

fly... don’t let go of them!

You can end up with a

very strong series.

Laugh with your

subjects. It is, after all,

the most recognised

human emotion.

Such moments are

serendipitous. If you’re

lucky, and you look hard

enough, you will find

them too.

Shaitan Singh Chouhan

Anjan Kumar Kundu

Shooting technique

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is. Take a look at Sacha Goldberger’s series

Super Mamika, where he has immortalised

his grandmother in the form of a

superhero or Dave Engledow’s World’s Best

Father, which shows him with his daughter

in hilarious moments. If you have a funny

photo idea in mind, just go forth and shoot

it, without overthinking it.

Just Have Fun!

Not every moment warrants a funny

photograph. However, with just by a slight

shift in your perspective, you can find

that even the most serious situations will

house a light-hearted moment. Some of the

most memorable images have come from

photographers who have stepped out of the