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25th book So Said The Wise will soon

be published. The reason I choose to

publish my work in the form of books

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has a bigger shelf-life as compared to

the latter. They sit in a library or on a

bookshelf for many years.

Would you like to share a word of

too. Study the work of masters, try

to understand what makes their

pictures great. Apply the same tactics

in your work. No photograph can

be repeated and you cannot imitate

the masters, but you can use their

work as inspiration”. To a large

extent, I have tried to follow his

footsteps and achieved a lot from

his advice. I absolutely believe that

the key to achieving your goals is

experimentation. I am proud to say

that I began moonlight photography

in this country way back in 1983,

using large format cameras with

exposures going from one to four

hours. These are the experiments

and the risks that I took which paid

me rich dividends. Do not expect to

become the masters of your art in a

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of a photographer are tough, then

it gets easier. Lastly, avoid beating

your own drum, avoid packaging

and marketing, as no self respecting

photographer should indulge in such

mediocrity. |SP

advice for budding photographers

and nature lovers?

I will share with the youngsters, an

advice, which my beloved father

once gave me. He used to say,

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your work harshly, see what could

have improved and if something

is good, try to repeat it next time

© Ashok Dilwali

© Ashok Dilwali

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