Category: Photography

A while back I saw the news that Kaavan — the elephant who became known around the world as “the world’s loneliest elephant” — had finally left Pakistan for his new home in Cambodia, where he’d be free to roam 10 acres of open space. After spending 33 years of his life in captivity here, it felt like a genuinely good ending to a story that had been in the news for months.

I recently wrapped up a product photography project for an Amazon seller — 14 pieces of artificial succulents that needed to be shot for their online store listing. The brief was specific, which I actually prefer, since it removes a lot of guesswork:

• One group composition — all 14 pieces together on a clean white background
• Individual dimension shots — each piece photographed separately so buyers can clearly gauge size and scale
• 4–5 lifestyle images — the succulents styled in realistic home or office settings, so a buyer can picture how they’d actually look in a real space

In this vlog, there is an interesting discussion with a local wedding photography expert – Haris Sheraz about his profession and how he chose wedding photography as a career since he has become a full-time wedding photographer. We met at the lovely spot along Trail 5 Islamabad, this chat is basically an Introduction to Wedding Photography and what lesson have we photographers learned so far from COVID-19 lockdown, initially what photography gear is required to start this profession of wedding photography in Pakistan and what photo editing tools we need to learn for wedding post-processing jobs.

In this episode, we tried to explain how to do early sun rise photography with techniques using long exposures and filters to get impressive results. You can consider this vlog as a Tutorial as well since it has some very useful information about the professional gear we used to capture the sunrise moment at the Rawal Lake, Islamabad.

One of my clients recently asked for an on-location newborn photoshoot rather than coming into a studio, so we packed up our portable setup and took it to them instead. It’s always a fun challenge — you’re working around a baby’s schedule and mood rather than a fixed shot list, but that’s part of what makes newborn sessions rewarding when they come together.

A while back I did an outdoor groom photoshoot at Fatima Jinnah Capital Park in Islamabad — one of my favorite spots for pre-wedding portraits thanks to the greenery and open space. The weather that day was brutally hot and humid, but we still walked away with some really nice portraits despite the conditions.

One of the more interesting shoots I’ve done was a catalog project for a clothing client in Bahria Town, Rawalpindi. They needed fresh product photos for their new collection — some shots with a model, some without, depending on what they wanted to show in the catalog.

I got a chance to visit the PakWheels Auto Show at Lake View Park, Islamabad a while back. I went early in the morning and only stayed around 30 minutes, but that was enough time to walk through and shoot a few things that caught my eye — a handful of vintage cars especially stood out among the show.