Breakout of the zeal

I am Spandan Bhatt. Currently I study Graphic design and visual communication at Symbiosis Institute of Design Pune. I have immense passion for photography and have an extreme inclination towards travelling, be it by any means. 

From childhood to date, me and my family have traveled a lot. Starting since when I was a kid, my family has been taking me places throughout India, our own Incredible India. But the idea of how 'Incredible' it was, was just at it's germination point. 

I realized that wherever I am going, every nook and corner of the place has it's own timeless story to tell. I was already fascinated with the diverse cultures and the amazing stories that each place I visited narrated to me. But how do I ensemble everything so that it STAYS with me and my family, everywhere I go? That is when the notion of PHOTOGRAPHY set in to me. 

I got my first camera, a Kodak KB10 film when I was to go for a camp at 'Polo Forest' in Gujarat. I started making pictures since then. I was just 11 though and had a really vague view towards photography as an art. I never even thought about it.

This was one of the first images that I shot at Polo. I was 11 years old.

After 3 to 4 more camps down the road, I developed great interest in trekking, hiking, and mountaineering as well. I started going to a lot of camps through Youth Hostels Association India, WWF India and Anala outdoors. 

After experiencing all of these outdoor activities, me and my family started touring again, each and every vacation. By this time, we bought a high range zoom point and shoot by Olympus. This camera gave me a lot more exposure towards photography as an art. I started exploring different angles, exposures, tips and tricks and a lot came from trial and error. 

A person's highest amount of motivation, comes from appreciation. The stuff I clicked was being appreciated by my friends and family and I started to dive more into this particular art form.

An Image I shot at Teesta River, Sikkim. I was 14 years old.

Results kept getting better as I gained experience with the Olympus. By this time, I started putting watermarks on the Images I produced. 

Further on, as I grew older, MASSES of people were taking up photography as a profession and started creating means to reach an audience through social media to get recognized. Needless to say, I followed the pack. I fired up my own page 'Spandan Bhatt's photography' and started posting pictures to it. 

At some point of time, my frequency of posting went stagnant and I started posting stuff on my personal profile, because people were noticing it there, rather than the page. 

Today I go clicking with an APS-C DSLR by Sony. To date, I have never taken any sort of formal education to develop my photography skill set. I have always explored with trial and error. 

I start this blog today, to tell you about my experiences to come and the experiences I have had so far in clicking whatever I have and possess today. 

 Lake Pichola, Udaipur. Shot in 2011, me being 16 years old.