Prateek Sonawane

I recently quit my 9 to 5 job with greed of exploring, learning more and following my passion. In the meantime, I keep myself busy with Photography Events like Wedding Shoots also I ride out for Landscape and Wildlife Photography. The reason I chose to make a career in photography is that I get the feeling of Freedom and Joy whenever I pull out my camera. The camera makes me express myself to the world through my images. The images I click have a story behind them and when I preview them, they speak back to me and take me back to the past when I clicked it. I can feel and live every moment of the image I clicked.

For me, photography is a powerful medium to share knowledge and create awareness for all. Photography is not only about clicking pictures but it is all about capturing an emotion, a feeling, and a precious moment.

I love photography and love clicking nature landscapes and portraits of people. I have an educational background with my Masters Degree in Wildlife Science. I know the importance of photographs when it comes to research work and creating an impact in the field of conservation and anthropology.

Photography is not about owning expensive cameras and lenses. It’s about understanding the environment of your subject. It is a feeling of adapting and living the moment making yourself a part of your surroundings. I like to ask myself is a photograph alive? Is it speaking back to me? Is it expressing an emotion?

A photograph gives one an opportunity to gain more knowledge about a species or a landscape or a culture, so a photograph is a gold mine of not only emotions but also information. Always remember a photograph taken without any emotion or feeling is just like spilling colours on a blank canvas. It looks colourful but does not bring it to life.

In conclusion, all I would love to say is, that I am glad to be blessed by a 6th Sense or call it a superpower or an opportunity to feel oneness with my surroundings and embrace it, it's a trance!

I feel I am the chosen one who can be in the surroundings to capture the moment. The image I click can be heard and be narrated as a story. My images can be heard by others and one can see my true emotion and can feel the image as if it is talking back to them trying to narrate a tale.

I am Prateek Sonawane, I don't write stories, I CLICK THEM.

I would like to get in touch with you more and would request your guidance for the same.

Best Wishes.