<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>See the world like a stranger&comma; you&rsquo&semi;ll get an honest vision &colon; Ajay Sidhu<&sol;strong><p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>SHAINA SHARMA<&sol;strong> &vert; JALANDHAR<br><br>Photography is something you see through your mind&rsquo&semi;s eye&period; It&rsquo&semi;s not just a way to express yourself but also subtracting yourself from the world with an artistic vision&period; It takes a lot of guts to follow your passion and continue it as your hobby&comma; especially when you have a family and career to look after&period; <br>But there&rsquo&semi;s one name Ajay Sidhu who listened to his heart and continued his hobby&period; Currently&comma; he&rsquo&semi;s a Chief Booking Supervisor in Indian Railway at Jalandhar&period; Let&rsquo&semi;s read what he has to say about his talent&hellip&semi;&period;&period;<&sol;p><p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Since when you got attracted towards photography&quest;<&sol;strong><br>It&rsquo&semi;s been 20 years that I&rsquo&semi;ve been doing photography&period; My elder cousin was a professional photographer by looking whom I got motivated and started doing photography&period; Also I used to look pictures of renowned photographers in magazines&comma; which fascinated me&period; It was from then only I got fond of photography&period;<&sol;p><figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large td-caption-align-https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;IMG-20200128-WA0001&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;IMG-20200128-WA0001-1024x823&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-1166"><&sol;figure><p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Photography is your passion or your hobby&quest;<&sol;strong><br>It&rsquo&semi;s my hobby&comma; passion&comma; in fact an obsession&period; It&rsquo&semi;s just like when people get indulged into something they start developing their taste in that&period; Clicking photographs give me a kind of satisfaction and relax my mind&period;<&sol;p><p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>What type of photography you&rsquo&semi;d like to do most&quest;<&sol;strong><br>I like to click pictures of birds and concentrate more on landscapes&comma; pictures that include more of nature not human faces or portraits&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><figure class&equals;"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"><ul class&equals;"blocks-gallery-grid"><li class&equals;"blocks-gallery-item"><figure><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;IMG-20200131-WA0001-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" data-id&equals;"1177" data-link&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;&quest;attachment&lowbar;id&equals;1177" class&equals;"wp-image-1177"><&sol;figure><&sol;li><li class&equals;"blocks-gallery-item"><figure><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;IMG-20200131-WA0002-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" data-id&equals;"1181" data-link&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;&quest;attachment&lowbar;id&equals;1181" class&equals;"wp-image-1181"><&sol;figure><&sol;li><li class&equals;"blocks-gallery-item"><figure><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;IMG-20200131-WA0005-2-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" data-id&equals;"1182" data-full-url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;IMG-20200131-WA0005-2&period;jpg" data-link&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;&quest;attachment&lowbar;id&equals;1182" class&equals;"wp-image-1182"><&sol;figure><&sol;li><&sol;ul><&sol;figure><p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Favourite destination you prefer to click photographs&quest;<&sol;strong><br>Bird Sanctuaries are the most likely places to visit&period; I&rsquo&semi;m planning to visit Bharatpur&period; <&sol;p><p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Is there anybody in your family who extended this talent from you&quest;<&sol;strong><br>Yes&comma; my daughter is also fond of photography&period; She&rsquo&semi;s doing B&period;Tech&period; and taking this talent to a next level&period; She loves clicking pictures and we discuss a lot about this&period; <&sol;p><figure class&equals;"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"><ul class&equals;"blocks-gallery-grid"><li class&equals;"blocks-gallery-item"><figure><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;IMG-20200131-WA0011-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" data-id&equals;"1185" data-link&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;&quest;attachment&lowbar;id&equals;1185" class&equals;"wp-image-1185"><figcaption class&equals;"blocks-gallery-item&lowbar;&lowbar;caption"><em>Ajay discussing photography with his daughter Navroz<&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure><&sol;li><li class&equals;"blocks-gallery-item"><figure><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;IMG-20200131-WA0010-1-1024x682&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" data-id&equals;"1186" data-full-url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;IMG-20200131-WA0010-1&period;jpg" data-link&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;&quest;attachment&lowbar;id&equals;1186" class&equals;"wp-image-1186"><figcaption class&equals;"blocks-gallery-item&lowbar;&lowbar;caption"><em>Daughter of Ajay Sidhu<&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure><&sol;li><&sol;ul><&sol;figure><blockquote class&equals;"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>Other than photography I like to read books and have a library at my home&period; I&rsquo&semi;ve read almost all the writers&period; There are writers like <em>Keats&comma; Ruskin Bond&comma;<&sol;em> <em>Faiz&comma; Manto and Ghalib <&sol;em>whom I like to read most&period; &lsquo&semi;<em>Diwan-E-Ghalib&rsquo&semi;<&sol;em> is my favourite&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote><p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>When you started doing photography&comma; it was only done with roll cameras and now in the digital era it has totally changed and it&rsquo&semi;s become a part of daily life&period; How you&rsquo&semi;d describe this change&quest;<&sol;strong><br>Yes&comma; earlier we used to do it manually and I still do it on manual mode&comma; we used to note the numbers and used to first capture the scene in mind&period; But now you can delete the shots immediately if they aren&rsquo&semi;t good&period; Moreover smartphones have come which have good cameras&period; There was more patience in photographers back then&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;5&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad35905 " id&equals;"quads-ad35905" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;<amp-ad layout&equals;"fixed" width&equals;300 height&equals;250 type&equals;"adsense" data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-1861488811465739" data-ad-slot&equals;"4911303569"><&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Technical things to keep in mind while doing photography&quest;<&sol;strong><br>There&rsquo&semi;s nothing pre-planned&period; I haven&rsquo&semi;t done any professional training in photography but there are basic rule that you have to adjust or check the <em>aperture&comma; shutter-speed&comma; white-balance and ISO <&sol;em>of the camera before clicking any photo&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><figure class&equals;"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"><ul class&equals;"blocks-gallery-grid"><li class&equals;"blocks-gallery-item"><figure><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;IMG-20200131-WA0006-1024x575&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" data-id&equals;"1173" class&equals;"wp-image-1173"><&sol;figure><&sol;li><li class&equals;"blocks-gallery-item"><figure><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;IMG-20200128-WA0005-1-1024x575&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" data-id&equals;"1174" data-link&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;&quest;attachment&lowbar;id&equals;1174" class&equals;"wp-image-1174"><&sol;figure><&sol;li><li class&equals;"blocks-gallery-item"><figure><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;IMG-20200128-WA0003-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" data-id&equals;"1175" data-full-url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;IMG-20200128-WA0003&period;jpg" data-link&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;&quest;attachment&lowbar;id&equals;1175" class&equals;"wp-image-1175"><&sol;figure><&sol;li><&sol;ul><&sol;figure><p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Being a chief booking supervisor&comma; it consumes your whole day making you busy&comma; how you manage to take out time for photography&quest;<&sol;strong><br>Ofcourse&comma; it&rsquo&semi;s a busy job but still somehow I manage to give time to my hobby and spend some time among nature&period; I utilize weekends or holidays for this&period;<&sol;p><h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Any tips for budding photographers&quest;<&sol;strong><br>When I was a kid my father used to say that &ldquo&semi;<em>see everything like a stranger&comma; then you&rsquo&semi;ll find them all new&comma; fresh and interesting&period; You get a new vision and an honest vision&period;<&sol;em>&rdquo&semi; This is a rule I follow while clicking shots also&period; <&sol;h4><figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large td-caption-align-https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;IMG-20200128-WA0000&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;IMG-20200128-WA0000-1024x422&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-1180"><&sol;figure><p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Any life lesson you learnt from photography&quest; As this field is so aesthetic&period;<&sol;strong><br>This field is so vast&comma; so artistic and it taught me to balance everything&period; Because life looks beautiful only when it has all colors in it&period; So understand every responsibility and maintain every relationship of yours&period; Like devices&comma; you have memories in limited stock too&period; <&sol;p><figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punjabibulletin&period;in&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;aw&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-1187" width&equals;"687" height&equals;"942"><figcaption><em>Ajay Sidhu with his wife<&sol;em> Anita Sidhu&period;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure><p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>When are you planning&comma; to let know the world about your great talent&quest;<&sol;strong> <br>I&rsquo&semi;m thinking of organizing an exhibition&comma; which isn&rsquo&semi;t finalized yet&period; But sure they&rsquo&semi;ll out soon I&rsquo&semi;m just clubbing them&period;<&sol;p><blockquote class&equals;"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>Life is much more than the dramas people create around us&period; Ajay Sidhu has set a great example among us&period; So what are you waiting for&quest; Grab your camera or smartphone and take a vacation to wake UP the photographer inside you&period; <&sol;p><&sol;blockquote><p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Note &colon;<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi;to stay updated with latest news save this number 97687-90001 and message news updates&period; <&sol;p><div> &NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;5&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad96551 " id&equals;"quads-ad96551" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 3px 3px 3px&semi;padding&colon;0px 0px 0px 0px&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;<amp-ad layout&equals;"fixed" width&equals;300 height&equals;250 type&equals;"adsense" data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-1861488811465739" data-ad-slot&equals;"6110719604"><&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;