Stuti Sakhalkar is a final year student of BMM (Bachelor of Mass Media) Advertising. Photography for Stuti began a year ago when she thought of doing stills instead of motion pictures. And in no time, she was won over by the the craft. Stuti won’t call photography art; “Art, they say, has no purpose or meaning,” she says.

I fail to understand the entire hype of digital photography replacing analog photography. It is usually perceived as two completely different phenomena, when they are not. Just like most things in this world, photography has evolved into a digital form. Take for instance, music; the days where cassettes get stuck in music systems are long gone. There are different issues now, like cracks that develop CDs. Like different lenses have different uses, analog and digital photography have their respective places. Both have their pros and cons, right from various technical aspects, to the individual photographer.

The human eye has a field of view of just 50o. This doesn’t allow us to really view a panoramic image. But the camera can extend beyond this and capture images that are far wider and show much more.

Ryan Lobo, a photographer and filmmaker has been making documentary films and doing photography for some years now. "I have produced, shot and overseen more than 60 pieces to date for mostly the National Geographic, discovery channel, PBS, the Oprah show etc all over the planet," he says. "I have researched and worked on many investigative journalist stories on subjects ranging from the kidney trade, wildlife smuggling and child prostitution for various publications, local and international."