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Ayesha Adlakha - Actor, Emcee, Creator, Coach “I tried to remain flexible and open to the vagaries of chance; unlike Napoleon, I figured that luck, aesthetic luck included, is just the ability to exploit accidents. I grew to welcome the ripply flaws caused by a breeze or the tiny mote of dust, which ideally would settle right where I needed a comet-like streak, or the emulsion that peeled away from the plate in the corner where I hadn’t liked that telephone line anyway. Unlik

When I moved to Oxford, I lived in Wolfson College with my family for a year or so. It was a time of discovery and getting to know the city. Wolfson College provided a safe and nurturing home. The design of the college seamlessly integrates nature within it and brings the Cherwell River and the surrounding meadows into its warm embrace. It prides itself on its environmental sustainability and green initiatives. An architectural triumph. These are some images from a blazing

Here’s part II as promised and it features my favourite photos of some of the school’s incredible acting talent in costume for in-house productions and presentations. Honestly, I could have shot hundreds more as there was always someone in costume. However, I was in training as well and I could never do both acting and photography simultaneously because for me they are both completely consuming art forms. On the days I had a camera in my bag, my photographer’s mind would rema

I was chatting with someone today and that person had happened to have a look at some of my work. He said something quite simple that resonated with me and the way I think about my work. Perhaps even gave me an insight into what people may be looking for in a headshot (or portrait) photographer. He said, and I paraphrase, “Your photos give me a sense that you make it more about the person you are photographing rather than trying to showcase your technique or style.” Since

My first serious foray into photography happened when I was studying it as part of my post graduate study in mass communication in India. My first "proper" camera. It was a used Minolta SR T-101 and I shot everything with it. Sunsets, still life, friends, family, street etc. Lots of experimentation and a significant amount of money spent on buying and processing film and getting prints. I loved it. I have many hundreds of photos contact sheets and negatives in boxes from th

The meadow just outside of the school was an ever-changing backdrop that went from being a sparse expanse in the winters to bursting with wildflowers in spring and summer and then bare and harvested in autumn. A perfect and dynamic canvas for portraiture.