Red Max Images

Photography started out as a hobby for Sai and Leena and soon it took a more professional turn, thus was born Red Max Images. The idea of it was to freeze and capture life's moments and they have been doing this for the past 8 years and you can check out some of their lovely candids here.

As a part of Sandarbh we are also exposed to many other opportunities - the chance to volunteer with Red Max for shoots is one of them. Ananya and Nayana often cash in on this opportunity and have been for a couple of shoots in the short span that I have been here. Even yesterday the two of them accompanied Sai for a shoot. Read on for Nayana's experiences...

" I have always enjoyed photography but somehow I was never proactive about it; other than the occasional family trips where my dad would bring his camera and I'd get excited to try it out. There's barely any exposure I'd had to photography apart from that.

The first time we went for a shoot with Leena came as a rather unexpected opportunity. Rambo was the one who usually accompanied Leena for all her shoots, but he had left and that's how we came into the picture.  It was the shoot at a temple of a pooja being held by the bride's family a few days before the wedding. We reached early and familiarized ourselves with the different cameras, and Leena explained to us how to take photographs keeping the client's requirements and preferences in mind but at the same time to be careful not to get in the way of the activities and people. After the pooja we had gone over to their house for some pictures with the rest of the family. 

I had assumed that the people will get conscious with us hovering around and that it'll be much harder to take candid photographs, surprisingly it wasn't. The people seemed to be at ease and unaffected by cameras pointed at them. Every once in a while, in between chasing the bride and ducking out of each other's frames, we'd ask some of the people to pose (which they happily did!). It felt like a pretty long and tiring day, but it was a lot of fun!

I've been to three shoots till now, and over time we got much more comfortable. It didn't really feel awkward to be chasing people and trying to capture moments without them noticing. The second shoot was one of Ally's friends' birthday party and the experience was absolutely nothing like that of the first! This time it was all kids - running around, hiding under table, covering their faces with food from their plates, some shying away and then some making all sorts of faces for the camera.

I'd definitely love to be a part of more and more such shoots... "

Seems like each of the shoots has been a different experience for Nayana each one rather memorable. But that's exactly what Red Max Images focuses on too - helping people capture the memories from different experiences of life!

-Mannat