It's the journey that matters.

I love photography and this week, I am celebrating my hobby by dedicatedly working on moments and memories captured during my recent travels through four incredible cities - Hyderabad, Bombay, New Orleans, and Savannah. I am in the middle of a work in progress and realize that learning never stops when it comes to photography. That's why I probably like it so much. It's just like with speaking a second language, you have to keep on using it to be good at it. And, it's also like yoga, it constantly makes you discover new things about yourself and pushes you to do better.

Another big reason to celebrate this week as my photography week is because I am getting a chance to meet Annie Griffiths, an incredible National Geography photographer. This is a first opportunity for me to meet a National Geo photographer - a profession I have incredible respect for and which I like to consider as my second-life aspiration. Annie for me is an ode to passion with a cause. She is someone who has used the power of her photography to help women and nature all around the world. Check out her work here.

While revisiting Annie's photos on the National Geo site today I felt the exhilaration, the same blood gushing I feel when I see a scene that I want to freeze in my camera in the best possible way, as I witnessed a perfect and delicate coming together of light, perception, and art. Photography is not about pointing and shooting. Photography is a life long practice, just like yoga or mastering a language, a practice that has it's perfect moments when light, perception and art meet in the right proportion and then, again, a new challenge begins. 

Life is exciting when the journey is more meaningful than the destination and all the things you do along that journey. I am inspired by Annie Griffiths' command over photography, but way more moved by what she has accomplished with it. 

There is no one destination. It's all about the journey.

School kids on a tour in Hyderabad 

 I met these adorable high-energy kids while visiting a palace in Hyderabad; they saw me with my camera and wanted me to take their pictures. My shutter competed with their zest and we ended up with some beautiful expressions. I was feeling sad that they would never really see these photos besides on my camera display. But, thankfully, dad managed to get an email address and I have emailed the shots over to their school somewhere in Maharashtra. I am hoping these kids will finally get to see their photos.