Beyond Fashion Fundas and Photography

Beyond Fashion Fundas and Photography, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

I am not a fashion photographer , I was once interested in setting up a small studio at Bandra Bazar Road simply to shoot beggars the whippers of Ma Ambe , the Hijras and this is much before I became a blogger and the idea died a swift death.


I dont have the temperament for studio photography I am gunslinger trigger happy photographer I shoot impulsively there is no method to my photography , my photography is a moment in madness that continues till I stop shooting and I shoot single frame not Khat a Khat like a media photographer on continuous mode.

I dont envy other peoples photography equipment it may be longer than mine , they might be better endowed with the latest body but I get pictures too, I shoot and now that I have a disciple I share my moments with her , she thinks like me , she is not one to get intimidated provided you dont ask her to shoot cockroaches.


She is Marziya Shakir my two and a half year old grand daughter.

With all her love for adventure , her love for life , her love for life is highly animated it begins and ends with Tom and Jerry.


Photo Blogging made me a cosmic poet and a writer of sorts.. I can convey my thoughts and another mans pain through a picture.

A picture the evidence and testimony of the drama of life on the street.

And I am happy my photographer friends from Flickr come to my house whenever they hit the Mumbai Trail, now some from Facebook have joined Flickr too.

I dont have much inter action with my friends on Flickr as I have strangulated my comment box for good.Till Flickr introduces comment moderation and removes the option of one sided friends I have blocked such friends over 400 for unsavory photo streams , masturbatory favorites and kinkiness and hardcore porn.

I dont mind whatever your genre of photography or your sexual preference but I would not want-my profile picture on your page as a poster boy and your friend.

Every cross dresser , transgenders hijra homosexual lesbian wants to add me as a friend , I have no issue but if your stream is full of body parts hairy genitalia please dont add me , but this is water on a ducks ass.

People watch porn , thats fine by me but I dont want to see your porn pictures spare me .

In cases such as these censorship is a must..and if an account gets deleted than it is for a just cause.

Or moderate your pictures restrict them from public view., keeps everyone happy.

And all my pictures taken of me are shot by my shop help , and he shoots fairly well.. he knows zilch about photography.


All cameras are point and shoot provided you shoot what you point at..

And I hope my Guru invites Marziya Shakir to the Rani Bagh when he is with his students and he can than see a 2 year old child shoot eternity with a Nikon D 80.. held in a firm grip with the camera strap around her neck.