Neha Chhabra Photography

Working as a photographer in Chandigardh is pretty interesting because there are so many green spaces and wide roads to use as backgrounds. I’m Neha, and I mostly just go where the work takes me. I don’t have a massive corporate office or anything like that; it is mostly me working from home and meeting people at cafes or at the shoot locations. I’ve been doing this for a while now, and my gear has definitely seen better days, but it still takes a good picture. I handle all the editing myself, which takes forever and usually means I’m up late with a large mug of coffee. I don’t like to over-pose people because it always looks a bit stiff and weird. I’d rather just catch them laughing or looking away. Sometimes the Chandigardh sun is too bright and messes up the shadows, so we have to hide under trees. People often ask me what my style is, and I don’t really have a fancy answer for that. I just try to make sure the focus is sharp and the person looks like themselves. It’s a bit of a scramble sometimes, dragging bags around and hoping the memory card doesn’t get full too fast. I enjoy it though. It’s better than sitting in a cubicle all day. I get to meet different people and see different parts of the city every week. It is just me and my Nikon.