Full Circle, With the Same Heart
Starting something new
A few days ago, I found myself scrolling through the quiet corners of my old Facebook profile. Somewhere between forgotten check-ins and over-shared sunsets, I stumbled upon a post from August 2015 — a version of me announcing to the world that I was heading to Pune to pursue photography full-time.
I’ve attached that post below
Reading it now, a decade later, I felt a quiet kind of pride. Not because it was bold or eloquent, but because it was true. I meant every word of it. I remember writing it with a fire in my belly — the kind that comes when you're just starting out, when everything feels raw and possible. I was 100% in. Unafraid to share what I believed in. Unafraid to try.
From 2015 to 2019, I carried that spirit with me. I traveled, shot, and shared stories. I was open. Honest. Sometimes naïve. But it was real.
Then the world paused in 2020.
Instagram shifted. The internet began to feel noisier, more curated, less human. I didn’t feel like posting anymore. I didn’t want to reduce the things I loved to hashtags and hooks.
But something about revisiting that old post sparked something in me again.
In the years since, I’ve lived more than I’ve shared. I’ve wandered through Icelandic fjords, hiked through Kashmir, walked the monsoon trails of India, and sat in silence in forest cabins. I’ve carried my camera through it all — not just to document beauty, but to understand it.
And now, I feel ready to share again.
Not just the pretty parts — but the stories, the detours, the lessons. The gear that worked, the shots that didn’t. The people I met and the things they unknowingly taught me.
I want this blog — and Wildchild Studios, the little hub I’ve created — to be a place where all of this lives. A space where I can pass things on. From travel stories to photography tips, reflections on the road, and the small, human stuff in between.
Every week, I’ll share something — a story from the road, a lesson in light, a thought from the week gone by. Maybe it’ll help you pick up a camera. Or book that solo trip. Or just pause for a moment longer at sunset.
Here’s what you can expect from this space:
Things I’ve made: photos, films, essays, and the stories behind them — from the mountains, the markets, the wild in-between places.
Things I’m learning: what worked, what didn’t — lens choices, light experiments, field notes from projects in the making.
Things & people I find inspiring: a quiet village bookshop, a stranger’s story, a filmmaker’s frame, a trail I keep going back to.
The through line will always be photography — but I’ll also write about slow travel, remote cabins, dusty roads, analog processes, storytelling, solitude, food shared with strangers, and all the beautiful things that don’t quite fit in a box.
Sharing my images below — with a bit of a love-hate relationship with those vibrant colors from 2015.
Let’s just say, I was really into saturation. But hey, it’s part of the journey, right? Enjoy the blast from the past!
