Meet the fashion photographer from Nagaland: Sentiyanger

Every person as a child always has this dream of becoming "somebody renowned" when they grow up but reality sings a different tune of unemployment, disappointment and failures, crushing our naive childhood dreams to pieces. But here is another reality....that dreams come true to those who really work through painful toil and sufferings come rain, sun or storm. There is no short cut to success and no backdoor appointment to talent. One can only achieved it through sheer hard work and commitment to their work. Here is one such person who has devoted his entire life to two passions: an unwavering commitment to practically clicking his dream to pictured life, and an untiring devotion to seeing lives transformed by God's grace as a professional fashion photographer.

“It was my dream to become a photographer, and I am so thankful to God for giving wings to my dreams” says Sentiyanger, a 25-year-old based in Dimapur who have been into fashion photography ever since the age of 17.

Since like forever, he had always wanted to become a photographer, yet he never verbalize it to his parents about what he wanted to do in life, as they were financially always struggling. But he never gave up his passion for photography.  He did ever kind of manual work and saving money to pursue his dream.

At first, he started his photography with Nokia 5800 and Nokia C3. And then he brought a digital camera Nikon to start his work. After 6years of struggle, he bought his own DSLR; Sentiyanger said “I started to work any kind of work, so that I could buy my own DSLR camera. I couldn’t tell my parents to buy a camera for financially we were not stable. So I started looking for jobs, and started to save money with a leap of confidence in my heart that I'll never give up, I worked hard every day until I got the budget to buy a DSLR camera, as soon I got the budget I left my job and I bought a DSLR Canon D600.

On his way to fashion photography, Sentiyanger speaks about his first fashion shoot when he bought his DSLR Camera, “my first fashion shoot took place after I bought my DSLR camera, those days there was no flashlight and I did not have any expensive equipment...I was so nervous at first about how I'was going to take the shoot. But thankfully, God inspired me and I used three LED lamps light in my first shoot, and this picture changed my life”.

This picture change my life 

With confidence he says “Today I'm doing what I love and my parents have accepted my dream. And all this happened because I believed in myself; I think if we work hard, we will get anything we want. The only thing in getting what we want takes the time, so we should never give up achieving our dreams. Work hard and pray harder."

SSenti as a fashion photographer faces a lot of challenges and mockery in Nagaland, yet despite all of it, he manages to take every criticism with a smile. “It is not easy to be a fashion photographer but I chose it, so no matter what happens...I will try to be the best in all that God has created me to be and never give up on my dream.”

“Some people laughed and said to me that in Nagaland you can't achieve what you want. But as for me, I just smile at them. I never take their criticism in a wrong way. Instead I take it as a challenge and when I feel low, I always pray to God to help me and lead me in the right direction...I do believe in myself in what I'm doing it and I believe that we Naga people have so much talent if we only believe in ourself. We Nagas can be a trend setter for the world to follow. " 

He says he loves fashion photography because his camera can create what his mind wants him to do.

And he attribute his thankfulness to the people who has encouraged him, motivated him and prayed for him on his journey “I am so lucky that I get good feedback from outside India from fashionistas, photographers and fashion designer as well. In future I would love to travel around the world and collaborate with different people in the fashion industry, but for that today I have to work hard and get to their level. I'm going to get what belongs to me."

At the end I just wanted to say this....know who you are and for what reason you’re created by God in this world, imitating what others doesn’t prove who you are... God has sent you into this world with different kind of gifts, make used of that when you are here...we never know when our life will pass us by... Find the real and fight for your dream. "

He has been into the industry for 8 years yet the story continues

Well, are you a fashionista? Not satisfied with the photographers for your portfolio, well you just need this guy to finish the visual touch of your beauty.

Call on Sentiyanger

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