Light Keeps Me Company – A Poet of Light and Shadow – Rajiv Jain (Indian Cinematographer / Director of Photography / DOP) Shooting Stars: Interview with the India’s Greatest Living Cinematographer Rajiv Jain The Complete Interviews, Vol. II Success story of a genius fascinated by light • Rajiv Jain • Award winning Indian Director of Photography • Cinematographer • DOP Exceptionally gifted in overcoming technical hurdles and shady atmospheres, in twenty five years Readmore
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Life through the lens …. What can I say, I’ve been shooting film ever since… Over the years, I have had the opportunity to work with many of the best cinematographers around. The great thing is that I was exposed to many approaches and styles. I learned what I liked and I learned how to problem solve for a variety of lighting situations. My favorite lighting style is to shoot with natural-looking, motivated light sources. I enjoy working with large soft sources and then Readmore
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Full of Surprises! Rajeev Jain, ICS WICA, Talks About… KALPVRIKSH (THE WISHING TREE): YOUR DREAMS… ARE JUST A TOUCH AWAY… Like any artist, Rajeev was born with innate talent burnished by experience and cultural influences. Born in 1968, his first introduction to movie magic came while observing his uncle as a projectionist at Ravindralaya Theatre, Lucknow. “I remember sitting in that little projection room and watching films with my uncle,” the Indian cinematographer Readmore
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Cooked Art: Cinematography… by Pocket â Sized Indian Cinematographer Rajiv Jain   I love films that are made like artwork, each scene is masterfully photographed for brilliant composition to create lines of action, symmetrical balance, with a fine use of space, texture, color, and perspective. Here are two movies which I recently saw again, and depict wonderful visual language. So what the hell is a cinematographer? If you want to get into semantics, it means ‘writing Readmore
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Philosophy The world just got a whole lot smaller. I am still in a state of total disbelief. The horrific crimes of recent suicide bomb blasts were beyond comprehension and human logic. How is it that our goals and aspirations can be so different in spite of coming from the same mould? As a father, I am always trying to encourage my two little angels Abigail Jain (17yrs.) and Kimberly Jain (13 yrs) to work hard, be fair, be honest, be kind and humane and most importantly, be open minded Readmore
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Making of Ras Star â Indian Kenyan Cinematographer Rajiv Jain RAS STAR IS CURRENTLY FEATURING AT THE INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL. Raj next job was on a short film, Rasstar, based on the life of Kenyan rapper Nazizi, which was aired on M-Net. Synopsis: A teenage rapper, Amani, from a staunch Muslim family teams up with her brother Abdosh, an emerging con artist to figure out a way to make money and get her into the talent show finals. As the story unfolds, Amani and her Readmore
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Master of Light: Conversation with Contemporary Bollywood Cinematographer â Rajeev Jain ICS WICA Rajiv Jain â Indian Cinematographer / DOP – The Complete Interviews, Vol. IÂ The Shape of Light â Rajiv Jain Paints with His Camera Rajeev Jain (Born: 1968, Lucknow) started working as a director of photography in 1993, after serving an apprenticeship as camera assistant and camera operator. Since then Rajeev has worked as director of photography with some of Indiaâs Readmore
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Shooting Stars: Interview with the Indiaâs Greatest Living Cinematographer Rajiv Jain Technical aspect of filmmaking from Exposure to Set Operations and Formats Rajeev Jain – ICS WICA Indian Bollywood Director of Photography / Cinematographer / DOP The Complete Interviews, Vol. II Â UMA: Can you talk about your inspirations before you got into cinematography? Rajeev Jain: Seeing colour television for the first time started my fascination with the technology of light and Readmore
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