An Exclusive Interview with Shikchit Khanal

It is really an honor. I was quite surprised to learn I was winning Photo of the Month. I am happy.

I took this photo after a long trek in the Anapurna Circuit, Nepal. I was with a very close friend and we spent the day at Tilicho Lake as I took many shots from different perspectives working with the sunlight to capture this shot.
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I am proud and touched that so many people are following my work thanks to Light and Composition. I am still a growing photographer and I feel honored that my work is being seen and liked by others.

Growing up in Kathmandu, Nepal, I have seen great change in my country. It has changed from a lush green country where I could run as a boy through rice fields to now a very urban landscape of overcrowded streets and people. My country has very much shaped who I am as a person and how I see the world. In turn, this has strongly impacted the way in which I portray my work in that it has made me appreciate the natural world and the beauty of a moment knowing that it can change instantly.

I love street photography most of all. In my opinion, it is the most authentic photography and the most difficult to capture because you must capture the moment before it is lost.

I am always looking for photos in everything that I am looking at. After this, I wait for the ideal light to capture the most natural photo working with my camera to give me the shot I want.

Unfortunately I have not had the opportunity to exhibit my work, but I would love to some day.

I follow and participate in a few small social media photography organizations which has helped me in a small way to share my work with other artists as well as see the work of other aspiring photographers.

As Jack Kerouac said, "Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry."