Although Sajeev could n’t quite explain why photography makes him happy (” I just like”, he smiled and shrugged ), he knew he loved taking photos from the time he was a teenager. He had spent more than ten years traveling to India as a child and spent time with his ill family before making his return to Singapore only in day for National Service and to discover his interest in photography.
Eventually, the young artist enrolled in a program at SAFRA to learn more about movie photography, including how to operate in a darkroom and create negatives.
His first camera was a” modest, small lens, smaller than 35mm”,  , because it was all he could manage. Finally, he saved enough money through working to get the Nikon F4, which was at the moment” about S$ 2, 000″ and” the best camera”, he said.
Over time, Sajeev noticed more folks picking up the ship with digital cameras, which allow photographers to “take and see quickly” and redo the photograph as many times as they wish, he reasoned.
” ( Film ) roll is not easy, nobody can take 100 per cent. You do n’t know the aperture, shutter, then take already no use, later blackout. Only school students (use ) for learning. Other than that, do n’t have, people do n’t want”.
Sajeev’s passion for the old college was not squelched by the digital revolution, and it also perplexed him that others were losing interest in film. If he was behind the glass, toying with the options he liked, he was glad. He consistently chooses manual mode over engine mode when using a digital camera today.
” Because next time, I follow like that. ( Manual ) makes the photo better. If you use car, if you grow the picture, it’s pixelated, no good. If guide, you close the orifice, it get better content”, he explained.