{"id":251,"date":"2010-12-27T16:06:29","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T00:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandevsidhu.com\/blog\/?page_id=251"},"modified":"2015-06-15T23:52:19","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T06:52:19","slug":"seattle-photographers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.mandevsidhu.com\/blog\/?page_id=251","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>in 5 words\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>photography. marriage. tea. drumming. friendships.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mandevsidhu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/MandevJasmine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1703\" title=\"Seattle Photographer - Mandev\" src=\"http:\/\/mandevsidhu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/MandevJasmine.jpg\" alt=\"Seattle Photography by Mandev\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mandevsidhu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/MandevJasmine.jpg 960w, http:\/\/mandevsidhu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/MandevJasmine-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>my story\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My love for art, creation, and expression, began when I started playing the drums in middle school.\u00a0 I remember practicing for hours and becoming immersed in the feeling of <em>creating.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I became an engineer, but that inner desire to <em>create <\/em> never left &#8211; it only grew stronger.\u00a0 In college, I began to document my adventures with an old Rebel XT camera, photographing everything around me.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t long after, that I found myself creating photos for others, and those experiences made me feel more connected with photography. It wasn\u2019t about \u2018taking photos\u2019 anymore, but rather about building relationships with people and exploring new places. It was about pushing my own limits, to grow, and to use my camera\u00a0 to share the joy and love of others. It&#8217;s been a fulfilling journey so far, and it&#8217;s the road ahead that excites me most.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>my life\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m married to the most wonderful woman, and I love her with all my heart. I couldn\u2019t be happier to share this road with such a supportive, creative, intelligent, and inspiring wife. Thanks Jasmine, for your unwavering support and love.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>in 5 words\u2026 photography. marriage. tea. drumming. friendships. my story\u2026. My love for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-251","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mandevsidhu.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mandevsidhu.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mandevsidhu.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mandevsidhu.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mandevsidhu.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"http:\/\/www.mandevsidhu.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2624,"href":"http:\/\/www.mandevsidhu.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions\/2624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mandevsidhu.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}