{"id":170,"date":"2026-01-27T12:21:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khaledsultani.co.uk\/?p=170"},"modified":"2026-01-27T19:42:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:42:59","slug":"why-do-i-still-carry-a-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khaledsultani.co.uk\/en\/why-do-i-still-carry-a-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do I Still Carry a Camera?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I don\u2019t take photos for clients, deadlines, or any real sense of obligation. Most of the time, I take them because I want an excuse to slow down.<\/p>\n\n

Photography started as a way for me to pay better attention. Carrying a camera \u2014 especially when I make the effort to bring it along \u2014 changes how I move through a place. I walk a little slower. I look up more. I notice how light falls across a street or how a scene feels before I even think about how it might look. Even when I don\u2019t take a single photo, that shift in pace feels worth it.<\/p>\n\n

I\u2019ve never tried to narrow myself down to one subject. Some days I\u2019m drawn to cities \u2014 their textures, patterns, and the quiet moments between the busy ones. Other times it\u2019s landscapes, where the appeal is more about space and stillness. I\u2019ve also photographed people, usually friends or family, usually in unplanned moments. I don\u2019t think of this as inconsistency so much as curiosity. I like responding to what\u2019s in front of me rather than going out with a strict plan.<\/p>\n\n

Most of my photos are taken with a DSLR, simply because it\u2019s familiar and flexible. I know how it behaves, and I don\u2019t have to think too hard about the technical side once I\u2019m using it. That said, I\u2019ve also spent some time shooting film. Film slows everything down even more \u2014 not just the shooting, but the waiting, the uncertainty, the acceptance that you won\u2019t know exactly what you got until later. I don\u2019t shoot film often, but when I do, it reminds me that photography doesn\u2019t have to be efficient to be enjoyable.<\/p>\n\n

This website isn\u2019t a portfolio in the professional sense. It\u2019s not here to prove anything or sell anything. It\u2019s more like a notebook \u2014 a place to collect images that felt worth keeping and moments that made me stop for a second. Some photos work better than others. Some only make sense to me. I\u2019m okay with that.<\/p>\n\n

I think there\u2019s a quiet value in creative hobbies that don\u2019t need to turn into side hustles or ambitions. Photography, for me, is something I return to when I want to reconnect with my surroundings and with myself. It\u2019s a way of being present without needing a result beyond the act itself.<\/p>\n\n

If you\u2019re looking through these photos, you\u2019re seeing things that caught my attention enough to pause for. Nothing more polished than that. And honestly, that\u2019s the whole point.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don\u2019t take photos for clients, deadlines, or any real sense of obligation. Most of the time, I take them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/khaledsultani.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/khaledsultani.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/khaledsultani.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khaledsultani.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khaledsultani.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/khaledsultani.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228,"href":"https:\/\/khaledsultani.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions\/228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khaledsultani.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/khaledsultani.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khaledsultani.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khaledsultani.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}