The Art of Seeing
A step by step process to creating art that is uniquely you
with Saranya Padmanaban
$40 BREAKOUT SESSION
AVAILABLE IN THE CLICK & COMPANY STORE
Discover the 4 Step Process for creating photos that tell stories & capture the beauty all around you.
Feeling stuck in the same space, with the same subjects? Learn how evaluating specific elements will change the way you take photos.
Go on a journey around your world with Saranya and discover stories and beauty that you’ve never noticed before.
Discover ways to use your environment, light, colors, and subject to create captivating photographs.
Find out how to let your subject lead you to the stories you want to tell.
“It takes a lot of imagination to be a photographer.” -David Bailey
Saranya will show you how to evaluate light and exactly how to use different types of light to your advantage.
You’ll see her shoot in various types of light – including how she captures beautiful blue hour-long exposure photos.
Watch Saranya edit her images for impact!
what you’ll get
EXCLUSIVE EBOOK
An ebook filled with in-depth information on learning to see the world around you! Use light, colors, beauty, locations, people, and more to create images with impact!
11 VIDEOS
- Go behind the scenes with Saranya in five shooting and five editing videos!
START YOUR LEARNING PATH
Learn on any device! All class content is organized into simple steps as part of a clear, self-guided pathway inside your private online classroom.
COMPLETE THE STEPS
You'll check off each interactive step as you go, from watching the videos to engaging in discussions with Saranya and fellow students.
SUBMIT QUESTIONS
Ask questions for potential inclusion in a Q&A with Saranya! The final Q&A video will be available for you to watch and keep.
DOWNLOAD MATERIALS
All class materials are yours to download and keep.
about your presenter
Saranya Padmanaban is a light seeker, traveler, and a mamarazzi. She loves cooking, reading fiction, and listening to music. She was born and raised in India and has lived in five countries and six different cities in the past 10 years. One of her favorite activities is exploring with her family. Travelling is her passion and photography helps her do it in a creative way. Photography has helped her nurture her creative side!
Saranya’s work is outstanding and always filled with color and creative storytelling! Her view of the world through her work is so beautiful and inspiring! Her breakout is filled with some amazing information on creating images in any given condition! I LOVED her editing videos as well as her shooting videos. This breakout is def a must-have for any artist regardless of the genre they shoot!
This is a wonderful guide to storytelling and finding your own niche. I really enjoyed the videos and seeing how Saranya uses her creativity to make beautiful shots. And she uses color in the best way! I recommend this breakout to anyone who wants to feel creative and who wants to try some new things, like longexposures.
This breakout is such that I learnt to capture images the way I want it to be and to be a mix of all elements ,be it colors, light, emotion etc. I loved all the videos which showed how to capture and edit them. The ebook and the videos are such a “Wow!!!”. I’m so so happy to have worked along with Saranya in this Breakout and I will make sure I take back all the things that I learnt and implement them!
I am so happy that you decided to join Nishkala and glad that you got some good takeaways from it. It was lovely having you in the forum too.
Saranya Padmanaban is an INCREDIBLE artists and teacher. One of the things I appreciate most from her work is her use of color and creative storytelling. She will help guide you to slow down, observe your environment and see things from a unique perspective that you might not have thought of before. Her ability to transform the mundane into magic is truly inspiring. She will encourage you to experiment and be curious. This breakout covers it all from light to composition and I cannot recommend it enough!
Thank you so much Meg for such lovely comments. Truly an honor.
This is such a wonderful breakout. I have been wanting to develop my “creative eye” and this was just the thing to help me out. I love Saranya’s work and her unique view of the world. I really enjoyed watching her shooting and editing in the videos, it was very helpful to see how the entire process works for her. The PDF is beautiful. I love that she covers a variety of lighting situations and gives tips on how to handle a variety of subjects, lighting, and genres.
I had been getting bored of my house and yard with the shutdowns still in effect, and this was the perfect nudge to start seeing interesting things again even in the same old place. I’m noticing little pockets of light, appreciating little everyday things, and I’m challenging myself to try new ways of capturing images. It’s been very refreshing to be able to see one place or object from multiple points of view, she’s challenged me to step outside of my comfort zone and try new ways of taking pictures. She’s helped me step back and really think through the process of creating art with my photos.
Thank you so much for your wonderful comments Bria. It is so heartening to know that this breakout made a difference in the way you see and notice things. It was lovely having you there.
I am blown away by this course. You can tell Saranya poured her heart and soul into this, and the information is invaluable. It has inspired me and I highly recommend buying!
Thank you for joining me in the breakout and giving such wonderful comments.
I was so excited to see Saranya releasing a breakout! Her work has long inspired me with her unique point of view and amazing use of color. I love getting to see her thought process to how she approaches photography. I will be diving into this again and again!
Thank you for joining me in the breakout Mickie, I have been a long time admirer of your work and it is truly an honor that you found the breakout very informative.
I love Saranya’s work. Her photography is so rich in color and emotion I knew I had to take her Breakout and it did not disappoint! Her shooting and editing videos are very easy to follow and will give you inspiration for you own works.
Thank you for joining me in the breakout Katie and leaving such lovely comments. I am glad that the breakout met all your expectations.
This is such a wonderful breakout! It has concepts for both beginners and experienced photographers. Getting a glimpse into how others see and think when it comes to photography is always so intriguing to me. Saranya is very detailed in why and how she shoots the way she does. My particular favorite part is how she explains shooting with a long exposure. I cannot wait to go out and experiment with it one of these days! There was also a lot to learn in watching her edit. Using both LR and PS, with so many different ways to do different editing techniques its always so helpful to learn a new way of doing things. Come join us will it’s still live!
It is lovely having you in the breakout Missy, I am glad that you found new ways of editing in PS
Saranya’s work is stunning. She uses color, light, and composition in an amazing way and the breakout is a little peak into her brain that shows us how she accomplishes that. I love how she breaks things down and explains her thought process when creating an image. I also feel confident after going through the breakout that I could replicate some of that in my own work. I loved that she covers many different genres and also really liked the bonus pdf on using one location several different ways. This breakout is well written and simple enough for a beginner, but also has some interesting information that more advanced photographers would enjoy. Definitely a keeper!
Thank you for your lovely comments Carolyn. I am so happy that you enjoyed how I broke down my thought process and approach to images.
I greatly admire Saranya’s work. She is a wonderful artist and a very helpful teacher. It has been incredible to see and read what inspires her to photograph the world around her.
Saranya’s discussion on light is unlike any I’ve read before. I love how she uses light not only for achieving the exposure she wants but also for creativity’s sake. The sections on flare and long exposure have been incredible. Saranya really opens her mind and lets you inside in this beautiful breakout.
I’m glad I purchased this course during the live run because Saranya has been super active and helpful on the forum. She is motivating me to practice the exercises, expanding my thought process, and sharing detailed helps and feedback.
Thank you for your wonderful comments Rebecca, I am especially glad that you liked my approach and discussion on light, it is something I am truly passionate about. I am glad that you are enjoying the wonderful discussions we are having during the live session.
I have been following and admiring Saranya’s work for quite some time. This is an INCREDIBLE breakout. She really pours her heart and soul out in it, and breaks down her process and thinking. I loved feeling like I was getting a little glimpse of what goes on in her mind’s eye. The breakout was even filled with jaw dropping imagery. I am now more inspired to shoot more landscapes and street photography. This breakout is for all genres, and no matter where you are in your own photography journey. There is something in it for everyone! Jam packed will lots of great information and tips! Don’t miss it! I highly recommend this amazing breakout.
Thank you for your lovely comments Melissa. Looking forward to seeing your landscape and street images.
This is such an AMAZING breakout. I feel like it is the “all encompassing breakout” for those at the beginning of their photography journey to seasoned “vets” of photography.
How Saranya sees the world around her is beautiful and how she teaches is also so wonderfully done. Honestly, the PDF alone is so full of wonderful tips, and ideas and little nuggets of wonder alone, let along all the other videos of photography and editing!
I love how she breaks out each part of photography we can see and use to our advantage as photographers. From the sky being the story in blue hour, to all the different ways you can use light to tell your story. Even capturing your kids in new ways! As well as her phenomenal way to use color as an integral part of visual storytelling as well. Seriously, there is so much to this breakout, I haven’t even gotten through all the parts yet! Saranya is a master of it all! No matter what your world looks like where you are, Saranya undoubtedly touches on how you can introduce new ways to capture the beauty around you! Bravo, friend!!!
Thank you so much for your lovely comments Brooke. I am so happy to have you in the breakout and that you enjoyed the E-book and the videos.
I’ve been really enjoying Saranya’s wonderful breakout! And I’m blown away by her stunning pictures (paired with beautiful, thoughtful quotes)…
I also really loved her shooting videos where she was showing the interaction with her kids! T
Thank you for your lovely comments Boshra, glad that you’re enjoying the breakout. So nice to have you in the discussions and creativity exercises.
This is my first online class so didn’t know what to expect. I’m still going through all the material and so far I am blown away with the amount of content and helpful information. Knowing how to use the light to my advantage has been one of the things I’ve always want to figure out. Saranya lays it all out in an easy to understand way. I’m so happy I chose this class and would definitely sign up for more in the future. Thank you!
I am so glad that this first online course experience turned out to be good one for you Danielle. Thank you for your lovely comments.
I love this breakout! Saranya’s images are just so beautiful and she really breaks everything down so that you can understand how to go about making beautiful images for yourself. From start to finish she shows the thought process and technical skills and post processing that you need to be able to make the images that you want to make. It is an easy read in that she makes everything so easy to understand, but it is so full of useful content, that I have gone over it more than once and plan to go over it several more times to be sure I get everything I can from it. It really is packed with great information! I was so excited about some of the things I learned in the breakout that I went out and gave some of it a try before I even finished all of the material! And the image that resulted from that was one of my best ones yet! She makes everything seem so possible that I have tried a few new things this week and the instructions she gives are so clear that I was able to implement the ideas right away.
Another thing I really like about this breakout is that it is useful for making any genre of photography. it is useful for taking pictures of your kids, landscape, nature, I think anything, really.
Also, she has so much information in the reading portion of the breakout, which is so useful to me, but then she also has shooting videos and editing videos to illustrate her points in the reading portion, which is sooo helpful! There is so much useful information in the videos and just watching her shoot and edit really brought home some ideas.
I would highly recommend this breakout! It really is true to the description, but so much more than that!
It is truly a joy to have you in the breakout Elisabeth, your enthusiasm and eagerness to try out things you learned in the breakout makes my heart swell with joy and pride. Thank you for your lovely comments.
Saranya has outdone herself in this information packed breakout. I love how she breaks down the elements of her photography process. Being a photographer who shoots a variety of genres, I was happy to see that the information isn’t just for portrait or family photographers. There is something for everyone. I think what I personally enjoyed the most, was feeling a connection to Saranya, as I feel like we share a similar way was viewing the world and it’s beauty.
I love hearing from you that you felt that connection with my thought process, I’ve always felt that connection with your images. Thank you for joining me in my breakout and leaving such beautiful comments here.
I absolutely love this breakout!! It’s packed with information for all photographers, regardless of level and genre! Saranya covered it all, from light to color, landscape to portrait, shooting tips to post processing! And her beautiful and well-composed images are so inspirational!! I can’t wait to travel again! Even if you mostly shoot at home, Saranya covered indoor shooting as well! She goes through her intentions and thought process as she creates. She helps you see beauty even if sometimes you don’t think it’s there. I love everything! You can tell she put her heart and soul into this breakout.
If you’re in the fence about this BO, get it, you won’t regret! It’s comprehensive, beautiful, a great value and you will love it! Amazing Saranya and thank you!! One of my favorite breakouts!
I am so glad you enjoyed the breakout, Murielle and had some great takeaways. Thank you so much for your comments.
This breakout is PACKED with juicy tips and tricks. Saranya lets us completely into her world of photography knowledge and expertise- i had so many “ohhh that’s how she does it” moments while reading through the PDF that I actually took out a notebook to take notes. If can’t recommend this breakout enough, I’m so inspired!!
Thank you for your lovely comments Ally. I love that you took notes :) It is truly wonderful having you there in the breakout.
If you are looking for a breakout to help you get out of your comfort zone and try new things this is the one for you! I have always admired Saranya’s images and it has been a great learning experience looking at her shoot and understand her thought process behind her images and her pdfs are a goldmine of information you will not want to miss! Highly recommend this breakout!!!
Thank you for your lovely comments Rashmi. I am so glad that this makes you want to get out of your comfort zone and shoot new things. It is great having you there in the breakout
Saranya has poured her heart into this break out and I love how she photographs anything and everything! She teaches you to shoot a variety of images in just one location and makes you see the potential that each location has. My favorite part of this break out is learning how to shoot for long exposures and incorporate movement in images that involve people. I really enjoyed watching the behind the scenes shooting videos and I really got to know Saranya and how she shoots! I have found this break out to be filled with such great information with many inspiring and supporting photographs! Definitely recommend!
Thank you for your lovely comments Katharine. It is truly wonderful having you there in the breakout. Looking forward to seeing your long exposure images.
This breakout is so good! Saranya really breaks everything about making a beautiful image into easy to understand information. I have spent the last six months reading so many tutorials and articles and books about photography, but I’ve learned so much from this breakout and I haven’t even finished all of the materials. The best part of it is that she makes it all so clear that you really feel like you can get out there and do it yourself! I was so excited about some of it that I’ve already gone out and tried it on my own and took what I think is one of the best photos I’ve ever taken, due to the information in this breakout!
She gives written instructions and videos of shooting and editing, which really rounds everything out. I didn’t expect the shooting videos to be so helpful, but they were actually very helpful!
I plan to go over this again and again, there is so much in this breakout!
I highly recommend it!!
I recommend this breakout
Saranya has always been an open book, if ever ask her for help or suggestion even before this BO – she always gets back with support and feedback, and this BO shows it all! I had been wanting for this break out with so much anticipation!
Saranya has poured her heart and endless amount of hours in this BO. She is so thorough from putting down her gear choice, thinking process, explanations of her technical approach, to executing what comes along the way and taking it along from there. I love how she does not categorize herself into a set genre of photography but explores all with genuine interest and love to evolve out of it!. Great reminders in this BO how learning and evolving in photography is an ongoing journey that beholds its own beauty as the path unfolds.
There is something to learn from each section of the PDF – to develop an eye for looking at seeing the world in forms light, vibrant colors, beauty, location, and people that makes the observations process intentional as well as open ended. Saranya unfolds how she captures the magic in her grand storytelling captures of golden light, intense sun flares, amazing night photography, and blur motions! I like how she captures the scene at a new location first and frames her composition. She walks you through her thinking process in such refined ways, as if almost walking along on a photoshoot tour with her. Her approach that leads to one minute captures, where you don’t have much time to think but fire along are outstanding! Before even you think how a certain shot must have been taken, she explains all the nitty gritty details and story behind that capture!
If you haven’t been able to travel outside of wherever you are this year, this BO takes will take you on a journey of some mesmerizing locations! Wherever you are in your photography journey, this BO is totally worth getting, and will encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and explore something new. Her amazing long exposure captures are motivating me to step out and try some night photography which I have not explored much at all!
Thank you so much for your wonderful comments Manisha, really appreciate them. I am so happy that you enjoyed how I broke my thought process down and explained. It’s a joy to have you in the forum too.
This BO from is packed full of information on shooting a variety of subjects and genres of photography. Saranya leads you through her process for taking those signature colourful, vibrant and beautifully lit images of hers. The PDF alone will inspire you as it’s filled with such a variety of stunning images by Saranya from portraits to landscapes and everything in between. After reading the PDF I am looking forward to putting some of her tips on shooting long exposures and landscapes into practice as these are specific areas that I’d like to improve upon.
Saranya is a natural teacher and her realistic shooting videos with her kids are something many of us can relate to. Looking forward to diving into the editing videos next to help me learn some new techniques for making my images come to life like hers.
Overall it’s a great BO that has something for all types of photographers. Well done Saranya!
Thank you for joining me in the breakout Dorene and for leaving this wonderful review here. I am glad you’re inspired to take some long exposure images now, it is one of my favourite technique to play with. Do share the images in the breakout forum when you get them, it would be fun to see.
This breakout is so lovely. I appreciate the information that Saranya has shared, from her camera settings to the reasons why she took the shot that she took. There were tips in her breakout that I hadn’t thought of before, which had me checking my camera’s manual once again. The night photography descriptions were also extremely helpful and made me actually want to leave the house in the evening so I could actually see what was going on in the world once night falls.
There is a shooting guide that shows different shots from one location that is helpful in remembering to challenge yourself to see beyond your initial look. (It is also helpful since so many of us have been stuck at home so many days and winter is coming).
The shooting and editing videos are very informative and its about hand edits, not just presets. – that is so helpful.
Saranya is a beautiful photographer and her work should be seen and praised – take the time to see how she sees the world around her.
Thank you for joining me in the breakout Melinda, I am really glad that you had some nice takeaways from it. A special thank you for taking time to leave a comment here.
I have been a fan of Saranya’s work for years now. There is something very different with the way she sees the world and that is exactly what she teaches here in her breakout. I am learning so many new genres and every tip and trick she Has shown aha helped me understand landscapes, night photography and long exposures much better. I love how she goes beyond and shows us how exactly she does it. It was easy to understand for someone like me who has never shot these genres. I am absolutely loving the course so far.
Thank you so much for joining me in the breakout Priyanka, I am so glad that you’ve learned new tips and tricks in different genres. Really appreciate your lovely comments.
I have always loved the variety in Saranya’s work and this breakout is no different. The pdf is crammed with so much information about shooting varied subjects and her thought process behind creating those stunning images. And wow, the images in her pdf are absolutely breathtaking. It is page after page of visual treat and you can see she has poured her heart into it.
What I loved the most though are the shooting videos, where she walks you through the process of creating those magical images in less than ideal conditions.
If you are someone who is tired of capturing the same subjects or want to try something new and don’t know where to start, this breakout is for you.
It is so nice to have you in the breakout Ramya and glad to hear that you’re enjoying the material. Thank you so much for your lovely comments. My intention with this breakout was to show the potential that lies in all different places and lighting conditions and I am happy that you got the essence of it.
One thing that stands out to me in this BO is not to be afraid to try new things. From shooting the night sky, finding stories on the street, experimenting with camera techniques,to editing an image to bring out its full potential, you’ll get it all.
What drew me to this is the variety of subjects and her approach to them. She breaks down her though process, her why and what works and shows how to come away with bold vibrant photos in practically any situation.
The editing videos are to the point and concise and I enjoyed watching them. Saranya is a wonderful teacher.
The PDF is broken down neatly into segments and crammed with so much useful information that I will take keep going back to it again and again.
Thank you so much! I am glad that you find them informative and helpful. So glad to have you in the breakout.
When Saranya announced her breakout, I was sure it was going to be amazing! I know she is an open book and she will go above and beyond to help others. She didn’t disappoint. Her pdf is filled with so much information and I love how she has included every minute details that are essential for taking a great photograph. After reading the pdf, I realized how thorough she is in her explanation. She explains her thought process of creating an art from start to finish.
She is a queen of colors and backlight! Loved seeing how her images are coming to life. I learnt so much from this breakout and I can’t wait to put those into practice!
Do not miss this breakout. Highly recommend it
Thank you so much for your comments Lakshmi. I am glad that you found my detailed explanation useful. Looking forward to seeing your images on social media.
Saranya has been an inspiration to me for years and I was so excited to get this breakout. I love how she sees color and embraces the beauty of her environment. This breakout contains everything I hoped to learn from her!
I am so glad to have you in the breakout and happy that you dins the information useful
Saranya is such a wonderful storyteller so I knew I’d love seeing the world come to life both through her eyes and through hearing her thought processes.
This Break Out is filled with her beautiful imagery to inspire and guide us to make our own magic. There are several shooting videos which then lead to follow up videos showing how she edited some of the images she was seen capturing. They make you feel as if Saranya is sitting right next to you, talking with her lovely lilting tones and guiding you through her whole creative and technical process from camera setup to wonderfully executed image. I loved that she showcased a variety of different image types. The Break Out will appeal whether you love travel or nature photography, or photographing your kids at home. She literally captures any and everywhere and is brilliantly unafraid of trying new things.
For me the main PDF is the star of the show. It is so rich in imagery and her signature bright tones and incredible starbursts which just showcase so much beauty. She is thorough in her descriptions and processes and leads you by the hand as she creates. And she takes you around the world on a visual journey, and well as reassuringly telling the story of her own photography journey. There is also a fabulous complementary PDF on shooting many images within the same spot and her variety of compositions is inspiring. I loved seeing all the different images she’s taken at home within the vicinity of just one window, and how the light changes and how she mixes things up through the seasons and with different techniques and lenses.
Honestly, I can’t recommend the Break Out enough – Saranya consistently inspires throughout it and makes you feel brave about new approaches to your own photography too.
Thank you so much for your wonderful comments Kirsty. I am especially thankful that you could see what I tried to convey through my PDF and shooting videos. I wanted to make sure I left no stone unturned in terms of explaining what I do when it came to assessing a situation and reacting to it with camera and I am glad that it can be seen.
Thank you so much for joining me in the breakout.