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My name is Samara Ratnayake. I am a freelance travel and documentary photographer. I travel the world and shoots personal projects as well as travel-related stories and stock photos for some galleries. My photographs basically showing the candid photo genre. I work as a full-fledged IT professional. When not on the road, I make my home at Kiribathgoda, Sri Lanka with my mother.




The purpose of writing this blog is to share important facts about photography, current trends, technical issues, experiences, etc. among the readers. I also look forward to sharing my experience and experimentation over the past ten years. 
Among these, I hope to give priority to street and candid photography. I kindly request you to stay with me and share the posts I am posting.

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