Cinematographer Shelly Sharma, who is also the director of photography of the web show 'Girgit', has spoken of how being a female director of photography involves a lot of struggle and her experience of being on the sets of the show

Cinematographer Shelly Sharma, who is also the director of photography of the web show 'Girgit', has spoken of how being a female director of photography involves a lot of struggle and her experience of being on the sets of the show.

Shelly has been in the industry for some time, however, she also added how being a female DOP leads to a lot of struggle. "The struggle has been more elongated than my male counterparts, from the regular questions like 'that's a heavy set up, how do you manage to pull off long handheld shots' to having been said 'no' to an assistant cinematographer's role because of the person. I was looking to assist and he wasn't open to having a female in his team despite being openly appreciative of my work otherwise, so yeah, the struggle is most definitely real," Shelly said.

Cinematographer Shelly Sharma, who is also the director of photography of the web show 'Girgit', has spoken of how being a female director of photography involves a lot of struggle and her experience of being on the sets of the show.

Shelly has been in the industry for some time, however, she also added how being a female DOP leads to a lot of struggle. "The struggle has been more elongated than my male counterparts, from the regular questions like 'that's a heavy set up, how do you manage to pull off long handheld shots' to having been said 'no' to an assistant cinematographer's role because of the person. I was looking to assist and he wasn't open to having a female in his team despite being openly appreciative of my work otherwise, so yeah, the struggle is most definitely real," Shelly said.