"Kismet shot my wedding in Shimla back in 2015 - it was a small, intimate celebration with fewer than sixty people, and over a decade later, the first photograph I ever saw of her work is still crystal clear in my mind. What sets her apart is something you genuinely cannot teach. She has an aesthetic eye that instinctively captures light, framing and in-between moments that most photographers miss entirely. I would say that Kismet is one of few photographers that I can trust completely to manage, execute and deliver an old-world charm that no preset can replicate. She has been a reference point I send to other photographers when trying to explain the kind of work I want, as her photographs are really the benchmark. If you value photography as art and want someone whose lens genuinely sees the world differently, Kismet is in a category of her own."

"Kismet has shot four or five collections for Ibai Clothing now, and every single time, she brings something to the shoot that I couldn't have planned myself. What I love most is how proactive she is. She comes, looks at the collection, all the way from fabrics, colours, to the cuts & style, and then she goes away and thinks about it. She finds the locations, plans the light, thinks through the whole visual story before we even begin. I don't have to worry about any of that. She understands what the clothes need to say, and then she makes sure they say it. One of my favourite shoots was our Light and Shadow collection — all black and white, shot across Chandigarh. She chose every location with such intention, and the photographs have a stillness to them that perfectly matched what we were trying to do. Another shoot she did in my neighbour's garden, using just an old stone wall as the backdrop. It came out so beautifully. That is the kind of eye she has. She is calm, she is flexible, she is never in a hurry, and she makes the whole process feel effortless. For anyone working in an industry where the visual quality of your product truly matters, Kismet is the person you want behind the camera."