Nepal, Jan. 11 -- Sabrina Dongol, 25, quit her job as an IT professional and started working as a freelance photographer. Photography, she says, came spontaneously. It was almost like second nature. But what started out as a mere hobby soon turned into a full-fledged career. Today, she takes on commissioned photography assignments as well as films documentaries.

Born in the beautiful city of Patan, Dongol always liked taking pictures of the places and people she visited. But it was more of a pastime. At the age of 19, she joined the IT field working in the department of hardware at WorldLink, an internet service provider in Nepal. Soon after, one job followed another and, at 23, she was working as a frontend programmer at an NGO. It was ...