Yasitha Amarasinghe is a Melbourne based photographer. Having worked with this talented individual before, I suggest you take a look at his portfolio here and follow his instagram @yasithaphoto.
1. When did you get your first camera?
The first camera that I'd really consider my own was a 5 megapixel Sony Cybershot. It was my family's first digital camera and we bought it to replace my mum's broken film one because we were travelling to visit family in Sri Lanka. I'm still amazed at how many photos I managed to stick onto a 32 megabyte card back in the day. 
Stop trying to please everyone. And stop trying to be everyone else.
It's really hard to get caught up in, not only the photographers that are around you, but also the photographers that you idolise. I wish I could go back and just tell myself that I needn't worry about trying to be too much like James White, Patrick Demarchelier or Lara Jade - that I should just focus on my own style, no matter how much that changes.
3. Where do you like to photgraph the most?
I don't really have any particular place that I like to shoot mostly. I do like travelling to different places and photographing while I'm out of my comfort zone though. It really pushes you to be a little more creative and not to fall back on things you already know.
4. Name some sources of inspiration or motivation behind your work as a photographer
I actually really, really love cinema and video games. The art direction and framing that some directors use to visually tell a story is really different to the way I feel some still photographers view things. There are very few photographers that I've seen who've translated a moving visual story into a singular frame, but Joey L, for example, is one such photographer where some of the frames he takes make me feel like I'm watching a short clip out of a documentary, even though nothing's moving.
5. 3 items you would take to a lonely island
Ah, that would depend on where the island was - I hate the heat, so can we make it like a temperate one? I'd go with my PlayStation, my camera and Bear Grylls. Gotta be prepared somehow.
6. If you could change one thing about the world we live in, what would it be?
People taking things so one sided-ly, then jumping to conclusions. That's probably not a word, but people need to realise that everything's a spectrum of grey - agreeing with one aspect of something doesn't mean you disagree with others. I'm a bit of an idealist though.
