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The innocent artist, explorer, inventor… in a child

03 Feb 2010 | 5 comments »

The famous Pablo Picasso once said “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”

This probably explains the cubism period of Picasso, where he experimented like a child.

My Jijaji (Brother-in-law) said something I will never forget. My nephew was swaying his head left to right with a huge smile as the wind blew at

Mumbai at night – Worli

19 Jan 2010 | 3 comments »

Just loved the way Mumbai looks at night. Was travelling from Bandra to CST when I asked the taxi driver to stop the vehicle at the start of the sea link so that I can capture this view of Worli. 4 second exposure at f/6.3 200mm. You must of-course see the full view to appreciate it. Click on the image on the left to do so.

Cocktail recipies

12 Jan 2010 | 1 comment »

This is my 100th photo blog. In 11 months I have uploaded 100 stupid snaps, got about 2,000 visitors (I was ofcourse the biggest contributer for visits for my own site), got 70 comments (half were probably replies from me to those who bothered to comment), and got 90 ratings, and got banned from google images twice for my use of the word fart (not sure if I should have added this word again) and mentioning Richard Bransons book “losing my virginity”. So I decided to have a blast! A cocktail partyeee.. err blog.

I did a quick survey; sent out an email and asked

Candle light photography. Light source in the frame.

12 Jan 2010 | 2 comments »

This shows an example where a low light source is in the frame rather then just the reflected light from the source on the subject. Notice how the viewer attention now alternates between the candle the the person, and since the lamp is more brighter than the subjects face you tend to see the image from its perspective. Compared it to the previous snap “Candle light portrait” where the attention was focused only on the subjects face.

Freddie is seen here holding the lamp at Souza Lobo restaurant Calangute.

Scary face 1

10 Jan 2010 | 1 comment »

I once went for a Hindi movie and in one scene right after a murder, on a tree a dead body hung upside down. The camera closed on the face which was pale with the moon light falling on it. The background music was not comfortable at

Food for thought

10 Jan 2010 | 2 comments »

A happy smiling content fat Luciano Pavarotti once said (with a burp I am sure) “One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating”. Wonder if

Long exposure for still night snaps

06 Jan 2010 | no comments »

For still snaps of an object or a place with low lighting conditions, its fun to do a longer exposure with a low ISO, like this one was exposed for 13 secs, at ISO 100 at Bambolim beach. I also set an open aperture (f1.8) and

Should we tickle a Terrorist?

06 Jan 2010 | 3 comments »

Alan Alda once said “When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing each other.”, which makes me think.. “so the solution to our terrorist problem is to catch one and tickle

Simplicity

04 Jan 2010 | no comments »

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication!” claimed Leonardo da Vinci. This means every simple thing we see is a work of genius in the end.

It could be with respect to an invention like of the wheel, simple design, simple to make, but a work of wonder on how its made our lives easier, Imagine riding my bike with Square tires! So

Tonatiuh, Apollo, Titan, Isis and Surya.. what?

04 Jan 2010 | 3 comments »

Some days one gets really lucky. Was having a late lunch at Souza Lobo at Calangute, Goa when I decided to click this. The trick is to allow as less light to enter to keep the sky as dark as possible by increasing the shutter speed, as I prefer a more bloody red sky. The sky ofcourse