http://www.footwa.com Life through a lens, travel photography, abstract, portraits and a blog Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:03:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.footwa.com/the-monk-who-sold-us-ipads/2198/ http://www.footwa.com/the-monk-who-sold-us-ipads/2198/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:46:45 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2198 The monk: Who came to India driven by a need to explore his spiritual self and met Neem Karoli Baba. He adopted Buddhism and even shaved his head and wore monk clothes even when he came back. Buddhist monk Kobun Chino Otogawa presided over his marriage in 1991.   The drug addict: His experiments with [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-monk-who-sold-us-ipads/2198/feed/ 12 http://www.footwa.com/the-road-at-parra/2100/ http://www.footwa.com/the-road-at-parra/2100/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:37:39 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2100 Valerian almost seems to be saying “Praise the Lord.. for Goa is beautiful!”.. Yeah indeed Goa is spectacular, because even the simple small narrow roads like at Parra give you the sense of being alive and one cannot help but pause for few mins to inhale the view, the palm trees on both sides of the narrow [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-road-at-parra/2100/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/we-didnt-start-the-fire/2015/ http://www.footwa.com/we-didnt-start-the-fire/2015/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 18:08:08 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=2015 Yeah right! we didn’t start the fire.. It was always burning, since the worlds been turning.. But the fire is every growing, thats because we try to fight it with fuel rather than water.   People revolting, war, drugs, diseases, rape, child abuse, murder is what greets us early morning in news… And its nothing [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/we-didnt-start-the-fire/2015/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/sunset-lighting-and-zoom/1962/ http://www.footwa.com/sunset-lighting-and-zoom/1962/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 20:04:09 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1962 Ok 2 points here, Lighting and Zoom   1. Lighting: The sunset conditions offer nice lighting for clicking snaps and no, not of the sunset. Use the sunset light to click other scenes around and see how they come. Notice the shadows in the sea of the ripples, which would otherwise be burnt in an image. [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/sunset-lighting-and-zoom/1962/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/splash-of-life/1894/ http://www.footwa.com/splash-of-life/1894/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:01:21 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1894 “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”   Just a small reminder to everyone, life is too short to hold grudges, hatred, jealousy, anger, resentment, sorrow, grief, pain and whatever else troubling your mind.   When you step into the sea, and you are hit by an unsuspecting wave, which sweeps [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/splash-of-life/1894/feed/ 8 http://www.footwa.com/war-of-the-clouds/1701/ http://www.footwa.com/war-of-the-clouds/1701/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:54:55 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1701 Black clouds marched to block the sunlight, soon all that could be seen was just a yellow streak of the evening sun on some clouds. I wondered if Hiroshima was like this when the evil day struck. Clicked this snap quickly mins before the torrential downpour of rain blinded this view, and yeah its pseudo [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/war-of-the-clouds/1701/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/friendship/1237/ http://www.footwa.com/friendship/1237/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:33:29 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1237 We had nothing to do on a Sat afternoon so we decided to head to Anjuna at my favorite place, a less known shack (if I were to name it here it wont be less known anymore, would it?), and were enjoying our lazy holiday under the shade, and trying stuff ordered off their huge menu [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/friendship/1237/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/the-roots-of-sepultura/1527/ http://www.footwa.com/the-roots-of-sepultura/1527/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:41:43 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1527 One of the reasons why I love Saturday night market at Ingos is that people show their tattoo in the open, by tattoo I mean show what represents them, could be in what they wear, a women wearing a body hugging military uniform (hmm), or this album poster of “Roots” released by Brazilian metal band Sepulturain [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/the-roots-of-sepultura/1527/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/lamp-shade-in-the-dark/1505/ http://www.footwa.com/lamp-shade-in-the-dark/1505/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:04:06 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1505 I love snaps where the background blends into the unknown darkness, something that can be achieved in a low light scene with a brighter light source within the frame. Just enough exposure will ensure that the surrounding is not light up. This of-course gives more emphasis on the object. You must have seen that most product snaps [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/lamp-shade-in-the-dark/1505/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/shiva-statue-in-punjab/1378/ http://www.footwa.com/shiva-statue-in-punjab/1378/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:18:01 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1378 I always wanted to visit Dharamshala, and managed to convince few friends to join me to a trip across Himachal Pradesh. The key places on our list to visit were Dharamshala, Dalhousie, Khajjiar, Manikaran, Kullu Manali. This was the place we stopped for our dinner at night on our way to Dharamshala from Delhi. Next [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/shiva-statue-in-punjab/1378/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/mumbai-at-night/1293/ http://www.footwa.com/mumbai-at-night/1293/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:45:51 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1293 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 [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/mumbai-at-night/1293/feed/ 5 http://www.footwa.com/candle-light-photography-light-source-in-the-frame/1123/ http://www.footwa.com/candle-light-photography-light-source-in-the-frame/1123/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:28:41 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1123 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 [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/candle-light-photography-light-source-in-the-frame/1123/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/scary-face-1/1241/ http://www.footwa.com/scary-face-1/1241/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:33:22 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1241 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 all. and suddenly when the camera was right next [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/scary-face-1/1241/feed/ 1 http://www.footwa.com/simplicity/1183/ http://www.footwa.com/simplicity/1183/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:32:52 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=1183 “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 [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/simplicity/1183/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/count-the-lamp-posts-on-the-highway/954/ http://www.footwa.com/count-the-lamp-posts-on-the-highway/954/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:09:54 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=954 Yeah yeah.. I admit the title is copied from the line “Count the headlights on the highway” in Elton Johns song “Tiny Dancer“. I first heard the song in the movie “Almost Famous”. Not only was the movie outstanding, but the moment wherein this song was played, was captured beautifully. It has since been one of my favorite [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/count-the-lamp-posts-on-the-highway/954/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/autobiography-of-a-lamp-post-and-the-fart/937/ http://www.footwa.com/autobiography-of-a-lamp-post-and-the-fart/937/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:20:54 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=937 At school, we were once asked to write an autobiography of a lamppost for Hindi exam, I put on my thinking cap and started something like,   “I want to reach for the sky, but have to withhold my desires to give light to others”.   I thought it was a brilliant masterpiece, half expecting my [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/autobiography-of-a-lamp-post-and-the-fart/937/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/point-of-view/884/ http://www.footwa.com/point-of-view/884/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:48:30 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=884 The youthful green and the diminished dying leaves both seen from my window remind me of a saying “Two men look out through the same prison bars: One sees the mud, and one the stars”. I guess its meaning is well explained in Bollywood movie Deewar which shows 2 brothers moving in different directions (one [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/point-of-view/884/feed/ 1 http://www.footwa.com/presence-of-god/851/ http://www.footwa.com/presence-of-god/851/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:03:58 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=851 On the many discussions we usually have among groups of friends, God, religion, faith do come up at times, and I was once told that God shows his presence in Nature, and Nature is God. I kept quiet not knowing what to answer. I am not sure if I should believe or not believe in [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/presence-of-god/851/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/jewellery-for-sale-tibetan-market-calangute/683/ http://www.footwa.com/jewellery-for-sale-tibetan-market-calangute/683/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:17:09 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=683 Indian culture now includes Tibetan influence, as after the 1959 Tibetan uprising, the Dalia Lama along with his followers were given shelter in India. At Calangute on the road to Baga, one comes across a Tibetan market selling their cultural art forms in many ways, from ornaments, jewellery as seen here, to musical instruments I have [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/jewellery-for-sale-tibetan-market-calangute/683/feed/ 4 http://www.footwa.com/silhouette/426/ http://www.footwa.com/silhouette/426/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:13:05 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=426 2 of my friends were deeply engrossed playing fifa on my system. I was trying to get this image right, and clicked around 30-35 shots when finally I got it. I wanted to keep the darkness of the room and its contents intact, while showing the colorfulness of the curtains with the sunlight behind, and [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/silhouette/426/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/umbrella-window-cafe-mondegar-mondy/381/ http://www.footwa.com/umbrella-window-cafe-mondegar-mondy/381/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:28:32 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=381 Cafe Mondegar (or Mondy as its more popularly known) is my favorite place in colaba to hang out with friends. It pumps energy in you right in the start as you have to yell to have a conversation with your friends, amidst the loud music being played by a jukebox (which is constantly used) and the [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/umbrella-window-cafe-mondegar-mondy/381/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/ballons/415/ http://www.footwa.com/ballons/415/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:30:29 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=415 This was at a friends sons party. I was requested to get my camera along, unfortunately, not feeling well, I had to leave soon. I clicked some shots of the place. The colors are a bit pastel shade, reminding me of… hmmm.]]> http://www.footwa.com/ballons/415/feed/ 2 http://www.footwa.com/towering-mumbai/375/ http://www.footwa.com/towering-mumbai/375/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:48:11 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=375 This was amoung the first set of snaps I clicked from my first camera. What was before a jungle was being transformed slowly. City-scapes were changing with time.. Bombay was not the same anymore. I cannot decide what I like more: the soaring building with pimples of AC’s, or the almost fragile branch, showing its [...]]]> http://www.footwa.com/towering-mumbai/375/feed/ 0 http://www.footwa.com/sheded-tree/371/ http://www.footwa.com/sheded-tree/371/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:01:57 +0000 Anurag Jain http://www.footwa.com/?p=371 The snap cameout like a painting after a little touchup. This was at Jim Corbett early in the morning when the light was still dim.]]> http://www.footwa.com/sheded-tree/371/feed/ 0