Desert Dance

Dubai, 13th Feb 09:

Belly dancing, is what I went to Dubai for. Always been fascinated about it. And so am I with lot of things related to the Arab-Egyptian-Turkish lifestyle. Lets talk a little bit about the belly dancing and photography, especially this particular one.
One of the things, I am very passionate in still picture photography, is to get the 3rd dimension into the picture. The dimension of motion. To me, the picture would not have made a whole lot of meaning, if I could not capture the movement of the belly.
As you would have rightly guessed, I was torn between the jaw-dropping, sensuous dance and my passion of getting the one picture, where I could get it all just right ! After a few experiments, I got the right shutter speed, that captured the motion in the dance, keeping other parts of the dancer perfectly still.

The main idea behind this composition was to give an anonymous perspective to the dancer. And of course capture the distinctive move of the belly dance.

The day, I got my Rebel xt.

Boston, 21st May 07:

A week earlier, I had finally made up my mind, that I was going to spend some of my savings and buy an SLR. That would mark the beginning of my new hobby. I was a little scared that it would just be a wasted investment and I would never pursue the hobby, like all the other times I have done till date.
When I got the camera, I was too shy to walk around with it and take pictures of random things. I was also scared that in the end, they would not be good at all and I would just feel demotivated. On that day, with a little bit of motivation from Sivam and a threat from Kavitha, that I would get kicked if I didn't take it out, I decided to walk around my office building and take pictures of the tulips. I got some good pictures, which everybody thought was because of the cool camera.. :)

Picture dedicated to all my friends for their encouragement:
Naveen, Ramesh, Madhvi, Pradeep, Smitha, Gowri, Kosha, Anushree, Shilpa, Vinay(2), Kavitha, Sivam, Aishwarya, ...

The first leaf...

'The first leaf' carries a lot more deeper meaning in my life. The closer you are to me.. the more you get out of this picture.
For starters...




Boston, 29th September 08:
It had rained the previous night. And the fall had just begun. I reached for the car door to drop off my laptop and get to work in a hurry. Almost did not see her.. the leaf. The only leaf that was on the car, probably the only one that fell that morning. Like it was meant to be..
It was my first fall. I had no idea how fabulous colors, it brings into one's life. I was breathless...
I clicked my first picture for the fall, the first one of the beautiful colored leaf. Then I sat there for a long time, and watched her fly away...

Thoughts before the picture...

Boston, April 14th 09:

I was getting out of the Boston Public Library, little upset that I could not get any good picture that whole day. My mind was still stuck on the Photo gallery that I had visited at 'The Boston Athenaeum', 10 1/2 Beacon St. The pictures of the Hancock Tower taken from the helicopter, was just amazing. And I had tried a whole lot to get the best I could, all evening of that tower. But none of them impressed me. And hence, I was pissed...

When I stepped out of the library, I saw the building half lit, with a blue sky at the background. And if I framed it right, I could get the lamps hanging on the entrance of the library at the foreground of the building. It looked pretty. I was happy. I had a good picture of Hancock Tower for myself. Original and Creative.

Love...

Herzliya, Israel; April 23rd 2009:
I was sitting in the bar in Herzliya. A very nice little Tapas style bar (Tapeo Bar). There is when, I saw this perfect picture.. and I could not help myself from not taking it. My hands shook.. mouth went dry.. but, managed to grab a quick shot.
I don't know, if that was because I was afraid of screwing up the picture.. or afraid of messing up the love.
Picture dedicated to all those who are in love.