Tuesday, September 8, 2009

THE HANDS OF A MASTER


The hands of a master, originally uploaded by photoholic_royd.
“Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art” - Leonardo Da VInci

While shooting the documentary, we met a woman named Chapi, who is a Warli painter.

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While she painted the village school for us, she told us about her life, her children and grand children, her village, and about Warli painting. It was very touching to spend time with Chapi and to learn about a different art form.

To know more about Chapi, hang in there for our documentary to be ready.

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Monday, September 7, 2009

OVER THE FIELDS


Over the fields, originally uploaded by photoholic_royd.
This image was taken at Vavepada which is a tiny village off the town on Palghar.

I had been shooting with my 50mm f/1.4 AiS lens before this so I had my camera on manual mode. I changed to the kit lens and saw this kid at the window. I completely forgot about adjusting exposure and just made this image. I'm happy with the way it turned out though.
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Sunday, September 6, 2009

A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY

A window of opportunity

This is the 2nd picture from my D90 Project. The 1st one is not that impressive.
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I called Reshma to do the narration for the documentary I am working on. After a long day of work we finally decided to take a few pictures and unwind. This was taken on the spur of the moment.

I have also started working more with RAW files and practicing my NEF editing techniques. So far, I am finding RAW files to be really helpful. Although my PP skills aren't at a level where I can squeeze the best detail out of an image, having the ability to control how a picture turns out is worth it.

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Friday, July 10, 2009

NEW CAMERA: NIKON D90

I recently bought myself a Nikon D90 with an 18 - 105 DX VR ED lens. I am thoroughly enjoying shooting with it and it's a great first DSLR.

Since I own an FM10 with 3 lenses, it made sense for me to buy a Nikon so I could use my old lenses. My favourite of them is the 50mm f/1.4. The optical quality is simply unbelievable. There is no point in me writing an entire review of the camera (there are hundreds of them online anyway). However, I have to say that I'm glad i bought this camera. It makes very high quality images and feels just right in my hands.

Will post some pictures taken with it soon.

Monday, May 4, 2009

GREETINGS FROM GOA

Palolem Beach














Calangute Beach














Some more pictures at Calangute














On the way to Chapora fort














Palolem beach