Renaissance

There is a new camera at home. Here is a visual documentation of the camera.

Last week, I brought my very first photography book “The Photo Book” and I wonder why it took so much time to buy one. This book is not about techniques, tips and tricks but a collection of stunning, beautiful photographs. I brought this one to appreciate photography. Incidentally on  the same I brought this toy camera (comes with Jeeraga Mitai ) to my little son. With book and little camera and nothing much to do, I indulged in pop art and results are displayed below.

The only thing hate about photography books is that they are obscenely costly and I had to shell out a pricey sum for this book.

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There is something magical about the Rue Saint Gilles in Pondicherry. This place gets featured in so many ads. The beautiful yellow walls, brown windows, old lamp posts, calm beach and every thing adds a bit of magic to the place.

Currently aired ads shot in Rue Saint Gilles are:

• Sony Cybershot
• Ramaraj Veshti

I have trouble recollecting others.

More photos from Rue Saint Gilles…

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Another aesthetic window, shot at the street of Saint Le Giles in Pondicherry.

The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth.
-Harold Evans

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The question of whether to compose or crop keeps lingering in my mind and now I have come to a conclusion that it really doesn’t matter. What matters is how one gets that great photograph but to some purist composition is all that matters and cropping is a sin.

Photography is all about seeing and to me it doesn’t stop once you release the shutter button. It continuous even after in your favorite image editor. The above photograph was not conceived as it is shown, I cropped and rotated the original to get the final product and to me it looks beautiful and I hope others too will feel the beauty in it. The original photograph had a little clutter to it, after reducing it to simpler form, it became even more beautiful. Crop and Rotate added a new dimension to otherwise dull photograph.

SEE your old photographs with a new eye and you may see the unseen.

Here are some of the photographs from beautiful place Pondicherry and Cuddalore. More to follow.The photographs was taken in Nikon S10. (Point and Shoot) and post processed in Photoshop.

In this series of photographs I tired minimalism and redux which leads to simple beautiful photographs. Do let me know what you think of them.

Almost all doors remain closed on hot summer day. Somewhere in Rue Saint Gilles in pondicherry

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Natarajar Kovil @ Chidambaram

A small ply card welcomes you Natarajar kovil at Chidambaram. It reads “photography not allowed inside the temple, if caught then camera and film will be confiscated”. Other temples at least allow photography inside the campus and ban only in the inner sanctum.

I strongly want photography to be allowed inside the temples, sanctum included. To me it makes no sense to ban photography inside the temple.

• Photography will not reduce the purity of temple premise
• Photography will increase the popularity of the temple
• People will get to know more about the temples by looking at the photographs
• People can cherish their wonderful moments for time infinity
• Temples provide ample photographic opportunity and it should be there for everybody’s taking
• Temples are so rich in art, it is impossible to retain details in ones brain alone, photography solves the problem
• How different is painting of temples/mulavar different from photography, Not much according to me
• And finally aren’t the temples the public place ? Photography in public place should be birth right.

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Today our latest chip is based on 65nm and in few years will see chips manufactured in 45nm technology.

Photographed at Sri Vishweshwaraiah Museum Bangalore.

Photographed on Nikon S10 at Chandrachoodeswarar Kovil in Hosur.