An engineer turned journalist's story
Tried capturing the process of shooting images using a digital camera. First you frame and click the image, then most of us chimp i.e. check how the image has turned out on the LCD of our digi cams and finally we move on looking for the next shot.
Selling concentrated perfumes, also known as ‘Ittar’, in one of those many hole-in-the-wall shops around Mohammed Ali Road, perfume – chacha as i referred to him later was quite excited when he saw me shooting his shop. He demanded to see the photograph, and asked me to take a better shot:P Plan to give him a print of this, when i pass by that area again.
Take care,
Ciao
Take Care,
Ciao
Take Care,
Ciao
Take Care,
Ciao
This is one genre i have not explored much since i got my camera. Hope to keep continuing this series, as there are too many faces out there that need to be photographed. I was in a quandary whether to keep this portrait as colour or BW. But i guess colour won, as i am not sure if i captured the eyes as well as i should have. In retrospect, i realised that it could have been a better frame, had i gone more closer.
Will keep Robert Capa’s quote in mind the next time i venture to shoot portraits, “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.”
Take care,
Ciao
Its always fun to capture images through the viewfinder of someone else’s camera. Not only does it give you a closer and clearer look of the composition, it also helps you know how the other person is viewing the same scene that you are. For instance, when i was shooting the stairs, i was more interested in the inscriptions on each of them, but my friend here composed it differently and found this composition more compelling. So while he was getting his steady shot, i stole his shot. Ofcourse, i showed it to him later, so that he does not sue me later;)
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Ciao
While looking for photo ops in a quaint alley in South Mumbai, one day, i noticed this kid in the trolley looking at me. Suddenly when i pointed my camera at him, he got his hand behind his ears, with his elbow pointing towards me.
It almost seemed as if he was saying, “So you just got a still camera, well, I have a video camera! Now beat that!”
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Ciao
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