By anil on 2008-05-26 11:07:54 - 3 months and 2 days ago.

3rd graders take to the Balu River

20080526 0092w 300x198A class trip on the Balu River in the northeast of Dhaka city... to study the eco-system.

Had accompanied the Brownies on the same river around a year ago.

 

 

 

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20080526 0048w1 150x150As we got off the boat to take a walk through the villages, a storm began and we were able to get back to the boat just in time. The 2 storm photos were taken 3 minutes apart - you can see how fast the low clouds moved in. High winds and driving rain. Then lightning, a few strikes into the river and some on the land to our left....probably some of the closest lightning strikes I have witnessed. The ones that hit close, were reddish-yellow [is that possible?] and I could smell the electric discharge. The kids were all huddled into the cabin below, and Denise May read horror stories to them!
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Oh, and after processing the images from this trip - the storm landscapes sparked a thought. A few evenings ago a friend had brought over a photography magazine, and it had a great tutorial on how to create Triptych images. So, I gave it a shot and a first attempt here it is. Thanks Stein!

 

By anil on 2008-03-19 15:59:32 - 5 months and 9 days ago.

Itchy fingers

Jungle Book WIPFor the past many weeks the WIP photo project for «The Jungle Book» production at AIS/D Elementary School had taken up all of my shooting time. Am not complaining! in case that is what it sounded like. It was a great experience, both photographically and to witness the progression of the learning process the kids went through... and to then finally watch the fantastic performance where each one of them shone like stars! The Work In Progress photo record/essay runs into 100's of [final] images and these are grouped in separate PDF files [full resolution JPG's] for each session. 5 sessions + 1 from the Dress Rehearsal + 1 lot of backstage photos + 1 lot of group photos of the cast + 1 lot from the final performance night. I probably shot around 2000 frames and culled these down to a manageable number. I might post some sample images from these sessions a bit later once the photo-CD is done and produced.  You can take a peek at The Jungle Book CD-Cover if you like. This image is a conversion from one of the photos.

Noisy crowI've not shot much in the last many days as the post-processing job took [a total] around 80 hours... and so those itchy fingers have been missing the familiar feel of the ridged focusing-ring and shutter-release button.

I've been observing the Starlings [Sturnus contra] and Crows starting to build their nests high in the Mahogany tress.... and this one particular crow is extremely alarmed every-time I take a peek out the window at the nest being built. The Starlings are building a nest much higher in the other tree but are very watchful and can notice me even if I am behind a window screen. Today I was able to get a few images before the Starlings flew off to watch me from another tree.
Starling and nest 

Updated [a few hours after posting the above]:

I decided to post a few assorted ones from the work-in-progress photos of The  Jungle Book rehearsals in no particular order.....

Images from the «Work-In-Progress» during rehearsals and also some images from the performance day of The  Jungle Book - by the AISD Elementary section. The main performances were on the 13th and 14th March 2008.

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More to be added soon....

By anil on 2008-02-02 18:20:22 - 6 months and 26 days ago.

SAISA Jazz Concert and Honor Recital at AIS-D

American International School, Dhaka.
1st Feb 2008 ~
Jazz Choir ~ Jazz Band ~ Selected Soloists and Ensembles.
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Jazz Choir Soprano:

Nadila Ali / Trysten Reynolds / Natalie Ring / Lita Turkka / Shaba Mehnaz.

Alto:

Megan Bodary / Soo Rim Jin / Haena Kim / Jessica McGifford / Sae Rom Hur.

Tenor:

Jae Yang / Iain Gillett / Hyun-Jae Lee / Sonam Sadutshang / Mitul Bhat.

Bass:

Arneeb Mahbub / Simen Russ / Nabil Siddiqi / Daniel Peniston / Tae Hyoung Kim.

Jazz Band Trumpet:

Daniel Martelly / Prashant Singh / Wang Kyu Kim / Je Sik Yu / Sang Hyuk Yu / Chuck Hwang.

Trombone:

Chalana Perera / Stefan Vincent / Erfan Yahya / Bill Zhuang.

Saxophone:

[Alto] Jin Young Heo / Mari Chris Herrera / Sarah Bieniek / Jeeseok Yoon / Yun Suk Chae / David Sidibe.

[Tenor] Jeong Hoon Park / Young Woo Song / Michael Ross / Sang Heun Yu.

[Baritone] Quinn Richardsdon.

Rhythm Sections:

[Bass] Ning Han / Young Hoon Song.

[Guitar] Ali Farooqi / Pratik Acharya / Anton Bredy / Arif Elahi.

[Percussion] Soo Ah Jin / Tekendrajet Parmar / Abhishek Bhaduri / Reza Brooks.

[Piano] Soo Jin Kim.

Selected Soloists and Ensembles

Sang Heun Yu / Shaba Mehnaz / Nadila Ali / Jae Yang / Iain Gillett / Jessica McGifford / Iita Turkka / Stephanie Van Der Lugt / Trysten Reynolds / Stephanie Hermann / Sae Rom Hur / Natalie Ring / Haena Kim / Grace Cho / Hayley Kemper / Mari Chris Herrera / Jeong Hoon Park / Jin Young Heo.

The SIASA Music Festival 2008 was a treat! great music from very talented young people.
Participants are several schools -

American Intl School Chennai ~ American School Mumbai ~ American Embassy School New Delhi ~ Lincoln School Kathmandu ~ Karachi American School ~ Intl School of Islamabad ~ Murree Christian School ~ American Intl School Dhaka.

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2nd Feb 2008, Grand Finale

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By anil on 2008-01-17 09:56:33 - 7 months and 12 days ago.

Laila at the IC, Jan 16th

Aa20080116 6cpLaila Plamondon sings her heart out at the IC at Dhaka on January 16th 2008...

Laila is a «local grown» Dhaka girl, graduating from AIS-Dhaka and then going on to a bachelor's degree at Smith College. Laila was named 'First Smith Superstar' in 2006.

Her younger sister, Zoya, sings beautifully as well...

Talent runs high in the family starting with [their mother] painter and fashion-designer Kuhu. [* see 1/25/08 update below].

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By anil on 2007-12-06 11:15:46 - 8 months and 22 days ago.

3M's Fairy-tale Day at AIS-D

Aa006848Aa006835American International School - Dhaka
Grade 3M presented a parody play at assembly today - about witches, frogs and other yuckies. Ah, I am  reminded by Mannat that it is called «The Frog Prince» - hilarious stuff! The class will continue the entire day celebrating a «Fairy Tale Day» - another fun filled day at school!

 

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December 6th 2007

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