A photo journal and some ramblings…
Posted in Amman Rashid, DIY, Nikon, Photography, Strobist, Wireless, flash, lighting on Mar 24th, 2010
Volunteered to shoot some hand-made jewelry for a catalog and as promotional material for a friend. Never have done “product photography” so this is a first. Made a DIY light-box with a cardboard carton, with 3 cutouts [one each on either side and one on top] with translucent white paper taped over the cutouts. Inner [...]
Posted in Photography, Strobist, Wireless, flash, lighting, nature on Dec 8th, 2009
A book I picked up back in the mid ’90s changed the way I saw and photographed subjects in nature [flowers, plants, insects and also landscapes]. After having read and re-read this book, it was John Shaw’s “Closeups In Nature” I went on to his “Landscapes Photography“, “Nature Photography Field Guide“, “Focus On Nature” and “Complete Guide [...]
Posted in Natraj, Photography, experimental, lighting on May 26th, 2009
Experimenting with a cool white-balance and warm light source to simulate evening sunlight at a really slow shutter speed to help blur and burn-in the background ambient light. Worked pretty well. Would like to do some portraits [real people] with a similar lighting setup and even move and shake the camera a bit more than [...]
Posted in AISD, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Halloween, Mannat, lighting on Nov 2nd, 2008
Progression from fairies and butterflies; to bugs, to scary monsters; to pop-stars…. you can tell what age your kid is from that! Halloween once again, and the excitement to be there at the Carnival at school in the evening. Mannat could hardly contain herself! A Pop Star carved pumpkin [complete with a microphone made from [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Dhaka, Fish, natural light on Aug 10th, 2008
This should have been a really nice shot! The Shutki / Chutki-traders [Dried fish trader] store was really interesting [and did I mention that it stank to high-heavens? yes I did], the trader had a nice face to photograph, the light was nice but low….Instead of taking my time I shot at high ISO and slow [...]
Posted in Bangkok, Erin, Mannat, Portrait, Thailand, natural light on Jul 27th, 2008
The two girls were playing by the window this afternoon, and I saw this lovely soft light coming in through the sheer blinds of the window and highlighting Erin’s face – the combination of the soft light on her face, her purple top and the egg-shell wall background looked so delicate and pretty. A quick [...]
Posted in Bangkok, Mannat, Portrait, lighting on Oct 17th, 2007
Home-work time. For Mannat, that is. Both photographs shot at a very slow shutter speed and an off-camera flash at low power, to capture the ambient light on the background and the flash only to light Mannat. Not sure which image I like better, so am posting both!
Posted in Black and White, Dhaka, Mannat, Music, Piano, Portrait, lighting on Oct 10th, 2007
For us both actually. Mannat practicing piano, and me the flasher practicing lighting. The room was darkened, except for the light from a few low lamps. I wanted to light just her face and the white piano keys and let the background go dark in the photo…. The original color version worked fine, but it [...]
Posted in Artist, Black and White, Portrait, Strobist, Ujwala Prabhu, Wireless, lighting on Sep 3rd, 2007
Ujwala, an artist friend, willingly [oh ok, we had to coax and cajole her a bit] hand-held a wireless flash to her face for this photo Thanks Ujwala for letting me post the pics here.
Posted in Jyoti, Photography, Portrait, Strobist, Wireless, lighting on Aug 23rd, 2007
The “final” image from an assignment.
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