Posted in Amman Rashid, DIY, flash, lighting, Nikon, Photography, Strobist, Wireless 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 flash, lighting, nature, Photography, Strobist, Wireless 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 art, Artist, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Exhibition, Gallery, Kuhu, Photography, Portrait, Radius Centre, Rokeya Sultana, school, Smita Srivastava, street photography, Strobist, Ujwala Prabhu on Nov 14th, 2008
Children from USTAV School Dhaka visit Radius Gallery to view the “Jhaal Muri” exhibition, and they all seem to have had a wonderful time. We asked them which pictures were their favourites – very diplomatically they said “ALL”! Apparently they then all sat on the floor and recited poetry and did a few dances, I [...]
Posted in Artist, Black and White, lighting, Portrait, Strobist, Ujwala Prabhu, Wireless 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, lighting, Photography, Portrait, Strobist, Wireless on Aug 23rd, 2007
The “final” image from an assignment.
Posted in Black and White, Dhaka, Erin, lighting, Mannat, Photography, Portrait, Strobist, Wireless on Aug 5th, 2007
Back after 3 weeks travel to China and Thailand. Â Â Â Â Mannat [my unwilling model], giving me a few poses in the short duration I could keep her before she bolted away to play with her friend Erin.