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 AISD, Dance, Drama, Music, WIP, Wireless on Feb 17th, 2010
The series of photos was shot with 2 wireless Sb800s installed in the upper gallery on the lighting rails of the theatre. For some shots only one SB800 was firing – kept wondering what the problem was but I could not go back up to check. When play practice was done, and I went to retrieve the [...]
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, experimental, Wireless on Aug 7th, 2009
So, is this photography or art? Is photography art? Or, is photography techno-art? Enjoyed a bit of creativity in a different way with the camera today, dragging the shutter on a rear-sync, while zooming the lens a bit as well. Wanted to get soft blurry saturated color for the teapot and a darkish background, converging lines, [...]
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.