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 Bangladesh, Black and White, camera, Dhaka, Equipment, flash, Photography, Portrait on Nov 28th, 2008
Nikon’s CLS [Creative Lighting System] gives the freedom to shoot with remote speedlights, and the ability to control the master [on-camera] and remote [off-camera] flash units from a simple and quick menu system. High speed-sync high-speed flash-fill shooting in bright daylight is so easy with this system and the camera/flash units will sync perfectly all the [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Black and White, Dhaka, Mannat, Portrait on Nov 25th, 2008
I was experimenting with two off-camera flash units placed low on the floor skimming the light of one off the ceramic tiles and one placed behind a white window curtain to diffuse it…. the “beep” from the remotely triggered flash units brought Mannat curiously checking what was going on. I turned and caught a quick [...]
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 Bangkok, Book, Jyoti, lighting, Photography, Strobist on Jul 29th, 2007
Bookworm: Main pastime – gobbling reading material. Strobist: Main pastime – blinding unsuspecting guinea pigs.