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Photography Portraits & People

Menacing

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The next in the Therefore Design headshots.

Nitin Virkar.

Previous: Gauri
Next: Smile So Bright

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Photography Portraits & People

Gauri

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Last October, I had a fun portrait session with the Therefore Design guys. I’ll be sharing a few of those over the next few days. This is the first.

Next: Menacing

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Photography Portraits & People

Shweta, East Street

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Animals Nature Photography Photography Wallpapers

September 2013: Golden Pair

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Fishes are part of nature.

And what about goldfish? You see them in artificial glass reservoirs, also called aquariums.

So, is shooting them really “nature photography”?

Or should I call it “still photography”?

But they hardly are still. They are the exact opposite of still.

Whatever, they are gorgeous.

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Photography

The 16-step Quick Guide to Becoming a Photographer!

This is a list I started writing a few years ago. Finally I realised that “ship it” is the best policy in such posts. So here goes. Last few points added today itself. To keep the post up-to-date. You’re welcome to add more in the comments.

  1. Step 1: Buy a camera.
    SLR. Instant professional!
    If not an SLR, then any prosumer bridge. Because it’s so good (read smart purchase), who needs an SLR?
    If not these, then a Point & Shoot. Instant road to underprivileged artist-dom.
    If not a P&S, then use your mobile phone. Ditto.
  2. Post all your pictures, either never opened in any software at all, or post-processed with heavy Warhol-like effects, or heavy faux HDR effects, into an album called ‘random’, ‘the world thru ma eyez’, ‘ma work’.
  3. Big copyright marks are a must. Your name, logo or URL should be very small. The © should be taking up the maximum area. How else would the image thief know that he should not ©opy it?
  4. Thick borders. Extra points for double borders. Bonus points for a thick white border around the black border. Anything to make it look like an old-style wood-framed picture.
  5. And the image title, and your copyright mark just outside the frame, in Comic Sans Papyrus Monotype Corsiva.
  6. Visit all major online photography forums, and create a new discussion thread entitled ‘Please take a look’. You lose points if you give away what kind of photography you are showcasing.
  7. Post a link to your entire album(s). Make sure the album(s) do not adhere to any one or two genres. They must contain everything from a street dog, to a barber in his shop, to a closeup macro of a petunia, to a lit cigarette.
  8. Don’t ask for feedback on any particular picture. Superspecialization is for insects, remember?
  9. Ask them to ‘go thru your work’ and give feedback (read ‘appreciate my inborn talent to the moon’).
  10. If you’ve ‘snapped’ your ‘work’ using a mobile phone camera, mention that with an apology, expecting sympathetic comments. After all, poor you are fighting all those rich mofos with expensive SLRs and still clicking such ‘ossum work’. Two more points on your report card for showcasing poverty.
  11. But the moment someone offers a suggestion get defensive. Your work is ‘ossum’ by itself. You don’t need to improve. Or get a better camera or lens. It’s the world that needs to wrap its heads around your talent. Because you’re ‘ossum’. Your college friends said it.
  12. Either describe the ‘thot’ behind the picture in a paragraph that’s longer than War & Peace, or don’t say anything. Let the viewer wonder if it’s a single shoe flowing in the river or a crow. Because either you want the viewer to appreciate all the thoughts you made up when you sat down to look through the pictures and found this half-decent shot, or your art must be that brilliant that it defies explanation.
  13. Mobile phones > SLR. Anyday.
  14. Emulate the French photographers from 50 years ago with Leicas. Using your smartphone. Same size, almost. Same weight, almost. And there are apps that can make your pics look like they’re 50 years old.
  15. Hipstamatic! Instagram!
  16. Filters! Filters!! Some more Filters!!!
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Landscape Photography Nature Photography Photography Travel Travel Photography

Waiting for the Wind

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Backwaters, Kerala, 2011.

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Landscape Photography Photography Travel Travel Photography Wallpapers

August 2013: Himalayas

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After riding on wide straight highways from Chandigarh for hours, we finally reached the base of the Himalayas, twisting roads, beautiful mountains around us, and stopped for a break. To chit-chat, stretch ourselves, and take in the immensity of the beauty around us.

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Photography Still Photography

My Panda Strongest

Finally my own Minion appears on the scene, along with @Navjotalive’s and @Cilemasnob’s Minions, in a thrilling episode from the Dragon Warrior’s life!

Attempted bullet time with a camera and tripod, and a bunch of toys.

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Photography Still Photography

Dude! We’re So Deep!

The one where both @Navjotalive’s minion makes an appearance along with @Cilemasnob’s minion.

You’ll need red-cyan 3D glasses to see this one. Here’s a super-easy tutorial to make your own.

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Photography Still Photography

It’s a Happy Meal Toy Story

Had some time to kill. Had Happy Meal toys lying around the house. Have a camera and a tripod. Have some cool software. This is what came out of it. Have patience 🙂


Special thanks to @Cilemasnob for his Minion toy 🙂