Dusk

I read a recent article on tips for night photography and on how to get a nice shot. So I thought I will put to use what I learnt.
So here the idea was to capture the true colours of the dusk (not overexpose) and also to get the city lights clearly (need to expose enough!). [...]

Ganguly’s Retirement

The indian media’s obsession with mindless sensationalism continues. I personally think that Ganguly’s retirement from active cricket is unnecessarily getting blown out of proportion.
On the day he announced his retirement, they kept reporting the “BREAKING NEWS”! Ya right, there’s so much happening around the world and they have no better news to report on, ALL [...]

Hampi – The Wonderous Ruins – Part II

You can check out the first part of the post here which gives general info I gathered on our trip to Hampi.
We had planned for a 3-day trip to Hampi. Our idea was for a chilled and relaxed trip, so three days made sense; however in general (if time is a constraint), 2 days might [...]

Hampi – The Wonderous Ruins – Part I

Land of the magical musical stone pillars. Land of the historical Kishkindha empire and the epic fight between Sugriva and Vali. Land of India’s biggest, grandest and most flourishing  empire (not kingdom , mind you) – the Vijayanagara empire. And last but not the least, home to some of the most amazing examples of architectural [...]

One of my best portrait shots

Its a completely spontaneous photo…that’s what I love about it. I really think it is tough to get shots like this of another person, without them knowing and still managing to get that perfect shot. e.g., had the eyes been visible in the photo, it would not have looked so great. The fact that the [...]