Its a pleasure when your kids reach an age where they start thinking about gifting their parents. I received these from my 3 year (almost) daughter who was particular about the colour.
My First Photo Walk
Wikipedia defines photo walking as the act of walking with a camera for the main purpose of taking pictures of things that the photographer may find interesting. Saturday morning witnessed my first photo walk.
A couple of mates & I planned to capture the blooming relishes of Bengaluru city (still feels odd to deviate from Bangalore). But we ended up capturing a lot more. I was also pleasantly surprised by the good time I had over this boys outing.
- Firstly, the early morning walk is much healthier than the usual beer sessions that we resort to for boys bonding.
- I learned a lot about photography from my mates.
- You read it in photography sites & books – clicking is the best way to learn. I got to practice quite a few things that I have been reading about.
- Once in a while its also good to get a feel for how your photography is progressing. For me, crisp clear pictures are still a struggle, composition techniques are a conscious effort yet, need to start experimenting with RAW format & post processing might be something to play around with.
- Lastly, the photo walk was a good lead into what turned out to be a great weekend.
Looking forward to planning my next photo walk.
Based on inputs from My Sunny Balcony’s Sriram Aravamudan, these pink flowers must be Burmese Cassia (Cassia Renigera). I have started to look forward to Feb-Mar every year just for these beauties.
A red dragon fly – definitely a first for me!
To do justice to this dude’s elegance, much more powerful glasses are needed.
Navin Gundurao & Ramkumar – my mates on the walk. Check out more snaps from Ramkumar’s iPhone here.
This photogenic creature was ever so cooperative in posing for us. She almost got gobbled by the 3 lenses.
This dude believes there is no gain without any pain. Just to prove the point, he made it to the pits. Watch this space to catch a glimpse of his camera work.
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Bangalore Flower Power! By Sriram Aravamudan
Bombay Challenge – Having Fun Doing Good
Bombay Challenge – The challenge is to drive auto-rickshaws from Mumbai to Chennai & in the process raise money for a good cause.
This is exactly what a Dutch colleague of mine is doing along with a bunch of his mates in autos. Apart from contributing to a cause & having fun, they are having experiences that they will cherish for the rest of their lives. After all, what is life but a series of experiences.
Way to go guys!
Why can’t we all be Olympians?
(Photo from iStockphoto)
The below quote is from Blake Jennelle (The Blog) – a blog I stumbled upon today:
“The difference between Olympians and everyone else is not that they don’t feel pain and panic, because they do. It’s that they want something so badly that they are willing to feel pain and panic as the price of admission. Sometimes everyday.
Being an Olympian is a choice, and it’s not for everyone. It’s a choice to endure intensely human pain to achieve super human things. That’s why Olympians are worthy heroes. That’s also why the world desperately needs more of them.”
More often than not, the “intense human pain” is inertia. Inertia holds us back to status quo & stops us from taking the necessary steps towards what could be – “super human things”. The reason it is termed “super” is because so few make the choice.