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| A toy train track thru the MP-65mm F2.8 Macro |
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| Sanjeev |
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| Scarf Vendor in Chandni Chowk |
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| Pilgrims at the Gurudwara in Chandni Chowk |
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| A Fret-saw technician at a furniture workshop in Rajasthan |
Teaching I am told is in my blood, both my parents are teachers, of my brothers the elder one teaches at SPA in Delhi the younger is with Teach for India in Bombay. I guess it was only a matter of time that I had to join in, something I did last year.
While I tried to make sense of all the curves in my micro economics class in college I always wished I could have got a BA from Delhi University in Photography honors rather than Economics. (No offence to all the teachers at college, Mrs. Leema Mohan, Mrs. Poonam Kalra, KRC, VC, Mr. Grewal and Mr. Rahgunathan all of whom were very patient with me and my love for the camera.)
During the 5 years that I was in and out of Delhi I did have the opportunity to give annual lectures at KMC in DU and held 2 day workshops on my trips around the globe if the opportunity so allowed.
Back in Delhi I was determined to get a course going and I glad we are moving on. Coming from a family of modest means the camera I used was borrowed or gifted, friends and teachers helped me peruse my art and all the while I wished that we had a course at Delhi University that some one who did not have a fat Bank Balance could attend.
The Basic Photography Course being held both at St. Stephens in Delhi University and The Sushant School of Architecture is the result of this dream to institute a course in photography that will afford aspiring photographers the opportunity to hone their skills and further their art.
For those of you interested in finding out more please send in mails to: classes@andrefanthome.com
Now I have to tell you all that I have the urge to write something very wise about this shot and what I was thinking. Making that up is going to take a lot of effort to I guess I am going to stick to the truth again (due to sheer laziness not greater virtue). Hope you like the shot got to thank my 100-400 for it, just a simple shot with great colours.
My visit to Chennai was great, but what I saw and learnt there was even greater!
After spending time at the Beach with Bhaskar when I finally reached the ne premises of the Photographic Society of Madras I was welcomed by room full of eager photographers who were waiting for my lecture.
When the time for me to speak came I began with how I felt, and all I felt at that time standing in front of the photographers who’s ages ranged from the late teens to those who were nearly senior citizen was HUMBLED!
It was amazing to see how all these folks had come together to run what has come to be a functional and very successful Photographic Society.
Though the society does have a legacy over a century and a half yet its current form and live is a result of the work of its present members who have come together to give it the live it now has.
We must all watch out for the annual salon among other events that the society organizes
When you have the time you can also check out their website : http://photomadras.org/www/
For those of you living in Chennai well don’t think twice, this is a society worth joining.
Top Right: During the Slide show
Top Left: Breakfast: Pongal-Vada with Ramana (missing in the shot)
Bottom Right: Lecture at the new premises of the Society
Cant seem to come up with a better name for the moment, so its going to be called peace. We've all seen images of cats and dogs living in peace and harmony, they don't always fight! 
This photograph is special to me, its crooked and yet its straight!
'Megha' is the Hindi word for rain clouds and on a day like to day when the weather update on my phone tells me we might touch half a century in Delhi I thought I'd retaliate with a image to make us all feel good.
The first time I heard some one say something about flying fish I must have been 10, and I was sure that my brother was talking about some mythical creature that he had read about in one of the many book I always saw him with.
I think it was the second day at sea on my first voyage that I saw something jump out of the water and literally fly over the water and then dive in again.
Flying fish did actually exist, or was I day dreaming? The excitement on the faces some others like me gave me my answer.
We had left Brazil on one of my longest voyages headed to Funchal, Portugal.
Not far from the mainland is the island - archipelago of Fernando de Noronha where I was able to take these photographs.
The Gulls would either chase the fish in the air as they flew over the waves for distances of over 5 meters or dive from heights of over 10 meters and shoot into the water like darts to catch these magnificent creatures.
I have since seen flying fish several times, in the Pacific and Atlantic but never once did anything compare to the feeding frenzy and the action I saw on the day.
It was the month of May, summer as we know it, but the high passes of the lateral route in Bhutan still had some ice left on the road side.
Lighting makes all the difference to our work, and most of spend a great deal of time mastering this art. Highlights, shadows, mid-tones, and their romance is what brings together a photograph to give it that something that i cant find appropriate words to describe. (Never claimed to be a writing expert so i guess you'll excuse me.)
Most of us photographers have at some time or the other been fascinated with reflections, the new dimension in the visual plane is extremely attractive to searching eye. Equally interesting (, at-least for me) are doors and windows, that sort of take the viewer through the wall to the other side. At first glance this might look like a window, but if you look carefully you'll find that its a reflection!.JPG)
There's no doubt that Bill Gates is genius but I had to experience it for myself. Look in carefully and you'll see that just photographing him on his recent visit to India gave me the chance to meet my clone!
Some times pollution can do wonders fro you you, as this late evening dust-storm did for me.
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