New Year Post - Udaan

 "choti choti chitirayi yadein

bhichee huein hai lamhon ki lawn par


nange pair unpar chalte chalte itni duur agaein hain hum ki ab bhul gaye hain : joote kahan utare the


aedi komal this jab aaye the
thodi si nazukh hain abhi bhi

nazukh hi rahe gi
in khatti meethi yaadon ki shararat
jab tak inhe gudgudathi rahe


sach! bhool gaye hain : joote kahan utare the par lagata hain ki unki ab zaroorat nahi " -- the first poem rohan narrates to his friend in the Movie Udaan.
 
It so aptly wraps up my state of mind this New Years weekend.
 
Had a mess at home when the coke bottle erupted, had to clean up with paper towels. Had my camera handy. Fortuitous.
 
 
Massively hungover by the new year eve's drunkeness this simple meal went the distance.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Peace and Happy New Year
 
Ajay

Christmas Post 1- The City

A christmas themed photography post in New York City.

 

I am looking forward to the next photography post Christmas Post 2 : A Christmas Family.

Peace ,

Ajay

A NY Giant's Miniature world: Tilt shift effect

Adding blur to  the fore ground and background of a picture can cause the optical illusion of a miniature lego blocks city. The tilt shift lens in your SLR kit is an enabler to these effects.

A far cheaper option is the digital post processing of a regular image. Here is a free tool to add tilt shift to a photo taken on a regular zoom lens.

http://tiltshiftmaker.com/.

Here are two shots, the first one taken I had taken at Central Park. The second one really works for me its a shot I took today from my room. The view from top further enhances this optical illusion.

   

Peace

Ajay

Alpha Dog - Launch of photo gallery

Today I am launching my public picasa web album. I will be uploading most of my photography from the new Sony Alpa 55 SLR, here. Watch out for intresting snippets of a life lived in New York City.

Incase you haven't noticed my Alpha Dog is now housed on this very page, look at the right navigation column to find the picasa widget that will take you there.

Peace

Ajay

Art Update : Introducing Lazy Art

Its been a few months since my last post. Been a bit busy and hence the delay with this post. Also my mental art filter has been punched about a bit, a few gaping holes have let in some thing what I categorize as lazy art [photography].

Peace,

Ajay