Monday, June 26, 2006

One night @ The Commercial Street

With the desire of exploring some more low light and slow shutter shots; we decided to "Shoot"; the commercial street last saturday.

Reached Woody's at around 5:30 pm and waited for others to join in.The question in our minds were what were we going to shoot!!People there were in plenty, but one wondered if they would get offended at we "shooting" them.It was an exciting shoot as shooting in flower or vegetable market the people are just too happy to pose for you or give a smile. So the challenge was there.We were joined in by a few senior members it was nice interacting with them.

The subjects were varied, with street and people forming majority of t them. There were jewellery, people, roadside vendors, vehicles, kids (my favourite), the beggars, the Bright lights and the awesome sky to choose from!

It was a great exploration! with all shots hand held. The few small altercations and the interactions with the vendors made things really interesting!! :P

Thank God it did not rain!!!

Some snapshots of the shoot:

Psychedelic
Psychedelic

Another Face of India
Another Face of India

Indian Essence
Indian Essence

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Locked Dreams..

Dreams..
Of making it big..
Of surviving..
Of being happy..
Of remaining loyal and faithful to family..
Of a better tomorrow..
Locked Dreams

What does it take??

With barely a meal a day...
The smile remains..
A meal a day..

The hope loiters..
Hard work...?
Dedication in what one does...?
Faith ?

Too many questions..
What do they do?
What do they become?
The innumerable street children across India...
The homeless...
Street God
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..
....
the answers haunts the soul..

Monday, June 19, 2006

...there I was; spending some time with them.

What is it that connects me so much with these street kids...?
I am game to go and spend some time with them any time...
their smiles makes me forget my sorrows... the situations that i have landed myself in seems futile...
Birth of a smile

it gives me hope to survive... and survive smilingly ... taking each day as it comes...
without worries...
a stranger to them i am .. and they to me...
one line that i recent read..
"If everyone is a stranger, then everyone is free" this line in the article makes so much sense...
Isn't that what the world today is becoming..full of strangers??
people disowning families...
forgetting relationships... just to FREE...
and hence becoming a stranger to all...and above all a Stranger to Oneself...

Am I also ?
Yes I would say...
running away from the situation is no way to handle the situation...

Help me o lord...
Show me the light...
Show me the light O' Lord

Lemme be like the street kids...
Carefree.. Happy.. Satisfied..

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Time

How time flies by...
Time
I arrived here in Bangalore just exactly a year ago..
Landed here at the so called Silicon Valley of India..
The land of opportunities in India..

How the year has been.. ??
Full of anguish...
Some joy..
Some pain..
Lost Hope...
Old Dreams shattered..New ones built...
Broke for a while...
Hope re-ignited... Passion rebuilt..

Thursday, June 01, 2006

I am...

I am the horizon..
the nearer to me you come.. the farther i go...
catch me not...
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I shoot..
Come close to me..
and I will shoot..
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Bare foot...
on the sands of time..
i walk into myself..
...into the horizon

walking...
in hope of a better tomorrow...