Monday, April 28th, 2008 |
Ever since joining the Pixetra club, I’ve been wanting to attend one of their photography workshops. And finally, last weekend, I did make it to the Fotoguru workshop (sacrificing 2 nights sleep traveling on a bug ridden bus). Pixetra did not disappoint. I had a wonderful time meeting other photography enthusiasts (pics of some of ‘em below), and getting tips from Sethuraman, a renowned commercial, advertising and editorial photographer with more than 29 years of rich experience.The first day was primarily class room sessions focusing on basics of photography. The second day - we spent outdoors, at Vypeen- a place very close to Ernakulam city. It was real fun, and I am waiting for the next trip. I hear from Judy (Pixetra’s Ernakulam coordinator) that it would be to Bandipur. If thats true, it would turn out to be extremely interesting.
Some of my Pixetra Friends
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Saturday, September 22nd, 2007 |
Spent some time this weekend thinking of a good photo idea for entering in a photography contest on road safety. One shot I thought would be interesting was that of a bullock cart with a speed limit road sign near it. So, off I went, searching for a bullock cart on Mangalore roads. An hour and many bumpy village roads later, I came back disappointed. Mangalore had indeed grown as a city. No bullock carts anywhere. As I hit the highway, I got into a traffic jam. I looked out of the window, and my eyes fell on this elephant - this elephant on a 2 lane highway with all vehicles behind it moving at, well, elephant’s pace. Hmm.. No bullock cart? No problem. Lets use the elephant, I thought to myself. So, i tracked it for some distance, trying to get a good pic with an appropriate traffic sign. Wasn’t very successful though. I ended up with some shots not fit for entering in the contest and didn’t know what else to do with those. Here are a couple. Maintaining a blog comes in handy sometimes. 
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