Travel Blogs
Using Flash - Street Photography
Using Flash in Street photography is quite difficult or sometimes uncomfortable, but it gives very satisfying results. After I bought "Ricoh GR Digital", I wanted to make use of the in-built flash in some difficult lighting situations. I also wanted to try flash in night people photography, especially long exposure pictures.
RAJASTHAN - Travel Photography
I happen to visit some of the places in Rajasthan (Jaipur, Pushkar, Jodhpur & Jaisalmer). The following are some of the pictures taken during the travel.
Pushkar Portraits
I always love to take portraits of people. Whenever I travel, I like to meet new people, understand their culture and try to take some close portraits of them. I happen to visit Pushkar in 2012 during Pushkar Mela. These are the collections of portraits taken there.
Therukoothu
Collection of pictures taken during Therukoothu @ Nangamangalam, Melapilam pudur, near Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu.
Koovagam Festival
Koothandavar festival is the biggest annual transgenders festival in India. It is a celebration of love and death, of sacrifice and life. The festival takes place at the Koothandavar Temple dedicated to Aravaan. The transgenders marry Lord Aravaan, thus reenacting an ancient myth of Lord Krishna who married Aravaan after taking a form of a woman called Mohini. The next day, all transgenders mourn the god Aravaan death through ritualistic dances and by breaking their bangles and removing their mangalsutra.