Picture this: A trip down the ECR, walks on the seaside promenade, few hours of shooting, some good wine, a few intimidating professional quality photographers who call themselves amateurs :) A trip to Pondicherry happened last weekend.
Did’nt shoot as much as I’d like to have, but a relaxed feeling descends on you as soon you get to the promenade and the french quarters. Saturday vanished doing mindless stuff.
Sunday ,though, was great - an early morning sunrise shoot, a pleasant breakfast with Anupama,SriVidya, Sunil, Danny,Ayan, Tanmoy, Vinu, visit to the Ashram (which I gave a pass since I’d already done that during my last visit), the Church and finally the splendid lunch at La Promenade.
As an aside, I realized I had’nt had wine for breakfast in a very long time. And if I ever was two-minded about it, Danny would take care of the indecisiveness and order one for me :)
But there is so much chilling to do & so much more to capture there ! I did’nt have the time to do any of the things I’d like to have done - the French institute or L’Alliance Française or Kailash Book store. Neither Gingee nor Pichavaram (Magical place for mornings!) nor places nearby Auroville.
Which is why I will soon spend a longish week in and around Pondicherry very soon :-)
Terracotta jingles - shot from below
Morning beach
Beach again
Old man and the sea :)
Afternoon power nap
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7 responses so far ↓
1 Amrit // Aug 21, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Hey tell me one thing. Do you still call yourself an amateur? The jingles pic is like ‘wow’, she actually did that?
2 Lavanya // Aug 21, 2007 at 5:16 pm
:) I’m very much an amateur - as amateur as amateur gets :).. But, the chaps who went with me on the trip - they were of true pro quality !!!
3 Christina // Aug 22, 2007 at 8:01 am
Lovely pics… Particularly, the afternoon nap… Like the framing and the use of black and white.
BTW… Have become a regular on your blog :)
4 Jayanth S // Aug 22, 2007 at 8:31 am
I liked the Jingles pic.. But arent you overdoing the B/W thingy? Its good so far… :) Or its your signature..
5 shouryalive // Aug 24, 2007 at 2:28 am
jingle bells is noice
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6 Lavanya // Aug 24, 2007 at 7:12 am
@Christina: Thanks :)
@Jayanth:
Sometimes, I wish some parts of the world we live in appear just BW IRL. Like railway stations for instance.. :)
I’m far too new and much of a learner to have already developed a signature and stuff :) I’d like to experiment everything. But I hope you guys’ll let me know if my BW starts becoming a drag ! :)
@shouryalive: Kewl new home you’ve got yourself !
7 Sari // Aug 30, 2007 at 9:37 am
dear they are amazing..
:))
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