All Things Considered

I’m not very big on quotable quotes, but these I came across recently really struck home !
~ Those who give up essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Benjamin Franklin
~ Time is an illusion; Lunch time doubly so :)- Ford Prefect (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the galaxy)

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The much-awaited FilmCamp is finally here ! 
Filmcamp , a first of it’s kind, is a forum where people from different walks of film-making come together to share and learn the art of film-making. FilmCamp is a platform to encourage and promote indie film makers. This event includes not just indie film screeenings & critique sessions, […]

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When a person walks into your salon to get a hair-cut done, please please try not to assume anything about the individual’s likes or dislikes, will ya ? Can you please not assume that everyone wants their hair stylish ? Did it ever occur to you that some people come for their hair-cut only because they […]

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 and there was light.. Shot of Vishwakarma at the Bengali association. (where the Ganesha, durga and Vishwakarma idols were being made for the  festive season).

Have a nice week !

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I had been to a paper conversion unit this weekend - Don’t even ask how I ended up there :)  I could’nt shoot much because the machine was ‘running-in’. Add to it a dash of poor light and lack of tripod (Not that I like using one).. Anyway, got about 3-4 frames. Here is one […]

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For all you calvinists, here is some Calvin graffiti in French !
(This is the last frame of the strip I shot roadside in Arles)

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BRTFF is on India Today (so am I). There is a photo of the first get together too. Pick up a copy of this week’s India Today and turn to Page 4 on Simply Bangalore too see the gang. And dont forget to look for me in the picture.
To think that I got *this* close […]

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Ok, links instead.. :)
1/ ‘Backbone inside’ : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VdNcCcweL0 - Finally a journalist with a backbone, who CHOOSES not to cover the Paris Hilton story as the lead story. Indian journalists could learn a thing or twenty. Mutiny writes in detail here. 
Dear Indian journalists: Lo and behold, apparently now you can still CHOOSE what you cover. Didja hear that ? My ire […]

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Saturday started late (Surprise indeed) :) Reached IIMB at only 13:00, though right on time for lunch with the Blogger’s collective. Followed by a corridor talk with Amogh, Thej, Hrish, Balaji, Cipson etc on photography. Amogh’s pictures and his MacBook are an inspiration :)
Just as we thought we had converted our discussion into the Photo collective, […]

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I barely started the new blogspace. So I dont intend to strew spite on it already.
I just read Anuradha Sengupta’s post on the Edwina-Nehru relationship. Judging someone does feel like wisdom, does’nt it - however baseless those judgements are.
Picture this: What if I track her an entire day -with she fully aware that I’m doing […]

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Geeks of all interests , unite ! You have nothing to lose but a lazy weekend !
The Bangalore BarCamp edition 4.0 is well on it’s way. And this time it is organized as collectives.  Head out to the BCB4 site & read more on how it is organized. There are tons of collectives, plus a few all […]

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- Clean camera sensor; Check the light meter
- Two night shoots & two early morning shoots this month
- Find a photog theme for calendar
- Do atleast 20 days of gyming in July
- Formulate the eating regimen
- Amma’s retirement party prep
- Get back on track on the reading; Work on French grammar
- Rural healthcare; Healthcare IT needs […]

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