Harini Calamur's Writings
And, there are some more shots. I have been practising night shooting. It is fun, especially trying to capture varying degrees of brightness at different points of the skyline. A lot of photography is framing. It is the same premise as when…
Last week, i can’t remember who asked this question on twitter, whether the rich are better looking than the poor. I may have got the exact wording wrong, but that was the gist. I have been travelling the length and breadth of…
Mumbai’s changing landscape – On July 12th this year, i moved my family from the wadala place we were renting, to Kherwadi in Bandra East – just off the highway. The rent is steeper than Wadala (but not by much) – but…
Last year I had visited Benaras, on work. I managed to get away for both the Ganga Aarti in the evening, and a boat ride on the Ganga, in the morning. It was also the first time i got to properly play…
Light streaming in through the pillars of the Main Hall in Hampi. I like that slight hint of burn out in a frame, especially when shooting ancient structures. It gives it a sense of being alive. You almost expect someone from that…
Old pictures that remind me that i have not been shooting – need to start again I kind of love shooting black and white. somehow there is that romance of photography that comes through .. a snapshot in time My grandmother (nani)…
Making a pot seems to be an almost zen like experience. Total concentration or the piece is ruined. Was at Kumbharwadi at Dharavi yesterday. This goes on the list of things to learn this year. I am going to learn pottery. I…
trains, tracks, and snow look best in black and white. Landquart Station, the view of the Alps, just behind the trains …
Macro, in photography, is an extreme close up. They also can be a pain to shoot because the slightest movement in the object leads to a blurred image. the interesting facet of macro photography is that the image is usully many times…
I have had a mobile phone from the time I got locked out of my building by a sleeping watchman after a late night edit- almost 15 years ago. In those days phones used to weigh a ton, cost Rs.16 for outgoing,…