Category Archives: Travel

Lessons from the field…

Having recently traveled to Santa Fe, NM – Here are a few things on what worked and what could have been done better. I had borrowed a Nikon 25mm PC-E lens for this trip. My intention was to capture those adobe buildings (Architecture) with least distortion. I also wanted to take panoramic shots with the

Thoughts for this week

Well, I recently taught a workshop on HDR at the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. One of the things that i was asked about was what camera was best suited for this work?

On Workshops…

Workshops are very critical and important and improve skills, creativity, networking with like minded peers & most importantly – an opportunity learn hands-on from a master of the craft. Preferably, from someone whose work you admire. Back in the days, a teacher was the “master” of his skills, and had the “final” word on the

Some changes to the site…

If you have been a regular or have ever visited this site before, you must have noticed some new changes to the site. Especially the new site design. I know that a significant number of folks that read my blog, do so via RSS feeds/readers. I myself use one and rarely go to people’s sites

That damn workflow again…

Well, i have written about Workflow a number of times here , here and here. So, why again? Well – Like all other things, “time” changes things. So is my workflow. I process more volume of images from my photo shoots, and process images differently (HDRs, Panos etc).

Trip report – What worked and what didnt.

I recently traveled to India, and carried with me a lot of gear. Here is a quick report on that. I carried all of the following camera equipment in one Think tank Ultra light backpack: D300 camera, Sigma 10-20mm, Nikon 35-70 f2.8, Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR, Nikon 85mm f1.4 Canon G9, Lensbaby, Expodisc, Singh Ray

The making of the blurb book

Yes, i am thrilled to have a finally published my own book! The book, titled “Experiments in Photography” is a small (10×8, 40 pages) book that has a few images and the technique i used to create them. You can get a PDF book preview here . I must add that, if you decide to