KANTHA & VIGGNESH | Pre Wedding Photo shoot

To find love in a world full of thinkers is in itself a feat. What is more challenging is to finally realise that he/she is the one for you. It takes balls of Titanium to face orthodox parents with a love marriage proposal, that too a mixed caste one at it. Kantha (telugu brahmin) and Viggnesh (tamil brahmin) had their share of struggle and they did themselves proud by succeeding. They were Cupid struck back during the college days and after almost 4 years of togetherness, what reflects in their relationship the most is the friendship. I was lucky enough to be chosen as their candid photographer for their wedding. Though the pre and post wedding shoots are done, I would like to upload them in order, post by post. So here goes!

They Complete Me

As she attended to him with maternal care and warmth, he unconsciously rested his head on her lap and emoted a sense of satisfaction. She silently whispered, "I don't know what I would do without them".

Happy Diwali

The SUPER MOON

I present to you the SUPER MOON series.

I was stunned at the drama I witnessed at 9 pm. It was an overwhelming experience. I could not shoot her without praising her aloud! The clouds parted beautifully like the stage curtains and she graced the silent earth with her radiance. Oh Maaaaah!

 SHE IS TO DIE FOR!

FOOTNOTE: Of course I have not captured the magnificent craters of the moon. I need to learn the right settings. I will soon! Check out the series here for it appears very noisy in blogger.

Love at first sight

LOVE- The axis on which the world rotates.

KALAGHODA FESTIVAL 2012- part 2

LOCATION: MUMBAI. MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

DAY OF VISIT: 09.02.2012, 6.00 PM-10.00 PM

After PART 1 series that covered the art installations, this series shall speak about the performances and the way people interact with the space and other people that I found very interesting and peculiar.

  

 

Valentine's day is around the corner (to be precise, in 3 days) and this lovely couple seemed to celebrate it already.

KALAGHODA FESTIVAL 2012- part 1

LOCATION: MUMBAI. MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

DAY OF VISIT: 09.02.2012, 6.00 PM-10.00 PM

In my 7 years of life in Mumbai, never have I made it to the most celebrated festival of the city KALAGHODA FESTIVAL until the 9th of this month. KALAGHODA FESTIVAL is so called because its held in the place called KALAGHODA ( literally translates to a 'black horse'), which got its name because it housed the majestic black horses during the British rule in India. The festival celebrates the bustling 'Art and Culture' of Mumbai in a very lavish and extravagant way for 2 weeks every year. With my days packed with internship and an eternal struggle with my thesis, I never thought I would get to attend the festival. Somehow, destiny stepped in and stimulated the 'spontaneous' avatar in me which I had put to sleep for a while. I 'informed' my mom that I would be at the festival for at least a few hours and make the most of it. before she could react with open mouth and a fierce frown, I picked up my equipments and rushed out my home. 

I strongly believe that I could have clicked more 'candids' and 'events'. But as time was a constraint, these are he few significant captures I managed. As the title reads, this 'part 1' which is about the installations there. I shall very soon publish the 2nd part too.

A maze was formed with the use of disposed plastic water bottles as the partition.

A conceptual tensile roof was created which attracted a large number of people for its flexible and abstract nature. I clicked this in order to show how much it has an impact on the 'skyline' of the place.

LEFT: An installation promoting 'NO SMOKING' cause.
RIGHT: Disposed plastic bottles were again used in a different way as mini chandeliers hung from the banyan trees.

Handmade puppets and a few other dolls appeared to be straight from the 'Harappan civilisation'.

these adorable birds are made out of disposed aerated plastic packets. Most of them had 'lays' and other popular chips production companies' names on them.

This installation needs to be taken very seriously by Mumbai. As its evident here, it promotes anti-noise pollution.

This is an attempt to manifest the famous 'cutting chai' (half glass of tea is served in this very glass) culture of Mumbai.

A.R.RAHMAN with his ROCKSTAR team

 The team performing on KHUN FAYA song. 

 

When he closes his eyes, his magic opens....

 

The fire dances to his tunes...

Finally! He notices me!