GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOKS AWARDS 2010
This has been a very busy year for me in India and as the year comes to an end it is time to look back and see where it took me. This is also the very last time I am writing from New Delhi as a...
View ArticleLadakh and why the iPhone 4 is the best camera I had in a while
iPhonography is the term that I thought would fit better to what I can see as a completely new field of photography that is coming up all of a sudden. I ran a search online and it seems I was a bit...
View ArticleAlternative Photographic Process in India – The FataFat Project
I have always believed that every photographer should at all times be engaged in a long-term personal project. I am so committed to this idea that it would not be an exaggeration to say that my main...
View ArticleWhat is an original photograph? Do you create original work?
I have just read an interesting post called ‘How Not To Be Taken Seriously’ on a blog owned by @GuyTalPhoto that I came by on twitter. Guy tells a story about creating “art” that is a little too much...
View ArticleWhere does Influence End and Creativity Begins?
My recent post about the question of originality ‘What is an original photograph? Do you create original work?‘ showed a couple of examples of similar images shot by different photographers raising the...
View ArticleFinding your Style and Identity as a Photogrpaher
You must strive to find your own identity as a photographer in order to create your own visual style. Your style will be a reflection of who you are as a person and will certainly be unique.
View ArticlePhotography Will Never Be The Same Again
You might not realize it yet, but this is as big, or even bigger than the invention of the digital camera. In the pocket of your shirt or in the zipper of your bag lurks no less than the most inspiring...
View Article10 Great Books On Photography Every Photographer Should Read
While there are thousands of photography books in the market it is not such an easy task to make a list of ten books on the subject of photography. I could think of four or five off the top of my head...
View ArticleGanesh Chaturthi iPhonography
iPhonography again. Just a quick one with some iPhone shots from the Ganesh Chaturthi procession in Mumbai this last Sunday. I was with a small group of photographers that came for the workshop so did...
View ArticleGood images don’t just fall off the tree
It was said by a photographer (and thanks for John Stanmeyer for reminding) that showing contact sheets is like showing someone your underwear. An interesting way to put it but surely there is a great...
View ArticleChoose a 35mm prime lens to improve your photography
How often do you stop and think which lens you are going to take with you on the next assignment? If you had to make a choice for only one lens, which one would it be? Ever since the digital AF-S...
View ArticleNot a question of IF but a question of WHEN!
Today I want to talk about storage and back up of digital images. I’m sure you all back up your pictures on a regular basis, but how? Do you still use a simple external hard drive or back up to DVD and...
View ArticleA place at the end of the road
There is a place in India where the road ends. It isn't even a proper road as the last six kilometers coming into the town are thick mud and you are unlucky enough to have to travel in the rainy season...
View ArticleHow, and do we represent the interests of those we photograph
Readers are quick to react when they feel a photographer has crossed the line and intruded into a subject's personal life. This is especially visible when victims of violence and their families are...
View ArticleWhen does a portrait represent the facts and when is it porn?
One of the pleasures of travel has always been to dive into new places where others are compelled to live and being able to come out unharmed to tell the stories of how great the trip was. However, if...
View ArticleUnder African Sky
Most people that go to Africa, especially if going on safari, will carry their biggest lens to capture the wild life. I was not going to fall into this trap. I am not a wild life photographer and...
View ArticleThe Lions and Gold of the Masai Mara
A multimedia slideshow from the Masai Mara and Lolgorian township, a local modern-life Masai town on the outskirts of the Mara game reserve. Created using the Fujifilm X100S camera.
View ArticleIndia’s Story of Triumph Over Polio
The story of India's polio immunisation campaign seen through the lens of five professional photographers sent to locations across the country to capture the essence of "the polio round' and show...
View ArticleLost in Translation | Executive Portrait
Mr. Peter Schuller is the global IT services director at McKinsey & Co. from Dusseldorf. He embodies what we could refer to as an 'executive on the move'. He spends a large part of his life in...
View ArticleNirmal And His Super Car
I met Nirmal on Badem hill one day last week as I drove up there to watch the sunset. He was sitting in this amazing looking car that he had built, listening to music with his wife Dyugo and their son,...
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