Park Hotel

These are few of the photos of Park Hotel, where I'll be having my photo exhibition. My photos are amatuer because most of the selected photos were taken 2 or 3 years back shot with normal compact digital camera. Now that I am using a high-end DSLR hopefully I'll take more beautiful photos hereafter...

Hello!

I am writing after a long gap... My life have been very eventful all these days and very interesting things happened! I bought my first DSLR Canon EOS D40 for a neat 84K and Sigma wide angle lens and Sigma telephoto lens (both from Chandani Chowk, Delhi)! Ah!!! I am so happy....I still didn't get the hang of my new camera.....I am just playing with it, hopefully I'll be able to fully master it soon.

My life had a dramatic turning point...I met Ashish Chopra through Lisa-di and he offered me to be one of the 3 photographers to showcase their photos in a food festival organised by him for free in Park Hotel, Delhi! What could be sweeter than that! He is a wonderful person; gregarious, friendly and very optimistic about life. I also met the other photographer, Amit Singha, another awesome man....

This is my stepping stone and I have been given such a grand platform that even many other budding photographers don’t get! I am so happy at the moment, I am trying my best to do what I can...rest is with destiny! This will be my life's first photography exhibition!!!
 

Whosoever is reading this, please be welcome to come and see for yourself, not only mine and other photographers' displays but also to enjoy the 8 days ongoing food festival with lots of cultural and other extravaganzas put in which will be held from 7th to 14th of December.... Welcome ^___^

*for 23k and 17k respectively 

Old photos

The above photo was taken  2 years back with Sony point and shoot camera....
I love taking pictures of flowers and macro objects. It gives me a sense of achievement and opens up a whole new world to me. I am at peace whenever I concentrate to take macro shots.....
Wish I had more powerful camera and lens to capture macro/micro organism/particles clearly.

I am such a novice and just learning, I am not even sure if these photos has the quality to be shared online... Well since it is a personal blog, I'm only documening my life with photos and leaving a part of me and my personal life open to the world (a bit scary)...

I wanted a digital camera for a very long time so finally I got my first Digital camera in 2005 -Sony DSC T-33, which I bought from Palika Bazar, CP, Delhi for Rs.15'000 in grey, without any warranty otherwise it would have cost me more. 

I gave the camera to my older brother and got my second camera- Nikon Coolpix S4 which I got from Pune for about Rs. 27'000...
Digital cameras are fun. I played a lot with all the settings and I feel like having more control...
Now, very soon I am planning to get a DSLR and I am very excited about it.

Below are some older photos from 2005 mostly. Actually I lost 95% of my older photos from HDD crashes and these I found in my friend and sister's HDD, so here it is...
This was the time I clicked anything and everything. Everything excited me. Seeing my photo live was very trilling for me.  
I tried to remove the time stamp on Photoshop but left some as it is for personal sentimental value...

 Ampi has been my model since the time I got my first Digital camera to till date. In fact, we went to buy Sony DSC T-33 together from Palika Bazar, Delhi.

My first macro trial shot! Significant for me at least. I started enjoying macro because with our naked eyes, we usually cannot see those tiny details but suddenly, digital made it possible for me.

It was a lovely evening... We were having chai and aloo chop in JNU, Sabarmati Dhaba and then I saw the way Ampi's hair was highlighted against the evening sun rays, it looked beautiful. I tried to capture the golden glow...

We are (were) a regular customer in this tea chain called Passion, in Priya, Delhi. I love the place. It has one of the best chai and snacks.

Slow shutter. This cat was sleeping under a table in Tapi Hostel's dining room. He snarled at me for disturbing him. Nevertheless, I love cats so took his photo. 

Pigeon outside Arunachal Bhawan...

 My furry friend- Piano as a pup...

 My cat- Kali and her husband who frequents the house...

The mighty Kali napping...

An attempt at water colour. I am not a good artist but I like to paint and draw and I just enjoy the process. The end result may not always be what I had on my mind...

 

Lots of mosquitoes bit me for these attempts... I went outside at night and took these with flash on in the dark.

I found this bee dead while on an evening walk.. It just made me sad... I was reading Dr. Brian Weiss's books at that time...I got the dead bee and put it on a dead twig and kept in my room. Weird...yes...

My older sister posing for me... 

I love making my own concoction of tea and I don't know if it has any medicinal value or is harmful...I like tea as it is. This one is made with very little green tea leafs with dried orange peel and wild mint. 

My village- Gori, Basar, a view from Kargo Basar Brighten School.

 Taj Mahal