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Welcome to my Photo Gallery
To a photographer, the photograph is not just a picture of somebody or some object; it is the "moment" itself. Every photograph
reminds of some moment back in time, some good old memory. As if they are some sort of time machine; isn't it? That's why I call them
"Priceless Moments".
Priceless Moments - They not only change your life - They change the way you think about life!
Sunrise in Denver - from the Hilton
I took this photograph from the porch of my room in the Hilton Denver. It was around 5:30AM in the morning and the Sun was just peeking out. You might have
seen such photographs elsewhere, but ever tried taking one yourself? Taking such a picture provided me a lot of lessons of photo capturing. It's more of a
state of mind and religion than just a hobby. Especially a photograph like a sunrise requires lot of preparation. This is because the sunrise stays only for
a very little moment (about a few seconds only). And during those few seconds, you have to be very quick with all the settings and ready to take the perfect
picture that would just look great with a clear "shining ring". And if you miss the moment, you have to wait for the whole next day. This makes this kind
of photography very involving and fun!
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Gilroy Farm Lands
While I haven't been much in Gilroy (waiting for the next garlic festival and take some good snaps there), but it's so near that almost any long drive to
the south of bay area goes via Gilroy, and the vast green farm lands of Gilroy are breath taking. The best time to take some good snaps of Gilroy's vast
farm lands are spring mornings. Can you believe, I took this picture when my friend was driving the car at 75mph! and I only work with semi automatic
cameras. Since I travel a lot, they are easy to carry and yet powerful enough to produce just the right quality of results!
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Zabriske's Point - Death Valley
This is one of my favorite pictures. I took this picture from the Zabriske's Point in Death Valley. It's considered to
be one of the top 10 vista points in the Northern Hemisphere! Taking this picture was again as challenging as my previous
pictures like those sunset and sunrise pictures. This is because, the best time to take such pictures are the dawn or the
dusk, and both of them are available to any photographer for only a few moments. What you are seeing is how Zabriske's Point
looks at 5AM in the morning, just before the sun shows up with the bright light rays. It's an amazing experience rising just
before the sunrise when it's total dark and going to such a point to take a picture along with almost 50 or more professional
photographers, some of whom travel all the way from Europe and other parts of the world for taking a glimps of one such moment
and trying to capture the most of it with a shot!
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Sunset at Venice Beach
Sunsets come really good with a wide angle camera. Unfortunately I don't have that much liberty to carry full camera equipments with me. But given the fact
that I took this picture with a normal point and shoot camera, by creating a small plane block of sand to act as a stand for me, I think the picture was
worth sharing with everybody :-). Especially because even with such low end stuff, if you are passionate about something, you can make it happen!
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The Lonely Moon
I have been to LA area many times (just because I like it and happen to have lot of my business going on there too!). I took this picture when I was at
the Universal Studios. Yeah, I have lots of pictures of Universal, but wanted to put this one for everybody to show how difficult taking a moon picture can
be, especially when you have a point and shoot camera. Moon pictures particularly need a camera stand and telephoto lenses. But I took this picture with a
normal camera and with no stand or extra lenses! The picture came good for the fact that it's not hazy. One thing that you will see while taking night
photographs with a normal camera is that you tend to shake and so end up getting a shaky picture! But believe me, keep on practising and you will gradually
develop a stable hand to take such pictures. The point of taking any picture is fun it gives and living that moment, not the picture itself. So keep
practising and enjoy :-)
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Hot Miami
One of my assignments happened to be in Miami, which gave me a lot of time to explore the wonderful beaches and downtown
of Miami. I took this picture from a freeway near the Miami Airport. You can see the downtown area with the sun rays
cutting through the clouds. I tried the panaromic settings in my camera to take a wide photograph, but I liked this one
because panaromic software tricks still are unable to capture what a full wide angle camera can. If you'd have worked with
wide angle and telephoto lenses you'll understand what I mean to say. Any how, the point is, as always, the moment that
fills electricity in you when you see such things - a camera just captures a tiny part of it...
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Lady Liberty
Now you'd say that what's new about this picture. Well, nothing new, except that I took it :-)). And believe me I took
it from a helicopter! yes you read it right a helicopter. If you are a road warrior like me and have little time and lot
of fun to do, a helicopter ride is the best way to check out places that would otherwise take one full day in New York. It costs around
a hundred bucks and is definitely worth checking out! I took this picture from the helicopter glass window and you can
see that it came out pretty well! You just need to keep your camera lense almost touching the window (so that your picture
doesn't capture your own shadow), and keep the camera at high speed with large aperture and focal length set to infinity. Also don't zoom
as that would lead to shaky pictures. Ensure to take as many pictures as you can because you never know which one would come just the best.
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Sunset in the Grand Canyon Jungle
I took lot of good shots at Grand Canyon, but while choosing the one that should go here, I chose this one that doesn't
even show the Grand Canyon! The reason is that shooting this particular picture was a bit of a challenge. With a point
and shoot camera and very minimum lighting conditions, and yet with no camera stand and other gadgets, when you try
to take such picture, you either end up taking a shot of the bushes or just total darkness. It took a lot of years of
practise for me to perfect this skill with a point and shoot camera and realize this kind of a jungle picture. I would
strongly suggest others to try taking such shots as they are really a lot of fun than taking the normal scenic pictures.
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Lake Oroville Waterfall
Lake Oroville is one of the California's premier recreation lakes. With lot of fishing spots and recreational areas there
was simply so much fun things to do there that I couldn't take many shots. I took this shot from almost 5000 feet away
and the real challenge was keeping the camera steady. This is because the best waterfall pictures are the ones that are
able to capture the intense movement of water of the waterfall. Due to this you either need to be near the fall, or use zoom.
In addition, you need to be extremely steady while taking the photograph because waterfall pictures come really good and capture
the movement of water at a low speed rather than a high speed. But the challenge then becomes to keep the hand steady during a
low speed shoot.
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Mojavi Desert
I took this picture while my road/fun trip to the Death Valley. The beauty of Mojavi Desert lies in the absolute wilderness
it provides! I wish I had a wide angle lens when taking this picture as it was so vast that I just couldn't capture it with
my own eyes what to talk about the camera!
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