Life through Frames!!!

Poster for 2012, being used by Lawyers Collective

Rediscovered Judas Priest driving back home this evening. Sometimes a stuck CD can be a blessing in disguise. Freaking Bliss!!!
Guess have had an Od of Sufi music ever since the Metallica concert was cancelled. Time to jump right back into it.

So the film crew is here, and we start shooting at 7 am tomorrow. Its going to be a hectic few days.

I need to get cracking on my website. Like Really!!

13th January 2012- The day Indian Cricket committed Suicide-
RIP

Have made huge strides the past week towards building my studio, finally purchased lights, light boxes, octave boxes, reflectors, back drops et al.
The only thing left is breaking the wall between the study and the living room, hopefully it will be all done by Mid Feb.

Bubble Wrap for the Fragile

Obviously, the homeless are a fragile lot, a fact which the Government of Delhi understands so well that just before the winter freeze set in, the Government decided to distribute bubble wraps instead of blankets to the homeless in Delhi.

Historically bubble wrap has been used to wrap fragile goods amongst other things (now the homeless) but wrapping the poor and homeless in bubble wraps was definitely a stroke of genius.

‘Ingenious ‘I am sure were the words that did the rounds in the Ministry, some one surely was also promoted and was even given a year’s bonus for his/her master class decision. Obviously bubble wrap was a wise economic decision, costing just 25 per sheet, it did save the government a lot of money.

The government justifying its stance claimed that the handing out the blankets was of no use as the poor drug addicts sold the said blankets for money, this coming from a government which very recently informed the Apex Court that “ we have closed down a lot of shelters in Delhi as there aren’t too many takers’?” A government that obviously lives in a wee bubble, wherein not only are there no homeless in Delhi, but also they definitely need no shelter!!

One just has to leave the confines of their comfortable homes and step out to see the plight of the homeless, people living by garbage disposal units burning garbage to keep them warm, inhaling fumes worse than those released from the confines of the Union Carbide Factory in Bhopal.

The homeless, yes! Are a fragile lot but they need shelters and blankets instead of bubble wraps, they need a sensitive government, not one that blatantly rapes its citizens to fill its coffers.

It was in December when we were shooting in Old Delhi, near Jama Masjid that LZ and i spotted this boy with crazy blue eyes on a cycle rickshaw. We both were awestruck by his face and his eyes.  We both wanted to shoot him, but couldn't coz we were in our car and stuck in a jam.
As time passéd that moment was forgotten, till yesterday, we chanced upon the boy again. LZ did shoot him yesterday through the box camera,  but i need to go back there and shoot him.

 A  cold yet lazy Sunday being spent in my study.
Working with LZ on a Canadian documentary on homeless children in Delhi, and its heart wrenching.
The actual shoot is mid jan but we have been spending the past few days meeting NGO's and visiting shelters. Honestly its really really sad to see the plight of the poor and homeless in Delhi.
Came back from my shoot last evening and broke down.

Also manage to shoot the ' Hands that shape the World' Version 2011
A Series of 4 shots.

Star Trails.

Pointing North

So i am finally back, a week in the forests of Naurangiya and decently refreshed i am back to reality.

To be honest its been a good trip. Even though i partially shot star strails i am a wee bit disappointed with the results.
I have no one but me to blame ( lets not discount the dew). Even though i knew dew would be a factor, i did believe i could counter the same. But then again nature is much stronger than a man's will and i was beaten hands down.
The result i could never expose the sensor for more than 24 mins.
And the only time i did (65mins) the dew destroyed the exposure.
Shall post some pictures soon enough