tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30491338553068634822024-03-04T21:32:43.147-08:00Sudha PillaiThe text and digital images files may not be reproduced, copied, stored, manipulated or used (whole or in part) without written permission, since it is subjected to India and International Copyright laws.sudha pillaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134922084609927235noreply@blogger.comBlogger203125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049133855306863482.post-81108783800918165502013-08-01T00:20:00.004-07:002013-08-01T04:36:02.907-07:00SHOOTING PORTRAITS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I enjoy taking 'people pictures', more so when they are not looking into the camera. There is something magical about candid photos. I try and bring the element of 'candidness' in my so-called studio-portrait shots. Of course you have to have the subject looking into the camera at least in a few frames. </div>
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There are few things I do before shooting portraits.</div>
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1. Know something about the person. Their likes and dislikes. What music they listen to; are they an extrovert or an introvert....the kind of work they do etc. This will help you to understand how much of the envelope you can push; the kind of expressions you can get from the subject and that which will suit the subject.... For example the gentleman in this picture is a huge fan of metal music; he has an image of a rough and tough kinda guy. Soft lighting, mellow expressions etc are not for him :) He agrees too :)</div>
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2. You also need to have a clear understanding of the purpose of the end product. This is important for you. This will help you decide the clothes, accessories, background and other paraphernalia that goes into setting the mood of the pic.</div>
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3. The night before the shoot I usually draw a broad outline of where I am going to shoot, the lighting, poses etc.<br />
4. Planning the lighting is important. Natural, strobes or is it going to be just reflectors. In this shoot all I used was a single reflector and that too not in all the frames. Some pics were shot outdoors. The sun was covered by fluffy clouds -naturally diffusing the light.<br />
5. Keep the person engaged while shooting. I am not the overtly chatty kind. But I do have a conversation with the subject. If I feel the person is not showing any nerves and would rather prefer silence then I cut down on my conversation and let the person be. You won't believe, how many people would like to be left alone and not have the photographer indulge in a constant stream of jibber-jabber.</div>
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6. I try and explain to the person, wherever possible, what I am doing. Make them a part of the process. Again, play it by the ear. If the person is not interested in knowing, you don't have to tell.<br />
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Finally, I like to have a few laughs and lots of fun when I am shooting. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Raj Kumar coaches the 9 women boxers that Bangalore has. The youngest joined last month -she's nine-and-a-half years old.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span class="hasCaption"><br />Sometimes when you are in doubt the best thing to do is to stay still :</span></div>sudha pillaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134922084609927235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049133855306863482.post-85671135441561485242012-06-04T20:39:00.000-07:002012-06-04T20:39:11.844-07:00Wheels of colour<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Contemporary representation of the 'Bird's eye view'.</div>sudha pillaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134922084609927235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049133855306863482.post-53964733508729598692012-05-26T21:27:00.002-07:002012-05-26T21:27:42.435-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two days ago I went to a quaint little chocolate factory; this photo was shot there. Surrounded by tempta-licious goodies I realized how much I missed baking and making chocolates. Over the years, I had let myself be gobbled up by the business of day-to-day living and forgotten all the things that I did, which gave me immense satisfaction. That's when I decided to spend Sundays doing none of the things that I usually did during the rest of the week. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It took me more than 20 years to get over my fear of water. I have been learning to swim the past two weeks. It's been difficult, but I have begun to enjoy the water and swim a wee-bit too :) It's a nice feeling to realize that you have actually begun to enjoy what you once feared dearly....</td></tr>
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Hannah getting ready for a bath. Is she a Hannah? I don't know....but she definitely looks and feels like a Hannah to me :)</div>sudha pillaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134922084609927235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049133855306863482.post-36376740949338733012012-04-20T08:12:00.001-07:002012-04-23T20:14:45.074-07:00Low Rhyderz<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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They are the first hip hop band from Bangalore. A delightful bunch of young men with great manners and even greater passion for music. And yeah, their sounds rock!</div>sudha pillaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134922084609927235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049133855306863482.post-30140559559818339082012-04-11T20:11:00.000-07:002012-04-23T20:21:02.096-07:00Emotions in monochrome<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This was taken in Bangalore. The little girls were having fun playing in the land-fill area. No fancy toys for them, just each other for company resulting in lots of laughter and joy.</div>
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Meenakshi and Arvind Raju. The bro-sis duo behind The Biere Club, Bangalore's first microbrewery. They also find a place in the list of Young Acheivers, Society Annual 2012</div>
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This picture is of a girl who was my house help. A pretty woman, full of beans. A free spirit at heart, but bound by her environment -poverty, lack of education, religious and societal norms. But her eyes speak volumes of unrealized dreams bubbling within.</div>
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Dreaming of blue skies, green trees and swinging branches; of playmates and play dates...<br />
He was the one I encountered first when I entered the Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Bangalore. He was in a cage, enjoying the sun and contemplating on monkey-life.<br />
He was rescued by the shelter and is being rehabilitated. In a week or two he'd be released into the forest to join his family.<br />
Maybe he was dreaming of that day.</div>sudha pillaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134922084609927235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049133855306863482.post-21456383394409853202012-02-07T11:06:00.000-08:002012-02-07T11:13:45.541-08:00Here's to natural light :)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzw0ZuSyheO5MOmn-9ENZa6X8n8PgY3bRVKzcE2oStrecoBEJfgP4lVKToiKdT8hZMDpbxy8u-OTDJEJ59gRcM2PckSaexh3ArxOqzeImq8rRkPR0aCHDrhrQGaFZNhXEhZ_35kJnoNAVJ/s1600/natgeo.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzw0ZuSyheO5MOmn-9ENZa6X8n8PgY3bRVKzcE2oStrecoBEJfgP4lVKToiKdT8hZMDpbxy8u-OTDJEJ59gRcM2PckSaexh3ArxOqzeImq8rRkPR0aCHDrhrQGaFZNhXEhZ_35kJnoNAVJ/s400/natgeo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706473963929085586" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="messageBody"><br />For a long time I resisted using artificial lights while shooting. I enjoyed the challenges of shooting in available light. Then I discovered that shooting with strobes can be equally challenging and fun -it's akin to painting with light. But, every now and then I go back to my roots -i.e shooting in available light.<br /><br />Today, I did an interesting food shoot at Zaffran on St.Marks Road, Bangalore; foods that are made with ingredients considered aphrodisiacs. It's for the Sunday edition of Bangalore Mirror. Will post the pics and recipes here: www.su-kitchen.blogspot.com<br /><br />This was shot in between shots at the food shoot. There was beautiful, soft, natural light filtering through large windows -delightful!<br /><br />Compose, focus and click -shooting in natural light is that easy :)</span>sudha pillaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134922084609927235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049133855306863482.post-81654003766375231202012-02-01T01:29:00.000-08:002012-02-01T01:31:45.114-08:00Colourful monsoons<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1ID7fJ7LGruzITxhbODzNK4VpkUA4-Sxm4F2SWPo8wW5F93bvggKICyA4LTjZWWnckZ-cZo2FHJKA87NIQChXPywQjXP80wlwe90KMxrYudr21AJM8XMH07x_Mxb7ApS8PTlVLUvX-eM/s1600/WOMAN+IN+THE+RAIN.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1ID7fJ7LGruzITxhbODzNK4VpkUA4-Sxm4F2SWPo8wW5F93bvggKICyA4LTjZWWnckZ-cZo2FHJKA87NIQChXPywQjXP80wlwe90KMxrYudr21AJM8XMH07x_Mxb7ApS8PTlVLUvX-eM/s400/WOMAN+IN+THE+RAIN.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704097132949973970" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Rains bring out the 'ugly' in the city: dirty roads, clogged drains, concrete buildings turn a gloomy grey in the rains. But here it brought out the colours of the city. 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It had begun to rain. I was at the traffic signal when I saw school children rushing through the narrow gate of the school. There were peeling film posters on the walls of the school -a common sight in Bangalore. The entire image was wrapped by the water droplets on my car windshield. I love this imagesudha pillaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134922084609927235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049133855306863482.post-23534594742365656952012-01-22T07:36:00.000-08:002012-01-22T07:39:29.794-08:00My daddy bestest !<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX83JR4aIDkKUtUGhJ88n7UbddTJcSk7obTbs1mKfopH9jVNS4a_g-q73DcmVGNlRYu_gilBSakuGwmbm6QmkFdQ1WuxAk0bVAhyOTTmtNsrXo-irY0rCbPEHXPzqEmcx6w5hQV2lgo9Pq/s1600/boy+and+dad.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 308px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700480832440353170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX83JR4aIDkKUtUGhJ88n7UbddTJcSk7obTbs1mKfopH9jVNS4a_g-q73DcmVGNlRYu_gilBSakuGwmbm6QmkFdQ1WuxAk0bVAhyOTTmtNsrXo-irY0rCbPEHXPzqEmcx6w5hQV2lgo9Pq/s400/boy+and+dad.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>sudha pillaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134922084609927235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049133855306863482.post-41736561663600017172012-01-22T07:30:00.000-08:002012-01-22T07:35:13.812-08:00Curry fans from Korea<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvG5zfZm214qwobMrpKvfqf5wArlnT0Ewlzy0HXxaQ_HP_34Q9XftkwjLthv-sDpzexRJzdnBCCLpF4rQpklrXfZu00uhpQOvKJW07167N5mzJ4EgZ3L73PhZ4ZDTXA-8ArkLJdeHZdNE/s1600/k.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 322px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700479602639586194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvG5zfZm214qwobMrpKvfqf5wArlnT0Ewlzy0HXxaQ_HP_34Q9XftkwjLthv-sDpzexRJzdnBCCLpF4rQpklrXfZu00uhpQOvKJW07167N5mzJ4EgZ3L73PhZ4ZDTXA-8ArkLJdeHZdNE/s400/k.jpg" /></a><br />A scene straight from a Korean Huckleberry Finn or some such classics of yore?? :) Apparently the Koreans love Indian curry<br />Seven youngsters had come to Bangalore from Korea to experience Indian cuisine. There was a cooking workshop/demonstration at Tattva by Chef <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chefsanjay" saprocessedanchor="true" hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1421654474">Sanjay Tyagi</a>. This pic was taken at the end of the demo. The Koreans love curry and naan and how....<br />You can read the story here:<br /><a href="http://www.su-journaljottings.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-indian-rope-trick-is-curry.html#links">http://www.su-journaljottings.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-indian-rope-trick-is-curry.html#links</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDx_4hY5iT0vZa_nFplp2ENtKHfv34qI6RJq_zRN0Spq5vzwScOFBj0Kn0HpL1kyGoWgqzxhn-IC3DgQsJun6FWzchCaTo7HkuJ7si9NIUhY0Zk9wNKE2GwDAHaHX1VKgriEp6uGZjRqc/s1600/k.jpg"></a>sudha pillaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134922084609927235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049133855306863482.post-57708094872174647522011-12-15T21:54:00.000-08:002011-12-15T21:56:17.671-08:00A sister's take on her transgender brother<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhXG4PDJShi2uZUZw-pqiHJd5Wo7S-QEp8ZNG7u27_K6v3AS4spJEWU4P6b_dfUJORphXJmuYCGc5RqIGhvt9jnfieqyG1nbOqv_YYHZh8k5462_4ql2B4Nt5Mwg1SaEzlisPYmF8O9As9/s1600/sudhapp.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhXG4PDJShi2uZUZw-pqiHJd5Wo7S-QEp8ZNG7u27_K6v3AS4spJEWU4P6b_dfUJORphXJmuYCGc5RqIGhvt9jnfieqyG1nbOqv_YYHZh8k5462_4ql2B4Nt5Mwg1SaEzlisPYmF8O9As9/s400/sudhapp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686600690305502562" border="0" /></a><br />This story refuses to get out of my head. One of the most poignant ones that I'd written in recent times. There are so many layers to it that 800 words could do no justice to this extraordinary life. 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