PHOTOduniya Projects – Preface
From time to time, various facts of life inspire us to think more, to dig deep and find some meaning. Often the pictures give a message and sometimes they just becomes memories. Whatever be the situation, each provide an inspiration to explore. Many a times, my readers would prompt me to think! And then to take up my camera. It’s always interesting to have a new perspective on the same subject, or sometimes, if I am fortunate, have a new subject or composite altogether.
The current …

He calls himself “Top”. If you are in San Francisco downtown, wandering in the evening amongst the sky scrapers, you could hear Top playing his saxophone. The sound echoes through the chasmic streets of the city that just called it a day.
 
Top on his saxophone
 

 
It’s a part of my new project to look deeper into some of these artists. Top is very serious about the music, about the message and his creation. Much like top, there are others. A lot of others along various roads and street corners.
 

 
The project and …

National Geographic published an article back in January 2006 on the grandeur of the Grand Canyons. The article, aptly named, The Unexpected Canyon (http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0601/feature3/), with photographs from Mike Nichols, reveals the immense possibility of challenges and discoveries that the canyons still hold for us. Apart from being a geological treasure chest that reveals of our past and evolution, the grand canyon has been a strong beckon to tourists, explorers, hikers, naturalists and climbers for ages. The fact that US government has preserved the land in its own shape and …

For a long time I have photographed streets of New York City, from the sky scrapers to the amazement of the tourists staring at them. New York City, as I have heard numerous people say, has a charm of it’s own, be it the pizza, the Central Park or the artists sitting alongside the roads. When the days are dominated by busy tourists and performers, the night time New York City had a flavor of it’s own. The dazzling neons of the Broadway is hard to forget. Numerous photographers wait …

Late May and there was still some snow on the peaks around Lake Tahoe. Over 7000 feet the snow was quite thick and the melting was heavy too. This is a view from the Logan Shoals Vista Point, about a couple of miles north west of Heavenly.
 
Logan Shoals Vista Point
 

The Logan Shoals Vista Point offers magnificent photo opportunities. With the blue lake surrounded by the peaks across and the rugged coastline on the western border, the ideal time to shoot would be very early morning or at twilight. With a …