So many things I got to say… (Pt. II)

Madhu got married. So has his sister Nita. I think it was just a little less than a month ago. As usual, I was the photographer, and Achyut was with video. There were two more people for video, brothers, but I forgot their names. They are very good, but I found one major thing I’d do differently. I know they are right, but still, I have my own techniques. They talk a lot. All three of them. They like to engage in conversation with the subject when they are shooting. I like to let them alone – get there, shoot and move out. As if you were never there. Not possible most of the time, but still… that way you get what they were doing; at least that’s what I think. Their idea should bring your subjects’ concentration to camera rather than what they were doing. Nonetheless they got much better pics than I did :(. I wish I could comment on what went on during the events, but I find that bit difficult, considering that it was more than 3 weeks ago. Ah, me and my failing memory. But I do remember I was around for less than an hour on Nita’s wedding. It was a Nepal bandh on that day, so I had to walk for half an hour to get to his home. And then, I had to get to office after the event. I have learnt one thing in office about bandh. If you live within half an hour’s walking distance from office, you had better be at the office on those bandhs, if you do not want awkward questions. If you are not seriously ill, you better be in office. And this day was particularly special. People were ready to come all the way from Thimi, walking. And I had to go.

Anyway, just about a week after their wedding, I had to go to Janakpur. It was a very short trip, just 4 days, nothing to report from there, except that I got a very close sight of the underbelly of the mighty MI17 – not to mention its powerful rotor-blast.

That’s about it I have for this post. Wait, there is one more thing. Something I saw today, just about two hours ago. It’s a portrait, but it was not what took my attention. It was the eyes, the right eye in particular. From the reflection in the cornea, I could tell two light sources, right side being the master light with fill-in from the left side, both of them above the eye as well as the camera. But I couldn’t tell how that effect came to be. I mean, if the frame did not betray it, no one would tell the spectacles. You must have seen some specs without metallic rims – Just two pieces of lens joined by metallic looking bridge and two holders. The edges of lens just merged with the skin under it. I liked that effect. I will never know if I could do that. Not without two separate light sources.

And finally, if you are still guessing what those acronyms in my first post means… HPGoF is Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire. HPOotP is, you must have guessed by now, Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix.

That’s it for this entry. I know this is not a good entry, but at least it is an entry.