I am currently on an extended visit of my home country India for reasons I blogged about here. Over the past several months I have been an active member of the Hyderabad Photography Club Group on Flickr although most of it being virtual as I live in the US. A fairly large group of us got together yesterday evening on a very short notice for an HPC tradition – the Photo Walk. I finally got to meet the people behind the Flickr handles that I have gotten to know over the past few months. It was a lot of fun and I was made to feel right at home in the tried and true Hyderabadi spirit which is unique to this city. Here are a few images from that photo walk.
Posts Tagged: Travel
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Mar 10
An evening of fun with my new/old Flickr friends
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Jan 10
Seating for 2 [@ the MOMA in NYC]
I visited New York City just before Thanksgiving holidays. It was my first trip to the city after 12 years. It was a little over 12 years ago (August 12th 1997) that I first set foot in the United States. I did not get to see anything that day as I had a connecting flight to catch. This time I wanted to take in as much as humanly possible. The hotel we were staying in was right next door to MOMA and naturally was the first place to go see. I was pleased to see quite a few users of film cameras hanging around and one adventurous soul even had his Rolleiflex with him.
The above photo was taken just outside the area where crowds were gathered for a sneak peak of Tim Burton’s Exhibit. It was open only for members and select guests of MOMA so we were a bit disappointed. I did however manage to grab some cool information cards from the exhibit. The chairs were occupied all the time, but when I saw that they were empty for a brief moment I just had to swing the camera around and grab a quick shot. What do you think?
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Jan 10
Seeing what others miss and making it your own
I was telling someone over lunch that photography changed the way I look at the world. Before I purchased my first camera, I would go around my business, never took in my surroundings, and almost always never interacted with locals. That changed after I started photographing, I started noticing and appreciating my surroundings more and more. When I look at a building I wonder what was the architect thinking when he drew the plans. When I look at an old and decaying tree stump I try to look for the beauty in its rotting structure. That was the case when I took the photo above. I was coming back from a weekend trip to Lake Patoka about which I blogged last year and instead of barreling down the interstate I decided to take one of the side roads. This road was not paved at all. It was gravel and the going was a bit rough. As I kept driving down this path I noticed this meadow to my left and how beautiful it looked as the sun was rising. I pulled to the side of the road, set up my camera, and got to work before the sun got too high and the light too harsh. The camera I used was a Hasselblad 500C/M with a 60mm Distagon Lens + Polarizer and the film used was Fuji NPC160 Color Print Film. I am sure many have driven down that gravel road before, but I don’t think anyone ever stopped where I did and took a photograph to preserve that moment in time and space. This photo has given me ideas for other projects that I plan to pursue this year.
Your landscapes are around you. You don’t have to travel to some exotic locale or National Park – look around you, keep your camera handy, and more importantly keep your eyes open.
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Nov 09
Mira’s first trip to NYC
Mira and I visited New York city this past week to see Julie who was already there for a meeting. From what I can tell Mira loved the city. We stayed at a hotel close to Times Square and pretty much walked around checking out the sights. We spent a whole morning in Central Park and could manage only to cover about 20% of it. The above is a photo of Mira at the Bethesda Fountain. Unfortunately the roll of film I shot got ruined by Airport X-Rays (my on fault) and only has a few usable frames.
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Nov 09
Mira Having fun at White Oaks Cabins
Some images of Mira that I took while we were staying at the White Oaks Cabins at Patoka Lake.
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Aug 09
When it rains the brave go out and photograph!
Gothic Chapel – Crown Hill Cemetery, originally uploaded by PK Koduri.
Yesterday was an interesting day weather wise for Indianapolis and surrounding areas. I was working with some friends when suddenly the sky opens up with a torrential downpour accompanied by strong wind gusts. We were done meeting around 1:00 PM in the afternoon. Even though it was still raining, I headed home grabbed my camera and ran to Crown Hill Cemetery, the 3rd largest in the United States and the final resting place for President Benjamin Harrison and other notable figures that made Indiana home. I thought the grey overcast skies, the wet roads, and the empty cemetery would allow me to take some neat photographs. I wasn’t worried about my camera getting wet but I did make sure that I the areas where water could get in were well protected. I also took my handheld meter just in case to make sure I had the right exposure values even though the built-in-meter was working. I wasn’t disappointed by my outing. Although the wind took out some trees and there were dead branches everywhere I was still able to get around without much trouble and the best part I had the cemetery all to myself and the best vantage points were empty with no tourists wandering into your carefully composed shot at the last minute. The photo you see above is that of the Gothic Chapel on the Cemetery grounds. Here are the technical details of the photo:
Camera Used: Canon Canonet QL17 GIII
Film: Fuji Neopan 400
Exposure: 1/30 sec @ F/16
Developer: Kodak HC110 at 68ºF for 10 minutes
Scanner: Nikon Coolscan 8000 at 2000 dpi, adjustments and final edits made in Lightroom and Photoshop.
For more information on Crown Hill Cemetery please visit their website at http://www.crownhill.org
Other photos from that same shoot at Crown Hill Cemetery:
