An evening with pigeons at Amber Fort, Jaipur.
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A tryst with cell-phone camera & photography in Hampi.
I was at Hampi last weekend, leading a photography tour to capture the heritage sites and landscapes of the ancient town. While I was there, I decided to use a cell-phone camera seriously for the first time to see if it can be a viable tool for photography during impromptu situations. Here is a collection of images I made during the three days, and my analysis on using a cell-phone camera.
I used a Samsung Galaxy SIII for this shoot, but this isn’t meant to be review of this specific phone camera. Also, some of these images were also shot using digital zoom, which deteriorates the quality of images considerably. These images are not meant to be assumed as a demo of phone-camera’s image quality in general.
A sunrise in Hampi, captured with a cell-phone camera.
Mountains of Ladakh, seen from an aircraft window..
I witnessed this magical moment of crossing a river’s path from high up in the air, when I was returning after concluding a photography tour of the winter landscapes of Ladakh. I wasn’t really looking to shoot through the aircraft window, as the haze/clouds during the day really spoils the opportunity to make good images. It was 10.30 already and the sun was high up, but Ladakh’s air was remarkably clear and seeing the river from 30,000 feet up in the air was a moment not to be forgotten. I was sitting by the window, but my camera was packed and put away in my bag. I grabbed my neighbour’s camera and quickly fired a few shots. Here is one of them.
