I gave up on photographing birds and wildlife a few years ago and got rid of my 400mm lens which was used for the purpose. I hadn’t attempted in aiming the camera towards birds ever since. But last week, I spotted this line of Black Winged Stilts that made a charming line-up. They did not appear jittery about people walking at a safe distance. It was early morning and the sunlight was falling directly on them. Here is the resulting image.
I hope you are enjoying the year-end holidays. I just came back from a very enjoyable and fruitful photography tour, which I was leading through the cultural centers of a colourful Rajasthan. Here is one of the images from the trip, of sunrise at Gadisar Lake, Jaisalmer.
This article was written for Terrascape, a travel magazine where I write a monthly column on photography.
One of my long standing wish was to photograph the mendicants in Varanasi. I have been to Varanasi many times in the past, but in all these years, I was apprehensive to approach the sadhus with a camera. I had heard about short-tempered nature of many and was unsure about reaching out to them. I did not wish to photograph people from a distance either. As much as possible, I prefer to make conversations, know about the people I am photographing and keep them comfortable during the shoot. During the last visit, I decided to put my uneasiness aside and make an effort to approach them.
Instead of trying to connect with any mendicant I bump into on the river-front, I planned to meet them at their own residences. Obviously, the first step to doing this was asking permissions. I wasn’t very hopeful with being let in, but decided to try out anyway. To my surprise, the Guruji of one of the largest and well-known river-facing residence of the mendicants gladly consented to our request. Even better, the resident mendicants were happy to oblige to the camera.
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