Blacked White - Part 2

Well, a friend of mine will be very happy to read the third blog of the month, even I don't know suddenly why I am so much into putting things in to words, trying to see things from different perspective, but I guess it is a positive change and I continue writing ...

Back in 2012, I published a collection of my black and white photos which are very close to my heart and also expressed my love for the black and white tone.So here is the second collection which is very special. 
All the below snaps were clicked in Nuremberg, Germany.


                                                             Dad, I want a better look ...

It reminds me so much of my childhood days when my parents asked me to sit on their shoulders to have a better looks

                                                                    

                                                                     Spread the smile... 

The guitarist

This guy was playing an amazing guitar in the altstadt Nuremberg. Luckily I was able to get this pic with the perfect pose

What's going on there?

Expressions..

Just love everyone's expression in this image... each one has a diff expression on his face

The basket of happiness

well, at the first look, I found it a bit strange to see the way this lady was carrying her baby..

The survival

Really sad to see that a physically fit person has to do this to survive...Definitely its better than begging, but still when you have strength, when you have life then you can surely do better

The joker

I observed this Joker for quite a while. He was not able to sell these balloons with diff shapes and that's the pain which I saw on his face. I was happy to see that in spite of his own pain, he was able to bring smile on faces pf plenty of kids....

Kids surely have some hidden power which helps you forget your sufferings, your pain.... The moment I saw this cute kid, it brought smile on my face :)

Each of the above snap has a special meaning and a message... some of them I tried to explain, rest you can define :) :)

A well of Wishes....

Today I was going through a Facebook wall of a friend. One message on her wall got my attention and after reading the message I was just amazed to realize that how we can connect our virtues, our qualities with components of nature, particles of this universe.

“Ret bhi na jaane kitni pyassi he…. Uski pyas na samundar ka paani bhuja paata he aur nahi hi baarish ka paani”

The status was so simple yet beautiful. When we put a human being in place of Sand and wishes as the thirst then we realize the depth of this message . Our wishes are just like the thirst of sand. Just like it, our wishes are unlimited. Once we achieve something, we already starts thinking about the next milestones. We buy a bike today and start thinking about how to buy a car. There are plenty of such people out there who are never satisfied with what they have or what they have achieved.

I am not saying that it is wrong to strive for something more. But should there be a limit to it? I know it is necessary to be thirsty to keep the pace with the society, to achieve new heights in life. But don’t you feel that it kills the joy of the success, thirst to fulfill the never ending wish makes you tired.

No one has seen the bottom of the well of wishes. No one know how deep he/she will have to go to in that well to reach the level of satisfaction, but the question still remains open is “whether we should define the limits to our wishes or we should stay thirsty, stay foolish and just follow the route to fulfill one wish after the other..?”

- jAI...

Why do I ??

When you have knack of something, often your mind will be full of various questions.....

1. How can I do it in a better way?

2. What will make the outcome unique?

3. How better can I serve my interests?

etc... 

But along with these, other thousand voices will join and ask you "Why you are doing this?", "there are thousand other guys in the market who can perform it in a much better way than you" ?

The society in which we live, these questions will often be raised and sometime you will be in dilemma of how to answer them...I have been asked so many times "Why do you do photography? "

This blog is an answer to all those people who asked me this question "Why do you... ?"

Photography for me is more than just capturing an image. It is my way to preserve  joy, emotions, feelings and a moment to cherish it for a life time. I do photography because it gives me a pleasure of living that time again which has passed already. I like to spend the important moments of my life to save the more valuable moments of my life... of others' life..... Photography helps me in finding beauty in small-small things whether it is a flower or a bird.. it helps me to define a meaning of each moment....I do not care if the photos which I capture are unique or I do not care if a similar photo has been already captured by someone else... All I know is it is my way to keep that moment, that picture somewhere safe so that I can live it again.....

That's why I do photography....

Back on the ground

It's been more than a year since last I grabbed that racket. Well I am talking about Squash. Finally after such a long break, today I went to Sportland to play Squash with my Adidas colleagues. Believe me, it was amazing to be back on the ground. I am happy that I didn't loose the touch yet. I was able to win 4 out 5 games...  :) :)

Life in Germany has been good so far and I know it will remain that way, as I am doing what I like.... Work in office is good. Luckily I got a chance to work in HANA which is basically the new technology introduced by SAP. The bad thing is once it is completely accepted in the market, then I will have to forget the technology on which I have been working from the last 5 years. Anyway will think about it later on...

Between I visited International Motor show held at Frankfurt. It was just superb . All the leading Car brands were there. Met Abhiram for the first time... He is a friend of Vinod. But didn't feel like I was meeting him for the first time... He was just perfect as host ..

Anyway time to go to bed now.... its been quite long time since I wrote something... 

But good night for now with a promise to bring something worth reading here soon :)

D - Day.....

Well, I am not talking about some specific date decided by FBI or any other agency to take down some big terrorist group J J. It is actually bigger than that. It is my Birthday. Yes, exactly 28 years before, I was bornJ.

When I look in to the past and collect the memories of my birthday, they were actually quite eventful. I used to get call from friends, relatives at 00:00 on my birthday. It was like everyone joined the race and want to be the first one to wish me. It was amazing fun. First remember birth dates of friends, stay awake till late night to wish them. These days all these have been completely changed. FB and whats app have replaced the calls. People don’t remember birth dates as FB has offered a feature which reminds the birth dates of friends and relatives. It has made life easy but don’t you feel that it was a different kind of feeling to remember the birth dates and wish them. I feel so. It actually makes birthdays special.

Anyway, the start of my birthday was quite good. Few relatives and friends were actually waiting to tick the clock to 00:00 in India to wish me. To my surprise, many of my friends actually remembered my birth date even when I have hidden it on FB. Believe me, it made my day.  My friend Advait realized that it was my birthday next day around 11.00 p.m. so he could not arrange a cake and asked me to cut a muffin. Well I loved it also …. I guess cake size never matters… but feelings does…

I gifted myself a headphones from Beats by Dr. Dre. 

I also joined a gym :) :) …. I also made a resolution that I will visit each and every amazing place in the world and click the pictures to capture the moment for the life time :) :)

So far… it has been an amazing day…. Lets see how it goes J J

Welcome the life :)

Life is full of uncertainty.confused??Don't worry, by the time you finish reading this, you will understand what exactly I am talking about.

That day when I woke up, I didn't know why but I felt “something is going to happen today and my life is going to change”...everything was just so beautiful that morning. Well generally I hate to go to office so early, but I was so much energised that day that I boarded the first bus to office. When I was lost in my thoughts, I got a call from one of my very close friend. She told me about her friend who was going through a rough phase and asked me to take care of her as she was in Pune. I didn't know her friend that well, but I had met her twice or thrice during the training in Mysore. I told my friend not to worry and asked her to inform her friend to meet me in food court. Generally I go to FC with my gujju friends, but that day they were all coming late (it was Monday, so generally everyone comes to office around 11).I was just entering the food court and then I saw her. The only word that came to my mind was “beautiful”.  I just couldn't take my eyes of her. It was not that I was seeing her for the first time, but there was something this time which was working like a magic. I was spell bound by her beauty. I wanted to dive in the ocean of her beautiful grey eyes. Her hair, her sharp features were just so perfect that even a poet wouldn't be able to describe it in words.... all of a sudden, it was not the gravity that was holding me to the planet, it was her. I was so much lost that I didn't even realise when she came to me. She asked me “hey, are you ok? You are standing here like a statue from the last ten minutes”. All I could manage was just to smile. She smiled and said “Let’s go..”.

By that time, I already knew that I was in love with her. I would do anything, be anything just to keep that smile on her face. After seeing conditions of my friends, I was so sure that I will never fall in love, but the moment I saw her I forgot everything. I knew that it was her who would either complete me or completely destroy me...

When I saw her smile, I realised why this morning was so special, why I came to office so early that day, why I got a call from my friend to meet her. This was bound to happen. Life has its own ways to surprise you. It has its own ways to fill a life to your moments. It arranges everything on its own to make your life special...

So keep smiling and be open to surprise. You never know what will be there in a store for you :) :)

wohh... i am still a kid :)

Well, I know the title is bit confusing...

When I was a child, I always use to wear would on one or the other part of my body....Sometimes on knees, sometimes on hand and sometime on face.... well the reasons were different all the time...Sometimes fights with other contributed to it and sometime a great fall from bicycle or my old sunny zip.. I know you all might be wondering why I am  telling you all these. 

Today I went out with my friends for a skate ride. Advait and Mahesh were on bike while I was skate..... Initially everything went fine until I reached the a slop. I was suddenly on the highest speed on skate and due to uneven stones on the footpath in a second I found myself kissing the floor. I was fortunate enough to save my head and shoulder up to some extent. But my knees had a major injuries. I saw bloods flowing out of the wounds and I was like its okay. But when I saw other people who actually were worried seen the blood, it made me realize how big the injury was. Two girls and one aunty was very kind to give the paper napkins to clean up the wound a bit.. I was still not feeling pain, but the worry on other people's face made me bit worried.

After coming home, we cleaned the wounds with savlon and applied the cream, but the blood kept flowing so I decide to visit the doctor first time in Germany. I was bit tensed to visit doctor, not because of the fear of injection but because of the language issue. But yeh somehow I managed it. Well frankly speaking, the doctors were more worried. They were like check this and that. If it is a fracture or not. Do you have pain here or not?? and all sort of questions were fired. I was surprised to see that there was a team of 5 (doctors and Nurses) who were attending me.... Well I can say the first visit of the doctor in Germany was bit scary. 

Well these wounds reminded me of my childhood. When I used to returned to home with wounds, mummy was the who got most worried. I am damn sure if she will come to know about this she will still feel same. I am glad that I am in germnay...

I  feel like I am still that kid.....or may be a grown up Kid ;)