Lazy Photos

Now, this is my favourite photo! There I was wandering around the harbour trying to figure out the fish chain (there are an amazing number of middlemen between the ish in the sea and the fish on your table) and not throw up with the stink when I see this woman who had made herself so comfortable...this best part was the wicked look in her eyes! She knew she had done something cute! the bustling habour is the perfect backdrop...with man with the mobile phone in the front.... 

A pile of waste fish..topped by a bottle! luckily these creatures did not die without a purpose...the waste fish is pounded into feed for poultry. So the next time you eat a chicken...you have probably also eaten one of these.... 

This was the first time I have seen a shell with the animal still in it! I was also fasinated by the way the animal seemed to follow the curve of the shell and it seemed to match the colours of its shell! 

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Hey...I know there are a lot of work related photos here but it wont always be work related....my favourite topic is nature...and specifically trees! So, it will be a misture of everything that catches my eye!

ok..will be a little more clear about my cameras. All the photos you have seen below were taken on my digital. It is a casio 4 megapixel. Of course, the credit has to go to my sister whose camera it was and she gave it to me on my last birthday! So I have been very trigger happy after that!

My photos taken on the SLR are all prints and I have to scan them in before I can upload them.

As for the roliflex...my father let me take it only once! My most favourite and precious photo was taken on that camera.....will scan it in and share it only when I am ready...:-) I had once blown up that picture to about 3x3 feet. It was mela (fair) time in school and we had used 9 10x12 sheets....placed the enlarger in such a way that we could blow it up in the small confines of the darkroom..neatly arranged the sheets...then had to develop each one of them....and then stick them all together. It was displyed during the mela and then I gave it to my Japanese classmate who was leaving school...I hope she still has it.

Another view of the harbour...... 

The photo below was a village landing site. This is of the Nagapattinam harbour. How many times we were told in school that the class was making too much noise and we sounded like a fish market? Now I know what a fish market sounds like! I also know what a fish market smells like.... 

Two middlemen checking out the catch for the day! The men bring in the fish and the women auction it. 

Here...(between the trawlers and the people sorting waste fish) is the traditional boat...the kattamaran.....or popularly known as the catamaran. Two members of a family take one of these and venture out in the sea.....but here we have a crow trying to figure out how to get it out to the sea. 

This is what the average fisherman would have...a fiber reinforced boat. These are the type of boats that where given after the tsunami. 

A closer view of one trawler 

When you think of fishermen...you also think boats. These are the trawlers...the big guys! 

Or it could look this...of course I have to admit that this is the catch of five boats! 

One thing we were told was that the catch has reduced after the tusnami....so a catch could look like this... 

When you think of the coast..what is the first things that comes to your mind? FISH!....where do the fish come from?...the sea! and who brings them ashore? The firshermen! Yeah! now we have the basics.....so here are fishermen coming ashore with their daily catch.... 

Having visited Orissa...I move down south to Tamil Nadu. Again on work I had visited the tsunami affected areas...and no I don't have pictures of the devestation....I went there more than a year after the tsunami hit. Everyone has seen the devestation..now see life come back....most of the pictures are from Nagapattinam district.

A close up of a stall selling sweets along the highway! Our dirver is checking to make sure we are given sweets that were not exposed to the dust and flies! These sweets were absolutely delicious and surprisingly not very sweet.

One Self Help Group I met. They are wearing their sarees the oriya way but none of them are wearing the traditional Oriya weave saree! 

Weaving a saree....... 

Spinning yarn to be woven into sarees 

The first two photos were taken when I was in Orissa on work. The first one was on our way back to Bubaneshwar. The second was taken In Bubaneshwar on our way to the airport. I had my camera ready and was lucky that we got to stop at the red light. I was in the back seat and had to lean in front over the driver's shoulder to get this shot. The driver was very amused! Being in Bubaneshwar makes one feel as though one had traveled back in time....like what Bangalore used to be...a sleepy town with big bunglows

If any serious photographer stumbles across this blog....they are sure to think...ok...here are some photos but important information is missing! What camera was used? What was the shutter speed? what was the apeture setting?

Most of my photos have been taken on a beautiful East German SLR which I have had since I was 13. I know it is not manufactured anymore but I think another company has taken over the old company...will find out and let you know! On a rare occasion...when I have been allowed to use it I have used my father's twin lens roliflex. Only recently (about 6 months ago), after being gifted a 4 megapixel digital automatic have I started using the digital camera. Friends who saw me using this camera were shocked! The digital has many advantages...every one knows them now...

As for shutter speed and aperture settings...I tired very hard to record them once and failed miserably! So those details will never be available..sorry!

Again in Orissa....a trafic policeman and a trafic signal merge to become one! The policeman is holding up a green signal which says 'GO' in three languages...English, Hindi and Oriya....just in case you did not realise what the green board was for...... 

This is a National Highway in Orissa. Photo taken while traveling on work

Photography for me is a very personal passion. I take photos that appeal to me. It is the process of taking the photo which gives me more joy than the end product. But, at the same time, I wanted to share my photos....which i hopefully can do with this blog

I called it lazy photos...because I take photos of oppotunities that come to me...I don't go seeking them.