Shades Of India

INCREDIBLE AND WELCOMING INDIA

roops223 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:56:00 GMT

Shades Of India

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

INDIA | MONDAY, 14 JANUARY 2013 |

INCREDIBLE AND WELCOMING INDIA!!! : India embraces people of all religions and all races from any part of the world.

Description - I have a friend from Afghanistan and it so happened that he came to visit India. I was more than happy to show him my city and the villages neighboring my city. It was festival time,which is popularly known as "Ganesh Chaturthi" to indians.
I took him to a nearby village where people were busy with the festival preparations. My friend walked upto a man and was talking to him in my Indian national language called H'INDI'.!! the man was both surprised and happy to talk to a foreigner who actually knew his tongue! it was a nice moment to capture so i clicked it.

Photograph meaning - Notice that there are men from all of ages in the frame,right from a naive small kid to and experienced old man,each one projecting different kinds of expressions upon welcoming a foreigner friend.

Exposure Details
Camera: Nikon D3100
Lens: NIkkor 55–200mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutterspeed: 1/500sec
ISO: 200

Photograph clicked in the village.

MOTHER'S HAPPINESS LIES IN THE HAPPINESS OF HER CHILDREN

roops223 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:47:00 GMT

Shades Of India

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

INDIA | MONDAY, 14 JANUARY 2013 |

MOTHER'S HAPPINESS LIES IN THE HAPPINESS OF HER CHILDREN. : even after starving herself, mother feeds her children.

Description - It was a winter morning,an environment which was just 'perfect' for photography.I was on a bike with my friend riding it and me sitting back,taking shots. we reached a railway track where we saw houses build extremely close to the railway track.one house specifically caught my eye. the frame was about to go away, as i was on a running bike. the shot gave me a hard time as i had to turn myself acrobatically to capture it

Photograph meaning - This picture symbolizes that mothers love is always generous....no matter what the situation is. the mother of 3 in the picture is making ready whatever food she can afford, so that her children don't have to be extremely hungry after all.

Exposure Details
Camera: Nikon D3100
Lens: NIkkor 55–200mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutterspeed: 1/400sec
ISO: 200

Photograph clicked while crossing railway track in the morning outside the nagpur,when I was going for outing with my friends,

Is it a sin to be a girl ? will this face-cover save me from the Devils in Disguise of Humans ?

roops223 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:37:00 GMT

Shades Of India

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

INDIA | MONDAY, 14 JANUARY 2013 |

Caption - Is it a sin to be a girl? will this face-cover save me from the Devils in Disguise of Humans ? (What Every Indian Girls think about herself after Delhi rape case Incident,are they safe outside?)

Description - My friends and i decided to go to a temple outside my Nagpur city. that temple is famous for people coming there for good luck and wishes getting fulfilled.I was standing on the opposite side of the road facing the temple, where my eyes fell upon a girl coming from the temple. she had her face covered with a Scarf. it was post afternoon and she was waiting for her bus.

Photograph meaning - The main reason for me to click this picture is that unfortunately, women in India are not at all safe after the sensational rape case in India which was brought to light recently. It wasn't hard for me to predict what was going on inside that innocent girls mind. She was threatened by men around her,no doubt, making her feel like the weaker sex of the society

Exposure Details

Camera: Nikon D3100
Lens: NIkkor 55–200mm
Aperture: f/5
Shutterspeed: 1/100sec
ISO: 400

Photograph clicked near at the temple and a place called Adasa.(near nagpur from 25km)

TOMORROW IS MINE!!!

roops223 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:23:00 GMT

Shades Of India

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

INDIA | MONDAY, 14 JANUARY 2013 |

Caption - TOMORROW IS MINE!!! : no worries if I am here today, tomorrow even I will have my home!

Description - It so happend that i was on a beach trip to 'alibag' with few of my friends. the sun was ready to jump on to the other side and turn the time into dusk. i was clicking some pictures of the sunset when i came across a small kid who was making a sand castle. i found it quite relative to my childhood and so i clicked this picture.

Compostion of Phtograoh - The little boy also relates to many people out there in the world. many times, we have made sand castles and thought to themselves,'i will make my dream home just like this"

Exposure Details
Camera: Canon EOS 550D
Lens: Tamron Af 70-300mm
Aperture: f/5
Shutterspeed: 1/3200sec
ISO:100

Photograph Clicked on the Kashid beach in Alibag (near Pune from 150km) on 31st december 2012.

I did only lit bit crop this picture n lit contrast and brightness and its in Monochrome style.

"My life Story"

roops223 — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:01:00 GMT

Everyone dreams to become someone since childhood, but some people’s dream changes as they

grow up, but mine never changed! I was a kid when I held camera for the first time. It belonged to

my uncle who is a photographer. I was very fond of photography since childhood. I use to keep
clicking pictures all day, once I get a camera. My parents thought it is just a childhood hobby and so
one day I will grow up and will forget it. One day I grew up but my thoughts never did. My mother is
a principal in a school and father is a civil-engineer, means a very academic background family. So as
expected after finishing my schooling, they forcefully admitted me to engineering college, even after
knowing that photography is my passion. I have suffered a lot to join the institute of ‘MAAC M.G.
road Pune’. While doing the first year of engineering, there was a time that I could not think or do
anything apart from photography, so I just left engineering half way and returned home. My parents
were very much annoyed with me. Then I told them vividly that I cannot do anything but
photography. I told them that I want to make my passion as my career. They were very angry and
asked me to leave home forever. They thought there is no career for me in photography. I convinced
them and I urged them, so I was given one chance and my father allowed me to get admission in
Bachelor of Arts in animation visual effects in MAAC institute. He booked a ticket for commencing
week after vacations of third semester to join the institute, but I cancelled it and booked next day’s
ticket. As I had to take part in photography contest named ‘Beyond the Frame 2.0 Monochrome’. My
parents were again upset with me and they just said one thing to me, you do whatever you want
and stopped talking to me. My parents were against participating in this contest. I sent ten pictures,
five in my name and other five in my brother’s name. Six pictures were selected from ten, and
amongst which two were selected for finals. After a month results were out and came to know that I
won second and third, both the positions. I was very happy and so were my parents, but still they did
not have full faith in me that I could do photography. Then again I participated in ‘9 th annual MAAC
24fps International animation awards 2012 Mumbai’. All photography institutes and colleges in India
took part in this contest. I won first prize in the contest, and I immediately called my parents and
told them that their son has won the first prize. They became so happy could hear their
overwhelmed voices and could feel their eyes full of tears, and which is one of the most beautiful
moments of my life. The best thing I heard from them is that ‘son, we are proud of you’. Shared first
step of my small success with all my friends and pals and all were very happy and proud of me. My
friends updated their statuses on their Facebook accounts saying that ‘my friend Roopam’s story is
similar to Farhan Qureshi’s story from a movie called 3Idiots.’ Then I was called and felicitated by
MAAC institute in a hotel called ‘B. Lalit Intercontinental Mumbai’. I felt out of the world that day.
Then next day suddenly I got a call from ‘FTII Pune’. I was called up for five days shoot of a music
video, as production skill photographer, just for my experience. That music video is yet to release
called ‘The Drowning’. I got so much to learn and I am grateful to them for this experience, as I am
just 22 years and pursuing just 2nd year of my photography course and I got such a good exposure.
Till today I have never lost any photography contests which I have participated in. In all contests I
have used my friend’s cameras, because I never had mine. So one day my father asked me, “which
DSLR camera you want to buy son?” I replied to him, that I will buy camera the day I will earn from
winning the next photography contest which is ‘Travel Photography Scholarship 2012 Oman’. I just
do not need to win this contest to win a camera, but I need to win this contest to elevate my
photography career and to get a good start to my career, as I have craved and suffered a lot to come
till here, just for my passion ‘photography’ and I'm dying for it!

Photos: My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

roops223 — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:39:00 GMT

Everyone dreams to become someone since childhood, but some people’s dream changes as they grow up, but mine never changed! Recently I participates in Photography and I won Best Photography Award of ‘9 th annual MAAC 24fps International animation awards 2012 Mumbai’ . Till today I have never lost any photography contests which I have participated in. In all contests I have used my friend’s cameras, because I never had mine. So one day my father asked me, “which DSLR camera you want to buy son?” I replied to him, that I will buy camera the day I will earn from winning the next photography contest which is ‘Travel Photography Scholarship 2012 Oman’. I just do not need to win this contest to win a camera, but I need to win this contest to elevate my photography career and to get a good start to my career, as I have craved and suffered a lot to come till here, just for my passion ‘photography' and I'm dying for it..!!!