posed for the camera while trying out the new softboxes.

Does it look professional? Although i hope to get better models in future

Shot in Raw, 3 exposures, merged/tonemapped in PhotoMatix and tweaked in LightRoom.

The Perfect Father
who accepts you
the perfect father
who protects you

The perfect father
what will you do?
but believe in him
and accept Him too

The perfect Father
who knows your name
The perfect father
who will remain

The perfect Father
who lovingly guides
who wants to lead you
like a shepherd
and walk
by your side

The perfect Father
who listens and holds
The perfect Father
who gently consoles

The perfect Father
who changes you
by his Love and his kindness
and acceptance too

The perfect Father
who understands
This perfect Father
became a man

Debbie Bennett

A father recording some nice moments with his family one fine evening with a beautiful sunset in the backdrop. Shot in Goa on Arossim Beach.

Tum ho to gaata hai dil
Tum nahi to geet kahaan

Tum ho to hai sab haasil
Tum nahi to kya hai yahaan

Tum ho to hai sapno ke jaisa haseen ek samaa

Jo tum ho ye .. lagta hai ke .. mil gayi har khushi
Jo tum na ho .. ye lagta hai .. ke har khushi mein hai kami
Tumko hai maangti ye zindagi….

Hoo ho hoo ho hooo…..
Hoo ho hoo ho hooo…..
Hoo ho hoo ho hooo…..

Tum ho to raahein bhi hain
Tum nahi to raste kahaan

Tum ho to yahaan sabhi hai
Tum nahi to kaun yahaan

Tum ho to hai har ek pal meharbaan
Ye jahaan………..

Jo tum ho hawaa mein bhi mohabbton ka rang hai
Jo tum na ho to phir koi na josh na umang hai
Tum mili to mili ye zindagi……
Hoo ho hoo ho hooo…..
Hoo ho hoo ho hooo…..

from the movie Rock On written by Javed Akhtar.

We went to the beach to get wind in our hair
to stand on the sand and simply to stare.
To let the surf tickle toes and dampen our clothes
as we played ‘run away’
from the wavelets at play.

We went to the beach to climb on the rocks
find cool shallow pools where we’d take of our socks,
and peer in the waters to see what we might find
that the waves of the sea,
had last left behind.

We went to the beach to find coloured shells
the kind that when placed to our ears
make the sound of the ocean appear,
and gathered rocks that we never would find
in the places we walked,
for most of the time.

We went to the beach and all that, we did find
and the smell of the salt refreshed our tired minds.
I’ll never forget the laughter and sounds
and the freedom to run,
on that wet sandy ground.

We went to the beach my family and I
and there we were one,
with the ocean, the beach, and the sky.

written by David Taylor

a new day, a fresh beginning, dawn of a new era. Nov 4th will be remembered.

welcome !!!

A photoblog is optimized for photographs or digital creation with very little attention to the text. Like a photographer who keeps the background out of focus and avoids clutter while composing a portrait, photoblog needs a very clean and clutter free theme to provide more attention to the images. Also, there are many ways people would want to showcase their images, some would like their images framed, or sharing an entire gallery with a slideshow, some might like to showcase them big (atleast 800×600), or on a black background.

Here’s a list of such wordpress themes (free) which are actually good for publishing photographs or images in some form of a photoblog.

Photo-Blog wordpress theme

• Specially made for photo blogs
• Single column design
• Unique design
• xhtml valid
• Widget ready
• Collapsible navigation
• Minimalistic design

PhotoBlog

• simple
• single column
• fixed width
• minimalistic design
• supports changing the background color to enhance the Photo

Nishita

A very simple and elegant PhotoBlog theme.

Nautilus

Grain

PhotoWP

Click – Polaroid – Simplet – Spotless - MonoTone

• These are more or less same and provide a neat experience for showcasing photos.
• Single Column
• Very simplistic
• Clean designs
• Dark backgrounds and borders
• supports image size of 640×480, could be increased by editing the css.

Apart from these themes there are some wordpress plugins which will be of great help

1. YAPB (Yet another Photoblog plugin), There is a list of some free themes here which support this plugin.  

2. PhotoQ

On the last note, if you use wordpress for your blog and interested in maintaining a photoblog the Photoblogs and Galleries page is pretty good to start.

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam [HDR], originally uploaded by sanyam.
The sight was grand with 22 out of 26 gates being open. The banks became beaches all of a sudden with hundreds of local people flocking to get a closer view.

It was so misty even at such a distance that i had to wipe the lens filter after every shot.

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, originally uploaded by sanyam.

Steering thru the Greens [HDR], originally uploaded by sanyam.

This is an HDR version of the original pic which was uploaded earlier.

Building 36, originally uploaded by sanyam.