Archive for May, 2011

Same old Chicago but perhaps a different voice

Chicago_May_Millemium Park_Girl_in_Fountain _Silhouette

Chicago is one of those cities that I feel very much at home in. The combination of culture, lake, beach, architecture, great restaurants and some dear friends make it a joy to visit time and time again. But it can also make it a challenging place for me to shoot in, as it is a [...]


Step by Step Lightroom workflow for Black and White image

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In the previous post, 3 pictures but 1 Voice, I shared how I have been reviewing not just which images I envision, or how I use the camera to capture that image but also how I am rethinking what and how I post-process. It will help you in reading this post to have read the [...]


3 pictures but 1 voice

Pidgeons at Jama Masjid Mosque Delhi India

I can’t remember who said it – was it the eponymous David duChemin? – that there were 3 pictures that happened every time you shoot an image: the one you conceive in your head (the masterpiece); the one you actually take with the camera and the one you process. Experience and skill is of course [...]