Be a proud Indian.. go celebrate Independence Day with fellow country men. Hearty congratulations to Abhinav Bindra on becoming India’s first individual Olympic gold medallist at Beijing 2008. Thank you for making all of us proud. Shot last year at MG Road, Bangalore, India.

One of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway’s steam engine under goes its daily servicing after its trip at Coonur Railway Yard. The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is one of the oldest mountain railways in India. The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is a UNESCO - World Heritage Site as of 2005. This railway links Coonoor to the town of Mettupalayam at the foot hills of Nilgiri Mountain. Coonoor was the original termination point of this railway, before the line was extended to Ooty. Shot at Coonoor Station, Tamil Nadu, India. (more info)

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Kambala or Kambla is a famous rural sport, prominent in districts of Udupi and Mangalore in the state of Karnataka in India. Kambala is also known to be held in few northern parts of Kerala like Kasargod.  Kambala is a traditional buffalo race in muddy waters, held from December till March on weekends (sat/sun) every year.

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Kambala is a race between pairs of bullocks, which are rode by a human. The bullocks are tied together with a wooden shaft over their neck. These bullocks are typically dedicated bullocks of the family for the Kambala and are pride of the family.

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I have a good news; one of my images was recently licensed (RM) by Deborah for use on her blog at www.lifeinthefastlane.ca; below is a screen shot of the blog featuring my image. The original image can be viewed here (or here). This was shot on a moving train on my trip to Gokarna with my BWS gang. The model featured here is Shreelesh; he is one of my good photographer friend and partner in crime in most of the photography trips we go.

This image was sold in par with market rates and has been licensed for online use for 2 years for the blog under RM license. I would like to request the same to everyone don’t under sell your work and make it difficult for other pro photographers out there and never give images for free or for credit or for publicity unless they are a non-for-profit entity like a NGO.

Deborah has a very nice blog; do make sure you check it out at http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca

Note: There are 3 images in total for the header which rotate, mine being one of them. If you don’t see it rotate, hit refresh in your browser.

I recently did a shoot with Reshma Gopinath. She is a professional dancer from Bangalore. She also teaches dance to children at her home. Below are a few shots that have been compiled to video using animoto.com

The Strobist meet up was great; though we started bit slow, we soon picked up momentum and we were kicking some serious watt power.

This was a great learning for everyone and we all had a good time. Thanks everyone for making this happen.

Couple of shots from the shoot..

Do click on the images to find the details on how it was shot like lighting setup.

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To take things forward from my post ‘A quick start guide’ some time back… I would be organizing a Strobist MeetUp with some fellow photographers at Srirangapatna, so we could share and improve our lighting skills.

Date: Planning the event for Sunday the 25th of May 2008 (full day).
Place and location: Amblee Holiday Resort, Srirangapatna

Number of people in will be at most 9 photographers divided in 3 groups of 3 photographers.

At least one flash with remote trigger (PW or GI or cable or other) is required. This would make things much easier on exchanging gears if needed.

Also some models for TFCD (time for CD photo shoots)/ PFT (time for print) with a released signed for each participant would be more than welcome.

Sign up @ www.flickr.com/groups/strobist/discuss/72157605175304679/

Shot on ‘Sankaranthi’ day at ‘Sri Naga Kanyaka Durga Parameshwari’ Temple, Arasumakanu, Shadimane, Udupi District, Karnataka, India.

This photograph made it to the homepage of flickr explore… Thanks guys..

And was Dugg by kwerfeldein @ digg.com/arts_culture/Definately_special_scene_captured_i…

sweet riya, originally uploaded by akshath.

Shot at Ponnampet, Coorg, Karnataka, India.

Financial Reflections - One Light, originally uploaded by The Light Whisperer.

Check out this out of the camera image by Cesar T. Sanchez. This is pure brilliance and amazing execution.. do think about how this was done .. before you check this setup shot.