Back to origins

According to Hinduism, crows are our ancestors . I’ve heard this being mentioned many times while growing up in India.
I do not claim to have much knowledge about the stories behind all this, so what follows is just my imagination……If we came from crows, I imagine that we probably fly to the heavens as crows when we die.I imagine that Yama(God of death) captures our souls and sets us free on a wide open field.
Ok that was some spooky imagination! 🙂

Back to the modern world 🙂 I am going to watch a car racing event today. Excited!! 🙂

Paranormal waves

This is a spot on the trail that I’ve walked past many times . I remember this spot because my husband is a transmission line engineer and always stops to look at these lattice towers Yup! I know what they are called because he bores(oops educates) me with his lectures on power and transmission lines 🙂
While he does that, I go into my fantasy world and imagine aliens sending us(by us, i mean only me:P) signals and enlist me to save the world 😀

I just finished watching paranormal activity 3. I quite liked it. It was scary!!

Neptune

The past few weeks have been weird. I’ve been sick of my 365 and photography. So much that I did not even take my camera along when people came to visit us! I never do that 😦
I am torn between not wanting to let this 365 ruin my love for photography and not wanting to give up.
Maybe it is not giving up . Maybe it is about realizing that I shouldn’t treat photography like the other parts of my life where there are rules, deadlines and commitments. Maybe it should be just about doing what I love when I want to.
Maybe it is about realizing that while this project pushes some towards giving their best, I want to shoot by impulse.
While I write this I am realizing how I can no longer call my 365 a 365 because I’ve missed way too many days to catch up 🙂 .I am glad I started it though. It gave me a sense of purpose and fulfillment when I needed one badly. I was very enthusiastic at the start and did get some photos that I love and am proud of.
Anyways, think it’s time I stopped my rant 🙂

Yesterday, I had this sudden urge to take a photo. I biked to a spot that I had in mind and took this.
It has been so long since I did a self portrait without my husband or Frodo with me. I was shy all over again 🙂 I’ve realized it is the model part that makes me conscious. I couldn’t care less about who is watching when I am just behind the camera 🙂

I stumbled upon this show called “Art star” ,but couldn’t watch it. Anyone seen it? Is it good?

Rain on me

Day 89/365

Some behind the scene shots

Frodo staring at me setting up the tripod

Guardian Angel

Day 87/365

Multiple arms is a flickr cliche. But, I hadn’t done it yet and wanted to try it out. The 365 after all is about trying things out. When I thought of multiple arms , the first thing that popped into my head was how it is an extra set of hands( or another person) holding you through your journey in life. I thought about how in life sometimes ,even if you have well wishers around you, you have to help yourself. That made me think about guardian angels and how I wish we all got one. That is why I decided to include clouds in the photo. To give it more heavenly feel.

I think it has been a while since I wrote the thought process behind my photo . It is probably because I’ve not been having too many thoughts ( I really think I am heading towards stupidity sometimes :() .
It’s probably my current lifestyle. It is going to change soon and I’ll probably be smart again 😛

Anyways, I am going to the Free art walk today and I am excited!!

Speak No Evil

Day 86/365

When I was in college, I thought rumours and gossip would stop in the adult world . But, I was wrong .It definitely did not stop at work. Maybe it became a little more subtle. Even yesterday I heard a story from my friend about her coworker and it made me want to roll my eyes out. I guess some people can’t get a life.!
I thought I’ll use that as inspiration and do a light hearted picture for a change.

Let it be

Day 85/365

This self portrait was hard to manage with Frodo trying to pull the sheets and my hair! Unfortunately I don’t have a behind the scene photo of that 😦

My photo was featured in the Grae magazine.Yay!
It has tons of awesome photos. You guys should check it out!

Day 83/365

Oh it’s been so long since I uploaded or went through all your blogs!!
Been on a spring hibernation for no real reason.sigh…

The second one is just a flipped version of the main image. I find it interesting because of the perspective and the awkwardness of my left hand.

Hope you’ve all been good. Now, it’s time to check out all your blogs.

Heartaches and pain

Day 82/365

Pensive . Day 78/365

I feel like my editing has become a formula. I do the same things I’ve tried and liked over and over. I’ve almost stop trying to learn new PS tricks! The whole point of a 365 was to try and learn new things.
This photo is my first baby step towards trying different styles. I had to really force myself to choose a processing different from what I would usually do. I usually choose the photo which is brighter and has higher contrast. I also don’t do a screen of texture . I am just trying out something new and I quite like it.!

Texture- Brenda starr