The power of denial!

The power of denial

Professional photography meant access to a lot of equipments starting with good SLR to having your dark room; some even had their own processing machines. The desire to produce stunning images required not just craftsmanship or skills but [...]

Sri Lanka’s war on terror.

 If the world keeps quiet on Sri Lanka I will interpret it as giving a tacit nod that yes nations facing insurgency or domestic squabbles can follow this route. What do we do then? Roll tanks and use precision guided bombs and heavy artillery shells in the heart of Srinagar and Kohima?…

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LTTE finished?

HEADLINES TODAY an Indian news channel confirmed with video clippings that Velupillai Prabhakaran, his son, and his top leadership have been killed as they tried to break their way through in an unmarked ambulance to reach a lagoon that would help them reach the heavy forested area of Mullaithivu.

They have been cornered for quite [...]

A streetcar named Darling!

                                                                                                              A Street car named Darling!

One of the most famous Cabarets in Prague – The Darling Cabaret. Located in the heart of the city at Vaclavaske Namesti; its patrons are mainly British and Indian tourists who are on weekend stag tours. The tall vertical colourful neon signboard is like a lighthouse reaching out far [...]

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Enroute to Cape Point, i came across this picturesque sight. Phaldie stopped the vehicle and I got down to take a picture. There was a man

seated at the edge of the cliff, leaning on some kind of balustrade. Phaldie, explained he is a look out for the shark fins. If [...]

Storyboards

Nothing beats the impression of a charcoal sketch for a storyboard. However, storyboard artists are few and expensive for small budget commercials and features. Softwares like Frameforge 3D studio do provide a fillip to most of us for whom sketching is just doodling matchstick caricatures on tissue papers of a coffee shop…

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35mm still processing.

I will go 5 may be 6 yrs back when there were ample ‘photo studios’ around. You give them a roll of film and they would give it back in an hour – processed in those bulky konica/fuji/kodak machines. If you would be a tad patient they would even scan it on a disc at [...]

Skywalker Sounds

I got a great news from my director early morning – Skywalker likes the rough cut of ’11weeks’, they loved the story and liked the visuals. and now they will mix the sound and make it sound like any other Hollywood biggie. This is a great news to come from Lucasfilms’ subsidiary company i thought [...]

from S-16 to U-16

Ultra 16mm Demo from Cinelicious on Vimeo.