The fever called photography spreads to my kids

Once upon a day, while on a evening visit to the Silver beach in Cuddalore, I did the above silhouette of my elder kid Suriya jumping up while the sun is setting in the back ground.

Ever since I did those shots --> story here;  came back home; did a preview of the clicks  on my home PC, my younger kid Lokashyam takes cue of the shots. I sensed his inquisitiveness.


After a few months, we went to the beach. The sun was setting then, but I was not in a mood to do photography, instead wanted to sit on the sand and enjoy the breeze. But, little Lokashyam pesters me to do some clicks with him in the frame. He himself shows the place, a little away from the place we clicked earlier. This place was little swampy with back waters in the background.

The wet mud there presented a slippery surface. Had a hard time to walk past this place. My little kid walks before me a bit faster out of his eagerness, so that he is in position for that silhouette. In the midst of all this, he skids on the slippery surface. I was walking five feet behind him, at a bit slower pace. I can't walk faster and reach him. If I try to go past him and catch him, I too may fall down .

A little astonishment for me is that, he stands up on his own, takes some more  steps to move further near the water. He once again falls down. I am helpless. I could not control him either. I was particular not to shout at him, because doing so, may spoil the evening and the photo shoot that is gaining a momentum goes off as well. But, I silently watch him walk, of course with mud on his back which had made him dirtier.

After a little of confusion, he takes a spot and stands. This time, my elder kid Suriya goes near him and we ensured the little one, stands at a place which is not slippery.

Lokashyam then checks on me; I get my camera out into action; I need to spell out One, Two and Three so that he jumps up in action; and the silhouette gets composed.

And here are the memorable shots that we made.

 I could realize that he could not jump off higher.

I had a little doubt, if he is having pain due to the fall he had.

Got a little satisfaction that I could have this frame to satisfy him. So, I negotiate with him to finish the exercise. I still had a fear. Would he be suffering from pain due to the fall?

Now, he gets satisfied that some good has come out of my clicks. He then comes near me as my elder kid Suriya, calls me for doing a shoot for him.

 As Suriya is past 8 years old, he can jump higher. I do not have any fear either.

 Also I am accustomed with him and am tuned with his rhythm.

A shot well taken !
So, I am satisfied of having done some good shots for him to relish.

The thing to be kept in my mind is that, these two kids have a plan in their mind and it should have come in the frame I clicked. So, if I am not clicking right, I would be forced by them to spend some more time doing the same exercise during the next visit to this beach.


Now, Lokashyam, after seeing all the jumps made by Suriya, call me for a re-take.

He has fine tuned his jumping style a bit. Caught the above picture and am sure that he is satisfied with the shoot.
And I am satisfied that this little dangerous exercise concludes.

Inquisitiveness had made him dirtier. But, I am not complaining.



You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing. ~ Dale Carnegie 

So, I am liking all these happenings!!
Come what may...
And these life time clicks are a memory that got chiseled that day...

Sunrise Walk at Cuddalore Silver Beach

Anbudan Saravanan, Raja Subramanian Sir and yours truly went to Cuddalore Silver Beach today morning for a sunrise walk at the sea shore - Silver Beach, Cuddalore.

Strolled to the south end of the beach, sat on the dunes and had lighter moments for a couple of hours and came back. 

Most of the people of our town are connected online thru facebook / email groups. I have many online friends from my town, over the past nearly a decade, but we never had a moment to interact offline. A thought came over a discussion last week when I was conversing over the phone with Anbudan Sharavanan. We felt that we are missing something and its direly needed that we meet offline.

So, we met today, with Raja Subramanian Sir joining us to share his golden experiences. 

Why a morning and that too on a Sunday?

Firstly, today a second sunday morning was a magic when most of the folks would be home bound to their native town - Cuddalore (second saturday);
Secondly, morning being synonymous of the beach being less of crowd was so awesome to enjoy;
Thirdly, the dawning sun gave some mesmerizing moments which is a rarity and unexplainable - you need to go and experience to realize.

Couple of friends missed this walk since they were pre-occupied.

If you too are missing on this meeting, and living around Cuddalore, join us during the next Second Sunday 12th May'13.

Silhouette photography spreads to my wife...

Tried a little of silhouette photography this evening. My wife clicked this, as I was riding the Enfield. A bit of difficulty for her to do this click as she needed to stand on the sides of the road - with filthy wastes on the sides, with kids around and me riding on the road. So far this one is a good silhouette. Should try a better one next time. Contentment is that my wife has now learnt a bit more on the silhouetting front in photography.A bit of WOW moment to me today.

Photograph Memories with Silhoutte

Got lucky to silhouette my elder son Suriya up in the air. Its really hard to achieve because the sun needs to be eclipsed by him while he is still up in the air and the camera shutter needed to be clicked at that luckiest Milli second.

A feeling of contention... My wife has now learnt the art of making silhouettes. Though I have done silhouette photography earlier, this is the first time i got silhouetted myself by the click of my better half. A photo to make into the memory along with my kids in the frame.

Camera: FujiFilm JZ300 (P&S)
Place: Cuddalore Silver Beach
Date: 26 Jan 2013 

Photographic moments

Yesterday, a Sunday evening, went to the cuddalore beach with my friend Vasanth. Vasanth is a colleague of mine, a budding photo hobbyist and has done a Diploma in Cine Direction. Months ago we went and did long exposure shots of moving vehicles at the Beach road when the dusk was approaching.

This time when we went for a stroll there were too much of crowd. We went walking to the South most end of the beach where it was less of crowd and one can get to see the Sun setting down. It was a perfect evening with the sky being clear.

Did a portaiture as well a silhoutte with Vasanth as the subject. There was no photoshopping rather a water mark.

Camera: FujiFilm JZ300 (P & S)
Place: Silver Beach, Devanampattinam, Cuddalore

Went with my wife to Cuddalore Beach at 9.30 p.m.

You will know me that I love going for a stroll on the sands of the Cuddalore Silver beach often. So far I used to get to this beach usually during the evenings. I remember going to the beach was at the most being at 8.30 p.m.

But, today was bit different. Went to shopping with my wife to buy her a pair of sandals and some groceries . 

Tomorrow is Maasi Magam festival and Cuddalore beach will be witnessing a gala with temple idols of Gods brought here and ritually bathed. So, today evening the beach would be having some small crowd in view of the festival tomorrow. Going to this beach at this odd hour at any other day is not advisable. But, today its different since people will be around awaiting for the dawn to witness the festival

 

After finishing the shopping itinerary, tipped to my better half for a trip to the beach. Got surprised with the nod from Gayathri. 

We went there at the odd 9.00 p.m. and had a stroll of the small shops which were to be closed in another hour. Walking past the shops and getting into the sand was too nice a moment with cool wind making an awesome flow.  After strolling bare foot on the cool sands happened to sit and take in some fresh air. After some time we were lucky to witness fireworks show happening at Cuddalore Old Town which is some 5 kms south of this beach.

Wished to pass an hour there. But to be vetoed of my two children and family awaiting at home for us to return, we made the hard decision to go back home.

Hey you beach, see you soon with a lonely trip past 10.00 p.m. next time. You made my heart and mind get a refreshing moment.

Nice moments at the Silver Beach in Cuddalore

The picturesque beach in my town Cuddalore often gives me the charm and its just a 15 minutes bike ride from my home. Named Silver Beach, it is the second longest beach on the Coromandel Coast and one of the longest beaches in Asia. [[Wikipedia]]
Ofcourse its my quick destination to get a chillax and beat my boredom.


Nice photographic moments while I was there at Cuddalore beach.


Gaze at it, beat the boredom.




The reflecting evening golden rays from the Bay of Bengal making the charm..




The golden dusk.

Hope you enjoyed my clicks.

Silver beach in Cuddalore

Got a little time to say hello to the sea front at the Silver Beach in Cuddalore. Its rather awesome to relax by walking bare foot on the loose sands of the sea shore. Doing so helps to drive away tiredness, forget the worries and rejuvenates the mind.


Clicked at the Silver Beach in Cuddalore.


Children enjoying the camel walk at silver beach in cuddalore

Clicked on 10 Aug'08.
Camera : K790i Sony Ericsson Mobile phone (3.2 MP)