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The Pumpkin Merchant’s Son
This cute kid with the big eyes I met while meandering down an alley way in Old Delhi in North India. There was a small but fascinating market place with lots going on. I love these places as one can often get many great photo opportunities. And an opportunity I got indeed. I found this kid seated on top of a large pumpkin and giving me the look.
His dad, the pumpkin merchant, saw I had a camera and told me to take a photo of his son. What more invitation did I need. So, I got up close, framed and shot. This photo has a Lightroom preset applied to it plus some additional tweaks that I made in this software. The Lightroom preset is called The “300” Look and is made by Matt Kloskowski. Matt’s got some great Lightroom tips if this is something you are interested in.
Our Kumbh Mela 2013 tour will be ending in New Delhi. This trip will have many great opportunities for photography. If you’d like to find out more about this journey click here.
Read MoreMeditation Class in New York City
These classes are set up as warm, respectful and fun places of exploration for self discovery and meditation. Each class is divided into 2 parts. The first half of the class involves learning a spiritual tool that when applied consistently each day can bring about a positive change in your life. ...
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Sadhus at the Kumbh Mela
Here’s the final photo in our 14 day series of images of Sadhus. The biggest gathering of sadhus takes place every 3 years at the Kumbha Mela festival. It comes around again next year but time a little special. Every 12 years the full festival is celebrated and this just happens to be in 20...
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Happiness is a Choice
When did we forget that happiness is a choice? It’s a choice that each of us have been empowered with. It’s a choice that each of us need to make each day, each moment of our lives. And when we forget then we leave ourselves subject to the people and environment around us to dictate&h...
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Day 13 of our Sadhu Image Series
The markings on a Hindu’s forehead quite often shares what sects he belongs to. There are four primary sects within Hinduism namely Saivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism and Smartism. The markings on this sadhu’s forehead indicate that he is a Vaishnavite. Members of this sect worship the su...
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Day 12 of our Sadhu Image Series
Well, we are coming close to the end of our 14 day series of images of some of Hinduism’s renunciates that I have photographed over the years. Sadhus are particularly photogenic I must say and the Kumbha Mela festival is probably the best time to photograph a sadhu if you are a photography ...
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Monks embracing technology
For Day 11 of our series of images on sadhus I bring you a photo I took about 3 years back at the Kumbha Mela festival in Haridwar of a sadhu. I was focused on a photographing a parade when I noticed someone standing next to me. I peeked out of the corner of my…
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