off to field

It has been two months since i got back from Agumbe after being in field for quite sometime. Last few months have a good time at desk making a promotional film, a booklet on frogs et cetera. I will be off to field for couple of weeks to do some serious still photography and it will be a special shoot for me as this is the first time i am taking my bolero into the field for work. Hope everything goes fine.

CHAOS

cheers,

ram

current mood: happy

TIRING WEEK, EDITING AND TRAVEL

Last week has been a phenomenal week in my learning curve(on the positive side). I sat to work on a promotional film without knowing anything about the post production part of film making. Finally after four days of continuous work without sleep, i managed to make a 12 minute promotional video and i hope it has come out decently well and will serve the purpose.I learnt a lot about post production part of film making and a lot more in this four days and also found that film making is very close to my heart and i am loving it.

During an awarness exhibition at Rajapalayan, Tamilnadu.

from left:Me,Mr.thangam Tenarasu,Education minister and Mr.maleswappa, IFS.

RAJAPA LAYAM WILDLIFE WEEK CELEBRATIONS
I came back from editing on 3rd morning at 6 AM. I left to a Rajapalayam in the southern part of Tamilnadu which is 700 kms from Chennai. It was a tiring long drive as i havent slept for the last few days. 75 pictures taken by me was exhibited there for around 2000 school children. I was a very good experience interacting with them. I had an oppurtunity to meet and interact many IFS officials from the southern part Tamilnadu. The exhibition was opened by Mr.Thangam tenarasu, the Education minister of Tamilnadu . Talks given by Mr.tenarasu and other forest department officialswas different from the usual long talks.They were good and informative.I had to drive back to chennai today morning as my brother is leaving to UK.
It has been a hectic week after editing and driving 1800 kms in two days but an extremely memorable week which made me learn a lot and also drive continuously with the bolero.

cheers,

ram

current mood:exhausted, Need a break.

MY NEW BABY....MY STRESS BUSTER

After shifting from chennai few months back, i am shuttling between field, my native place and my aunts house in chennai. Equipment in one place, backup stuff's in some other place, it was fully of chaos travelling with all my equipment in buses was extremely unsafe. last time when i got back from agumbe i was travelling with 6 months of baggage, equipment, Hard drive's etc. I was badly looking for a second hand utility vehicle for travel and to dump all my stuff when i am going outdoors. Finally me and my dad decided to get a new Bolero. I took it for delivery last week and i am just loving it. Driving is my second passion and an absolute stress buster for me. Now with my second baby , i am planning to do a bit field trips and get back to still photography for couple of months.

cheers,

ram

current mood: happy and energetic

goodbye to the land of rains

back to desk work in chennai. shoot is over...... trying to create a gallery of pictures in my site on the rainforest... 

cheers,

ram

FUJI SUPER SIX EXHIBITON-AHMEDBAD

cheers,

ram

PS: sorry... no time to write anything or post images.

UPDATES

• The banglore fuji super six exhibition was good. we had a good response.
• Relaxed life for 2 weeks.
• Drove 3000kms in 10 days.
• saw Dasavataram- good movie but i expected a lot from kamal. story line was weak.
• Finally i gave all my windows related stuff and shifted to apple completely.
• still processing and managing last 6 month's images.....
• Driving back to Agumbe tomorrow for the final shoot tomo.

I promise to open a new gallery in the site for my Rainforest Series once i come back from the shoot.

stay put

cheers,

ram

current mood: Energetic

BACK TO CIVILIZATION

     

    After a continuous two and a half months schedule, i drove back to chennai today. It took me 14 hours with a little bit of break. The first Two schedule for the National Geographic documentaty by Felis creations is over and we will be re grouping again for the shoot soon. Before i write about  my rainforest experience i would like to inform a superb news to everyone.

   I got a mail from BBC informing me that i reached till the finals in the Eric hosking award and semi final in Gerald Durrell award and creative visions of nature catergory . i am happy that i got to finals this time. i hope i will work better this year.

    secondly the Fuji super six exhibition is commencing in Banglore on the 25th of june at 11 AM

 

VENUE: VENKATAPPA ART GALLERY, KASTURBA ROAD, BANGLORE G.P.O, BANGLORE

 

DATE AND TIME: 25th to 29th June 10am- pm

 

INAGURATION: 25th june at 11 AM

 

friends in Banglore do come to see our works.

 

Before i finish my post i would like to write a few words about my experience in the rainforests of Agumbe. 

      Photographing in rainforests is stunning and never easy. Every inch u move, u find something interesting. Fungi grows on every bark or tree. Tree frogs and toads are abundant. In the night the forests reverbrate with male frogs&toads calling for mate. u can never imagine how many frogs are calling in the night. probably 1000's or maybe more than that. If u get up in the morning the entire rainforest is covered by mist. A hornbill zooms past through the most echoing the forest with its voice. In the night distant calls of the brown hawk owl, forest eagle owl makes sure that the forest is completely alive in the night.  words cannot describe the beauty and serenity of the rainforest. we were filming for NGT documentary. there are lots of hardships in keeping you and your equipment dry as fungus literally grows on everything. the equipement, your foot, clothes etc but the images and sequences u get in this conditions are out of the world. we filmed lots of sequences that were never before filmed in the wild. 

   I did a bit of still photography apart from filming. covering yourself with rain proof clothes, carrying a tripod, camera in heavy rains photographing it under the cover of an umbrella is just amazing. mists and rainforests evoke so much emotions in you. 

      with months of backlog i processing pictures, getting camera equipment serviced, college work etc etc i don think i can keep my blog active but i hope i will keep updating about my trips and work.

cheers,

ram

current mood: burnt out