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Previous Digital entries from the same trip

Digital I
Digital II
Digital III
Digital IV
Digital V

This summer i was in Bombay for vacation. 1 month of awesomeness…this was planned so that i could be there for my childhood friend, kunals bday.

Booked my tickets, Finnair.

Packed a few cloths in a backpack…me likes to travel light.

Sat next to a latvian lady who was going to Bangalore…goto Helsinki…only to find out that the plane has been delayed by 5 hours…5 hours later 7 hours later goto Bombay.

It feels like i never left bay…its all so familiar…the sights…the smell…the people.

Took a rick…got home.

Home sweet home…

Tmax 400 @ 800 + OM1 + 28/2.8 + 50/1.8

waiting for 5 hours can get awfully boring

it can get lonely at an airport

pretty legs

bombay…went for a walk with kunal

we have a LOT of dogs here in bay

1/4

it was nice to meet kunals grandmother after years…

for suri

street

my crib

snacks…A LOT OF SNACKS

kunal in deep meditation…

my dad hates to be photographed…

mom does not…she likes all the attention…she is serving dinner…SHE IS THE BEST COOK ON EARTH…

sis got a new phone…this time in white…

me slept on the floor for 1 month…i surprised myself…

next day kunal got a haircut from a friend of mine who opened his own hair cutting saloon…

weekend with sis and delna…this must be OnToes

mom gazing out the window…

mom preparing lunch…

shot of the kitchen window

mom preparing some more food…I LOVE FOOD

dad and me goto the market to buy groceries

we take a rick…

you cannot make indian food without some fresh green chilies


the main market

1 of 3 posts from india…

shank :: Aug.25.2008 :: OM, analog, bombay, india, street :: 2 Comments »

Another roll of cheap superia 200 film…its a bit worrying that i am converting color film snaps to BW. Ah well i can just say its art and get away with it…its just that i like some frames in BW thats it…nothing artsy about that is it.

In other news keeping up the suckage i ordered a new 17″ dell XPS laptop…nothing better than a Dell…way to go shank…

Bought some nice prawns for the weekend…in case you did not know…i consider prawns to be the best seafood out there…just as pork is the best meat…also the fact that i can cook both of them helps.

Two more weeks and i can do all these updates from home…and watch TWIN PEAKS…and stop watching TV…

Next on my list of purchasing is the 1TB Segate external drive and the 5D. Then i am set.

OM2 + fuji superis 200 + 28/2.8

one roll done…snapped another roll of film and kept going…

there was skateboarding thingy going on in the park…

and there were photographers…with their toys…

man…kid…chick on skateboard…please ignore the horizon…

not so much sketching…i am sure i took more pics than people sketched…way to go…

me digs chicks with camera…no mobile phones dont count…

she was trying her best…

grumpy man…look i even got maja in the frame…its all planned

ice cream…me digs

one of the many random art installations you will find all over oslo

look i found an airport…

no comments…

like the 28mm

i dont quite remember if she showed her finger or not…need to get closer next time…

nice…color + flare = awesome

lady looking like her dog…not so awesome…

yes i got bored…and wanted to try some suri style pics…no i am not saying his pics are boring…

bored…

i am in fact bored…hence this post on a friday…

have a nice weekend people…

next update is from my trip to India…

shank :: Aug.15.2008 :: OM, analog, oslo, street :: No Comments »

…woah…time travel…

plan was to get these cheap rolls of film dev in bombay…but i never got it done…anyways…its done finally…6 rolls of film…and as per my sisters calculations that should last 6 weeks…genius.

Me is still in vacation mood…went to Oya festival…good music…and the rain gods had pity on us…

what else…what else…watching lot of TV as i still dont have a PC at home…need to get a laptop soon…

read the watchmen graphic novel…which is a masterpiece…looking forward to the movie…

am i the only one who felt that the new Batman movie was too long and a bit too much…

noticed that people like to relate actions to behaviors…

OM2 + fuji superis 200 + 28/2.8

on my way to meetup with the guys at frogner park…it was 8:03…

creepy babies…

kid gets a good hearing…









never seen someone hold a camera like that

maja doing her thing

indians or pakistanies doing their thing




tourists doing their thing…


people like these scare me about getting old…

shank :: Aug.09.2008 :: OM, analog, oslo, street :: No Comments »

…this update was to be done on sunday…day before i left bay…but i could not do it due to technical difficulties(a net connection that’s slower than dial up).

Thank you
Thank you
Thank you

to all who made my time in bay awesome…

this has been the best vacation in bay so far…this despite all the ups and downs…

strangely enough i did not shoot that much film in bay…4 rolls…gave 6 rolls of film to the lab today…

i also got bored of digi pretty soon in bay…luckily the last few days gave the best frames of the trip…as usual…ALWAYS CARRY YOUR CAMERA

it was blast to be home and spend time with my family and friends…sadly i turn into the most lazy ass as soon as i step foot in my house in bay…

the return trip was also exciting…on my way from Helsinki to Stockholm…the pilot announced that due to a sudden drop in oil pressure we would have to turn back…nice…landed and we were surrounded by half a dozen fire trucks…

goto Oslo…bought a burger from Stat Oil…as usual…got home…which now feels empty without my Austrian mates…and then it started pouring cats and dogs…

before and after being deep fried…

goto to meet bhavin just once during the entire trip…

lali dislocated his shoulder one day before i left…

right across my building gate

love this one…

new profile pic for kunal…

a dash of color and mirror…pro

lali, kunal and me went out to chill and * got this msg from his girl…lots of ups and down…dont even ask…

kunal was also not quite there…thats another story…

kunal took this one…i like it in BW but sis likes it in color…so color…i dont mind being nice once in a while…

akshit joined us later…still talking to his girl on the mobile…i have no clue what couples talk about all day…

lali was playing some really bad bollywood ringtone on his cell…

met up with sis at a doctor…kunal later joined us…went to buy some pastry…and find this wall…so more profile pics…this time for sis…

need to have some streetshot…so here it is

goto the building and found another nice wall with some nice lighting…


i am the only one who likes this frame…everyone else like the earlier one…

sis took this one and the next…i like this frame

mom likes this frame

breakfast…

saturday…comming back home from malad…more nice light…

delna joined us as well…

hotel room in Helsinki…

view outside the room…

thats it for now…more stuff when i get the film developed

shank :: Jul.30.2008 :: bombay, digital, india, street :: 3 Comments »