The Lake District - England

My cool wife.

We were driving North to the Lake District in England (early August 08) - the weather of course was overcast and the sky (for photography) awesome as you can see. This picture was another one of those shots that turned-out better than I expected.

Aperture Priority @ 55mm.

Ramblas Performer

I captured this gorgeous artist at around 10am last August on the Ramblas, Barcelona. Of the hundreds of pictures I recorded on this trip, this is one of my favourites!

Nikon D60 (aperture priority); Nikon 70-300mm VR @ 300mm; f5.6; exposure 1/320 , ISO 400.

Gregory Crewdson

You've probably not seen Gregory Crewdson's work before. I certainly hadn't until I stumbled across a book in a local bookstore a number of years ago.



Unique, powerful... maybe there's a 'part' of us in all of these stories?



A picture's meaning really can express a thousand words...

What happenned? Is she thinking twice about her decision? Is she scared or angry? Has she just broken up with her husband? Why is the cab parked across the street?

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

I just had to post one more of my Mumbai pictures. Of course it's of the famous Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) - a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

I shot this image on the 27th of July last year and am reminded of the building's magnificence every time I look at this shot.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhatrapati_Shivaji_Terminus

Beautiful Mumbai

Following on from the pictures of Mumbai that I posted on May 9, I just had to share these three too.

The image (above) isn't as sharp as I would have liked, but the power of it is not lost. We were passing through a Mumbai slum when I shot this picture. It wasn't just the colour that struck me, but rather the palette from which it was drawn i.e., the love and pride of a proud father - a watchful mother, material poverty... yet abundant joy. I love it - I love it for all that it is and all that it is not. It represents all of us in a way - a part of us is them, and a part of them is us...



The smell, the vibrancy and of course the colour.



My gorgeous wife Dana with our Mumbai guide Raj. We met Raj by accident while strolling around the Gateway of India. Five minutes after meeting him he'd talked us into using his services. He was awesome - one of the loveliest people we've met and he showed us the real Mumbai. Thanks Raj!

Magical Mumbai

I was in Mumbai (with my wife Darn) late July last year - our first time in India and my God - what a magical place and what beautiful people.

I took the above picture late in the late morning of July 27. Of course we were in Mumbai during the middle of the monsoon (which runs from June to Sept.) and it (the rain) didn't stop for the entire time we were there. I particularly like the 'old world charm' of this shot - but a brief moment in time. Note: the words on the back of the cab window appropriately read WATER KINGDOM.

I shot the above image less than 10 minutes later. We were on the renowned Falkland Rd - the red light district. The two girls above (like many of the Mumbai people) were impossibly beautiful at that time, in that place, amongst the challenges that Mumbai puts to its 20 million inhabitants every minute of every day - just incredibly moving.