NJB'S PHOTOGRAPHY

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In the world of art, abstract forms hold a special allure, offering a canvas for boundless imagination and creativity. For me, the desire to express myself through abstract art led to a unique exploration: macro photography of paint. In this blog post, we delve into my innovative approach to photography, which blurs the lines between painting and photography, resulting in mesmerizing abstract compositions. Unveiling Abstract Landscapes in Paint: A Macro Photography Journey My journey into the realm of abstract art began with a simple yet profound idea: to capture the essence of paint through the lens of a camera. Using macro photography techniques, I zoom in on the intricate textures, colors, and patterns of various paint mixtures, transforming them into captivating abstract landscapes. Painted Abstract#6529 One such example is "Painted Abstract#6529 ", where layers of pastel hues blend and intertwine, evoking a sense of serene beauty and tranquility. Each brushstroke becom...

D ear friends I am extremely happy to welcome you all on my new website . I hope you all find it interesting & easy to surf through the images displayed. I was busy from almost month & half for putting it to work.  Though the interface provided by Zenfolio is easy & I don't have to go through any coding but I was having zero knowledge about getting a custom domain & a website. I was mostly busy in customizing, understanding the tools provided & most important selecting, sorting, metadata editing, re-touching (for a few) & uploading images. M any of you might have a question in your mind "Why I needed a website now?" I can understand that because I asked that question to myself many times before. As most of you know I share my images on Flickr / Facebook & 500px . Unfortunately I have gone through image library data corruption 3-4 months back. More on that may be in different blog. That accident gifted me some sleepless nig...

Dear friends just received mail from the worldphoto.org that my image " The Rush" was being shortlisted in top 50 photographs in Travel category in 2013 Sony World Photography Awards . This image has been commended (top 50) in the Travel Category.  The commended gallery will go live on the website by 11pm GMT on 5th February.  worldphoto.org mention s to me " Being a commended photographer is an outstanding achievement with over 54,851 images entered from 170 countries and your image stood out to the judges.  As a commended photographer, your image will be shown digitally at Somerset House at the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition from 26th April - 12th May, 2013."   EXIF Data: 1.3 sec , f16, ISO 100, 17mm This image was captured in my Betterphotography Magazines face off contest for better photographer of the year 2012. It was taken on D adar railway station of Mumbai in morning before office hours elaborating the rush & h...

Dear friends my article on creating abstracts using paper has been published in the UK based magazine of photography " Digital SLR Photography ". It's nice to see their interest in my paper abstract work & imitative for publishing the tips & techniques about this work in the magazine along with my other images in the new year issue of Jan 2013. I am really privileged for this providing this platform to me to the Jordan Butters (Features Writer) &  Caroline Wilkinson ( Features Editor) of this magazine. I will like to thank you all for you kind support & appreciating my images on Flickr , Facebook & e lsewhere.

I am happy to share with you all that my photograph taken at the sunset point of Pachmarhi was published in the National Geographic Traveler India launching magazine in July 2012 issue. This photograph was taken at the sunset point of Rajendra Giri in 2009. The people in the image are sunset viewers. Photograph is taken with two  split gradual density ND filters (One Tobacco & other neutral). The lens flare is adding to the concept & gives a divine feel to the image. Exif Data Camera Canon EOS 400D Digital Exposure 0.067 sec (1/15) Aperture f/8.0 Focal Length 20 mm ISO Speed 100 Exposure Bias +1/3 EV My Sincere thanks to all of my friends appreciating my work & keep inspiring & motivating me.

     D ear friends finally I am able to take some time for sharing the behind the scene secrets on paper abstract work with you all. I hope you will enjoy it & ignore the delayed publication of this article. How it all started ?      I love to shoot all subjects which attracts me irrespective of what it is ! I have not yet restricted myself to any specific genre in the photography. I am not a professional photographer & can only utilize my weekends/holidays time for the hobby. Considering my small kid "Manas" which is now around 15 months old I had to restrict my freedom for shooting outdoor on weekends. This focused my attention to family portraits, still life & abstracts. Image 1 : Motion : This shot was taken to convey the feel of motion using still life. During taking this shot f or getting the movements of paper I allowed to move the end of papers with the help of ceiling fan. The the...

I am so overwhelmed the way my work on paper abstract work is getting appreciation from all around. Honestly I didn't expected such a success for this work. As an artist I am really loving it & which artist didn't wish appreciation for his work? I really enjoyed every bit of working while shooting these beautiful subject. I am more happy to share with you all the publications listed below were initiated by the publishers. Digital SLR Photography_June 2012 The image "Paper Waveform" was been published in the magazine under Reader Showcase in "Digital SLR Photography" June 2012. This is one of the leading photography Magazine in UK. Published in Composition magazine I am again excited to share with you all that my image "Golden Arc" was published in the Composition magazine. As per the note of their editor to me before publication "Composition magazine is a web based magazine (PDF format) based in Israel. In every issue ...

I am really excited to share with you all that I was selected as category winner for Still Life: The obvious Things in the annual photo contest conducted by India's leading photography Magazine "Better photography". My attached image Paper Swan was selected as winner in the still life. In the category "Joy of color" another image "Rainbow Twirl" was nominated in final 6 whereas "Paper Waveform was shortlisted in top 20 images. It was overwhelming to see my work on paper abstract being appreciated so highly especially considering around 70,000 entries from all over India. The eight category winners were invited to Mumbai & were offered the challenge to photo shoot in Mumbai on the theme of "Spirit of Mumbai". I was supposed to shoot for 4 days & submit 10 individual images & 8-12 images in series for photo essay. Though I didn't able to turn that for grabbing overall winner award among 8 I was hap...

In Indian city & villages the fair/Mela other than festival & cultural activities are being regularly devised. It mainly contains various adventure sports specially for kids like giant wheel & rides. I visited such fair with my kid & sharing some shots showing the spirit of Indian Mela. Mostly there fairs are being run during vacation of children's like summer vacation, Diwali vacation,new year celebration etc. Mela is a Sanskrit word meaning 'gathering' or 'to meet' or a Fair. It is used in the Indian subcontinent for all sizes of gathering and can be religious, commercial, cultural or sports. In rural traditions melas or village fairs were (and in some cases still are) of great importance. This led to their export around the world by south Asian diaspora communities wishing to bring something of that tradition to their new countries. The purpose of these fairs is to offer an opportunity to enjoy amusement rides like Giant Wheel, fun...

Dear friends during online surfing it took to me surprise that my image " painter " was shortlisted in National Geographic Daily Dozon for the 3rd week of May 2011 . Unfortunately I didn't got any mail intimating that to me but seeing my image as a part of shortlisted group of images was nice experience. For those who don't know about Daily Dozen NGM from the Daily Dozen, Photographer across the world post their images under the section " Your Shot ". Images under these categories were shortlisted for the Daily Dozen. a selection of photos publishes in monthly National Geographic magazine if photograph gets qualified through voting machine.

I am intensely happy to continue to be selected as winners & being listed along with great photographers in the monthly competition on Betterphoto website. My two images were selected as finalist & were resulted in winners in the January 2011 monthly contest . The image "Staring Girl" was selected in the category People whereas "The Boy & The Bicycle" was selected in the category " Nature & Landscapes ". As a very popular competition this month too it was having a lot entries as 17200. It is really wonderful experience having my two images at second place along with top 10 winners at second place in each category. Staring Girl: This image was captured at Maheshwar. She was selling flowers on the Ghat of river Narmada. I was eager to get her portrait but she was a little bit shy. I convinced her if she doesn't like the image I will delete it in front of her, that helped me to get a pose from her. Her face is having very dry skin beca...

Every beginner in photography does one mistake which professionals don't like i.e. keeping subject in the center of the frame. He must have been bombarded for not doing that mistake again by seniors . This place is considered having less visual attention of the viewer. A subject in center divides the frame equally & may confuse the viewer where to look at? This offers a less visual weight to the subject.As soon as subject is moved from the center of the image gets a dynamic feel from a static. The golden point according to very famous rule of composition which is Rule of thirds. Image1: Egg in glass In this image I have placed the egg in center of the frame but is it really not visually interesting? The answer is yours since it is going to be subjective. I think dividing the entire frame using shapes of circles helps the viewers eyes to recognize the subject with an ease ( Ref: Gestalt Law of grouping ) . So the egg in the centered portion doesn't matter to much, in fact...

It was my great pleasure for being part of the  event organised by IIM Indore (S napster-Aperture Photography Club) + IPC (Indore Photography Community) on Jan 23,2011 . In this event seminar from the great photographer Mr. Hemshankar Pathakji was delivered. It was very informative &  with  rich information about composing & using natural light at best in photography. It was a visual treat to see his beautiful work captured through his vision. A photo competition was also planned contributing the images taken in the beautiful campus of IIM. The competition was open to the only photographs taken on that day after the seminar. I took this opportunity  at best to explore the beauty of the IIM campus through my camera. The architecture of all buildings is really very artistic & inspiring to shoot. The evening light was making it even beautiful giving elegant shadows & lights. I will like to share some of the images taken in  this event along with...