Srivatsan Chari’s Photoblog

Well, you DO know Friday night is silhouette night, right?

Mr. Vincent aka swallow_razors aka azh00m00nji aka turd! found himself in a Mouse on Mars show in Delhi one night. And he loved it.
So much, that he made me go, when they were playing in Mumbai on the 27th.

And I went.

The concert was held at Sophia College in Mumbai, with Medusa, a local electronic band opening for MoM.

Funnily, it seemed like 80% of the crowd was over the age of 50. I guess they assumed Goethe Institute + Musical Event = Western Classical or some such thing. But I do reckon they enjoyed it.

Coz I sure did!

My favourite track of the night was “Wipe that sound”, I found myself humming that track over and over again.

Medusa put on a good show too, Interesting sound; Electronic with stoner/sludge influences.

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Well, pictures now, All photos shot with my canon 400d and my Arsat 85/2,8 Tilt Shift. No photoshopping at all except for the copyright dealey.

Ambient light was extremely low, so all I could get were silhouettes. Worked out decently though…

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Medusa first:

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Mouse on Mars

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These twins took to the floor, smack in the center and danced that electronic dance.

That’s all. Have a nice day now

So, I went to Dubai this January, took a few random shots on a roll of Ilford XP2 Super. ISO 400, C41 Process.
Finally, here’s the outcome from that roll…

A parking lot in Golden Sands, where trolls learn the bicycle.

In Dubai Mall, the biggestfuckingmallonthefaceoftheearth!

Doom.

Maarten.

At a gig now.

Petra!

Grand Hotel Paradox – Chris Ryan singing, Adarsh Shekar on Bass, Bob on guitar and Tarun J on drums.

It’s like the entire scene is there!

No. not really. But whatever.

Food after the gig

So, there was this Wordpress meet in Dubai. The first of its kind. In Dubai.
Made more awesome by the fact that Matt Mullenweg was gonna show up

Venue – The Montgomerie Golf Course, Matt showed up sometime around 830ish?

Shots were taken in almost complete darkness. ISO 400, 50mm @ f/1.4 with some sputtering candles providing some light.

Such awesome dust and scratches <3

Soon, time to leave Dubai.

A boy with a fracture, in Dubai Airport

On the empty plane on the way back, bye bye dubye.

Yep, thats all.

For now…

Yes, quite different from my usual posts.

Shreyans was erm.. Tenor-ing in the Paranjoti Academy Chorus, so I decided I might as well check the performance out.

Went with a couple of friends. We managed to get great seats, right up front. Of course, photography isn’t allowed… But I managed to shoot a few frames just after the Interval (between parts 1 and 2) and during the final applause.

Quite mediocre shots, especially since I forgot to switch the white balance in my hurry to shoot without being too obtrusive, what with the loud mirror and curtains of my 400d.

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So… Handel’s Messiah

I actually thought I was going to be bored for the next two or so hours, but I was in for a surprise. Western classical isn’t as boring, live, with a symphony orchestra, and a chorus, and the soprano, alto, tenor and bass. Yeah…

It’s still funny though.

Also funny, the fact that most of the performers in the Symphony Orchestra of India are Khazak, yes, from Boratland!

Intense performers.

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All photos shot with my 400d and the Arsat MC 80mm f/2.8 tilt shift lens

No photoshop, except for changing levels (had to get rid of that tungsten color cast
And I didn’t do it well, or consistently…

Forgive me.

My favourite shot. I only noticed it when i got back home.

Mariya Zakharova (Viola) being the only person (in focus) looking this way is the icing on the cake. (Yes, I was trying to get a good shot of her all night )

Zane Dalal

A jubilant Shreyans after the concert.