The different views on photography

As i was walking out side my office, i looked up to the sky and noticed a clear blue sky, a streak of clouds, and with the sun below the horizon, the clouds lit up with a bright orange colour. It was a beautiful sight. I stopped to take a picture while the others walked ahead. When i showed them the picture, they asked "What can you do with this picture? How many times will you look at it?"

Its a pity that some people dont have an eye for photography. I like to think i do. This is not the first time i got comments like these. It's happened many times before whenever i send pictures to friends. The first question they ask is "where are the people?"

Some people may ask others to come closer together so that they fit in the picture, but i ask others to move out of the frame if i like the scenary better. Some people ask me "why do you take picture of trees and other objects?" while some others ask me "what camera did you use to take this picture?". Its the latter kind whose opinion matters. I feel proud when i tell them that i used my ordinary 2mp sony ericsson phone camera.

Landscape/Nature photohrapy is one of my favourite hobbies, along with biking and listening to music. The only time when i can do all of it at the same time is when i am on a bike trip to some place away from the city life, while i listenin to music and cruise the highways with stops for photograpy wherever the scenary makes me stop. It leaves you with a fresh feeling for the entire month and an eagerness to go on another such trip again. 

I am still stuck on a hangover of sorts from the previous 5 day ride. When i am at home, everything is a routine. wake up at the same time, go to office, sit at the same desk, next to the same people, take some cafeteria breaks with the same people, go home, sleep , repeat. It gets really boring. When you are on a bike ride, everything is different. You sleep at different hotels every night, wake up early, hit the highway, stop at a new place for breakfast, a new highway dhaba for lunch/dinner and visit places you haent been to before. Thats the good life, a good break from the daily routine, everyone must try it atleast once. If you do, you will thank me later

Into the wild

NIts been a typical work week with nothing much to write about. But for the last few days I just can't get the songs from the movie "into the wild" out of my head. These songs, written by eddie vedder the vocalist of pearl jam are the type of songs that grow on you everytime you listen to them. The movie is equally good. It's a true story about this student who gives away all his posessions including a 24,000$ savings account to charity and takes off backpacking accross North America to Alaska to live in a secluded place in the wild, meeting different people along the way. Eddie Vedder has done an amazing job in capturing the movie in every song. The lyrics of the songs are much better than the movie in giving you an idea of what was going on in his mind at that time. I'd suggest you watch the movie, and hear the album. It makes for some good late night music, Especially when working late in the office. Makes you wanna take off into the wild.

A few of my favourites are

-Guaranteed

Everyone I come across, in cages they bought
They think of me and my wandering, but I'm never what they thought
I've got my indignation, but I'm pure in all my thoughts
I'm alive...

Wind in my hair, I feel part of everywhere
Underneath my being is a road that disappeared
Late at night I hear the trees, they're singing with the dead
Overhead...

Leave it to me as I find a way to be
Consider me a satellite, forever orbiting
I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me
Guaranteed

- No Ceiling

Comes the morning
When I can feel
That there's nothing left to be concealed
Moving on a scene surreal
No, my heart will never
Will never be far from here

Sure as I am breathing
Sure as I'm sad
I'll keep this wisdom in my flesh
I leave here believing more than I had
And there's a reason I'll be
A reason I'll be back

As I walk
The Hemisphere
*I've got* my wish
To up and disappear

- Society

Society, you're a crazy breed.
I hope you're not lonely, without me.

When you want more than you have, you think you need...
and when you think more then you want, your thoughts begin to bleed.
I think I need to find a bigger place...
cause when you have more than you think, you need more space.

Society, you're a crazy breed.
I hope you're not lonely, without me.
Society, crazy indeed...
I hope you're not lonely, without me.


Look up the lyrics of the others as well