Sharma Podila's Blog

Ulistac Natural Area is so close to home that it is hard to go to most places from home without passing by it. Late Saturday afternoon my daughter and I were figuring out what to do next and we hit upon the idea of walking in Ulistac. It had been a while, and the rains had stopped. My 6 year old sometimes likes to walk around with a camera, just like me. My 7+ years old digital point-and-shoot camera is hers to keep.

While there wasn’t much new to feast on for the camera, we walked around and exercised our photo curiosity for a while. It was still very cloudy. Here are a few of my favorites. And then my favorites of her photos as well.

My Favorites:

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Favorites from daughter’s photos:

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Just a quick collection of my favorite images from 2009. I hadn’t been on any photo trips, something I will have to change for 2010. But, there were some opportunities to try somethings that were new to me, like the executive and Mom-to-be portraits. Looking back at the year’s images gives me some ideas for something new to try next year.

I hope you enjoy viewing my 2009 favorite images collection.

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People/Events:

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From June 2009. We stopped by the Sundial bridge on our way back from Mount Shasta. Reaching there just after noon, we saw Sun right on top of the bridge at 1:00 pm.

Sundial Bridge At 1:00 pm

It was a busy Halloween Saturday. Shamika loved the Dorothy costume and singing along “Somewhere over the rainbow” and playing in on the piano. Subha actually found her a Toto - the closest looking furry friend. Getting motivated from our friends’ (Raj and Rita) Halloween bash, Subha and I decided to get costumes as well. [...]

We were at the famous Pier 39 in San Francisco last weekend. As we do almost every time, we stopped a while to observe the Sea Lions there in all their childish play, rolling over each other, pushing, fighting, and sometimes just sleeping. It was afternoon; Sun light was coming in from behind the Sea [...]

One of the ways to achieve more in less time is the idea of “multi-tasking” - working on multiple tasks simultaneously. So it seems.
I’ve sometimes wondered: What exactly is multi-tasking? Can you really do multiple activities at the same time? Really? Of course, I talk on the phone while I drive. I sometimes update my [...]

Just before we sat for dinner we noticed a little green frog resting on the outside of the glass door. I grabbed my macro lens and the flash. Since it was night, the sole light would be flash. Since the texture on frog’s skin is interesting I chose to get the flash off the camera. [...]

Killing time in Prairieville, LA, at the in-laws includes watching the daughter play excitedly, staying indoors, away from the hot humid outdoors, and checking out Baton Rouge and the lakes and bayous around. The first two days were uneventful. Can’t wait to go out soon with the camera. Until then, here’s a gallery of images [...]

This evening (15 minutes later I’d have had to say, yesterday) I went to watch and shoot the play “Surya ki antim kiran se Surya ki pehli kiran tak” by the well known bay area’s Naatak group. This is the third play of theirs that I am shooting pictures of, and I must say their [...]

Window light, white paper reflector handheld, tripod mounted camera, chord released shutter.
Minimal processing - black point, slight bump in contrast.