About Sriram

"There are ones who still say that photography is not an art... the scene/subject is there right in front of the eyes... and all that one needs to do is click the button"

"But there are also the others who believe that even though it is just a click of the button, one can perceive and present the image in an own way.. it is wat one visualizes.. aspects like composition, pov, dof added to the other respective aesthetics can traverse newer dimensions.. a picture can express, communicate, tell a story, depict life in stillness, present nature in its purest form... thats wat makes it as a finer form of art.."

These latter words in quotes is wat I believe in and the words continue to inspire me (I had read it online long long back and have lost the source from where I had read :( , But I do remember the lines)!
Added to all this, works of great photographers like Steve McCurry continue to amaze me!

Wat started as a hobby is something more than a passion for me now. I have not missed a single day of posting an image out of my work in the last 2 and a half years. The challenge here is to capture the image in the truest essence and make it substantial in its own sense. Aminus3 has helped me in living this dream and helping my organize my portfolio in the most efficient manner.

More About Me.......
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Hmmm...

Ok, here it goes:
Living for every moment... happy and lucky I guess and extremely thankful about it;
Just got married to a lovely girl;
Currently immersed into Indian classical music;
Keep listening to most of the genres of music esplly Carnatic Classical, Favorites being G.N.B, Semmangudi, Rajarathnam Pillai, Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Lalgudi, MSG, S.Kalyanaraman, T.N.Seshagopalan, MLV, M.S to Pink Floyd, Enigma, Shakti, A.R.Rahman, Mohd Rafi and Ilayaraja;
Crazy about a whole lot of sports... splly Cricket! ;
Huge movie buff... Coppola, Kubrick, Spielberg, Kieslowski, Scorcese, Sam Mendes, Darabont, Tornatore, Christopher Nolan, Tarantino, Coen Brothers, Innaritu', Woody Allen, Majid Majidi, Kamal Hassan, Maniratnam, Vishal Bharadwaj, Aamir Khan, Santhosh Sivan, Anurag Kashyap, Rakesh Mehra and Ashutosh Gowariker are some of the filmmakers that I admire;
Other interests includes Travel, Caricaturing and importantly Food.
(My first and active site: http://thetraces.blogspot.com)

Recognition:

VFXY Weekly pick award - 26.5.2008
http://photos.vfxy.com/weekly/20080526
Winner - TCS Shutterbug Award
12 - times at spotlight in Aminus3.

Photography Equipment

Nikon D50 with a
24-85mm f/2.8-4.0D IF AF Zoom Nikkor Lens;
Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 APO DG Macro;
50mm Prime Nikkor f/1.8;
18 - 55mm & 55 - 200mm Nikkor lenses;
A neat Manfrotto and a whole lot of filters!