Category Archives: Photo Notes & Field guides

Easy Ways to Make Money Passively from Online Pictures

There are several ways to make money from your online pictures. This is probably the easiest way to make money from all the pictures you have online – either hosted on your own website / blog or on other places (like Flickr for example). This involves no selling and you don’t even have to spend [...]

Candid Travel Picture from the Streets of Kolkata – Devotees along the Ganges

I traveled to Kolkata, previously known as Calcutta, in the summer of 2008. The weather was humid & temperatures soared over 100 degrees during the day time. My brother, whose learning to film, took me over to the banks of the Ganges to take pictures of candid street life.

Studio Portraits & Using Props to Make Better Portraits – Pipes & Cigars

Although I am more of an outdoor photographer, shooting indoors with models & props could be lot of fun. We used props from military clothes, renaissance dress & armours but they are very costly. Most of the time we had to do with simple props like fancy hats, pipes & cigars .

Horse and carriage rides in Central Park, New York City

It has been a long time custom to take leisure rides on horse drawn carriages in Central Park. Families huddle together while the carriage rolls through the inside roads of the park. The rides usually end at the southern end, where the horses get to eat and relax.