Half Saree Ceremony

Last April, I was afforded the opportunity to shoot a Half Saree ceremony for a young Indian youth here in town.  I was "all in" having never done one of these and with my continued "love affair" with the Indian culture.  As expected the pageantry of colors was amazing as was the beauty of the women and charisma/character of the men. I was engulfed in all of this and really enjoyed how welcome they made this 6'3" black man who pretty much towered over everyone.

I had a tremendous time and was working on getting a few of these pics to one of the women who attended the event and it dawned on me that I never posted any of the pictures.  Enjoy the colors and beauty.  Also, please click on the link above to get more information on the ceremony.

David

Hardly Trying

I've been here all the time....  I know you've been wondering where I've been but LIFE has been kicking my butt lately but it's all about persistence and growth right?

I am all caught up from my editing and am now going back and posting shoots from the summer.  I shot a fashion show this past summer at our local Macy's and in the process of working with the coordinator looking for models, we ran into Ruby.  From the minute we saw her we wanted her in the show but Ruby was headed to India for a wedding and to visit family.  Well I'm pretty persistent so I finally caught up with her to see how the trip went and for a quick shoot.  We found some shade in an alley and then I had her play in the sunlight and really enjoyed how she lit up each frame.  We will hook up again when school slows down for her but for now enjoy part 1 of my experiences with Ruby.

David

Point and Shoot - Part 2

About a month ago, I had a cup of coffee with a very nice young Indian couple; Shefali and Dushyant. They were friends of friends so I thought it would be a great to visit and talk with them to learn more about the Indian culture in our little town and doing some photography work with them in the future. Shefali was "all in" and immediately excited about things but we had to get Dushyant there. Well it didn’t take him long once he started sharing his own ideas with me about pictures he liked and some he wanted of the two of them. We spoke for several minutes doing some collab/idea kinda stuff and the love these two people shared with one another shined through in the course of the conversation which was very cool to witness. It’s always nice to meet people and people from other cultures to learn about their experiences and find out how much we have in common versus the things we think might divide us or make us different.

I needed to finish this post from last month so here are Shefali and Dushyant; stay tuned for more this

summer.

David