Monday, March 24, 2008

Photography on a weekend

A few attempts with my new camera. Tried some shots in Boston...thank god the weather is coming around. Today it was mid forties, so I was out taking some pictures. I also made some attempts to get picturesof a tennis ball bouncing in my room. I tried to use really fast shutter speeds (1/200S, F/5.6, IS 1600). The pictures outside in birght sunlight were mostly taken in the program mode. ( 1/25 s shutter speed, f/6.1, ISO 100-200)




The track behind MIT (right in the middle of cambridge). On a philosophical level just seems like my life. Me and Deepthi running parallel, but due to parallax error, it seems to converge at infinity.



My favorite street Mass. Ave. You can see Novartis. The huge builiding with exhausts popping out on the top.

Boston!! The sidewalk runs parallel to the Charles River. It was beautiful day today and a lot of people were taking a nice walk in the afternoon.

Boston side of charles river (a small canal). Bad shot right into the Sun.

Attempted to catch the tennis ball on a roll. This shot was taken at a much slower shutter speed (1/25 s). Check the numerous frames that the camera captured.

Here I captured the ball in mid air (in flash, shutter speed 1/100 s)



Similar attempt to capture the ball, with nuch slower shutter speed (1/10 s)

Caught the ball right at the bouncing point! See the slight change in the shape at the contact point! (1/100s shutter speed)


Caught the flame in motion ( 1/50s, flash)

Need to get more creative with the subjectds and need to work on reducing the white balance so I can capture things in day light with small aperture and slower shutter speed.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Tabla Old bollywood melody (in Jhoomar: Dadra taal)



Tabla New Roopak Taal tune



Tabla Teen Taal and new Kaidas

Teen taal and new Kaidas

I made some mistakes during transition, but corrected later on. Nice tune on the Harmonium.

Tabla practice 19th March 2008



Aaj Jane ki Zid (again) on a new Deepchandi (Tak tak usage)

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Kubaku Ghazal with Tabla


Check out Mr. Jalal's beautiful voice. Great song on Vilabit Dadra ( 3+3 beat)



Unknown Song in ROOPAK (7 Beat)
Mr. Jalal Rocks with Harmonium (love this song)

AAJ JANE KI ZIND NA KARO!!
One of the best songs sung by Farida Khanum.
(Taal: Deepchandi, 14 beat)

Tabla Taal Roopak (With variations)

CHUPKE CHUPKE RAAT DIN



Thursday, March 6, 2008

Excerpts from my recent practice session with my Guru Mr. Kazi Jalal.

DAM MAST QALANDAR

Sufi song in KEHERVA






DUNIYA KISI KE PYAR






TEEN TAL medium tempo






KEHERVA VILAMBIT


तुने यह फूल


My favorite number Ghazal Tune Yeh Phoole by Mehdi Hassan. This time I was practicing with my Guru Mr. Kazi Jalal. He's playing the harmonium and leading me with the various transitions on tabla. Love my practice sessions!!

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

तुने यह फूल


This a great Ghazal by Ustad Mehdi Hassan. The composition is in 6 BEAT DADRA TAAL. One of my favorite ghazals.


वैष्णव जन तो


Famous Bhajan!



My mistakes: Tempo alteration and hand position. Watch the numerous times I lift my hand playing TIN or DHA-DHIN. This compromises my accuracy and tempo.