ART + PUSH

Watch it full-screen and with 'Scaling' off.

Untitled from Swapnil Sonawane on Vimeo.

Vidu's b'day + NID + Ahmadabad Darshan!

Haridwar via Ahmedabad and Vadodara

3 beautiful days with Vidi at NID - 2 days in Vadodra - 5 days in Haridwar - 2 days in Delhi!

In this trip I definitely got to know one thing that I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT EXPOSURE... as yet. Having said that I hope you still enjoy the pictures and some drawings made in Haridwar.

This was the first time that I tried my hand on TPs (transparencies), love the colors that this film can generate (Fuji Sensia 100 asa). I pushed processed all the rolls by 2 stops and just one I tried pushing 6 STOPS! Dad wasn't really happy with the whole idea but the situation was such... evening arti at the temple happens at Hari-ki-pauri right next to the Ganga temple at around 7:00 Pm with no natural light and the only light source being the burning flames from the huge arti, I could either decide to push the film or not take pictures at all. My choice was obvious :P I pushed! Discovered what this does to the film is that it turns all the blacks into deep reddish cast all over the film. Must admit I kind of like the effect. :) Other than that tried exposing the rest of the film 1/2 stop under which was a bad idea. Dust and speckles on the images are intentional as this I feel adds up to whole FILM look where the digital is just too damn clean. :P

But nevertheless had a great time taking pictures, meeting new people and some great old friends.

1st 8 pictures are the ones that are from the '6stops' pushed TP! :)

"All that you need to make a film is a gun and a girl" - Godard

I had written this as my study paper in March at my Institute. On this great filmmaker that I am exploring called 'Jean-Luc Godard' Read and try to watch his films like 'Breathless' and 'A Band Apart' I do have both the films on DVD so if anybody want to see them you can just call me. :)

Godard

Platform - Sept-Oct 2009

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Canon 5D Mark ll Trials.

Canon 5D Mark ll trails from Swapnil Sonawane on Vimeo.

Shot on the 5D, extremely impressive, great colors, beautifully sharp. The video has a slight shake coz I was pulling the focus on a the huge n heavy 70-200mm lens and the camera was on a not so great Manfrotto tripod. :P

I really want to shoot more on this one!
enjoy!

Another freeze frame from one of the videos.