A Week with Point-and-Shoot Camera : Canon PowerShot s100

Band Stand, Mumbai. 2012. © Nishant Ratnakar

In one of my earlier posts, I had mentioned how I had inclined to Mobile Phone cameras for personal photography. Over a period of time these tiny devices have undergone as many advancements as the beast – Digital SLR camera –  has undergone. Technology has been a great leveler in the field of photography. Today, the… Continue reading A Week with Point-and-Shoot Camera : Canon PowerShot s100

Photo Books and Weddings

Mobile phone snapshot of my Engagement Coffee table book / Photo Book printed by Canvera

Photo Book- Nishant & Swapna Engagement There is one question that is very relevant to present day photography – Do people still print the images from their digital camera? Industry might pull out charts, graphs and all sorts of figures to show sales of photographic prints to a consumer market. The Art World might speak… Continue reading Photo Books and Weddings

Another $10 Discount on Fistful of Dreams

The cover of the book "Fistful of Dreams: An Adopted Girl's Journey"

There is a good news for others who haven’t yet been able to buy my book, Fistful of Dreams,  during the last discount sale by Blurb, and/or have had some issues with the pricing. Blurb.com – the printers of the book are again offering a $10 discount on the book for all the orders placed in the February month (orders placed… Continue reading Another $10 Discount on Fistful of Dreams

Embedded Wedding Photography in Postnoon Newspaper

Captured For Life : Article in Postnoon that showcased my Embedded Wedding Photography

My Embedded Wedding Photography work was featured in Postnoon, an English daily newspaper in Hyderabad.

Mobile Phone Memories

Eyes of my lover. A mobile phone photograph. Christmas Eve. Mumbai, December 2011. © Nishant Ratnakar

It was some ten to fifteen years ago, that I saw a mobile phone for the first time in my life. My dad had made his prized purchase – a huge handset (unsure if it was a Nokia or a Panasonic device) with a prepaid mobile phone connection. It not only had the ability of… Continue reading Mobile Phone Memories

Bangalore Pride March 2011

The 4th annual Bangalore Pride March was held in Bangalore city on Sunday, 27th November 2011. The march was held from Thulasi park to City Town hall and saw huge participation from members of various sexual orientations. This year the march was held as part of Bangalore Pride and Karnataka Sexual Minorities Rights festival, which… Continue reading Bangalore Pride March 2011

The story behind my Embedded Eyes

Indian migrant Guddu Gupta at his shared accommodation in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Guddu hails from Ghorakpur town of India and works as a salesman in Cambodia. 2008. Photo: Nishant Ratnakar

My article on ‘Embedded journalism in documentary photography,’ that appeared in Un(T)ravel, the April-July 2011 edition of Offbeat, The Alternative’s quarterly ezine celebrating alternative living.

Where do you see yourself 5 years from now

I take a moment and look back into my last years at engineering college. During those days, Campus placements/recruitment was the hot topic among my friends. We were to soon graduate from one of the finest colleges in the country (R.V.C.E), and it was inevitable that most of us had a job in our hand… Continue reading Where do you see yourself 5 years from now