Photo sphere for visual story-telling : Nexus 4

A photo sphere photographed using the Nexus 4 phone camera. © Nishant Ratnakar

  Photography and Visual Story-telling have undergone tremendous changes over the last hundred years. From a single or a series of  images printed in newspapers, to online slide-shows, and to a convergence of motion picture and still photography, the world has changed a lot. Today, a visual story-teller has plethora of options to tell a story. From info-graphics,… Continue reading Photo sphere for visual story-telling : Nexus 4

Flash Mob – Slutwalk Bangalore

I had last covered a Flash mob three years ago, when dancing ban at public places in Bangalore was making fresh headlines. It had got some of the city’s dancing enthusiasts to assemble at a public square with music quietly streaming from their portable players. The confused security guards at the square were struggling to… Continue reading Flash Mob – Slutwalk Bangalore

Going Independent as a Photographer

I have now become an independent visual story-teller. Plenty of ideas are taking shape in my mind as I plan the days ahead. I share here a rough road map, ideas and plans, that I believe that independent photographers like me should consider while doing business in today’s world.

Few frames behind the lens

As an assignment for my Advanced News Photography class held during my Diploma in Photojournalism scholarship program I did an audio slideshow featuring my photographer colleague K Anantha Subramanyam at his home and at work.

Green Energy Race

  This is an audio slideshow made as a group assignment for the Advanced News Photography course in our Diploma in Photojournalism Program at ACFJ (Asian center For Journalism) at Ateneo De Manila University. The group consisted of Aileen C Dimatatac, Cheryl Baldicantos, Tumpa Mondal and I. The assignment, was for us to interpret  an… Continue reading Green Energy Race

The Park Bench Stories

The Park Bench Stories was a multimedia assignment for my course at ACFJ at Ateneo De Manila University. It was originally a Soundslides Audio Visual project and now converted into a video format. The video captures the mood and ambient sound on a relaxed day at Cubbon Park, a major tourist attraction in Bangalore city,… Continue reading The Park Bench Stories

A classroom experiment on Soundslides

Multimedia, audio, video… seems to be/is the emerging mantra for photojournalists. Convergence of different mediums have created a whole new world of opportunities for visual story-telling. Also, from this year World Press Photo has instituted a new contest to recognize multimedia photojournalism. Multimedia is here to stay. This multimedia slideshow was produced by me as… Continue reading A classroom experiment on Soundslides