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I didn't think I would get any time at all to post these before the weekend, but somehow collected enough to make a thread about. Let me know if these are any good, and more importantly any better than my last street pics?
Oh! And it's my birthday today, so everyone's invited! :Joker:Free beer for anyone who can make it.. :cheers: :greenpbl: :lmao:
#1. Father-Daughter moment, I first thought I missed this shot as the lady came half way into the picture. But I kind of like how it turned out at the end.
#2. The Cyclist: This kid stared at me for taking his picture, came up to me and asked me why i was photographing him. I told him I was a reporter, his answer was he wanted to be one too. And then he sat by my side and tried to understand how my camera functions and everything and even offered to accompany me to a street fair nearby. He was a very sharp kid. I just wish I hadn't chopped off the tyres.
#3. Jalebiwallah: These round sweets are called jalebis, and are very famous sweets in India. Not sure if they are made elsewhere. You can see they are being made fresh at the back (the old man).
#4. Child labour: Although Illegal, is blatantly ignored in India. It's unfortunate, but can't really be helped. I didn't get to talk to him, he looked very shy.
#5. The Welder: This man was welding these metal rods, sitting without any safety at a considerable height (at least 10 to 12 feet).
#6. The Student Hawker: Granted this isn't the best of shots(very dark, ISO 1600), I still really like this one. This kid is selling happiness to other kids, while merely surviving himself. He's selling those bubble maker toys at a local street fair. I had another good one of him, but I liked this one better for the bubbles.
Later on I invited him to the jalebiwallah's shop (#3) and started chatting with him. He's 12 years old, goes to a govt. school in the morning and cycles 10 kms in the evening from his home to this place to sell these toys. I asked him about his parents, and he said his mother works as a maidservant and his father doesn't do much so he has to earn for the family. I know many such kids who are forced into manual labour while their father is busy being a drunk. Unfortunately, again not much that can be done about this; but at least the situation is improving in my state as compared to a few others.
#7. The Fish Bazaar: Something very funny happened here, these markets are actually illegally built and the govt. is trying to get rid of them. Noticing that I was photographing them, they thought I was a police inspector and actually tried to bribe me from taking any pictures. Even though I told them I was not one, they didn't believe me and were literally begging me to stop photographing them. They thought I would use these as evidence, and just couldn't understand why anyone would want to photograph markets without any reason.
Things improved once a local person (who knew me) came over and confirmed what I said, most of the shopkeepers started posing for the camera after that :lmao:..
I have a few more I haven't edited yet.
P.S. I hope these pics and stories were interesting enough for you guys, let me know if you'd like to see anything specific and I'll try my best; no promises though!
Oh! And it's my birthday today, so everyone's invited! :Joker:Free beer for anyone who can make it.. :cheers: :greenpbl: :lmao:
#1. Father-Daughter moment, I first thought I missed this shot as the lady came half way into the picture. But I kind of like how it turned out at the end.
#2. The Cyclist: This kid stared at me for taking his picture, came up to me and asked me why i was photographing him. I told him I was a reporter, his answer was he wanted to be one too. And then he sat by my side and tried to understand how my camera functions and everything and even offered to accompany me to a street fair nearby. He was a very sharp kid. I just wish I hadn't chopped off the tyres.
#3. Jalebiwallah: These round sweets are called jalebis, and are very famous sweets in India. Not sure if they are made elsewhere. You can see they are being made fresh at the back (the old man).
#4. Child labour: Although Illegal, is blatantly ignored in India. It's unfortunate, but can't really be helped. I didn't get to talk to him, he looked very shy.
#5. The Welder: This man was welding these metal rods, sitting without any safety at a considerable height (at least 10 to 12 feet).
#6. The Student Hawker: Granted this isn't the best of shots(very dark, ISO 1600), I still really like this one. This kid is selling happiness to other kids, while merely surviving himself. He's selling those bubble maker toys at a local street fair. I had another good one of him, but I liked this one better for the bubbles.
Later on I invited him to the jalebiwallah's shop (#3) and started chatting with him. He's 12 years old, goes to a govt. school in the morning and cycles 10 kms in the evening from his home to this place to sell these toys. I asked him about his parents, and he said his mother works as a maidservant and his father doesn't do much so he has to earn for the family. I know many such kids who are forced into manual labour while their father is busy being a drunk. Unfortunately, again not much that can be done about this; but at least the situation is improving in my state as compared to a few others.
#7. The Fish Bazaar: Something very funny happened here, these markets are actually illegally built and the govt. is trying to get rid of them. Noticing that I was photographing them, they thought I was a police inspector and actually tried to bribe me from taking any pictures. Even though I told them I was not one, they didn't believe me and were literally begging me to stop photographing them. They thought I would use these as evidence, and just couldn't understand why anyone would want to photograph markets without any reason.
Things improved once a local person (who knew me) came over and confirmed what I said, most of the shopkeepers started posing for the camera after that :lmao:..
I have a few more I haven't edited yet.
P.S. I hope these pics and stories were interesting enough for you guys, let me know if you'd like to see anything specific and I'll try my best; no promises though!
, I've had so many people call me up today, but good wishes from you guys are always the most special for me. Oh! And I received my TPF birthday gift well in advance :mrgreen:. 
