Wingardium Leviosa – levitation photography

Wingardium Leviosa is the levitation spell – the spell that makes things fly/hover. Most Harry Potter fans would swear by it.

Here, this spell has a different connotation –  photographs of floating people. Inspired by the Japanese yowayowa blog and with hints and howtos from the Digital rev channel, I and Udayan decided on doing something similar – taking photographs of levitating people. We were fairly successful in getting our colleagues to join us in our endeavor and Udayan,  a true photo aficionado that he is, was ever bubbling with ideas. The venue – the campus at work, and our very good friends served as the models. With a lesser number of people and prying eyes likely to disturb us on a Sunday,  we managed to squeeze 1-2 shots in-between breaks during the practice for the cultural programme at work. Some of the photos turned out decent and some had more to be desired. We even planned on using  a hose and a trolley as props, but those will likely follow in the days to come. For now, we managed to use an umbrella and a schedule as props.

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learning to click

This is my first post for 2011! This year, the reasons (read excuses)  have been numerous.

  1. writer’s block
  2. limited electricity (16 hours or is it 18? Heck, I have given up counting)
  3. trouble finding my niche: I dabble with technology, while I have an egging  for the environment and literature.
  4. Very close friends of mine got hitched. I had to be part of their merriment. Afterall they were giving up a major portion of their lives into servitude 🙂
  5. A sblog scraper site – dhintang.com, (I am not dignifying this site by providing a link) who scrapes all my content and a whole other Nepalese bloggers’ (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)  content as well. Read perishable press’s opinion why one should take action against content scrapers.
  6. I have been oogling Android makes (read mobiles) and hoping to get one in my already negative budget.
  7. But most important of all, I have found a new hobby  – photography; and have been reading/researching incessantly on it while indulging myself into weekend photography.
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