Exhibition @ Quad, Derby - 22nd Aug 2012

The display of work is based on the image- making process that has been created with young people from the 'Sunnyhill' area of Derby and the image maker.

“Your life isn’t defined by what happens to you; you define your life by how you choose to respond to the things life throws at you. That is the POWER OF CHOICE!”

Rashmi Chauhan 1st Birthday Party

The lovely little girl had her 1st Birthday! Lots of entertain for the kids, and the great food!! 
Happy Birthday, Rashmi! Hope you had a lovely day!

Exhibition @ Quad Derby - Portraiture of young people in a positive & creative manner from 22/08 til 29/08.

Wedding of Laura & David

Welcoming and lovely family! The weather was great to shoot, the family were so relaxed and enjoyed the fun, the reception at the Belmont Hotel were so accommodating and I thoroughly enjoyed shooting the wedding.  

Thank you Laura & David allowing me to shoot your special day.

Wel-Come

Parents who cannot afford feeding their children in the morning, the school would provide free morning meals. India 2012

pre wedding shoot of Laura & David

We had a fun session in the studio! look forward to Saturday's shoot.

Amisha & Darshil Civil Wedding

Sweet and lovely couple captured on the 4th August in Leicestershire.  The whole family were very welcoming and a pleasure to shoot their special day.

India 2012

7:34pm @ a friends house in Porbander, Gujarat, relaxing & talking about the English culture of work, tax and the comparisons to India's balance of quality family time, while in the background the Peacock is sounding off...

my trip to india

captured a image of a dead pigeon several days ago, its suddenly insipired me the kind and style of images i will be shooting!!!

Environmental Portraiture of young black men!

Working with a young project based on identity of young men! I didn't want to create images of negative influences such as; money, degradation of women, cars, etc but keeping it real with 'looking up to the sky,' - 'the world is your oyster'!!

I have created a range of samples, needs a lot more work...

Crazy Android Photo App

Love the way you can capture / manip & output images!
Love this phone!!

Esther Lin

Lovely work of Esther Lin!!!!

http://www.estherlin.com/photo/outsidethecage/#id=Outside%20the%20Cage&num=12

A Rasta Brother...

...this is who we are...

Ask yourself the question, what do you categorise 'Gangs of young people'? 

For example:

a group of persons associated for some criminal or other antisocial purpose: a gang of thieves.

Currently working with young men to inspire them to reach their goals from fashion designers,  musical interest and other passions!!! Strong images that identifies young men!!!

These young men are respectful, polite and hold a strong united front of their community and their beliefs!!

Wedding of Tori & Paul

A really nice couple with lots of warm hearted speeches!!
I nearly cried with the family and friends!!

Who am I? the journey...

For several years upto 2007 I questioned my belonging... ancestral background... 

England, Africa or India...migration of people, and the reasons behind their movement from country to country...

I discovered my ancestral name had a belonging to a place in Gujarat, India.

In the summer of 2007, I experienced a life in India that was... 

Blogging!!! Is it something you do in the toilet?

It's amazing how technology has transformed the world we live in, from the intellectual conversations that we face, nowadays, we are conversing into typing words with little human contact, and let our words tell the world by the clever use of Cyberspace!!
Do I like it? only time will tell!  Do I miss the face to face contact with people to enjoy the knowledge and skills we learn? Of course!! don't we all?

Leaving University in 1997 where emails was a new thing for some people, I was thinking what geeks!! I went down the road and posted a letter which cost me 32pence, I think!!!
Today, I can't live without emails!

Where does photography come into this? I'm unsure...