Wednesday, December 12, 2007

A photo session with AHYAN


Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce AHYAN; my youngest model ever. He was 26 days old when I took these pictures. Not only he is first son of my dear friend Aamir, but also he is a real poser. I plan to do one more of his shoot later next year when he settles down a little because at the moment he is still going through evolution period I guess. I fully enjoyed the session.
The setup was quite simple as usual with white sheets and one reflector. Thank you Asif and Madiha for your help with holding my background etc. I have uploaded a small video version of the slideshow here but you guys can request full screen high resolution version which is about 6MB in size (PC executable). Enjoy!


Thursday, December 6, 2007

Amma




She is very old, full of dignity and works hard as a house keeper to earn her living. Everybody calls her “Amma” (mother).

I was busy taking Iram & Ayaz’s post wedding picture in Karachi last month when suddenly an old lady walked in. She had an amazing character in her face & seemed perfect model. I wanted a portrait but didn’t want to offend her. I started begging my wife Madiha to ask her instead and she did (Lucky me). I shot 3 frames and she didn’t move her face. I think this is going to be my favourite portrait. What do you think? What is the first thing that goes through your mind when you first look at it? What do you see in her eyes?