Mobile Phone Cameras definitely present a new challenge. They are very different from photos taken earlier by people to capture ‘moments’. Though people wanted to capture those moments – people had to prepare for those moments. Thus, the moments were rarely spontaneous; they were carefully planned moments. Also, those moments could not be shared with [...]
I had the pleasure of attending the Golden Jubilee of my Alma Mater – Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur. I graduated from there in 1969. This brought back several memories from those days. I also had a wonderful time reminiscing with some friends from those days. Traditionally, in India there was not much effort [...]
In my travels, I am amazed how many photos are now being captured using mobile devices. At one time, I thought mobile cameras were just third-class cameras used when you don’t have the real one. In just a few years, my opinion has changed: mobile cameras are becoming, if not already become, the real cameras, [...]
Photos play a different role in our life now compared to just about 15 years ago. And they are perceived very differently today than say 50 years ago. But our approach to photo management is still influenced by what photography used to be rather than what it is now. I remember time when only selected [...]