ultra wide angle lenses!

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/how-to-use-ultra-wide-lenses.htm

Awesome description for using ultra wide angle lenses.I already own 18-105 VR and 50mm. I am currently saving money to buy an ultra wide angle lens. The lens looks great and can create dramatic effects in the photo.
My Nikon D90 also has inbuilt editing features like fisheye, but the results not even are closer to what you get using the actual lens. I have never used that feature of my camera. Not only that but my camera has another 10 features which i doubt i will ever use.

photography albums

http://charlottegeary.livejournal.com/tag/albums

Nice examples of various events albums. I particularly liked the one shown above, for the excellent photograph on cover page and the angle at which this photo of the album has been taken.

Zoozoo, a good advertisement?

This Sunday i was talking to one of my friends in US.

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Me : Hey, have u seen the new Vodafone ads?

She : No

Me : Ohh how did u miss Zoozoo

She : I have seen all the Zoozoo ads.

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Now am just puzzled.. has the character overpowered the brand?
Is zoozoo a good advertisement??

Right time to buy a DSLR

My search for DSLR started a year back.. on one of the ignominies parties, Someone asked me, how will you spend your first salary.. my immediate response : will buy a DSLR!!

Came to Bangalore.. got my joining bonus, got my first salary, got my second salary.. today i got my 12th salary.. yess and the time has come.

Believe me, money was never an issue (problem ki to koi paisa hi nahi hai!!! :P) it is just the correct time to buy a SLR. So we come to a question which I asked 10 thousand times to my mentor (read Kshitiz), BWS member (read PeeVee) and myself :

WHAT IS THE RIGHT TIME TO BUY A DSLR??

Instead of giving the cliched, not-so-useful answers like "It depends person to person/ Dude, do u have money/ There is never a bad time to buy a good thing" I will write down some of the points that I am considering before buying DSLR

1) Am I into photography?

Be honest. DSLR is costly, It needs more patience.

2) Is my existing camera really becoming a constraint to shoot what I want?

I faced problems with low light situations, motion, ISO and macro mode.

My current camera is excellent for portraits, street photography. Is it really your camera or is it you?

3) Have I clicked at least 10 photos where people have asked me "which camera do u use?"

If people start asking that, it means with the shortcomings of your existing camera, you were able to get good composition. Make "camera" less important in the photos.

4) How frequently do I use my camera?

Though there is no particular answer, you can just ask if you use camera wherever u get a chances to use it??

I go out for shoot almost every weekend.

5) Do I avoid taking camera with me because it is heavy?

Believe me, if the answer is yes, you are not gonna take of DSLR with you either.. It is heavier, more sensitive, more costly, more bulky and with the lens attached, it is more delicate as well.

I will write another set of questions soon.

Hope i get my DSLR end of this week!!! am excited!!! Let me end my discussion with the short description of photo posted above. I shot it in "Potter town", Bangalore with my loving 5 mega pixel Kodak Z590.

Finding title for the blog is hard, i dont know what am i gonna scribble here

Somethings that I expect from my blog : Interaction design, information science, patenting and latest technology trends, photography, personal experiences, branding, e-marketing, academics vs. professional life, aspirations, learnings, love, working at a startup/ young company, "Research" insect that bites me many a times, bangalore and places around, eatries, food!!!

Lets see... Finally i doubt if i will even write anything! for the time being its just one item checked in the checklist.