Behind the scene

Hello there this is an informal intro to my blog and about what I am and what I do. I am a professional photographer from Calcutta, India. I work freelance and accept assignments on corporate, industrial and interior photography. I love documentary and strobist photography. My purpose of this blog is to take a self-portrait everyday using different technique and explain the idea and technique behind it. The specialty of this project is, it has two self-imposed restrictions, one-I will use only small flahsguns for strobes (which is called strobist technique) and second-I will not use a typical studio but in some photos will try to create an environment of a studio. I believe that this will help me a lot to improve my style, technique and aesthetics (because I have to figure out new ways of making the same darn face look special every freaking day).

I use very simple gears (that's what call them, but believe me none of them comes inexpensive) and try to travel light (but always end up carrying 3 to 4 heavy bags).

I have these things:

• Nikon D700 (with a MB-D10 battery pack).



• Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8D.
  


• Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G ED IF



• Sekonic L308s light meter (its a basic one and works for pretty much all my needs).



• Nikon SB-600



• Vivitar 285HV
  


• Some small inexpensive flashes.



• 4X4 inch, 24X24 inch and 36X36 inch soft boxes.



• Colour gels for the flash guns.
  


• 30 inch and 42 inch diffuser and bounce umbrella and brackets to attach them to tripods/light stands.



• Lots of sync chords.



• Cactus V2 radio trigger and receivers.



• Manfrotto 055x PROB tripod and 498 RC2 ballhead.



• Some inexpensive light stands and tripods for my lights.



• Lowepro Prorunner 350AW and Toploader zoom carriers.



• And lots of other stuffs not worth mentioning here.