22 December 2011
Bashundhara R/A, Dhaka, Bangladesh
every now and then these guys make my day.... well, this time it was evening... the Paraboyz are the unique bunch of guys with little similarity... 'living close by'..... yet, that small similarity is strong enough to create a long-term bondage like no other.... this bunch of dudes had been connected for almost twenty-three years.... and interesting to note that some of the members of this group are just too young to remember the early days of interaction!!.... but couple of decades later those early days are more precious than ever...
can't thank Aurnab and Nazia enough for taking the initiative and making it all happen.... would've loved to see the gathering even bigger.... but anyway, thats how it goes now.... people are just too busy to spare an evening.... thats what makes such gatherings so precious.... those who showed up deserve appreciation for daring the weather and weekday traffic.... they all sacrificed their times somewhere else to attend this event.... hats off!!
Aunik and Omi filled the memory cards of their DSLRs with lots of candid moments.... so, I thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to freeze everyone's face given that every time we see one another, there's always some change happening!!.... the group is already much bigger than before, as Srabon noted out in one of his Facebook comments.... everyone's gone through at least some sort of change.... that makes a frozen moment so much more interesting...
I took my tiny little P&S, the LX-5.... and also took a couple of flashes and a set of radio trigger for the flashes.... all that fitted in a small bag, which none would believe contained a portable studio.... thanks to everyone who posed in front of the tiny camera against their will and still gave an expression which should hold until the next get-together!!
on a technical note, the flashes were two YN-560s.... the trigger for one was an Elinchrom Skyport radio trigger and the other one was in optical trigger mode (S1).... the main light was coupled with a DIY tiny diffuser to soften the light.... thanks to Anonto, Srabon and Rahat being excellent assistant, holding both the light and the diffuser.... the second light gelled orange, was behind the subject, shooting into a white wall....
the last few pictures were in a different setting.... basically one YN-560 on camera right shooting into white ceiling.... simple one-light bounced solution.... Shihab was a bit hesitant to make their couple portrait a bit more interesting.... so, the dudes just showed him how to do it!! :)
a lot more to come.....
