Who Was Udit Narayan Jha? Who Was Udit Narayan Jha? Udit was born on the 1st of December 1955 in Baisi, Saupaul district and he was from Bihar. His father was Nepali, named Harekrishan Jha and his mother was a Bhuavnaeshwari Jha. He obtained his degree in Intermediate from the Ratna Rajya Lakshmi campus, he started singing folk songs, and slowly he went on to become one of the most celebrated singers from India....

It was early in 2014, long enough after the introduction of the Leica M (also known as the ‘Typ 240’, or ‘M10’) when I finally bit the bullet and decided to sell my trusty Leica M-E for this newest, rather different digital rangefinder camera from the German niche camera maker. I always vowed I’d write a thorough review on it, much like I’d done for the Bessaflex TM. I do always feel, however, that a truly great review puts a product through its paces....

Lensbaby, though, has been working on this idea, and they’ve created the new OMNI Creative Filter System. At the moment, it’s essentially a ring that screws onto your lens with magnetic… divots, I suppose, into which you can mount one of several different “filters”. The goal of the system is to help make experimenting with crystals and such in front of your lens a little less hit and miss, and into the realm of something resembling consistency....

Recently I hit a milestone in my photographer’s career: I’ve accomplished 250 paid assignments. It took me ten years and half a million frames to get there. I thought it’s a decent reason to reflect a little bit on what has been done and what the journey feels like. A-ha moment A-ha moment Just a few months ago I was on an assignment together with a seasoned fundraiser who works for many years with my pictures....

As someone who shoots on location a lot I’m often given a choice on what I like to call “popping” or “blending” a subject into a scene, in short this really as as simple as using your main light source to either complement the direction of a natural / embedded light source in a scene (a candle, window, lights etc) or contrasting it completely so that the subject “pops” out and suspends the belief that they are illuminated within the scene naturally....