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 Looking for a photographer who understands multiple cultures? Well, step right in. My name is Seshu and I am a wedding and portrait photographer based in the heart of Connecticut, with easy access to clients across the nation. This is my new blog: Saffron. Feel free to explore this site using the categories listed above. If you enjoy seeing the images or reading the posts, please subscribe and tell a friend or two.
I feel truly blessed and fortunate to experience the most important moments in my client's lives. Saffron will be as much about you as it will be about me. It's a diary, a repository and an open canvas all wrapped into one. It will give me an opportunity to display some of the images I have produced and share thoughts and ideas about my metiér, or life in general. This blog will further enable you to get to know me, my style and my approach to photography and people.
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I am always honored when I am asked to photograph a couple's engagement session. It's a time for them to exhale, relax, take a break from all the planning and just enjoy each other's company.
Tanicka and I had been playing phone tag and then we had weather problems. As I was loading my car up with my gear and heading out to the first time I scheduled an engagement session, large, ominous dark clouds thundered above. Lightning and a rain storm followed and we had to postpone our meeting on the University of Connecticut, Storrs campus.
Well, I am really glad I waited. Couple of weeks back, Tanicka, Jerry and I met on that same campus. With Summer here, most of the students on campus were long gone for their break. We walked around a few spots on the campus that meant the most for Tanicka and Jerry, as they both graduated from that university a few years ago.
When people smile with their eyes, it makes making images really easy. Tanicka and Jerry were naturals. Wholly comfortable with each other, they allowed me to work effortlessly. So, Tanicka and Jerry, thank you.
Here are some images from that engagement session. Feel free to post a comment. |
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Michelle and Hugo have these radiant personalities that clearly makes them such an attractive couple. Friendships, I can tell, run deep with these two. They had one of the largest bridal parties I have ever photographed. So large that Michelle and Hugo had them drive up to the church and the reception in rented blue and yellow Mini Coopers. Very cool, eh? The bride and groom rolled in style in a souped-up Land Rover limousine. It was HUGE!
The Catholic wedding ceremony was followed by two pit stops for photo sessions and then onto some hard-core dancing led by a Portuguese band. It was the first time I had heard Portuguese music and I couldn't help but stomp my foot with the down beat.
Michelle and Hugo, thank you for the introduction to the Portuguese-American culture here in New England. While I clearly cannot understand the language, it meant a great deal to me that you allowed me to so easily blend in and out of the events of your day. |
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It's been a while since I posted any personal images, though I must say all the photographs I create for clients, friends or relatives are all personal to me.
Here is one of Ketan. Those eyes of his herald what is to come; pure mayhem. I set my strobe, off-camera and with a grid spot about four feet from Ketan and about as many feet high. Hence the harsh, high-contrast light which may not really be such a great thing to show off a baby or child, but its use could produce some dramatic images in the field when adults are my subjects.
More on my new gear and what I hope to achieve from it in a future post. For now enjoy Mr. Mischief. |
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I photographed a wedding today in Connecticut. Sharmin is Bangladeshi and Joe has roots in the Middle East. While the weather Gods held off with potential thunderstorms in the forecast, the nice cloud cover gave me lots more to work with visually. It finally did pour, just as the Imam mentioned something about rain. I think we were all pretty impressed with that bit of coincidence.
Sharmin and Joseph were so welcoming and their families so hospitable that I felt right at home. They seemed like old friends I was meeting again after a long stretch of time. When we stopped at Wickham Park for portraits, both Sharmin and Joseph were so game at trying out some different settings, with my lighting gear in tow.
The wedding and reception took place at the scenic A Villa Louisa, atop Birch Mountain.
Thank you very much for such a wonderful opportunity to serve you both. Your openness and your love for photography dove tailed with my interest in documenting multi-ethnic weddings.
I am posting just one image here from the wedding. More to come on Monday.
UPDATE: Instead of displaying some of the images here, I added a gallery under WEDDINGS. |
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I stumbled across a couple of quotes by some incredible photographers and I thought I should share them here with you. As the headline of this post reads, these two quotes really resonated with me and mirror my approach to producing meaningful images for my clients.
Tell me what you think in the comments section.
Some of the great pictures, you just look at them and you marvel at them, for the subject matter and somehow they struck a chord in you. But it’s rarely about the technique. It’s not about the lens, or the film, or the light necessarily. It’s really just some story in that picture. Some emotional element which you connect with. – Steve McCurry
Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.– Don McCullin |
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About 10 days ago, we introduced Ketan to his new school. Ok, not quite school, but more of a day-care center. Sangeetha and I have been so pleased with the teachers there. Their professional and friendly demeanor is clearly reflected in how Rohan talks and conducts himself. So, we figured Ketan should join his big brother in school.
Well, here are some images from that first day. I was in a bit of a rush and made some quick images of Ketan and his first interactions with his teachers. I would love to stay the entire day and document it. Perhaps that will happen soon.
The more I photograph my kids, the more I feel I need a dedicated website for just children photography. What do you think? Comment below to tell me what you think. |
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It has been a few weeks now since I posted any fresh images of my kids, Rohan and Ketan. Rohan, who is 3 is harder to pin down for a photo session. Ketan, who is 8 months old, is at that stage when every thing is amazing and, um, "tasty."
Anyway, take a look. Here, I set up one light (off-camera, of course) and experimented. Forgive me for the redundancy of some of the images. As an editor, that's something I am always looking to avoid. But, oh, go ahead and say it, "they are so cute!"
I agree. |
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I photographed a Lebanese wedding with (and for) my friend Walter van Dusen. He set up a photo studio at the reception and created some really fun images for his clients.
I'll post some of my work from that wedding here in about a day's time, but I wanted to share an image Walter made of me as I stood in for a "test shot." |
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| Someone said it looked like a silhouetted version of Bruce Springsteen's image with a guitar slung over his shoulder. It's always nice to be compared to The Boss! I am ready to rock it ... |
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Sophie's first birthday celebration was conducted in true Korean tradition: Tol Chanji, by her parents Min-Hee and Jin Ha. While we sometimes see them at the day care center when we drop Rohan off, it's always great to catch up with them outside of such a rushed setting.
Well, on to the pictures which I absolutely loved making. Sophie, Happy Birthday and Min-Hee & Jin Ha, thank you so much for inviting us - we absolutely treasure your friendship. We look forward to staying in touch with you!
Update: I wasn't sure about how the birthday celebration was spelled in Korean and I went by a website that had it as "Tol" rather than "Dohl". I learn something new every day! Thanks Jin Ha. |
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