Street Portrait shooting by Saurav Chowdhury

Getting out to shoot

After a year out of doing any real personal portraits or photography work, I finally got some time with Reena to shoot some street portraits.

We had no concepts for this shoot so we just wondered around Soho/Fitzrovia and find some great lighting and street scenes at golden hour and as the sun set, headed towards Hyde Park and Winter Wonderland.

Shot with:

  • Canon 5D IV
  • Canon 85mm f/1.8
  • Canon 50mm f/1.4

Using the Lens Distortions assets

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Well I haven't posted in a while by Saurav Chowdhury

Complete neglected this blog so I'll start by posting all the best photos I've found on my VSCOCam in the recent few ... Weeks? Months? 

Aahutis dad's birthday got...interesting 

Aahutis dad's birthday got...interesting 

Went to Richmond Park before term started with Lia. Beautiful day with a beautiful girl

Went to Richmond Park before term started with Lia. Beautiful day with a beautiful girl

Term had started and Thomas Holloway was looking fly as always.

Term had started and Thomas Holloway was looking fly as always.

So this was shot when the super blood moon took place, so it was pretty bright. Bright enough to expose this image for us at 1AM. I'll probably upload the time lapse video I shot of the night at a later dat (seriously why did I forget to post it on …

So this was shot when the super blood moon took place, so it was pretty bright. Bright enough to expose this image for us at 1AM. I'll probably upload the time lapse video I shot of the night at a later dat (seriously why did I forget to post it on here already) 

Shot on my newly aquired GoPro Hero 4+ Black. 

another shot from the night shooting the blood moon. Yes the sky looked like this. Shot on the Canon 6D w/ Sigma 35mm f/1.4 lens.

another shot from the night shooting the blood moon. Yes the sky looked like this. 

Shot on the Canon 6D w/ Sigma 35mm f/1.4 lens.

Went up to Cambridge and being a tourist

Went up to Cambridge and being a tourist

Got Lia an old film camera (I honestly forgot what it was, I know it was an Olympus... I think), this was taken by her friend of me shooting him. 

Got Lia an old film camera (I honestly forgot what it was, I know it was an Olympus... I think), this was taken by her friend of me shooting him. 

Steam Faire:  Aahuti being attacked by Dheena and Saqib with bubbles they got from the fair. 

Steam Faire:  Aahuti being attacked by Dheena and Saqib with bubbles they got from the fair. 

Steam Faire: caught this cute moment of this elderly man helping his partner stay stable as she tried to shoot an arrow at the Faire. 

Steam Faire: caught this cute moment of this elderly man helping his partner stay stable as she tried to shoot an arrow at the Faire. 

NHSF LZ Garba:  Photo of the RHUL Hindu Society taken with my GoPro at the end of the National Hindu Students Forum London Zone Garba.

NHSF LZ Garba:  Photo of the RHUL Hindu Society taken with my GoPro at the end of the National Hindu Students Forum London Zone Garba.

Ismaeel's Birthday: Saqlain and Barbar

Ismaeel's Birthday: Saqlain and Barbar

Ismaeel's Birthday: Me, Dheena, Aahuti and Saqlain

Ismaeel's Birthday: Me, Dheena, Aahuti and Saqlain

Photo of the Day - 17/08/2015 by Saurav Chowdhury

My mother moved to the UK around 20 years ago (just before I was born) from Kolkata, India and as a result has missed her own mothers birthday for all those years. Today she celebrated it for the first time with her since she left her birth home.

In the photo you can see a Skype call with my aunt back in India where my little cousin was throwing a tantrum because she wasn't here to celebrate her beloved grandmothers birthday.