Views from India – Part Four: Indo-Scapes

Posted on August 25, 2010

A few months back, Blue Lotus Photography visited India, the birthplace of our parents. We planned for a total of fifteen days in the country with hopes of exploring new terrain- both literally and figuratively. The itinerary was well-balanced: go hard for three days, relax one. Rinse and repeat.

So with that, we’re proud to present you a four-part series of our visit.  Each Wednesday in the month of August, we’ll post a series of pictures that cover the entirety of the fifteen days.  Thanks for visiting the site and we hope you enjoy the pictures.

Part One: “School Chauma“
Part Two:  “Jungle Book”
Part Three: “1 of 1.2 Billion”
Part Four: “Indo-Scapes”

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“Ind0-Scapes” – Part Four of a our “Views from India” four-part series.

Blue Lotus DC would like to thank you for checking out of “Views from India” series.  Just like any place on this Earth, you can find some really cool things to see and photograph.  So with that, we’d like to present some pictures of places that set the scene for daily life.  We thought we’d take a artistic approach to this final set.  The idea behind the pictures is to add by subtraction.  Sort of like a “fill-in-the-blank” if you will.

Anyways, to the picture show!!!!

Emily and Jon – Potomac, Maryland Wedding

Posted on August 18, 2010

I used to work with Emily at The Children’s Law Center and was thrilled when she and Jon asked us to photograph their wedding.  They were surrounded by so many loving family members and friends, and they had one of the most fun crowds on the dance floor that we’ve seen in a long time.  Congratulations Emily and Jon!

Church: Our Lady of Mercy, Potomac, Maryland

Reception: Crowne Plaza, Silver Spring, Maryland

DJ: Dan Goldman, Bialek’s DJ

Views from India – Part Three: “1 of 1.2 Billion”

Posted on August 18, 2010

A few months back, Blue Lotus Photography visited India, the birthplace of our parents. We planned for a total of fifteen days in the country with hopes of exploring new terrain- both literally and figuratively. The itinerary was well-balanced: go hard for three days, relax one. Rinse and repeat.

So with that, we’re proud to present you a four-part series of our visit.  Each Wednesday in the month of August, we’ll post a series of pictures that cover the entirety of the fifteen days.  Thanks for visiting the site and we hope you enjoy the pictures.

Part One: “School Chauma“
Part Two:  “Jungle Book”
Part Three: “1 of 1.2 Billion”
Part Four: “Indo-Scapes”

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“1 of 1.2 Billion” – Part Three of a our “Views from India” four-part series.

Did you know that of India’s estimated 1.2 billion people, nearly 40% of them are under the age of 15?  What does that mean for the future?  By 2030, it’s estimated that India will add 241 million people to their workforce, nearly 223 million more workers than the next developing nation (Brazil at 18.4 million).  While most people view such a trend favorably for the economy of India, the current pressure on the country’s infrastructure, school systems, and food resources is alarming.

Views from India – Part Two: “Jungle Book”

Posted on August 11, 2010

A few months back, Blue Lotus Photography visited India, the birthplace of our parents. We planned for a total of fifteen days in the country with hopes of exploring new terrain- both literally and figuratively. The itinerary was well-balanced: go hard for three days, relax one. Rinse and repeat.

So with that, we’re proud to present you a four-part series of our visit.  Each Wednesday in the month of August, we’ll post a series of pictures that cover the entirety of the fifteen days.  Thanks for visiting the site and we hope you enjoy the pictures.

Part One: “School Chauma“
Part Two:  “Jungle Book”
Part Three: “1 of 1.2 Billion”
Part Four: “Indo-Scapes”

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“Jungle Book” – Part Two of a our “Views from India” four-part series.

In August of 1894, Rudyard Kipling published The Jungle Book, a collection of short stories involving a myriad of animals and their human counterparts.  All of the short stories take place in India, so we thought it was appropriate we name Part Two of our series “Jungle Book.”

Enjoy the picture show.  Part Three to follow next week.

Views from India – Part One: “School Chauma”

Posted on August 4, 2010

A few months back, Blue Lotus Photography visited India, the birthplace of our parents. We planned for a total of fifteen days in the country with hopes of exploring new terrain- both literally and figuratively. The itinerary was well-balanced: go hard for three days, relax one. Rinse and repeat.

So with that, we’re proud to present you a four-part series of our visit.  Each Wednesday in the month of August, we’ll post a series of pictures that cover the entirety of the fifteen days.  Thanks for visiting the site and we hope you enjoy the pictures.

Part One: “School Chauma“
Part Two:  “Jungle Book”
Part Three: “1 of 1.2 Billion”
Part Four: “Indo-Scapes”

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Welcome to “School Chauma,” Part One of a our “Views from India” four-part series.

The first order of business upon arriving into India was visiting School Chauma, which is located in Gurgaon, Haryana and operated by the Indian government. Gurgaon has become a hotbed for Information Technology development that has been a key driver in the recent economic successes achieved by India as a whole.

Location of School Chauma:

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But there’s still lots to be done. For example, many of the government-run schools in India are in poor condition with inadequate resources.  Thus despite the huge gains made by India, far too many children remain without the opportunity for a meaningful education.   Our close family friends own an IT company, KMG, and have used their resources to sponsor School Chauma, and give back to their community by improving the quality of the school’s facilities, faculty, and educational materials. Blue Lotus was honored to visit the school to see its progress, but more so to see the faces that fill the school.

Harvesting Love

Posted on July 26, 2010

We’ve driven by the site for our engagement session with Reena & Karun a thousand times.  After reading “On Love” from The Prophet by Khalil Gibran, these open fields are our new playground.  Let us know if you’d be interesting in doing a shoot somewhere a little further away from Washington, DC.

Here are a few lines from “On Love” and some pictures from the session.

Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God’s sacred feast.
All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life’s heart.

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