Report: Esplanade (22nd March)

Venue: Esplanade (near metro cinema)
Date: Saturday 22nd March, 2008.
Photographers Present:
1. ayan
2. anirban
3. shamim
4. sudip
5. krishnendu


Tag: KWS220308Esplanade

Well, first report of kws. Will try to make short. :)
Saturday noon, had lunch late than usual. Called up anirban, he was already in metro. It was almost 2 in the afternoon, the scheduled time. I literally ran.

Metro cinema was the meeting point, I could not find anyone there. Krishnendu and Sudip were in MM, buying an expensive flashgun.

Anirban was chatting with Nikon shop guys. Shamim came a bit late, it was almost 3:00 when we all met. We had a brainstorming session to find out where to go/ what to shoot! This one was a unplanned shoot, and we finalized for Jagannath/Mallick ghat side. Sun was mighty and we really could not take chance for street photo in and around Esplanade.

It was Holi day, people were coming from nearby places to the river for a dip. Flower market was little lazy, did not get much crowd over there. By nature, it is bit dirty as always. Anirban, Krish and Sudip were busy shooting in the market while we (read, shamim & myself) went ahead to the ghat.

The colour of water became complete red near the banks. So many people were bathing at a time! It was difficult to get a decent angle though.

We left the place and walked down to Armenian church. No luck, security men informed that it was closed for the day. Got a cab to dharmatala. We had yummy fruit shakes and juices. Krishnendu bought some clothes from a big shop (:(, i forgot the name). Anirban casually had a chat with the manager and managed to get some shots inside the shop.

Thanks to Shamim, though he was pretty tired (we all were, by the way) agreed to go to the new South City mall with us. South city mall, from outside, was looking like Bangalore forum. But this one is bigger in size. Inside it was very tempting for shooting. Nothing was mentioned about photography. We gave it a try. We were shooting for long when a security person approached me and told that he had got no problem if it is a still photo; but video was strictly prohibited. Later, some smarter guy popped in and told that photography was not allowed. I guess, they themselves are not sure about the exact rule. Anyways, we got what we wanted. :)

We had Raj Kachouri, Delhi Aloo Tikki Chat etc... at the food court and called it a day.