Casual stroll by the riverside
Yet another “not so planned” shoot of KWS. I feel, I should sit down and think of some different places in the city. If it is just for a shoot, then the same place may give you different frames everytime you walk in. But there are definitely thousands of places I have not seen. I feel bad that I am not doing the work of a moderator properly, though the post got tagged with my name in the shootter’s group still. Street photography may be the one I like most, but should see other stuffs as well.
Well, just went to Babughat. Woke up in the morning, it was pathetic when you sleep less at night in winter. Woke up late and realized that I had forgotten to charge the camera battery. Anyways, maintained the tradition of being late once again. Babughat was not able to give me any shots, we started walking towards old bridge. It was the flower market and Mallick Ghat where I started looking through my view finder.
Flower market was charming and heavily crowded as usual. Wedding season added to it. Once we finished shooting the Dahlias and Roses, we headed towards the other side of the bridge.
Under the bridge, suddenly noticed the light was brilliant. Kids were playing, running and jumping all over the place. Bought some chewing gums for them. That was only thing that I saw apart from Gutka and Pan masalas in the adjacent shop. They were more than happy. I know this was a rare moment; many people happily shoot them but most of the cases forget to give them something in return. It does not really burn a hole in pocket to buy some chocolates. They became happier and shouted with glee. I know they will be happy again when I go back with the copy of the photograph.
Beautiful kids live on street. Sometimes they get lucky to bypass hard works, most of the time they have to support their big families. If not the family, for their own survival. There are many organisations across the globe working for them. CARF(Children At Risk Foundation) is one of the groups I liked. Their idea and constant implementations of those really attracts. I will sincerely tell everyone, childhood is the time when you enjoyed all the warmth, please recall those days and help them in any ways you can think of. Believe me, it may look like tiny to you, collectively it becomes huge. Tell your friends, your relatives, to think. Please.
These ghats and adjacent areas are the places where you will get at leats one single frame for sure. That is good for your health, a healthy walk by the river.. and a wallpaper to relax later!
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