Navarasa- the nine emotions

I had shared these images by email quite a while ago, but just forgot to put it online somewhere. So here it is! To whom so ever it may concern, I dont look like this anymore :) It all started as a home tutorial and experiments in portrait photography, and ended up as a trial to shoot some themed portraits for fun.

The images are the result of an attempt to bring out the Navarasas – the facial expressions of Nine different moods, emotions or sentiments. Learning to display these appropriately are important steps in learning the classical dance forms like Bharatanatyam, Kathakali, and acting in general.

Online references :
http://www.cyberkerala.com/kathakali/navarasam.htm
http://www.nilacharal.com/picture/navarasam/index.html

Cycling past history

I was waiting patiently at a street corner , camera in hand, for some attractive car to appear in front of the oldish orange buildings. But then, the unambitious person in me just settled for a bicycle :)

Staircase hues

  

Just a walk down Waterloo street ,and this building cannot be missed by anybody who is not fully colour-blind. There are some really colourful minds in Singapore !

Soft targets

 

Just a nice shop with cute things. It looked like 'girlie stuff' written all over it, but that doesnt prevent me from capturing it.