Happy to be part of Photographers of Etsy - POE Team

With several of fine art photographs from my shop selected as part of etsy treasuries, I decided it's time to be part of this wonderful group and gladly I am accepted there and it's such an exciting group. People with true passion of photography, discussing and helping each other grow the passion further and improve upon as a team. I myself have in my shop by now, a great set of photo works which can be enlarged to a very good extent as custom request. I have kept generally a standard size 8 x 10 for all the works by default. I am also fond of several other photographers of etsy here that have been into photography for indeed long and have improvised their skills very well. I myself have been fond of photography as such since childhood. In those days it was all analog (non digital) and one would be watchful of expenses incurred on the photos as they are turned colored from their negatives. I also remember all my childhood photographs (thousands of them) which were taken by my father who himself was artist. I think I still love black and white at the core of my heart, at the same time colors have such a huge role to play in our lives. It is just that black and white photographs (I do have a few of them so far and many others to be added) look antique and they have vintage value. Plus I am sure, like I am fond of black and white as well in the world of colors, there are several art collectors as well who are indeed focussing only on black and white works. So with that let me take time to remember my father who first taught me photography through his actions and his passion, through the work he has created since my childhood (and I know his first camera costed him Rs 150 that is ~3 USD by now) and he helped me develop an eye for art and photography, a gift to be cherished forever.

At the moment, I have listed some of my most treasured works, Himalaya and Kashmir landscape and around photographs for sale. Check those at
http://www.etsy.com/listing/73232694/fine-art-photograph-print-kashmir-and

http://www.etsy.com/listing/73234229/breathtaking-himalayas-fine-art

I will write more about my Kashmir trip (done in 2006) very soon. Check more photo works on my shop http://creations1000.etsy.com/ . More new arrivals soon.

Shadow Photography

Watch out for this beautiful work on the shop, fine art shadow photography.

Give Water This Christmas

Wish you all Merry Christmas and Happy New year. Today my work (Water Hunt In the Midst of Shoratges) has been listed in a very thoughtful treasury 'Give water this Christmas' , locate it at www.etsy.com/treasury/4d123825b93f6d91ec6f38de/give-water

I took this photograph when had visited a beautiful farm house of friend of mine.

This treasury has been inspited by http://calebdanielle.blogspot.com/2010/12/water.html and has been created by sisandbro (http://sisandbro.etsy.com ). I am really glad I am part of this initiative of saving water and such key global resources, this Christmas of different kind.

Happy holidays!!

Featured On Etsy Treasury Again- With My Photophraphy Print Listing

Visit the etsy treasury "Colours of love" which lasts for two more days. My artwork- straberries fresh from the farms- has been featured in it. It's a photography print available in various sizes.

Treasury link follows as is:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=95137

The item featured is as follows:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=39566986

If you like it, or think your friends/family would like it, do share the link with them as well.

Rural India - A new fine art photograph

Rural India always fascinated me as a subject for photography. Hence I wouldnt let go of any opportunity to picture colors of it since I visit such places less frequently. This new photography subject is something that makes me think of lives of the women and girl children from these places. The place I had been to was almost cut off from the "developed" lands, the road connectivity being poor. The land is super-rich and the soil full of mother-earth though. There is definite water shortage though. Tribals do walk down all the way to fetch a "penny" of water. The women and girls do join in their team-work which perhaps motivates them to do this pain-staking job. I was amazed by the smiles and calmness on their faces though, their enthusiasm was commendable and last but not the least- their eagerness to get photographed. This photography made my day :-) For more details on this photography, do visit my etsy shop page http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=44424807

Silence Of The Monks - Original Fine Art Photograph Print

This fine art photograph by Sri is one of my favourites. Now that I am going to visiti Ajanta Ellora caves tomorrow, I remember the beauty of the artworks from the caves even more fondly. I have listed this item recently on my etsy shop. As Sri rightly mentions about this photo- "It was so silent that even the almighty seemed to be listening to them praying". See more specifics of the artwork at

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=43591745

I am attaching the photo herewith.

Happy After Long Time

Well, there are some touching moments, as one follows his or her creative pursuits. I just thought of sharing with you, a small moment of joys as I list new photography artworks by friend of mine- Sri. I do know, for past 13 years while we have been friends, that it has been his dream to do become professional photographer. And his style of work motivates me as well do work hard towards betterment of my online etsy shop. When I shared with him the links from this blog and his artwork listings on my shop, he replied with following sentences- " I am happy after long time" and "I feel I am doing something useful". Well even I have been happy to put forward to you all, his works, created with yet another passion for art.

Artist's Corner- Sriraman C R

Dear Readers, please extend warm welcome to my buddy Sriraman (short name- Sri , as seen in the photograph) who is joining my etsy shop - Creations-The Art Shop as freelance artist, in a mutually benefitial partnership. I could have written a lot about him as an artist, all I can say is his photography work amazes me. And I hope it will continue to amaze you as well. I am so delighted to start listing his artworks on Creations- The Art Shop (my etsy shop http://creations1000.etsy.com/ ). Watch out, for his photography work is getting listed soon...

More about Sri, in his own words..Read on.

"Everyone is an artist in some way or the other. Only the degree varies. Some are born artists, some develop it during their lifetime and there are some who have an artistic instinct.

I probably fit in the last category where I purely go by my instincts to create artworks and my passion for photography allows me to do this.

It was my schooling years in Kolkata, India, when I used to watch keenly a family photographer friend of ours take photos of functions and that got me interested in photography from my early age. But I had to wait for a long time after that before I could own a camera and start clicking. And I had to wait a few more years after that, before I fell in love with the SLRs and now the digital ones.

I am the happiest when I am clicking and always strive to get that 'perfect shot' in whatever subject I shoot. Sometimes I win, sometimes I don't and that's what I love about this art. To sum it up, photography and I are inseparable. "

Photography Prints of My Artworks

Realized that many of the photographs I hadtaken at different places, are good artworks in first place. Hence have started listing those on the etsy shop. So far have got a positive feedback from my friends. Well a few of my photography artworks have been sold on fotolia.com as well. Also one of my friends who is very passionate about photography has approached me, for listing his artwork. We are planning to have a meeting very soon. I hope he brings in a great collection for Creations-The Art Shop's photography collection. More about my friend and our meeting soon..I am eager to grow this product line of my shop over the time. Isnt the world of art so unlimited and full of creativity?