
About Me:
Flickr version - Interestingness
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Twitter version - 140 characters
I love photographing. I want to be a good photographer. I like flickr. You, fellow flickr friends, inspire me to do better. Have a good life
Blogger version - 393 words
My name is Thiru, shortly you can call me as "Thirumurugan". I eat, sleep and breathe photography, if you have not guessed it by now.
As a kid, I used to admire photographs from national geographic magazines, movie posters and school books. I loved the way the pictures froze those moments for eternity. I, too wanted to learn photography and dreamt of shooting such great pictures. You may not believe this but, I have never even owned a camera until the age 27 (Year 2005).
Back then, the world was so cruel to those who wanted to experiment with cameras to learn photography. My friends, usually will pluck the camera from me, saying that I had 'already wasted' three shots in the film roll with pictures of cow, leaf or plain wall. In one of those unlucky days, I pledged to myself(!) that ONE FINE DAY at any cost, I would shoot spectacular photos and become a spectacularly famous photographer.
I had to wait until I reached Adelaide (Australia), to get my hands on a digital camera (Courtesy: Abrar and Anand who lent their cameras with no questions asked. No one worried about film rolls anymore and you can instantly review, delete or edit your pictures, pure bliss for a kid who wanted to learn photography. In the digital world, my learning curve become steep. First 500 (or say 1000) pictures that I shot were absolute craps, (you can view them in flickr stream) still. When I decided to rest the camera for a while, I shot a good picture which was appreciated by my flickr mates. Then, I was right on path again shooting photographs without worrying about 'criticisms'.
Flickr helped me a lot. The flickr community is awesome. My flickr friends are good at patting your back when you take good photos, provide constructive feedbacks and they made me as a photographer in the last 2 years. That's why I tell you to join flickr (it's free).
How far I am into my goal (of becoming famous photographer)? I believe I have just started. I want to expand my portfolio beyond flowers, pencils and landscapes into portraits, macros and more. I expect in 5 years from now (in 2013), I would be an 'almost famous' photographer.
My favourite photographers include a long list. You can view my favourite photographs at my flickr stream.
Want to talk to me? Drop me a line at thiru.kalpa@gmail.com
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All the photos in my Flickr Stream are copyrighted, so do not use it for any personal, non-commercial or commercial use. For personal use or non-commercial use, you could write a Flickr Mail to get my permission. I sell my photos to purchase more photographic equipments. If you want to get a full-resolution image of a photo in my flickr photo stream, you can email me at thiru.kalpa@gmail.com
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Here are some blog posts that I have written for flickr users:
Flickr Hacks:5 Tips get into "Flickr Explore" page!
I started the group "SA Central, and it has a great collection of images of South Australia. It is a place where I met a fantastic, loving bunch of photographers who showed me some beautiful places to photograph in South Australia.
Photographic Gears:
Canon 50D - good DSLR to get started with; happy about the choice
Canon EF 70-300 F4-5.6 IS USM lens - satisfied with the high quality.
Canon 18-55mm IS F3.5-4.5 Lens - it's an awesome lens for it's price, I love it
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM - best lens for portrait. sharpest image; soft, milky blurs.
Canon Speedlite 430 EX II flash - Still getting used to off-camera lighting
Holga UV Filter - as a protection for lenses
Holga Circular polarising filter - for landscape photos
Wishlist:
Canon 5D Mark II (with my photo sales/earnings)
Canon 10-20mm (after Canon 5D)
Manfrotto O55X Tripod
Thiru Murugan's favorite photos from other Flickr members (2,078)
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Groups (50)
- Melbourne 79625 photos, 4304 members
- 35mm portrait 1488 photos, 240 members
- SA Photography 2575 photos, 76 members
- Melbourne Models 514 photos, 224 members
- We call it Madras 142 photos, 37 members
- ✿Flowers!✿ 70986 photos, 7830 members
- CreativeCultures 927 photos, 173 members
- a diverse society 2632 photos, 937 members
- iPhone in India 74 photos, 28 members
- Indian Villages ( Rural India ) 3824 photos, 508 members
- ~Indian Street Photography~ 6864 photos, 782 members
- Victoria's place in Australia 2585 photos, 91 members
- Hamilton, Victoria Photographers 25 photos, 5 members
- "IQ" - Image Quality (Post 1 - Award 1) 139636 photos, 7188 members
- Be Honest. (1 comment per post) 551 photos, 178 members
- *À la recherche du temps perdu... Invite Only* 1145 photos, 568 members
- kata 64 photos, 310 members
- Victoria, Australia 23697 photos, 933 members
- Great Photo(please add tag"great photo" 4983 photos, 919 members
- Lunar Eclipse - February 20, 2008 593 photos, 308 members
- Colour n Expressions....Post 01....Award 01 !! 2550 photos, 389 members
- Coloursplosion! (Post 1, Award 1, Invite 1 to Group) VOTE NOW 57105 photos, 5364 members
- Clipsal500 Adelaide 658 photos, 34 members
- Brushfruit 331 photos, 394 members
- Australian Macro Photography 2572 photos, 225 members
- La Terre vue du Ciel / Earth from above 1677 photos, 303 members
- Chennai 6763 photos, 482 members
- tamil 2354 photos, 241 members
- Great British Landscapes (Nothing man-made, animals or people) 12516 photos, 1281 members
- National Geographic: Are You Good Enough? Post 1, Nominate 3 511602 photos, 48823 members
- Point, Shoot and Earn 17 photos, 4 members
- Airways 588 photos, 262 members
- An Awesome Shot! Invited Photos ONLY!! 373454 photos, 49797 members
- Social Geographic 6004 photos, 1307 members
- the glitch 0 photos, 302 members
- Things I Baked 5889 photos, 486 members
- SAHA (South Australian Heritage Architecture) 245 photos, 21 members
- Waldo 90 photos, 121 members
- I Saw You First- Invited images only, post 1, invite 1 39727 photos, 15824 members
- Wollongong Central 34 photos, 14 members
- Natures Finest (Invited Images Only) CONTESTS OPEN ! 297040 photos, 38360 members
- Comment on my Stream 14708 photos, 1797 members
- Macro, Closeup and Tabletop 2279 photos, 286 members
- One Word Titles 2593 photos, 148 members
- Things In My Kitchen 3582 photos, 727 members
- Things in Threes 1923 photos, 492 members
- Rajasthan Calling 1489 photos, 248 members
- Web 2.0 Schwag 319 photos, 144 members
- Kids & Animals 278 photos, 116 members
- ART WOMEN post 1 and comment any 1 23739 photos, 3140 members
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