One of my greatest inspirations are great films. I'm sure you've heard the rave about Slumdog Millionaire by this point, and if you haven't then let this be the start. This film for me was hands down one of the most amazing films I've seen. It was amazing in all aspects, but most of all, the cinematography. Every clip from the film was a beautiful photograph. If you've ever photographed in India, you'll know what a crazy place it is to photograph. It reminds me of shooting there. Here are a couple stories from my shoots in India:
http://nickonken.com/Asia/Varanassi/
http://nickonken.com/Asia/SouthIndia/
I'm definitely inspired to push my travel work even further. The soundtrack to Slumdog, was pretty amazing too. A lot of it was by MIA. The story was a wonderful one that kept you on the edge of your seat the whole time? I mean, it's not everyday someone can write a great lovestory based on Who Wants to be a Millionaire..
So, if you haven't seen it, go see it.Watch the trailer here.
Here are a few of some of the beautiful stills from the movie:
I have sooooo wanted to see this. Crappy chattanooga theaters show no indie love. Can’t wait to catch it on netflix.
It was a good film visually and the story was pretty exciting however if you were indian or pakistani (like me) you could have easily found a few things that sort of look very un real and not so natural, I dont know how to describe
anyways I just discovered your cool blog and the stories, I just loved those. and only three songs are performed by MIA the actual music is of living legend A R Rahman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._R._Rahman
http://www.arrahman.com/v2/
He is one of my biggest inspiration in Music:)
Great Blog I love it I have been reading it for about 2 hrs now lol