My first photography contest

I participated for my first photography contest. So the contest is being hosted by MTv. I did forwarded my prole to them . The best thing about the contest is that they are lokking for an overall photographer and there is no restrictions on that .

Gladly i received a call from Mumbai and came to know that i have been shortlisted for the next round and I would get a free Nexcafe hamper . I was pretty much excited about that . So I received the hamper within 2 days . Now next round is I have to start working on with the Nescafe hamper and start with there theme #itstartshere . 

So i started working  on that and the best part is we can submit as many pictures as we want to . 

So i will share few of mine , I will try to keep this blog updated but in case you can also see my facebook page .

https://www.facebook.com/rizwanulkarimphotography/

Real life seven dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is one of the very famous fairytale during our childhood but recently I came to know about Johnston family which is the largest family of achondroplasia dwarfs in the world. 

Amber and Trent Johnson, from Barnesville, Georgia, and their five children are the largest family of  dwarfs.

From left: biological child Elizabeth,  Ana from Siberia, husband Trent and wife Amber, brother Jonah and sister Emma from china, and Alex from South Korea.

Amber and Trent decided to adopt three children from different parts of the world - Ana from Siberia, Alex from South Korea and Emma from China. 

They call themselves 'the real life seven dwarfs' and embrace their size, and say they 'strive to raise their children in the world that's not built for them'.



Trent and Amber met at a little people's convention, dated for almost four years and married. Five months later Amber was pregnant. 



Trent came from a family of dwarfs, but Amber's family were full size. They knew there was a possibility that their first child could be full size, but at 31 weeks discovered Jonah also had achondroplasia dwarfism. 


They were very happy as they wanted kids who were 'like them', they said. 


The birth of their second biological child Elizabeth was very traumatic for Amber - at one point she was only 48 inches tall but measured 51 inches around.


They both wanted a big family, but instead of putting Amber at any more risk with another traumatic pregnancy they decided to adopt to extend their brood of dwarfs.

Jor laga ke haiya -- Bay of Bengal

This picture was taken in January 2011 when I was on vacation with my family. In this picture the fishermen of Bay of Bengal are coming back to land with there boat. I still remember it was an early morning around 6 am and i was just strolling with my camera on the beach. With every step forward they use to rhyme "jor laga ke haiya".

Blogging again

I started this blog during my college days and its been 2 years I have not updated a single post. As life moved from fun hangouts to boring meetings, will take some time out from my so called busy life and would like to be more regular in this blog. 

Will write about my activity on photography and also about anything that is interesting.