Shadows: Pictures of the Week 12 April 2010

Today I am posting pictures with the theme "Shadows". By title, it may be tempting to think that this post is about some dark art or something but it is not. I never really thought about shadows until I started photography.

Shadows makes a very interesting subject to study because they come in infinite shapes and sizes, they are always black in color, they are found everywhere (do not believe me, just look around) and every one of us has (beautiful) shadow. Shadows live in their world, without interfering with ours. We simply ignore them 99% of the time.

Album:

Shadows

Shadows have also been studied in relation with different fields. Interested readers might like to view them.

Shadow and Art

Shadow and Photography (showcase 1, showcase 2, showcase 3)
Shadow and Leadership
Shadows and Psychology

Reinventing by packaging

Many times packaging in different way makes wonders and attracts consumers and make them to pay money. Yesterday I visited one restaurant, Rajdhani Mani Square Kolkata. The theme of the restaurant is based upon Rajasthani way of presenting food and the food was normal as you can find in any typical Indian house (gujrati/normal) dal, roti, halwa etc. Also I found the taste similar to food cooked by my Mother.

So what works for this restaurant. I think there are following things:

1. Place: located at a mall besides other expensive restaurants.

2. Theme: Rajasthani theme (a royal one)

3. Packaging and Presentation

4. Good and Fast Service: good response time.

Some Rearranging and associating with different themes make wonders !!!