Deepa Netto

I always encourage couples to do a pre- shoot for these reasons :

1 This is a chance to break the ice and get to know the photographer and vice versa

2 In my case the couple also gets to be familiar in front of the lens

3 As newly weds u do need some awesome pictures other than what was taken on your wedding day

Stephen and Preeti are an awesome couple who were an absolute delight in front of the camera.  They were pure naturals and rocked the entire session I am absolutely excited to be a part of your upcoming wedding

Mumbai has a different feel altogether during monsoons. My captures don’t do justice to the city and I know that. Enjoy the rains

Can anything get cuter than kids?

Every year around my birthday I have this tendency to make some drastic steps that brings about a new me (at least some part of new me) . Two years back out of whim I went and got my hair poker straight. I spent a whole day , morning to evening at the salon getting ma hair freaking straight.  At a time where I really wanted to never look at the mirror and see myself I thought getting a new look should do the trick. Guess what it did at least temporarily.

Last year it was all about enjoying my birthday. Trust me guys since I was 23 I always had this ‘ooo am getting old syndrome’ Guess what I breezed through the last one. Phew and yes also left a lot of the emotional baggage I was carrying around.

This year its all about getting the oomph back. Seriously know no clue what that is but I thought a pair of aviators should fall into that category.  The story goes way back when I was dating a sailor my affair with aviators had started.  Trust me men in uniform + aviators is one hot combination. Although that was the case I never thought that I personally could pull off one until this time.  Trust u are gonna see more of these flashing ma eyes baby.

Presenting the Pawar family I shot last weekend. These were one excited family. And I love such families who are all game for capturing moments. One of my favorite picture is the 4 generation picture I shot of them. This was the first of its kind for me.

A few days ago some one I know lost her pet dog in a very unexpected way. In the midst of moaning she was looking for some good picture of the pet to be enlarged and framed. Although there were a lot of photos nothing was worth blowing up cause for some reason of the other those weren’t just good enough. Even before I called myself a photographer I knew the importance to have some good pictures with the people I love the most. I know the loss of not having any picture of my beloved dad (well this is a different story altogether) , all that is left is the memories of him with me.

Hence I always insist on a  periodical family photo session. You don’t need an occasion to do it. Just do it and make that an occasion. I am sure the session itself will be a memorable one on its own. If you cant afford a photographer to come home go to a near by studio and get some shots. Now about pets, if u are a person like me who think that pets are a family member (can u imagine that there are people who think otherwise) then get them a session. I spent thousands of rupees buying all kinds of treats and toys and shampoos for my dog. Booking a session is worth every penny. I have done it and its total paisa wasool.
In other news I bought a new camera and any new gear has to first be tried on my lovely in house Diva aka Mandy. So here is a sweet shot of hers

Isn’t she lovable?

So the D-day has arrived.  So for the past 2 weeks I have been inviting photography enthusiasts to come and participate in the Macro Kit Give away. Today I had to randomly pick one lucky person from the entire lot of 52 participants.  I really wish to give each and every one of them a kit only my budget was for one lucky person

But let me tell u I had total fun running this give away and surprisingly I got a pretty neat response. So I think I will try to have more of such give away in the near future so do keep coming back here and check the updates.

Now to randomly select and to be all fair I googled and found this awesome site .

Without wasting any more time here is the winner !!!!!!!!!
(Drumrolls please!)

Rajesh Rana U r the lucky winner of this macro kit. Do send me the Mumbai address were u would like this to be delivered and I hope u have loads of fun with this kit

I am an out an out Dog lover. There are very rare occasions when a dog who doesn’t like me.  I have a lot of difficulty remembering people’s names (and bdays ) but once you introduce a dog to me the name gets etched in my brains.  Funny na? So here is Daisy who owns one of my clients. Yes people dog lovers never own dogs, its the other way round BTW daisy is here to announce the new email address deepanetto@deepanetto.com

What are the odds that I get an inquiry for a family portrait sessions and I almost decline it for unavailable dates and then actually going ahead and booking it to a earlier date. What are the odds of having quiet a number of common friends from different walks of life and both of us knowing them some how or the other. But nothing beats the odd that we (the hubby) used to be colleagues in my ex organization. Meet the Dhillions (Yah I like their last names) the most happy go lucky baby and the most tech savvy family. Although a small session I definitely had fun shooting this family. BTW these guys should go black and white all the way. They look so fabulous in b/w.

This is the first time I created a story board. Personally I feel this is a very classy way of getting photo prints to frame it and keep it at ur desk.

Recently I had purchased a set of macro filter kit for an assignment I was working on. Although it took me a bit of getting used to shoot with the extensions, once I got the hang of it I was loving every bit of it.

Me being a people photographer and all this macro world is pretty new to me but I am having fun and wanted to share my bit of it with my shutterbug friends. So am running a contest where one randomly selected person from the lot will win this macro kit. Of course to be eligible for this contest u :

a) should have a mumbai address (if not urs, ur relative or friends to whom I can send this kit n u can collect it)

b) will have leave your name and e-mail address at the comments section of this post. (Apart from the log in field where u will have to enter ur name and email address)
2 weeks from now i.e the 23rd June 2010 I will randomly pick one lucky guy/gal who will own this fabulous macro kit. Trust me u will love it! So without wasting time leave your name and email address below.