Laal Bindi

Shan ain’t Single anymore, sorry guys. I know i broke your hearts, i can see broken hearts floating on the marina sea shore as i drove home today. But hey, that does not mean its all that bad. I was shooting exclusively for her wedding engagement today and of course yesterday for the Henna Ceremony at her house.

The forthcoming series will be from this set, i finally have some work with my macro lens after 2 long years of it collecting dust in my camera bag.

The Bindi or the "pottu" as it is called in tamil is a critical decorative element of the indian woman. I decided to get a close up of the bindi shan had while the women drew arabic designs on her hand with henna (marudhaani).

Canon EOS 400D with the Canon EF 100MM F/2.8 Macro USM. Aperture Priority, F/4 at 1/200th of a Second, ISO100, Canon Speedlite 430EX fired and bounced off with a diffuser, Manual 1/1, Tripod.