PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

Greetings, 

 -This blog is based on learning outcome of "Photography Workshop".

         Just before the two days of "World Photography Day," On August 17, we had the opportunity to take part in a photography workshop organized by the Department of English at MKBU. Students from the life science department had also attended the workshop. Throughout the workshop, our guide was Mr. Kaushik Ghelani, sir, who is a celebrated wildlife photographer and filmmaker. In the workshop, we learned many new things that we use on a daily basis but had never come across before. The whole workshop was carried out in two sessions for better learning. Kaushik sir gave many leads about how to take proper photos on a mobile phone as well as in a camera.

        In the first session, Sir provided a basic outline of what photography is and introduced many technical terms regarding photography and cameras. Sir believes that to be a good photographer, one should understand the aesthetics of pictures and explore life, and for that, your eyes are your valuable equipment and primary camera. It is not necessary that you have costly equipment to be a good photographer. Sir firmly believes that pictures should convey stories, be appealing to the eyes, and have an impact on viewers' thought processes. We had been introduced to many new words and techniques regarding cameras and photography, such as the rule of thirds, golden point rule, central focus rule, symmetry rule, leading lines, etc. As per Kaushik Sir's advice, to enrich your aesthetic sense, one should visit ancient monuments and observe old temples and ruin sites. Photography skills take time to develop, and it is a very slow process therefore, a good photographer has a patient and calm mind. If one wants to be in the photography field, first they have to judge themselves because photographers are life-long learners, and if they think they're the best, then self-learning is impossible. While learning about photography, we can gain knowledge of various other fields as by-products, like geography, archeology, historical knowledge of the respective place of photography, marine science, and different species of birds and creatures.

   

At the end of our first session, Kaushik Sir assigned us a task in which we had to capture five pictures because he wanted to know about our basic photography skills. The second session was very interactive, as everyone came up with very interesting and different photographs, and Sir critically reviewed our photographs. Sir also gave some important tips about how to take better pictures with minimal equipment.

- Here are two pictures which i had captured. 

  In this picture we can see how that tree made his space all the way through the concrete wall. We observe that how these trees are adapting themselves in this era of industrial revolution wherein you find towering buildings and colonies everywhere and trees occupies a little space in that. 

 This is a picture of full grown banyan tree which we don't know for how many years it is standing there and provide coolness and shadow for others. This is home of many creatures and birds which are thriving upon this tree. 

 

        

      Concluding of the second part of workshop Kaushik sir announced winners. In which two of our senior and one student from Life-science Department secured rank. 

   At the end of workshop we took a group photo.