"Photo Feature" : Floods Hit Bareilly

"Photo Feature"
Floods Hit Bareilly

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Nature behaves like our patron and gives a lot to all of us. However, at times, nature becomes so unkind that everybody gets affected very poorly. The same happened in various parts of North India during September, 2010. This part of India went through a big natural calamity caused due to heavy floods. The excess of rains and the water released through some dams turned out to be the cause of this deluge. Many parts of Bareilly (Western U.P) suffered very badly due to this natural disaster.

Mr. Sachin Kumar Gaur , an emerging photo-artist of Bareilly captured the affected areas at the outskirts of this city through his lens. He is sharing some of his photographs of this phenomenon with us.

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--Dr. Pankaj Sharma

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In Love With Creativity: Subhash Shankar Jirange, FFIP

In Love With Creativity: Subhash Shankar Jirange

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Born in 1966 in Satara District of Maharashtra (India), Subhash Shankar Jirange is an artist with uniqueness of approach. He was inclined towards photography-art since his school days, but could not give main concern to this form of art due to his personal circumstances.
After completing his Intermediate in 1985, he shifted to Mumbai in search of employment. After the efforts of a period of 3 years, he got a job in the Finance Department of Govt. of Maharashtra in 1988. Since he was honestly interested in higher studies, he planned in this direction seriously. With the consent of his department, he did his Graduation in 1990 and lastly completed his Post Graduation (Marathi Literature) in 1992 from Mumbai University. Almost a decade passed and this was in around 2003 when Subhash decided to carry his early-days hobby seriously. Because of his zest and dedication, he got success in establishing himself as an artist with unusual approach. The creative pictures clicked by him situate him apart from others. His photographs have earned a big name and fame for him in India and abroad. The Federation of Indian Photography, Kolkata has honored him with its Fellowship.
He is a dynamic human being with enthusiastic personality. Besides photography, the other hobbies of Mr. Jirange are - painting, music, drama, travelling, trekking and reading Books on philosophy and literature.
Mr. Subhash is the member of India International Photographic Council, Delhi, The Photographic Society of India, Mumbai, and The Federation of Indian photography, Kolkata.
He is sharing some of his photographs with us. Please have a joy of them……

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--Dr. Pankaj Sharma
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Learning : Photographing Architecture

Celebrating 1st Anniversary.......

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"Learning"

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.....PHOTOGRAPHING ARCHITECTURE

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Like various other subjects, beautiful buildings (especially historical structures, old religious edifices etc.) offer us fine opportunities to get good pictures. Various places of our planet are rich in gorgeous architectures. These structures attract a photo artist at first sight and he/she wishes to shoot them at his/her best. A few points can help us representing an attractive architecture brilliantly:
1. Lighting plays a vital role in photographing architectures. Sun light of early morning and late evening is ideal for our purpose as this light falls on a subject at low angle and creates long shadows. This adds depth to a structure and on the other hand highlights the dimensions. Moreover this type of light brings out the details of the subject. Falling of this light on the subject from one side results in superior quality images.
2. Good equipment is an essential factor for our intention. So we should choose a camera with all necessary features. The most important thing is selection of right lens. In my opinion a normal lens is ideal because this helps out in avoiding distortion in our results. Sometimes it becomes difficult to cover a structure from one edge to another due to the lack of space. In such case a wide angle lens is of great use. But a wide angle lens tends to distort the image. This problem can be overcome by not going very close to the subject. A perspective correction lens can also help us avoiding unnecessary distortion. Moreover Photoshop also helps us eliminating the distortion from our subject.
3. Composition is an imperative aspect in architectural photography. We should always aim at simple and aesthetic composition. Shooting a building straight way is not enough. Our aim should be to make an interesting photograph. We have to involve the surroundings also in our photograph along with the major subject. Involving trees, plants, human beings, etc. in the frame adds meaning to our photograph.
We have a tendency to look into a scene from left to right (this may not be true in every case), as our eyes are inclined to read from left to right. So if we shoot architecture from its left elevation, the picture will be a little eye catching.
4. Since we want to see maximum elements of a building in focus with ultimate depth, we have to use a small aperture (22, 16 or 11).
5. Shooting the whole structure of a building is not necessary in every case. Sometimes a specific part of the building can provide a good image. The presentation depends on our approach. Few buildings can be rich in artistic forms. If we shoot these forms aesthetically, we are sure of getting outstanding pictures.
6. Sky has an important role in architectural photography. We should avoid flat and dull sky. Blue sky is always ideal and if the sky has clouds too, we are lucky enough to get a decent shot. Flying birds (if we luckily get) in the sky also give strength to our photograph.
7. Sometimes we can get good pictures of architectures during night (if they are illuminated well). While doing so we should always rest our camera on a firm tripod. In low light conditions the shutter speed of camera goes very low and in this situation tripod works friendly.

--Dr. Pankaj Sharma

Profile : A Self-Taught Creator: Shekhar Roy

Celebrating 1st Anniversary......
Profile

A Self-Taught Creator: Shekhar Roy

Friends,

A graduate in Commerce from Bhagalpur University, (Bihar, India), Shekhar Roy had a deep attachment with arts since his childhood days. He began clicking when he was in class 5. He used to photograph the images with his Agfa Box Camera that had been gifted to him by his grandfather. When he grew young, he had to settle in Delhi, and then after in Haryana regarding his job. During this phase of time he started photography as a freelancer. He finally left his job in 1993 and involved himself in photography entirely. Today Mr. Roy has established himself as an accomplished photographer. The main areas of his interest in photography are industrial, fashion, advertising, interiors, corporate world etc. Presently he resides in Mumbai. He has worked with many reputed companies and firms. His photographs have been used in various calendars, brochures and magazines. Besides his professional work-field, Mr. Roy loves shooting landscapes, human beings and nature. He is a self-taught photo artist who has developed his skills through a long journey of experiments.

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