Since I was bitten
by shutter bug it has become my favourite pass time to log on to sites that
share photos. I follow dPS regularly. On one of the photo sharing sites I read
about photo walk. It was a new word for
me, but it appeared self explanatory. Photographers
will take their camera and walk along taking pictures. If this is done in groups, I thought it will
be more interesting and learning experience.
Photography had developed tremendously impacting everyday
life from the principle of camera obscure to digital and drone cameras, from dark to light rooms, black and white to
instant colorful prints and instant sharing worldwide on social media. Cell phone cameras have made every person a photographer,
but the art and technique of photography is ever developing subject. Like science and art it is ever evolving.
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| This is one spot on the street where our mentor asked us to take photos. All of us gathered here and take pictures in different angles. People around started staring at us. Somebody asked what will do taking the picture? The leaking pipe is making the area dirty and muddy. They wanted to know if we will inform the municipality about it and get it corrected. |
August 19 is chosen as world photography day as on that day
in 1939 Daguerreotype of photographic process was announced to the public by the French Government. Actually this process was developed by Joseph
Nicephore Niepce and Louis Daguerre in 1937.
In 2009, Korske Ara, Australian photographer launched the World Photo
Day Project with dream to unite local and global communities in a worldwide
celebration of photograph. The firs
world Photo Day on 19/8/2010 hosted first global online gallery with 270 photographs
from more than 100 countries. World Photography
organisation incorporated as World Photograhy
Awards Limited hosts Sony World
Photography Awards and World Photography festival. Awards are presented to amateurs and
professionals in different categories.
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| Our mentor showed this fish sculpture and compose a good photograph |
I read about the
photo walks and wanted to participate in one. I thought that this will help me
to get over my inhibitions in taking street photos. I
asked a photographer in our place about photo walk he appeared quite unaware of
any such thing. I know that it is not
possible for a photo walk in our place as it is not a metro. The nearest place I can expect a photo walk
is at Hyderabad. Hyderabad had its
first certified photo walk on August 16 and 17 in 2015 the theme being
‘Virasat’ (heritage) capturing architectural and cultural design and beauty of
the city.
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| Lotus pond was also another point of interest in Zoo |
“Photo Walk is defined as the act of walking with a camera
for the main purpose of taking pictures of things that photographer may find
interesting.” But if a theme is given
based on the theme interesting pictures can be captured by the
photographers. When there are group of
people same object of interest can be captured with different perspective by
different photographers.
I am fortunate to participate in a photo walk recently. The Nikon School has held a basic workshop
followed by photo walk for the benefit of its customers, and also others who bought D-SLR, to know their gear and
practice photography. It was an
interesting group activity of more than twenty amateur photography enthusiasts
of different ages and all walks of life with Nikon Mentor and technical
team. The collecting point for photo walk
was at Zoo in Hyderabad. It was Sunday. Early hours (7 AM) of winter morning. We all walked for about a kilometer along
with mentor who guided us in composition and candid photos. In the Zoo we had wild life photography.
