A workshop on the Basic Technicalities of Photography

Report on the Workshop on Basic Technicalities of Photography

Organised by Center for Media Studies

in collaboration with IQAC, Dakshin Kamrup College, Mirza

A workshop on the Basic Technicalities of Photography was organised by Center for Media Studies (Department of Journalism & Mass Communication) in collaboration with IQAC, Dakshin Kamrup College, Mirza, on the 3^rd of December 2022. The workshop started at 11 AM sharp, with the welcome speech given by Ananya Sharma, a 1^st semester student of the department and presenting of a fulam gamusa to the invited guest Mr. Neeraj Kr. Phookan by Abhilasha Pathak, Assistant Professor of the department.

About the Invited Guest: Neeraj Kumar Phookan

Mr. Phookan is an Assistant Professor at Royal Global University. He is an Executive Member and Treasurer of Photography Club of Assam and is currently pursuing PhD at Centre of Management, Dibrugarh University.

About the Event:

The workshop was organised as a part of the Regular Generic Course paper on Photography for the 5^th semester and was open for all the semesters pursuing BA in Mass Communication. A total of 30 students participated in the workshop from 1^st, 3^rd and 5^th semester combined altogether. The workshop was organised for the better understanding on the key concepts of photography, how to visualize a story and sketch it in a photographic format using the right camera angle, light, having the basic knowledge of exposure, framing and various photographic techniques, which are some of the basic knowledge that a student of Mass communication must possess.

In a nutshell, the following topics were being discussed in the workshop:

·         Camera and its components, how it functions.

·         Identifying the frame and applying Rule of Thirds.

·         The concept of grid and frames.

·         Placement of the primary object at the right intersection crash point.

·         Light and Exposure (Shutter Speed, Aperture control, ISO, etc).

·         Storytelling through photography.

·         Composition of photographs.

·         Captioning of photographs and how it helps in conveying the photographer’s story/POV to the spectators.

By the end of the workshop Mr. Phookan shared a message with the students that in order to get better results in capturing beautiful pictures through camera, one needs to enjoy the art of photography. The workshop ended with an end note given by Shabnam Shahin, HoD of the Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, Dakshin Kamrup College, Mirza, thanking the invited guest for presenting the workshop and also the students for participating enthusiastically. Light refreshments were distributed among the students and certificates of participation was also presented to the them at the end of the workshop.