Photography Workshop

On 17th August 2023, the Department of English (MKBU) organised a photography workshop for the students. Famous wildlife photographer, Mr. Kaushik Ghelani was invited to teach the students. Students from the Life Science Department (MKBU) also joined in for this workshop. The event was hosted by Trushali Dodiya. I would like to take this moment to thank Megha Ma’am, Vaidehi Ma’am and Dilip Barad Sir for this amazing workshop. It was a wonderful opportunity where we had fun and learned a lot. 

One of the first things that we learned in this workshop was that photos should narrate stories. By just seeing your photos, your audience should understand the story. It is not merely clicking pictures. Photography is showing the world through your vision. 

Expensive equipment or technical knowledge are not as important as your vision. Camera is just a medium through which you have to execute your vision. If you have a different perspective on life, then you should try to reflect that in your photos. You should not click pictures simply for the sake of likes on social media. You should click pictures for artistic fulfillment. 

When you pursue photography, you indirectly learn about other things as well. Kaushik Geelani sir learned about Geography, Wildlife, Zoology, all when he was pursuing Photography. That is why he said, “Photography is the exploration of life”.

We also learned various rules of Photography to make your photos better. Some of them were:- 

• Rule of 3rd

• Golden point

• Central focus Rule 

• Symmetry 

• Geometrical Shapes

• Head leading room

• Depth of field 

• Avoid Negative Spacings 

• Importance of Horizon in photos

In break, we were given the task of capturing photos using the rules that we learned about. Students roamed around the campus and captured some amazing clicks. 

In the second half of the workshop, we got to present our pictures. Kaushik Ghelani  Sir examined them and gave constructive criticism. Given below is a picture I captured right there. Sir saw it and told me about the negative space present there. Beside it is the picture after correcting that.  

Before

After

Before

After 

Here are some other photos I captured:-

I also got the opportunity to give feedback on the workshop. I mentioned that it was fun and educational. It was truly amazing to learn all these from a Professional Photographer. 

The winners of the competition are Avani Jani, who secured 1st rank, a student from life science department who got 2nd rank, and Drashti Joshi who got 3rd Rank. Given below are pictures captured by the winners. 

Avani Jani

Drashti Joshi 

Overall it was a very valuable experience. I always had an interest in Photography but never got a chance to learn it in depth. So I am very grateful to be able to attend this Workshop.