LEARNING IN PHOTOGRAPHY TODAY IS AS IMPORTANT AS ANY OTHER SUBJECT. IN MY PREVIOUS WRITE UP I HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE PROGRESS IT HAS MADE EVER SINCE IT’S INCEPTION. TO COPE UP WITH THE MODERN TRENDS. IT IS NOW ESSENTIONIAL TO KEEP PACE OR RATHER FASTER PACE WITH THE LATEST IN TECHNOLOGY. GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE FAVOURABLE LIGHTING CONDITIONS TO AVAIL GOOD RESULT IN OUR PHOTOGRAPHS. TODAY A LOT CAN BE MANUPULATED THROUGH TECHNICAL MEANS AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE. MANY NEW GADGETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE. AND MOREOVER MANY NEW FEATURES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE CAMERA ITSELF WHICH CAN HELP US IMPROVE OUR PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE SHOOTING STAGE INSTEAD OF IMPROVING ON THE PRINTS LATER. AND THAT COME TO THE CONCLUSION THE VERY BASIC – UNDERSTANDING LIGHT. FOR NO PHOTOGRAPHY IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT LIGHT – THE REQUIRED INTENSITY OF LIGHT. WHETHER IT IS SIMPLE DOCUMENTATION OF OUR SUBJECT OR OUR EXPRESSION AND/ OR IMPRESSION OF THE SCENE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE LIGHT AND THAT ONLY WILL ENABLE US TO PRESENT OR EXPRESS OURSELF IN THIS WONDERFUL MEDIUM.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN THE FAMOUS MOVIE FROM RAJ KAPOOR JI - “SATYAM SHIVAM SUNDARAM” CANNOT FORGET THAT BEAUTIFUL MORNING SCENE OF THE TITLE SONG. THE BEAUTIFUL MORNING EFFECT WAS ENHANCED BY USING A GRADUATION FILTER IN RED AND GREEN. THE WHOLE PICTURISATION OF THE SONG WAS DOMINATED BY THIS MORNING EFFECT TO MATCH THE MESMERISING VOICE OF LATAJI.

WHILE TAKING STILL PHOTOGRAPHS WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MANY SUCH CREATIVE TECHNIQUES. AFTERALL A GOOD PHOTOGRAPH IS ALWAYS A WELL BALANCED COMBINATION OF TECHNIQUE, CREATIVITY AND COMPOSITIONS.