Couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity of attending a photography workshop by Kalyan Varma-a wild life photographer. It was a weekend workshop conducted at Shilton Royale Hotel (opposite Oasis mall), Koramangala.

On Day 1 we primarily had theory classes where Kalyan explained the working of a camera using well-crafted slides. I felt like I’ve dived back to my school days and am attending a class of physics in light. The session was interesting and interactive, all efforts were made to simplify the concept for beginners. We learnt about settings used in a camera – the aperture, shutter speed, white balance, ISO and so on. Settings that were always present in a camera but were never used by me, since I always used the ‘auto’ mode. Now I was in the company of photographers, so I started thinking differently. I guess, thats the most important part of attending a workshop.
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