Fotomgz India - Portrait Special by fotomgz.in

SHOWCASING THE UNSEEN AND UNTOLD

FOTOMGZ Â MAY 2018

VOLUME 1

INDIA

ISSUE 3

PORTRAIT SPECIAL Portraits from the world

Chal Rand De Asalpha

Canon EOS 77D - The DSLR Megastar

Majhi Metro & Tasveer'18

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EDITORIAL Fotomgz India was established with an aspiration of capturing the untold and unseen stories through the lens. Our Zeal as photographers when creating a creative collection is not to manifest a quintessential design or to materialize only the Award-Winning Creations. It is to portray their Story and to concoct an Impact that they will love. "For me, every photograph is a portrait; the clothes are just a vehicle for what I want to say. You're photographing a relationship with the person you're shooting; there's an exchange, and that's what that picture is." - Peter Lindbergh From times immemorial, portraits have been used for more than just keeping record. They have been used to show power, importance, virtue, beauty, wealth, taste, learning or other qualities of the subject. Since then, the art of capturing faces have come a long way. It takes just a moment in time to capture a face on the film. The lines on the faces trace back to the past experiences, the raw emotions and so many narratives. Eyes that hold embers amidst the swell of oceans, speaking the language of the soul. The freckles like the galaxy of stars, waiting to be explored. The magic that lies between the contours of jawlines and cheekbones and the secrets hidden in the strands of hair. The sunshine smiles and the raindrops on golden hair all depict beauty in its eminence. Overall this issue is replete with amazing portraiture that will leave you in awe and admiration, looking for untold stories in the masks that people wear. For the deep furrows on the face are a remembrance of events that transpired during a lifetime. How tears sometimes flowed parallel to the lines of happiness. Etched on the face and the forehead is a sanctuary of bygone eras. The face tells it all. Gaurav Lal Editor editor@fotomgzindia.org www.fotomgzindia.org

THEY MADE IT POSSIBLE

Siegart Von Schlichting Germany

Diya Johnson India

Asfaque Hussian India

Krishna Dey India

Mahesh Namburi India

Rudra Banerjee India

Paras Tewari India

Saptarshi Dutta Gupta India

Anushka Alexander India

Devvrat Arya India

Bipradip Chakraborty India

Kamlesh Mane India

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Canon EOS 77D

The DSLR Megastar The 77D is a Rebel T7i in fancy clothes. How big are the odds with this marvel middle child? By - Rohitdutt Pujari Turn to page 30

Its all about the portraits

Picture from the streets - Diya Johnson

All bout simple portraitsÂ - Siegart Von Schlichting

Blend of Nature and Beauty- Asfaque Hussian

I capture Emotion- Saptarshi Dutta Gupta Portraying Faces and People -Â Devvrat Arya

Its all about the portraits

Face Composition - Anushka Alexander

Art in Motion

Framing Moments- Bipradip Chakroborty

Every portrait relates a story - Paras Tewari

Its all about the portraits

Positano of Mumbai

Article - Rohitdutt Pujari

Their Face My Frame - Krishna Dey

My photography is portrait- Anushka Alexander Capturing Imagination - Siegart Von Schlichting

Its all about the portraits

Living Bridge

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Capturing expressions - Mahesh Namburi

The city I love is Kolkata - Rudra Banerjee Capturing the soul- Kamlesh Mane

MODEST PORTRAITS BY - SIEGART VON SCHLICHTING www.siegartvonschlichting.com

I LOVEÂ TO TAKE PICTURES

S SIMPLE PORTRAITS

“We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.”

ABOUT

Chal Rang De is a non-profit community which is on to a mission of reforming the Mumbai slums and rustic places into a captivating gaze. This community is led by Dedeepya Reddy and Terence Ferreira, the founders of 'Chal Rang De' group, who decided to embellish the Mumbai’s slums. Both desired to reform the way people glance at slums in India and hence decided to turn them into a work of art.

For more information, Visit Website: http://www.chalrangde.com/ Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/chalrangde/

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Living Bridge is a platform that aims to bring talent and training on an even keel. In other words, if you have the talent, we will ensure it gets the training and mentoring it deservesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;by putting you in touch with top of the line professionals from assorted professions, including filmmaking, photography, screenwriting, cinematography, video editing, creative writing, content editing, theatre and acting, among others.

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PORTRAYING THE UNSEEN ART By- Devvrat Arya

evvrat Arya, an engineering student from Delhi, has unfastened his portrayal photography with Fotomgz India. His expedition of photography started with some extraordinary clicks from his mobile phone and later which restyled to portraits and fashion photography. Being a scholar Devvrat is a resolute photographer, who always draw juncture to follow is desire of portraying faces and people .

Camera: FUJIFILM X-T2 Focal Length: 56 Aperture: 1.8

"The moment which I get, I capture it. I still can't define my love for my photography, which frame such beauties into wonderful portraits" -Devvrat

Camera: FUJIFILM X-T2 Focal Length: 56 Aperture: 3.6

Camera: FUJIFILM X-T2 Focal Length: 56 Aperture: 2.8

"Faces I capture, are the faces I want to remember. It is my photography which has bought me to portrait various glare and frown." -Devvrat

Camera: FUJIFILM X-T2 Focal Length: 56 Aperture: 1.2

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UNSEENÂ PORTRAITS BY- DIYA JOHNSON @DIAJOHNPHOTOGRAPHY, KERALA

"MY PHOTOGRAPHY DISPLAYS LIFE INSTEAD OF BEAUTY." - DIYA JOHNSON

iya Johnson from Kerala, an engineer by

After strolling around, Diya found her unseen

profession, is a splendid photographer

faces in the street vendors from the Kochi Fort.

who loves to capture faces and their

Her determination for photography, made her to

stories. Apart from her job, Diya is fond of

bring out the best from the faces of those street

getting involved with projects associated with

vendors who never posed nor got framed

photography based on distinct themes . In her recent photoshoots, she tackled a project

through camera.

themed on unseen faces, which were not yet

her touch and technique with Fotomgz India,

showcased. Diya marked herself to bring out

which certainly interpret her magnificent

those faces in the frames, who are not known

photography.

for their beauty and fame.

With few of the photographs, Diya has opened

Camera: Nikon D750 Focal Length: 85 Aperture: 1.8

"I never knew that a street face could be more beautiful and tranquil. A pleasing smile on a dignified soul." -Diya

Camera: Nikon D750 Focal Length: 85 Aperture: 1.8

THE DSLR MEGASTAR

CANON EOS 77D

The 77D is a Rebel T7i in fancy clothes. How big are the odds with this marvel middle child? BY ROHITDUTT PUJARI

The Canon EOS 77D is a compact and affordable DSLR camera with many capabilities. It has the convenience and dimensions of a starter model like the Canon EOS 800D and the options of the EOS 80D, which makes it an ideal camera for both beginners and slightly more advanced photographers.

THE DSLR MEGASTAR

Features Just like EOS 80D that’s positioned above it in Canon’s aficionado line-up, the EOS 77D is equipped with a 24.2MP APS-C CMOS sensor and the latest Digic 7 processor. The sensor support Canon’s Dual Pixel AF technology that promises noticeably faster focus acquisition in live view. Introduced with the 77D and 800D is a new Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/4-5.6 IS STM lens, an ultra-compact kit lens, that Canon says is the World's smallest non-retractable kit lens. The lens offers up to 4-stops of Image Stabilisation (IS), with improved optics, and a size that is just 61.8mm long. When used with the new lens, the camera offers the World's fastest focus for APS-C ILC cameras at 0.03s (when using the viewfinder). The 77D has an LCD on top of the camera, on which you can see all the important settings. The 77D also has two rotary knobs that make it easier to set your exposure. The 77D also has an extra AF-on button, so you can disconnect the autofocus from the shutter release button. The touch focus works well and operating the menus via the touchscreen is also nice. Thanks to the turning and tilting screen, you can also easily take photos from very high or low perspectives. Some of the notable improvements however lie in the firmware.

The Canon 77D has another astonishing feature called 'Guided Mode', which can be enabled for the shooting screen, menus, and the mode guide. This gives you a visual representation of what you can expect from shots based on which way you adjust the slider. So, for instance, say you're shooting in aperture priority mode, the graphical representation on the screen shows you what sort of effect you can expect by decreasing or increasing the aperture. This encourages you to use the touchscreen, by making the icons larger and easier to use. Hitting the 'Q' button at the back gives you quick access to toggles including white balance, drive mode, picture size, metering, type of focus, etc. You can either use the touchscreen or either of the two dials to manipulate the settings. The Creative Filters option on the mode dial lets you add effects such as soft focus, fish-eye, etc to your photos. You even get special filters for video like a film-grain effect, miniature, black and white, and more. The Custom Functions option in the menu lets you access features like the expanded ISO mode, adjust the level of exposure increments (one-third or half); toggle the state of the AF assist beam; and more. This is a fantastic innovation from Canon.

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Handling The Canon 77D is astonishingly cool, and even after using it for fortnight days, I continued to marvel at this innovation. Significantly, there are some design changes that do facilitate the photographic process. There are two control wheels on the camera, with one on top, and a scroll wheel on the back, which can be locked. This makes it quick and easy to change the aperture and shutter when in manual mode. The screen looks good and using the touch-screen to change settings is easy, and the screen is very responsive to touch. Viewing angles are good, with a gapless screen, and being able to tilt the screen can make it easier to see what you are shooting. We may have liked to have seen something a bit larger, and/or with more resolution, but there’s no quibbling about its functionality. It's nicely integrated into the camera’s interface, works really well and is one of the most polished examples we've seen. The LCD display provides a quick reference point for a host of key shooting info – ISO setting, aperture and shutter speed, exposure compensation, battery level, Wi-Fi activation and shots remaining. In front of this display are dedicated controls for ISO and AF, as well as a button to illuminate the LCD in poor light.

The positioning of the LCD display means the mode dial moves to the left of the viewfinder, and it features a locking mechanism; you’ll need to press and hold the central button to spin the mode dial round to the desired setting. Moving round the back, there's a dedicated AF-On button for back-button focusing, which can be really handy if you regularly shoot using continuous focusing. The EOS 77D features a multi-directional control pad encircled by a scroll wheel; this mirrors some higher-end EOS DSLRs, enabling you to quickly toggle key settings, and it's handy when the camera is raised to your eye. Although the EOS 77D’s handgrip isn’t the largest, it happily accommodates average-sized hands and lets you grip the body without feeling as if your little finger is about to drop off the end. There are now 45 focus points (with 49 available in live-view), and these can be viewed in the optical viewfinder when shooting, or on the rear screen when using live view. You can even switch on display of focus points in playback mode so that you can confirm you focused on the desired point(s). In live-view, the focus area covers a large area of the image, and there is no penalty in focus speeds. The optical viewfinder, whilst not the largest, features dioptre correction, and there is a soft rubber surround, making it comfortable to use both with or without glasses. There's an eye-detection sensor above the viewfinder so that the camera will know when you're holding it up to your eye, and this means the camera will automatically switch off the screen when needed. While it might not seem that much of a difference, you’ll be surprised at how unwanted elements can encroach on the edges of the frame when you review your images.

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THE DSLR MEGASTAR

Performance The EOS 77D can rattle off shots at 6fps – we'd have liked to have seen this number improved to match mirrorless rivals like the Lumix G80 / G85, which is capable of 9fps. Battery life is good, at 600 shots, although you'll want to keep a spare handy if you plan to shoot predominantly with the rear display activated, as this will see battery life drop to 270 shots. Also, like the T7i / 800D, the EOS 77D takes advantages of Canon's new clean-looking graphical interface, which is designed to help inexperienced users get to grips with some of the camera's key controls. The EOS 77D sports Canon’s tried-and-tested 7560-pixel RGB+IR metering sensor, which we’ve seen in numerous Canon DSLRs (it’s also in the EOS Rebel T7i / 800D), with 63-zone Evaluative, Partial, Centre-weighted and Spot metering options. For the most part the evaluative mode will be the one you’ll be using, and it does a good job. As we’ve found with other EOS cameras though because the system is weighted to the active AF point you can run into issues in high-contrast situations, as simply shifting the AF point can throw up two different exposures.

The white balance system performs very well, while the option of an Ambient Auto White Balance mode has its uses, delivering slightly warmer results that can be welcome, while White Priority can deliver clean, neutral results even in artificial lighting. The EOS 77D uses Canon's new 24MP APS-C CMOS sensor, and as we’ve seen with the T7i / 800D this performs very well. Resolution is pretty much identical to the results from the T6s / 760D – which is hardly a surprise when you consider that they share the same pixel count – but it’s elsewhere that the new sensor design shines, particularly the way the camera handles noise. The EOS 77D delivers pleasing JPEG colours. If you want to give your JPEGs a little more 'bite', opt for one of the Picture Styles, or shoot raw for complete control. In daylight, the 77D does a good job of capturing accurate colours and good detail. There is very mild chromatic aberration in some scenes, but it's mostly kept in check. The Creative filters are where you can really have some fun. 'HDR art standard' combines three consecutive exposures to give you an HDR photo, while 'HDR art bold' boosts colours to give you an oil painting effect. 'Grainy B/W' is another effect which we found quite useful. There are similar effects for videos too, which add a fun element to shooting. Burst mode works well although 6fps isn't ideal for fast-moving animals or birds. The camera's high ISO prowess can be seen in low-light shots. The 77D has good video capabilities thanks to the Dual Pixel AF system.

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THE DSLR MEGASTAR

Conclusion The Canon EOS 77D is a solid, if rather uninspiring, addition to the extensive EOS range of DSLR cameras, essentially combining some of the key features of the higher-end EOS 80D with the body and control layout of the cheaper EOS 800D. The rotating thumb wheel at the rear, dedicated AF-ON button, LCD screen on the top plate and automatic eye sensor are factors that suggest the EOS 77D will appeal to more advanced photographers who are possibly looking for finer control than you’d get from an entry-level model. That said, it’s well geared up for newcomers to a DSLR, too.

We'd suggest paying the slight price premium for the 77D, rather than choosing the EOS 800D, principally because the former has dual control wheels and a top-screen LCD, but we'd also then strongly suggest considering the EOS 80D instead of the 77D (especially if you can find it on sale), as that camera additionally offers weather-proofing, a better viewfinder, longer battery life, faster shutter and flash sync speeds, and a headphone jack, although the 80D is heavier, uses the slower DIGIC 6 processor, and doesn't have Bluetooth connectivity. New additions like the guided mode and Dual Pixel autofocus are great to have, but we also wish that this camera supported more current-day features like 4K video recording and maybe finer controls over the ISO level. It ticks the right boxes and is a great option in Canon’s enthusiasts’ DSLR line-up.

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A non-profit community from Dehradun

Behbood The Society is a youth run organisation based in Dehradun, which emphasises in the fields of literacy and education. Behbood, is an Urdu word translating to Upliftment, which has also been the vision of the organisation. Since its inception in 2016, the initiative has been working to train and impart knowledge to students in and around the city. Apart from encouraging literacy in rural areas the organisation has been working on other United Nations Goals for Sustainable Development such as Gender equality, good health and well being. Behbood the society launched a programme under which the organisation has been consistently transforming lives of more than 40 students residing in Nagal Jwalapur village of Dudhli, on the outskirts of Dehradun.

This session aims at improving the confidence level of the young leaders and induce leadership qualities to the fellow students. The society has been working diligently to support and encourage literacy in the city via awareness drives and seminars in villages, slums and schools. The teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard work has been able to inspire more than a hundred volunteers to support the cause. The organisation intends to fulfill itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purpose by promoting literacy and thereby providing employment across the country in the poverty stricken areas. Contact: Vachan Anand - 8433476473 Anshika Dhobal - 7900412621

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Training Centre: Living Bridge Training Centre, 18, Runanubandh Co-op Society, Kotbagi Hospital Road, Near Delhi Kitchen, Aundh, Pune, Maharashtra 411007, India, M: +919890000587

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A photoshoot with @the_urbanhijabee

PORTRAIT SPECIAL By - Anushka Alexander, Mumbai

CAMERA,CHARM AND A HIJABEE

A "FACE COMPOSITON"

CAPTURING MONOCHROME BY - KRISHNA DEY

@STORIES_FROMMY_CANON - DELHI

Their Face My Frame @STORIES_FROMMY_CANON - DELHI

ABOUT

rishna, a filmmaker and a photographer, is affectionate to black and white portrait photography.

His expedition from Assam to Delhi has captured and framed many happy and untold faces. Passion of photography followed him from the days of his childhood. What krishna feels about photography is, that its a tool to capture the right moment and cherish it later. Through out the journey of his life, Krishna has met many faces and many of those were somewhere became a part of an inspiration for him.

"Not all the faces are faked, not all the portraits are made" -Krishna

"Few of the faces are still a memory for me, and this is one of them" -Krishna

PORTRAIT SPECIAL

By - Saptarshi Dutta Gupta

I CAPTUREÂ EMOTIONS

ABOUT

aptarshi, a 21 year old, engineer by profession and photographer by passion, believes that every

human being has a story to apprise. He has

grown with an obsession for camera and photography. With his first camera, Nikon coolpix A10, he started capturing in daylight and getting thrilled with his own captures, doesn't matter whether it was a pollen grain of the broken flower or a huge sunset. Later he understood the photography triangle, when he got his first DSLR camera. He started capturing the streets, people, art and emotions. Soon his heed in portrait photography grown up which changed is perspective on the dynamics of human relationship.

Being one the favorite hobbies of city dwellers, many of us pick up the camera without fully understanding the potential of this instrument. Our workshops will teach you everything from basic camera operations to working with studio lights and product photography.

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Photography Contest

Participate now and win exciting prizes Last Date of Submission: 10 May 2018

For more events and contest updates Write us: fotomgz.in@gmail.com Visit: www.fotomgzindia.org

SCENIC PORTAITS

I LOVE TO CAPTURE IMAGINATION

"ELEGANT AND GRACEFUL"

I LOVE TULLE

WONDERFUL PORTRAITS

ABOUT

aras Tewari, from Uttarakhand, is a photographer who is tendered to portrait photography.

Since two years, Paras is capturing the people and faces and has totally assumed that every portrait he clicked has a story behind it . Paras realised later, that he could be more revealing with this camera and photography. Being a student, he is trekking for the biggest desire of his life that is photography.

"They say every flower is a blooming soul of nature. Well, I say every soul is a blooming flower, jammed within the human waiting to bloom with euphoria." -Paras

"Red was the intensity of her love Red was what embraced her on whole Red was her desire Red was the colour of her soul" -Paras

@MAHESH_NAMBURI

About

ahesh Namburi, is fashion, street and wild life photographer, based in

Bangalore. Started journey as a software Engineer, Mahesh was never sure for his photography vocation. With his professional fellow worker, he started his photography with portraits and fashion corner at social media platforms. Soon his skill started to unfurl various opertunities though other platforms for portrait and fashion photography. Mahesh started relishing his photography journey and decided to carry on this excitement as a career. With his recent projects and photoshoots, he was involved with some big names, Chris Gayle, Kalki, and Rahul alias.

"An expression with a beautiful smile is a portrait I frame." -Mahesh

"When I talk about the portraits I clicked, the similarity between all is attractiveness and tranquil" -Mahesh

IÂ PICTURE THEM By -Asfaque Hussain @the.shattered.lens

Model: Virhe Kajiri

"MY HEART IS WHERE MY PHOTOGRAPHY IS" -ASFAQUE HUSSAIN

"I tried to display the ease of two people, the model and the photographer" -Asfaque

"A blend of nature and beauty. Not all the time, a camera plays a role." -Asfaque

BY-DEDEEPYA REDDY @CHALRANGDE

P O S I T A N O

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from the founder of Chal Rang De - Dedeepya Reddy

edeepya Reddy, the founder of Chal Rang De

Fervent and passionate Chal Rang De team along

community, took a step to refashion the

with enthusiastic volunteers, not only painted the

Asalpha, a slum in Ghatkopar, Mumbai from

170 walls, but created a new life on the walls by

t he pale and whey-faced homes into a beautiful

furnishing them with expressive and significant

landscape of colourful homes. This strategy was not

designs and cartoons. Soon the aspect of peeking

a facile task, but instead she stood and gathered up

the slums was totally changed to traditional.

the team to bring the change.

While painting the wall for individuals was not the arduous task at the first step, but Dedeepya was dreaming to bring a different gaze to those homes. She reached out to professional mural artists, where artists from all over the country granted and contributed their art in making slum homes more evocative. Every portion of those beautiful arts flourishes the colourful messages or some reflections of their own life.

Similar to all slums of Mumbai, Asalpha was a kind of grubby and pale. This slum occupies the human population of 10 million people which is approx half of the total city's population. While travelling in metro, Dedeepya always imagined to refashion this slum, which would rather be a change for mankind. With 400 litres of paint, she bought the enormous glee and a promising hope in the eyes of the locals by ornamenting their walls.

“We would like to promote this place as a must-visit place when you’re here in Mumbai. We’re creating curated tours for people, we are going to prepare the local boys to take people around, so that they can also make more money out of this". Says Dedeepya. For Chal Rang De team, the journey has just inaugurated. They have planned to cover the mumbai city by adding more colours and happiness to the lives of every person living in the slums of Mumbai. They just don’t want to transform their homes, they also want to unchain these people.

Lets turn the slums in to Art Gallery

Join Chal Rang De and be a reason to transform the world of pale slums in to the colourful homes

www.chalrangde.com

PORTRAIT SPECIAL

By - Anushka Alexander

MY PHOTOGRAPHY IS PORTRAITÂ

A "A POSE DEFINES A PORTRAIT"

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

TASVEER' 18 AN ART FOR CAUSE Drishti Photography Club, G.L.A.University

"Photography reveals a lot, the only thing is, we need to see it"

TASVEER' 18

Drishti Photography Club

Taseveer' 18, a photography exhibition organised by Drishti Photography Club at GLA university, bought a great success, in exhibiting the splendid photography by the photographers, all around the corners. The celebration of the art by the club Tasveer'18 - an art for cause, was an exhibition cum sale put up by the students of Drishti Photography Club for serving the underprivileged kids of the NGO " The Smile Revolution" with their artistic creations. The staged event was the blend of some of the most diverse and beautiful frames of photographs clicked by the photographers. All the pictures were a creative canon and made the viewers believe that how closely we are surrounded by stories. Through photographs, Tasveer'18 succeeded in energising young minds to be expressive and motivated them to keep clicking the real stories of life. The event had Mr. Sanjay Pandita & Mr. Abbas Baig as the chief guest, who finds photography to be their passion and are featured in great levels of National and International editorials. The event was also followed with a Category competition conducted to which the winners were Deepanshu Kushwaha in the category of abstract, Megna in Portrait and Silhouettes, Tanmay Raj in Street, Akshay Chauhan in Emotions, Rahul Singh in Smartphone, Nitish Narayan in Travel, Kuldeep Chaudhary in landscape and Rahul Kushwaha in wildlife who with their most heart throbbing photographs left the judges spellbound and amaze. The organisers Deepanshu Kushwaha, Rahul Kushwaha with core committee members Amol singh, Akshay Chauhan, Rohit nailwal, Tanmay raj. At the end, Rahul Singh also extended their warm regards and gratitude to their mentor Faizul Hassan for his never-ending support and encouragement.

- By Drishti Photography Club at GLA university

TASVEER' 18

CAPTURING MOODS By - Bipradip Chakraborty

ipradip Chakroborty from Kolkata never thought of being a photographer in his early days. His fluky admission to a film school reshaped his crave for Photograpy.

He initiated his portrait photoshoots from kinsfolk wedding and later started in refining himself for transmuting into a professional career of photography. Now Bipradip leads a team of professional photographers who covers live occasions and wedding photoshoots. His journey of the transformation of his passion to his profession is eminent and is described through his marvellous photography.

Camera: Nikon D810 Focal Length: 85 ISO: 250 Aperture: 2

"The zeal of photography would always lead me to capture more and more portraits. A photoshoot of a beauty with junk jewellery" -Bipradip

Image from @mumbaimetro

MAJHIÂ METRO Annual Art Festival of Mumbai Metro

"ART IN MOTION" @mumbaimetro www.majhimetro.in

ART IN MOTION

MAJHI METRO 2018 The favoured contests and events of Majhi Metro mainly photography, poetry and painting are going to be a part of this year’s annual art festival themed on “Art in Motion”. These events will be further escalated for the entire month followed by the weekend instameets and workshops for people focused in displaying their art. Inquisitive folks may glance the details for all the mentioned events and contest activities at www.majhimetro.in

Image from @mumbaimetro

COMPETITION Poetry

Photography Painting

EVENTS Art by pe op

Instameet Poetry Slam

@MUMBAIMETRO

PHOTO WALKS

A group of photographers mustered to participate in Versova Beach Photo Walk at Versova metro station

WEEKENDÂ PHOTOWALKS SERIES

Celebrating Majhi Metro

At Versova beach to capture the sunset and beach allure.

Majhi Metro promulgated photowalks at different locations in Mumbai as a part of the festival. Altogether there were 7 photowalks which were planned and held at various sites in Mumbai.

Khau Gali at Ghatkopar, a unique name with special attraction. Fish Market at koli village, to capture the various faces and street bustle.

Photowalks bought the passionate photographers through out the city to show their talent and stirred their notions and perception about the street photography.

INSTAMEET

Instameet at DN nagar Metro Station

Photography workshop at 'The Art Cafe' at Andheri Metro Station

PORTRAIT SPECIAL By - Kamlesh Mane

CAPTURING THE SOUL

amlesh is a passionate photographer, who considers photography as his first love. Photography was the first concern of his life.

Considering this fact he forgo his diploma and joined a fashion photography Academy to chase his passion. The turn in his life to photography was not a great consideration for his family and friends, but he proved it through his true dedication. Now Kamlesh is a professional photographer through the prime support of his family and friends. He captures fashion, commercial, wedding, fitness and many more. Majority of his shoots are dedicated to portrait photography from which one of the shoot is dedicated to Mrs India Beauty Queen and Mrs India Globe, Dr. Elakshi Morey. Kamlesh has exclusively opened his photography with Fotomgz India which are one of their own kind in portrait photography.

PORTRAIT SPECIAL By - Rudra Banerjee

THE CITY I LOVE IS KOLKATA

"STREETS AND PEOPLE"

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A writer is a person who uses written words in various styles and techniques to communicate their ideas. We love to read a good book or a well written article/ blog but when it comes to writing we have an array of misconceptions regarding the profession. The literary arts are a very nuanced and intricate form of art, they require study and practice to be fully understood.

Training Centre: Living Bridge Training Centre, 18, Runanubandh Co-op Society, Kotbagi Hospital Road, Near Delhi Kitchen, Aundh, Pune, Maharashtra 411007, India, M: +919890000587

For Registration and Enquiry about the workshops, log on to www.livingbridge.net

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CONTEST

FOTOMGZ INDIA announces the winners of Amazing Portrait Contest

Winner Shibasish Saha

1st Runner-up Aashik Hameed. A

2nd Runner-up Pranoy Bhattacharya

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Selected Photographs from the Contest

Arka Gosh

Arghya Bhakta

Aashish

Pranjal Das

Swapnil Salunke

Vadivelan Ganesan

Sweta Kumari

Sumit Dixit

Sajid Shaikh

Somia Mallick

Ritwick Dey

Piyush Charag

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To know more about Fotomgz India and related Contests and Events, Visit www.fotomgzindia.org Write us at fotomgz.in@gmail.com

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