INSIDE
JULY 2017 • ISSUE 10
PHOTOGRAPHY PPHHOOTTOOGGRRAAPPHHEERR KKHHAADDIIJJAA SSAAYYEE DDIIEEDD IINN LLOONNDDOONN GGRREENNFFEELLLL TTOOW WEERR FFIIRREE
BB EE HH II NN DD TT HH EE LL EE NN SS
OONN AA BBEEUUTTIIFFUULL M MOORRNNIINNGG OOFF EEIIDD By Anubhav Choudhury
EDITOR'S LETTER
This is the 10th issue of Inside Photography and I feel glad to say that our subscribers are increasing day by day. Through this magazine we are trying to share the knowledge of photography and that’s why from the beginning we had a news section of photography, where we are highlighting the new events or any recent updates in the world of photography both in technical and esthetical. We are receiving so many suggestions and criticism as well which is helping us to diagnose error and to rectify them. We are very grateful to all of them who loved our small endeavor named “Inside Photography”. We received some complaints and criticism about few articles, published in our magazine Inside Photography. People told about the quality of photos and writing of some articles. Dear readers, as you know this magazine, Inside Photography is a creation of some energetic amateur photographers belonging to Siliguri Photographic Society. There is no shame for us to accept that the photographs and writings were not so good enough like the professional magazines. This is the beginning and we have a long way to go. We need your continuous support and love for our betterment and future prospects to come. The article on the color theory was appraised by everyone and it will be continuing for next few months. The decision of making publishing articles on Mahavitsthan section was very tricky, especially in the last issue we wrote about the flower market of Mahabirsthan, which created some controversy about the usage of plastic carry bags. Our team just made photographs and expressed their experiences. Anyway controversy will go on and we being amateur photographer will again go there to make some good photographs. If photography is your passion, nothing can stop you to taste the pleasure of photography. Enjoy this issue of Inside Photography. Bhaskar Paul Editor
INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY | JULY
INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY
Reader's Board
How To Post ? First of all I would like to state with complete sincerity that I am an ardent fan of your magazine. Not only because of the various photography covering a vivid range of subjects, but the technicalities of photography which helped me learn a lot. Now I am a complete novice photographer, like to take photographs for the sheer joy of it without knowing the technicalities or without any knowledge of any platform where I can post my works and know my drawbacks and areas of improvement. If I can know the procedure to post my photographs in your magazine it will be very much helpful for a newcomer like me. Jayanta Sarkar Reply from Editor: Mr Jayanta sarkar, its very nice to see your love and support for us. Lots of people are asking about the publishing of their photos and works in the magazine Inside Photography. We have a section “Image Square” on social media open to all and we are publishing six best images from it every month. Again you wish to publish your photo story, you can submit it to the team of Inside Photography. You can mail us at siliguriphotographicsociety@yahoo.com.
This is a new segment
you your
where
can send
suggestions, questions, all
you're
queries. to send queries Whatsapp us at
you can 9547743892
also, mail us at Siliguri photographicsociety@yahoo.com
INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY • SILIGURI PHOTOGRAPHICSOCIETY@YAHOO.COM
F E A T U R E D
P H O T O G R A P H E R
O F
T H E
M O N T H
MY SHOT : WALL DRAGON
I feel very glad that SPS has given me a chance to say something about my photo which was selected in the magazine Inside Photography as cover image. I remember the day was very special one as it was World Photography Day (19/08/2016). Being a photographer how could I stay at home? Last night I decided to go outside to make some photographs on that auspicious day of photography. Early morning I reached Siliguri Town Station and spent couple of hours there. I found some shape like Dragon on one of the old wall of the Station. I decided how to represent it and make some photographs of the Dragon shape. As I made my visualization in time of taking that picture, so it was easy for me to edit in photoshop. When I started editing, I knew what exactly needed to be done. In my opinion, just make the changes of brightness in photoshop is not the proper way. Besides photography one must learn the photo editing skills. One needs to learn how and when the tools are used in photoshop. Unfortunately I lost the raw file of that image; otherwise I could have shown how I have made the changes. First I made raw correction of the image and then used the advanced burn tool. After that, liquefied tool was used to make the changes. I used the colors as dragon itself is a very attractive subject. If I converted the image into black and white, it would loose its all dimensions. I increased the red in this image as I wanted to make the point of interest should be the head of Dragon. As when the viewer starts to see the image, their eyes must observe the eye and face first. It is essential that viewer must see only those things, which we want to show. I hope my readers will agree with me. I am wishing you all to make good photographs. For the new comers, my suggestion is that always take the pictures, using the grammar of compositions. My teacher Mr Subrata kar told me to take my photographs using the grammar for ten years. I spent 5 years in photography, long way to go. Thank you all.
PRANAB DAS
NEWS BOARD JULY
ISSUE NO 10 .
Photographer Khadija Saye Dies in London Grenfell Tower Fire Photographer Khadija Saye has been confirmed as one of the 30 victims of the tragic Grenfell tower block fire that shook London and the world earlier this week
,
,
.
on June 14th 2017 a tower block in West London caught fire in the early hours of the morning The cause of the fire is so far unknown but the blaze ripped up the side of the building taking hold of all 24 floors in a matter of minutes ,
,
.
,
,
.
So far 30 people have been confirmed to have lost their lives but many more are expected to have died as firefighters comb the wreckage for the bodies of victims A further 28 people are thought to be missing and are presumed dead ,
,
.
,
.
Khadija Saye a photographer known for her current exhibition at the Venice Biennale has just been confirmed dead by her family after friends and family publicly requested help in locating her ,
,
Saye 24 was living with her mother on the 20th floor of the tower block At 3am on Wednesday about 2 hours after the fire started she posted on Facebook to say she had tried to escape but couldn t leave due to the thick smoke and flames ,
,
.
,
’
.
,
“Dwelling: in this space we breathe” is a series of wet plate collodion tintypes by Khadija Saye
Saye graduated from the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham. Her project Dwelling features a series of tintypes and “explores the migration of traditional Gambian spiritual practices and the deep rooted urge to find solace within a higher power.” It was selected for the Venice Biennale for its Diversity Pavilion.
Magnum Photos Receives First Outside Investment in Its 70 Year History Magnum Photos, one of the most prestigious photographic agencies in the world, is celebrating a storied 70-year history this year, but it is a history that has not been without financial trouble. The agency has recently announced that they will be taking outside investment for the first time to help them grow and innovate in the digital age. Time reports that the capital investment (of an undisclosed amount) comes from Nicole Junkermann and Jörg Mohaupt, who are creating a new subsidiary named Magnum Global Ventures, and will join the board alongside Magnum CEO David Kogan and four representatives from the agency. “We need to be able to experiment and take risk to do interesting stuff with our photographers,” Kogan told TIME. “You have to keep up with all the technological changes and the means of showing the work.” Magnum have recently relaunched their website, and have found modern ways of injecting capital such as their popular Instagram print sales and educational events and workshops. However, Kogan identified that outside investment was required to move the company forward. “[Magnum’s] history has been dominated by great work from its photographers and a permanent sense of financial crisis,” Kogan stated in a recent press release announcing the changes. “In the last few decades we have seen our traditional markets of newspapers and magazines decline and the rise of all sorts of challenges. Until recently we have struggled to grasp the challenge of the digital age.” “We want Magnum to be around for its 100th anniversary. This is a big step towards that goal.”
INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY JULY
Image By Dr vivek kumar
Image By Sabyasachi Ghosh
INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY
ON A BEAUTIFUL MORNING OF EID
WRITTEN BY ANUBHAV CHOUDHURY
EID IS A TIME WHEN THE ENTIRE MUSLIM COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO SHARE IN EACH OTHER S JOYS AND BLESSINGS AND ALSO TO LESSEN THE BURDEN OF THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING ’
.
Becoming a member of Siliguri Photographic Society I took part in some great photo walks. I enjoyed the photo walk at Eid, which has been happening every year. But the first time I walked into the Kanchunjungha stadium in Siliguri, where the Big Namaj of Eid was about to happen. I got befuddled and never experienced such massive crowd on that big arena before it.
INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY
JULY
At the same time I realized that it was such a big place and how could I capture that magnum opus in a single picture. I had zero skills of people photography. There was a huge group of photographers who were running around to get the best possible angles. They were continuously changing lenses and finding interesting characters and trying to capture some candid shots with them.
INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY
JULY
The entire place looked so chaotic and I was confused that how to begin. Some thinking was continuously going on my mind. Should I going to call someone? If I start pressing the shutter button what would happen? Should I go back? I started to feel nauseated.
But then I started to roam around and started observing how they greet each other, the kids were learning how to pray. More I paid attention to the little details, more it helped me to see the big pictures. Thousands of people were celebrating a day full of love, joy, friendships and it was creating a magical moment there.
When the Namaj had started I noticed a father and his tiny son were praying. The son was imitating his father and I took some images and waited there with my eyes open on the camera, because I felt some beautiful moments might happen.At the end of the Namaj, the father noticed that his son was imitating him. He smiled and pulled his son closer and kissed on his cheek. CLICK!! That is the moment which I was waiting for.
It was a make or break situation and I nailed it. I was so happy because of that moment which I captured. It was something likes priceless and this is what motivates every photographer every day, the urge to capture great moments to tell a great story.
A
The
Image square, this section was opened for all at our social media (facebook) page one month ago. It is a platform to show the photographs of the amateurs.
A
IM GE SQU RE
A A FACEBOOK GROUP WITH #IMAGE SQUARE
SEND YOUR ENTRIES FOR IM GE SQU RE ON SPS
Send Now !
This month lots of good images were posted by the photographers. It was a very tough decision for the judges to select 6 images out of them. AND ONE OF THEM IS ON THE COVER !
Congratulations to all of them whose photographs were selected. But the other photographers who posted their images were also excellent. Create more photographs and share with us next month for this section of Inside Photography.
INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY
JULY
Image By Sabyasachi Ghosh
Image By Partha Chakraborty
This month the cover image by Mr.Pranab Das was selected by the jury members from the Image Square section. Few more honourable mentions for the photos of Image Square are Arpita Dewanjee, Debabrata Saha Chowdhury, Dr Vivek Kumar, Hadida Yasmin, Naman Ghosal, Nita Banerjee, Raju Das, Soumyabrata Roy, Siddhartha Thapa & Upamanyu Chakraborty. Lastly we are really thankful to those who had sent their photos in the image square and we expect a lot more from you all in future.
INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY Image By Tamal Choudhury
JULY
Image By Pritam Dey
Image BY Jay Paul
Image By Sujan Sarkar
Lead line : important tool of Composition By Bhaskar Paul
Camera, exposure and composition make an image perfect. Until and unless we do not learn composition, it’s very difficult to find ourselves apart from the crowd. Anyone can take a well-exposed photograph by technical skill, but the fair composition makes our photograph unique. A few lucky people are born with the talent of natural ability to find composition through their naked eyes easily. The rest of people like us need to practice and learn harder to develop the skills.
We are fortunate enough that there are few rules and guidelines for composition. I would like to share with my readers about the basic rules and guidelines of composition. Today in this article I am writing about the Lead Lines. Lead line is a simple technique that helps to control the way the viewer sees our photographs. We can use the lines to lead the eye of the viewer within our composition and even can make an extra impact to a particular point of the photograph.
Now we need to understand exactly what lead lines do in a photograph. Lead line is nothing but a straight line or a curve line which starts from anywhere from the frame and leads to the main point of interest of the photograph. Lead line can be found in almost anywhere in this living world. It can be natural or manmade. As for example waves, river, trees, rocks, grass, sunrays, sand wave etc can be used as natural lead lines. Again roads, bridges, fences, bricks, door, windows etc can be treated as manmade lead lines. Our job as photographer is to find the lines and use them in our composition to lead something even if that something is infinity.
Leading lines can be used as to emphasis a story, or to connect two subjects in a single image, or to create a depth or to create a visual journey from one part to another part in a photograph. Now we will discuss it with some images.
This is the easiest way of lead line. Here in this image the road is the line and it leads to an infinity where the man with the vehicle is the point of interest. Now I must tell that there is no such rule of putting the lead line. We can put the lead lines anywhere in the image according to the position of the photograph
Here in this image the road is obviously the lead line towards the hills and also the clouds are leading viewer eyes to the hills. Anything can be the lead line. Here the road creates the depth and also emphasizes the subject. If the viewer understands only by seeing a photograph which exactly the photographer wants to show, then we can say that the purpose is solved. We need create the drama or story in the photograph and composition is the key tool for that.
In this kind of portrait image, the lead line of shutter creates a dramatic situation. It adds an extra flavor to the subject. But again I must say, the taste varies from person to person.
In the above images we can see the roads are curves. At the beginning I mentioned that anything can be lead line and in this case the curve lines are lead lines and both the way leads towards infinity. First starts from infinite and second one towards infinite. It depends on the movement and position of the subject in the photographs. In both images we can understand the exact story beneath the photograph.
One first thing we need to do that to find the lead line and survey the scene. Make a visualization as where to put the lead line and what should be our position
and also the POV(point of view). Then plan how to balance the image and give it a direction. This procedure should not take long time. Nurturing more photographs and practice can make our job easier.
Here in the image the two lines create an extra drama and stabilization to the image and also help the viewer to lead their eyes towards the subject. Lines are really very powerful and versatile composition tool.
During landscape photography leading lines play a vital role to make depth. In those above images we can see multiple lead lines are there not only to emphasis the subject but also to create an extra dimension. Most good landscape subject have been photographed by million times before, so the trick is to find some different angles.
Some times in landscape photography you will find some dull condition like cloudy where nothing much can be done. All you need to discover a line or curve to balance the composition. Visualization is very important and you should a clear idea what you exactly want to do. If in the above image the man and the line are absent, the picture would be dead.
Wherever you go, always try to find new angles and remember one thing, nothing should appear in your images accidentally. All the elements may be small, can make a different impact to the whole composition.
Lastly, it is your responsibility as photographer to make a short and suitable journey of the viewer through your photographs. Hope you all enjoyed this article. Here in this article I used some of my photographs to clarify the use of lead lines in composition. In the next article I will discuss how to use human element as leading line in composition. Enjoy Photography.
B E H I N D
T H E
L E N S
Like every year another important photowalk was organized by Siliguri Photographic Society on the occasion of RathYatra this year. At Burdwan road near Shaktigarh we targeted to explore. The weather was not suitable for us. Too much humidity and huge number of people gathered there. But the interesting thing was the cloud and the sun.
JULY INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY
Sometime it was raining and then it’s shinning. As because this was our second time that we made photography there, so people there easily accepted us. It was a gigantic atmosphere. The rituals, the utterance of hymns, the crowd and the weather gave us the feel of another world. We took some precautions to save our camera and other stuffs from any difficult situations to ensure the enjoyment of photography. We took part in the procession of holy Rath Yatra. During the photo walk we did not forget to taste some significant foods like “Jilipi” etc. From the officials of the temple gave us the “Prasad”, as they found we were busy in photography and did not collect the Prasad as the people did there. Till the evening we enjoyed there.
We are fortunate enough that we got back to back event of photography, as the very next day was Eid. Early morning we gathered at Venus More of Siliguri to make photography during the Holy Namaz and afterwards. It was pleasant morning though a heavy raining was there last night. For the rain the namaz could not take place at Kanchanjunga Stadium due to mud. Besides amateur photographer the professionals were also there for the coverage of news channels.
Image By Rudra Shekhar Das
Image By Sudakshina Majumdar
Image By Bhaskar Paul
Image By Janmejoy Sarker
It was great platform to reunion of the photographers and also to share the knowledge of photography. We started before the Namaz and then after the namaz also we got some very interesting moments. The official personals were also very helpful to us. Most interestingly the people who came there for the Namaz always enjoying our presence and that helped us much. At the end of the two big religion events we are waiting for the next big event of photography. Image By Janmejoy Sarker
Image By Debabrata Saha Choudhury
Image By Debabrata Saha Choudhury
THE COLOR THEORY
The CIE System The CIE system is much more suited to classify color in photography. It is usually shown in the form of a chromaticity diagram (see diagram). It classifies colors by equating them to the quantity of red, green, and blue light that need to be mixed together to produce a color. This is shown graphically so that every color that it is possible to define can be placed by defining its X and Y values.Because it is based on the mixture of red, green, and blue light that forms the basis for most digital imaging, this system has become the standard for digital photography. This makes it the most suitable system for defining the colors in colormanagement systems.
Why Do We Need Color-classification Systems?
The Gretag Macbeth ColorChecker is the most commonly used standard for producing accurate results.
When we photograph a scene, we will come across a huge range of colors and tones. Colorclassification systems mean that it is possible to predict how these colors will be reproduced by each device that you use to produce the final image. As a photographer, knowing how your camera, computer monitor, and printer will cope with the colors it encounters will help you produce the image that you visualized at the time. Knowing, for example, that your printer will struggle to reproduce the greens in the original scene means that you can try to adjust how you shoot the scene in the first place so you won’t be disappointed in the final image.
Viewing Because the color that we see is affected by the color of the light falling on it, any color classification based on color swatches relies on a standard light source for viewing. To accurately assess any color in a print, you need to view it under the right lighting. The most common type of light is known as standard daylight, and specialized viewing booths used in commercial printing use lights designed to produce a very accurate color. These booths are beyond the means of most photographers, but you can buy daylight bulbs relatively cheaply that are accurate enough for all but the most critical uses. Try to set aside an area of your workspace that doesn’t contain any strong colors for you to accurately assess the colors of your prints.
YHPARGOTOHP EDISNI YLUJ
Image By Rudra Shekhar Das
Editor - BHASKAR PAUL
Cover- Pranab Das
Back Cover- Santosh Biswas
Devloped By - Anubhav Choudhury Designed By - Sanjib Mukherjee Honorable Photo Moderator -Sabyasachi Ghosh
CONTENT TEAM ARPITA DEWANJEE SUDAKSHINA MAJUMDAR
The Magazine is created By Siliguri Photographic Society siliguriphotographicsociety@yahoo.com