THE MOST AWAITED WORKSHOP

Last week we were made to attend a photography workshop that had been hanging for quite some while. The workshop was conducted by Tuba Afzal and she along with our teacher, made us aware of many new things that we learnt.

The workshop was divided onto 2 days. In the first day of the workshop we learnt the basics of capturing pictures with a digital camera ie a DSLR. This included learning about the aperture, the ISO and the shutter speed. These 3 components are to be kept in mind whenever a picture is captured from a DSLR. We learnt other basics to like maintenance of white balance, capturing pictures under the sun and in a shady area, the science of over exposed and under exposed pictures, and we also did alot of experimenting while capturing the pictures with a different range of ISO, aperture and shutter speed.

Furthermore we also learnt how to use a reflector either with a professional reflector or a thermopol sheet as its replacement.

DAY 1:

DAY 2:

Whereas on the second day of the workshop we first learnt taking pictures with different backgrounds, different lighting and an in depth learning of the reflectors usage too. Each of us took turns to experience what it was to practice that way. Then too, we kept changing ISOs and apertures etc.

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