MINDSCREEN FILM INSTITUTE

No: 4, Kanniamman Koil Street, Dr. Ranga Road,

Mylapore, Chennai – 600 004

P       : +91 044 4210 8682 / 2499 6417

M      : +91 9841612595

E       : mindscreen@mindscreen.co.in

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TRAVEL SHOOT AND LERAN PHOTOGRAPHY (ADVANCED EDITION)

23^rd to 29^th June 2012

Location: Ooty (Udhagamandalam)

Mindscreen Film Institute, Chennai, a venture of Rajiv Menon, Director-Cinematographer, besides its regular courses on Cinematography and Screenwriting, is coming up with a travel shoot and learn Photography (advanced edition) from 23^rd to 29^th June 2012.

It is a 7 days full time workshop, an opportunity to aspiring candidates who have a passion and desire for photography, to gain a deeper appreciation of one’s creativity, explore effective avenues of Photography, discover and develop skills for better image projection and tricks and techniques of effective photography. The course is designed for a wide range of audience ranging from individuals with interests in Photography for any professional and novice.

Workshop will introduce the Camera basic, Lenses, Exposure, Color, and Composition & Lighting. This travel shoot and learn Photography (advanced edition) is the  second edition of the popular and successful week long course conducted by Mindscreen in July 2010. The Philosophy behind the workshop has been to awaken the creative photographer hidden in many people who have not had the opportunity to explore photography as a career. These are people who love taking pictures but have been baffled by the technologies involved in digital photography, or those who are inspired by the beauty of what they see but are frustrated that they cannot transform that experience into a great picture. The workshop is meant to guide such people and give them a start in the right direction.

This workshop has also been modified to have an exciting trip to the mountains to get hands-on experience in field photography.  The core philosophy is that the outdoors is a great classroom and photography is best learnt by exploring it with a camera. The  workshop will deal with the fundamentals of how to approach picture taking and complete many steps involved in the work flow of digital photography.

The workshop will be coordinated and conducted by Diinesh Kumble and Saravanakumar (SARA), renowned wildlife photographers and cameramen.

Diinesh Kumable.

Dinesh is an entrepreneur turned Sports, Nature and Wildlife Photographer. Photography was always pursued with a passion even as a student while studying in the United States of America for his Masters degree in Chemical Engineering. Diinesh has been regularly travelling across the wilds of India and Africa to realise and share his many dreams. The large amount of photographs and experience he has been able to gather convinced him to compile "DREAM SAFARI - A Pictorial Journey through Africa’s Cradle of Life", a book based on his various trips to eastern Africa and its famed game parks.

Saravanakumar (SARA).

Saravanakumar is a wildlife photographer and cameraman who does work for the international channels like National Geographic, Animal Planet, BBC and Discovery. He has been photographing within the country and abroad for the past 10 years. He has also held various exhibitions of his work. His recent experimental work with high speed photography in a collection called `evanescence' has been critically acclaimed