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Why people dont get conceptual art photography
In this practical world, a huge number of people do not appreciate the conceptual art
photography. But the photographers, who are creative in their own thinking, always
respect other's creativity of any form. Instead of this, a majority of photographers tend to
dismiss the work when it reaches a conceptual level. If anyone does not understand the
art that doesn't mean it is bad. Everyone wants to create something different and when a
photographer is engaged in creating something new through inspiration most of the
people deny that work. Now we need to understand what is conceptual or modern art
photography? Before the era of photography, the painting was the only visual form of art
to express a story. Then a machine named camera came to existence and the medium of
expression got changed. Everyone thought that the age of painting had come to an end,
but the actual "Art" remained on paintings and after 1950 the concept of photography
changed. Besides the traditional photography, the art form came to the world of film and
a new era began. Every photographer started to create images which resembled paintings.
The pattern based photography like abstract, minimalism etc came to existence and the
era of conceptual photography started with the help of art form of paintings.
Nowadays the modern art or conceptual photography is so important that it is pushing
itself beyond limits. People say these days that nothing much is left to do something new
in the field of photography. But with conceptual photography, the probability of creating
something new has increased and more iconic images are yet to come. The concept of
modern art photography is quite controversial for traditional photographers since they
believe it is quite easy to execute. As said by Craig Damraurer, " Modern art = I could do
that + Yeah, but you didn't " is not easy at all. One has to go beyond the capacity of the
brain and create something different. Many a Times you may fail to create, but at the
same time, you will realize the reason of your failure. A new age of photography has
begun; need to go deep into it.
The 12th issue of INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY is here with its new looks and format. Some
sections are becoming quite popular amongst the amateur photographers and that is
encouraging for the Inside Photography team. The festive season is about to come and all
photographers of West Bengal is eagerly waiting for this. In this issue, you will enjoy a
good travel story followed by some good technical articles. Everyone is expected to be
busy in this festive month but I insist our readers to take a break with a cup of coffee and
enjoy this issue of INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY.
Bhaskar Paul
Editor
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MY SHOT : ARRIVAL
September the month in the Bengal
marks the arrival of Durga puja.
The most loved festival of Bengal,
the weather itself describes the
mood of festivity. For
photographers, it's festive chance
too for capturing stunning images,
beautiful emotions and the vibe of
puja. It is a genre itself but with
the rise of Digital SLR cameras, it
has become a kind of template
based. Let's say Kashful - the
flower that symbolizes the Arrival
of Durga Puja. But most of the
pictures you have seen have the
same template of having a blue sky
in the background and Kashful in
the foreground. The reinvention of
that style is very rare. Not
following what the legends have
followed can be a sin. I respect the
trend as because whenever you
think of Durga puja that's what
comes to everyone's mind. As
obvious in popular opinion that
image will be more appeling to the
audience. But then what are 'You'
bringing to the table? So this time
with my image "Arrival" I have
tried to potray the same thing with
a slight difference in perspective.
Hope you all will give it a second
thought.
ANUBHAV CHOUDHURY
"Though the economic
condition is not suitable for
the people who belong to
below poverty line, but need
to be ready for every day's
struggle. I have a small shop
and I wish it will be grown up
one day"- an unknown man
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Shilladitya Choudhury is
an amateur photographer
from Siliguri
Photographic
S o c i e t y. M o s t l y h e
devoted his passion of
t o M a c r o p h o t o g r a p h y.
But he also takes
interest in People
Photography &
Landscapes.
Every photo tour for me is a
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as my previous
experiences taught
me Plan for the best,
"
I decided to plan as
much as possible.
I also wrote down the process I followed and
would like to share with you all.
photography www.masters of
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media (facebook)
page one month ago.
It is a platform to
show the
photographs of the
amateurs.
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Congratulations to
all of them whose
Few more honourable mentions for photographs were
the photos of Image Square are selected .The other
Upamanyu OChakraborty,Sangali photographers who
Pranai, Partha Chakraborty, Rishi posted their images
Raj Singh, Arpita Singha Roy, were also excellent.
Subham Ghosh, Dino Bhattacharya & But need to work
Pritam Dey.Lastly we are very hard and share more
thankful to those who sent their images with us with
images and we expect a lot more the proper tag.
from you all in future.
Image by Pranab Das
I came across star trail for the first time at Navoneel 2012 organized by Sky Watchers Association of
North Bengal. I was fascinated by the fact that every star told swan through star trail. I was amazed
that a star which itself is just a light dot for us can even speak! I really found that a photographer if
wants, can make a star speak and from that very moment the idea of clicking star trail inculcated in
my mind. Finally I got the chance of clicking star trail this year.
Now the question is why do we see star trails?
n d T h e L e n s
By RudraShekhar Das
We know that earth rotates on its own axis from west to east in every 24 hours. That means it rotates
360 degrees in 24 hours, which makes 15 degree rotation in one hour and in every 4 minutes
rotates one degree. I was able to get an exposure of 67 minutes and 30 seconds because after that
the sky was overcasted with clouds. Now as per the previous calculation of the exposure I got the
trail of 16 degree, 52 minutes and 30 seconds. In this context I must mention to minimize noise
reduction I took a dark frame by attaching a lens cap.
Requirements to click a star trail:
1 clear sky
)
3 tripod
)
4 camera
)
Predetermination
Infinite focus : To get an infinite focus one has to fix the camera on the tripod and set the lens on
manual focus keeping the live view on. Then zoom in and when the stars appear as a dot you get an
infinite focus.
Exposure determination: While determining the exposure we have to keep in mind that the black
portion of the sky doesn t appears grey or else the faint appearing stars won t be visible.
' '
Set up: I didn t had any tripod. I just took the camera and kept the lens towards the sky giving an
'
exposure of 30 seconds. I went on clicking photos one after the other and at last I took a dark frame,
since I knew that if the camera is on for a long time it gets heated up and the level of noise
increases gradually. To reduce this noise I took the dark frame.
Processing:
The processing of the photos was done by using a software named star track. I commanded the
software to add only the brightest points. Next the output was copied thrice, since for gap filling
minimum three photos are required. An object named threshold is present in gap filling which
enables the pixel size to either become small or big. As two photos have been merged it had a little
gap, which was filled in by increasing the pixel size.
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He was initially afraid, but then he auspicious by the people and the king
smiled to himself thinking that now all he from that day.
has to do is to keep away from crocodiles. But when he saw the little prince, he
He will then get immortalized. He left his felt both a sense of recognition and
home town and went and got settled in a unease at the same time but could not
desert kingdom. understand why. The king announced
In this kingdom water was a precious him as the prince's teacher. As days
commodity and no such water bodies went by the prince grew up and became
existed to sustain any big water very fond of him. But the sense of
creatures. Though getting obsessed with recognition and unease was growing
defeating death yet he was a learned man within him too. He still could not find
and quickly earned a position at the any reason.
king's court. Ten years have gone by, and the
Now this king was childless for a long prince was now a ten years old
time, but within a year, a prince was born child.One day the prince went to the
which called for the whole kingdom to king and requested that he wanted to
rejoice and celebrate.He was considered go for a bath at the river Ganga. The
The king willingly agreed and also insisted the highest level of security. He will
that his teacher should accompany him. cordon off that particular part of the
Now he started feeling afraid, as after river with iron nets and other various
12 years since that fateful day when he safety measures, the kings soldiers will
met Death, he was now asked to go to a be on boats and ships to give them
place where crocodile attack was cover. It will be impossible for even a
possible. He refused to go at first but the small fish to come near them, then leave
king stood polite and adamant to his about crocodiles. At last he agreed
decision. .After many refusals finally the reluctantly to the king's decision.
king asked him sternly what was the When they went to the river, he was
reason behind the refusal of taking a bath impressed by the security measures
in Ganga. taken. It was indeed foolproof. It was
He eventually sighed and told the impossible to even for a small fish to
whole story to the king. The king was enter the cordoned area. It was
quite for some time. Then the king cordoned by an iron net with very fine
assured that he will arrange for the mesh and the soldiers were just outside
the area with their weapon drawn and The prince said, I have to be born in
on full alert. a human form and had been locked in
He went into the river with the prince this form for 10 long years to fulfill your
in an assumed mood. Both of them took destiny and my duty , and then the
a dip after the dip he looked at the prince turned into a crocodile. He was
prince, who was smiling. The sense of alone with his fate inside that
recognition was growing within him. He impenetrable cordon, which even the
knew that smile.Suddenly he identified soldiers outside cannot breach.
who the prince was.
THE TEAM:
Doctors: Dr. Vivek, Dr. Mandal and Dr. Photography: Mr. Sabyasachi, Mr. Shiladitya
Karmakar from NBMCH. Choudhury
Pharma: Mr. Darpan Chakraborty(DC), Managing Head1: Mr. Debashish Sarker, Mr.
Master Rudrashekhar Das, Master Anubhav Sisirnath, Mr. Proloy Choudhary, Mr. Arko
Choudhary, Mr.Utpal, Mr. Ashok Mandal, Mr. Bhaskar Paul, Mr. Abhisek
Checkup (BP): Mr. Shubhomoy Dewanjee, Mr. Bhaduri, Mr. Sushanta.
Debabrata Saha Chowdhury Logistic Support: SSB, Jalpaiguri., United Club
Office: Mrs. Arpita Dewanjee, Mr. Arijit (Manikganj), Social Development
Chakraborty(AC), Master Arnab, Master Organisation Society (Manikganj), People of
Kaushal Agarwal. Manikganj.
The experience was altogether unique and it was one of the biggest outreach program by
SWAN. People came with hope of getting served well and all the members gave their 100
percent. The villager's returning back with a big smile on their faces was the biggest
achievement and energy sip for every SWAN & SPS member.
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The people were really very cooperative, good listeners and very understanding who slowly
got adjusted with the on going, time taking processes. It was really very difficult to control
600, totally unknown people, but it was their cooperation which leads to the success of the
planned outreach. The people of Manikganj, the Social Organizations, the Clubs and their
members- all were excellent. And, of course, it would not have been a successful camp unless
the SSB stood beside us as a supportive backbone! A salute to them.
At last, we thank all our members, all our donators, and our well wishers for their selfless and
whole hearted help for the smooth run of this outreach. Thank You!
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Dr. Vivek Kumar: " Excellent experience of street photography. In fact first time for me.
Thanks for nicely organizing it. Looking forward to having more and more such outdoor
exposure ".
Arup Biswas: " Wonderful walk. I would remember it longer way in my life...thanks SPS
for giving me this opportunity!"
Anubhav Choudhury :" It was a nice session for me. After a long gap, I went to the
street and tried to make some photos and that day I met some senior photographers
which really meant a lot to me".
Bipul Barman: I have been a part of SPS for last two years and have always tried to be a
part of any event organized by SPS. This time I made my schedule and joined the walk
and it was an amazing experience for me. All seniors helped me and guided me a lot to
make some good photographs.
Rudra Sekhar Das:" Photography became my passion and I really love it. All credits go
to SPS. The photo walk was a memorable moment for me. I learnt in a better way how
to do street photography. Thank you everyone."
Debabrata Saha Chowdhury: " The walk gave me an opportunity to meet some other
good photographers from Siliguri & to exchange ideas. It was a good learning
experience ".
Arnab Chakraborty: " 19th August, on account of World Photography Day our Siliguri
Photographic Society ( SPS) members observed it by triggering the shutter of their
cameras. We gathered at 6 a.m. and explored the outskirts of Siliguri with our cameras.
In spite of soft drizzled, we enjoyed our photoshoot. We had a fantabulous experience;
we learnt, we shared and improved our photographic knowledge with each other.
Between all these, we had our breakfast. We fired our cameras till 11 am and after
completing the day's work our heart was filled with joy.
Sanjib Mukherjee: "I was very excited to meet everyone at this walk and finally after an
irritating heavy shower I reached the spot and apologized for being late. I simply
enjoyed the walk."
Santosh Biswas: I was out of station due to work load and didn't click photos for a long
time, so I was excited about the walk and was determined to join them that day. Finally,
I made some photos and shared our views through photographs with some snacks and
had a great time together.
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