Photography enthusiasts soak in Vincent Versace and Tumbhi’s

Photography workshop in Mumbai

India, Mumbai SEP 26^th 2013(Sailesh Gandhi): It just got a whole lot of easier for the photography enthusiasts in Mumbai, when Vincent Versace, the world renowned photographer shared his insights on photography with 50 odd enthusiasts on Wednesday. The participants turned up to listen to him from Chennai, Hyderabad, Mangalore, Lucknow, Kolhapur, Pune, Amravati and Mumbai and left fascinated with subtle insights of Versace on the mechanics of photography.

Vincent Versace during photography workshop
 in Mumbai on September 26, 2013

The Nikon Ambassador, Versace said, “When photography is practiced to convey something which is beyond the obvious or is to portray an emotionor a unique composition, it acquires the qualities of a work of art and stands out as something that is much more than a piece of visual documentation.” He added, “I am glad that the concept photography as an art is gaining acceptance in India and there are several photographers who would take this approach to photography,”

This workshop was organized by the talent sharing portal, Tumbhi.com. In the day long, indoor workshop session, this globe trotter charmed participants with his intelligible photography experiences. He shared the unconventional thoughts, insights, and the ideas on how to create a timeless imagery by capturing the gesture of a moment with stillness. In the interactive session, he touched upon topics like camera equipments, contrast photography, bokeh photography etc.

One of the enthusiasts, described the event as a ‘Classic workshop’ and said, “Listening to his experiences and insights was a delight. It was like a treasure trove of hidden ideas.”

The objective of Tumbhi behind this workshop was to enhance consciousness and to create awareness on various aspects of Natural Light Photography in the country.

 

Photograph by Vincent Versace in Banaras

Here are few subtle thoughts shared by him with the photography enthusiasts –

* Oh Man, he just said it. “Have fun, don’t take NO for an answer, treat it as a starting place, do as many creative things as you can and invest in good class.”

* If you are striving to be a master at your art form, you need to master every aspect of that art form. To just choose to play one note when there are so many variations just seems too limiting.

Photograph by Vincent Versace in Banaras

* Creative comes from one place, within, and the more ways you can learn to express your creativity, the more informed and stronger your creative expression will be. It will always grow and will always be new.

* In digital photography things are truly and experience of impossible being just an opinion. For example reciprocity, the interconnection between iso, shutter speed and aperture still exists but reciprocity failure which was analog film's breaking down of these rules at slow shutter speeds no longer exist. 

 

Photography by Vincent Versace in Banaras

* The more you understand how the mechanics of capturing photograph, the more informed your decisions can be at point of capture. The more practiced you are with your understanding the short the lag time approaching instantaneous your decision process becomes.

* Camera bodies come and go but lenses are forever!”