A one day webinar on good photography was organized for PG and UG students of School of Media and Mass Communication of APG Shimla University on the occasion of world photography day here on Thursday. Noted photo journalist Sandeep Sahdev and noted doyen journalist visiting Prof. Dr. Ashwani Sharma explained the nuances of photography to the journalism students of APG students of journalism and mass communication. During the workshop organized at APG varsity auditorium, informations related to different types of cameras, its lenses was given to the students. Sahdev made the students aware of many dimensions of photography. He said that the importance of photography is increasing day by day. The attention of the common reader and viewer also go to the news in the newspaper, which has a photograph. Introducing the students to the various dimensions of photography, he said that good photography is timeless and remains afford in people’s mind for a long time.
“The picture that you took with your camera is the imagination you want to create with reality”, told Dr. Ashwani Sharma to the students. During this, Prof. Dr. Ramesh Chauhan, the Vice-Chancellor of APG Shimla University, said that photography is the only field which is counted in both art and science because it depends on the creative ability of the person taking the photo of any subject, incident and event. The better creative ability he has, the better photographer he will be.
He said it also includes technology and photography skills as well. Photography is not possible without technology, and therefore, it is also science, said. Prof. Chauhan. Chauhan said that a good photo is more effective than thousand words.
