Monday, September 21, 2015

Towards light.... Tamaso maa jyotir gamaya..

Without the Sun's energy, life on planet earth would cease in minutes!!

All natural light that the human eye sees is the light of the Sun. The objects that we see through our eyes are merely an impression of the light reflected off these objects falling on the retina,  conveyed by electric signals to our brain via the optic nerve. So for a photographer the Sun is the real GURU !!  Tamaso maa jyotir gamaya.....So for me, Photography is another way of paying homage to the Sun, our life sustenance source!!

Am delighted that I got an opportunity to enrol in a 9 day weekend course at Srini Institute of Photography in Coimbatore. Srini is an amzing human being : a great photographer , a humble human being and a passionate teacher !! Am looking forward to learning a lot from him about light and life !!  www.sriniinstitute.org/

Some realizations of the first day : 

Photography is the art and science of capturing a three dimensional visual reality on a two dimensional medium by creating illusions of a third dimension

The CAMERA is just a man made device to try and replicate the eyes function of recording light that bounces off objects / subjects. 

Train the eye to see the play of light and also the shade ( the non light!!!) . What is and What is not. 

The Power of Observation is the greatest asset for a photographer

Photography is a direct derivative of the state of mind of the Photographer. The images that one captures are the true reflections of your state of Mind.

When, thanks to Srini, I realized these aspects yesterday I could see a lot of similarities between Photography and Spirituality. And photography as a medium to deepen one's spiritual pursuit. 

The fact that each weekend session is on a Sunday from 0930 to 1730, and the first session yesterday fell on my dear wife's birthday keeping me away from home on the entire day is something that I had not bargained for !! 

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