By Jaideep Mander
CHANDIGARH: Pixel Palette organized an interactive session with India’s first woman wildlife photographer Rathika Ramasamy on March 12, Saturday at the Chandigarh Press Club.
The event began at 11:30 a.m. one of the top 20 photographers of India, Rathika briefly explained the concept of photography and wildlife photography through a presentation that contained number of beautiful photographs of birds and animals. She told how to capture photographs in their natural pose without disturbing the subject.
Rathika briefly explained settings for focus, lights, shots, midtone adjustments, shutter priorities, shutter speeds, highlighting modes, metering modes for digital cameras, histogram readings and other settings suitable for various kinds of shots. She also told the importance of composition of a picture. Rathika talked about the dos and don’ts while shooting a good landscape in sunlight, low light, snow, fog and rain as well. She gave tips regarding the type of cameras and other equipments that a person must use to suit the type of shots he desires to take.
Rathika emphasized that for a perfect wildlife photograph, a person should have 40% knowledge of the techniques of photography and 60% knowledge of his subject and the nature. She also said that to be a wildlife photographer one has to have immense love for the nature. She stressed upon the fact that some people for the sake of their photography, disturb the nature and its creatures which is very wrong and immoral.
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The event began at 11:30 a.m. one of the top 20 photographers of India, Rathika briefly explained the concept of photography and wildlife photography through a presentation that contained number of beautiful photographs of birds and animals. She told how to capture photographs in their natural pose without disturbing the subject.
Much inclined towards bird- photography, Rathika said that it is a much more challenging task to capture birds whether perched or in flight as they just flick away in no time even with the shutter sound. Rathika said that there should be a strong and undisturbed coordination between the eyes, hands and mind to click photographs of birds. Besides, one needs to keep a continuous watch over the birds and animals to shoot the desired picture. Rathika also shared a few close encounters in the wilderness and warned that there should be minimum of 3-4 feet gap between the subject and the photographer to avoid attack by the subject wild animal.
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