The workshop was presented by ShutterXpose Photography in association with Tamron Kuwait, garnered lot of positive feedback from the participants which was held in the Murjan Ballroom, Crowne Plaza, Kuwait on 18th November 2016 from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM. A souvenir was released during the event highlighting the activities and achievement of the Photography club over the last 5 years. Tamron and Naser Al-Sayer Communication has been a key associate of Weekenders Photography club and has been supportive through each of the club activities. Tamron Kuwait introduced an exclusive special discount lens offer during the workshop which truly amazed the participant expectation. Mr. Salman Al-Basha, Tamron Kuwait Development Manager spoke on Tamron lens and its active development and new technology included in some of their latest lenses. Mr. Adil Javed, Tamron lens ambassador spoke on his personal experience of using Tamron lenses and how it has helped him at professional front.

The macro photography workshop had an extremely informative morning session followed by a practical demonstration of various techniques with tips on approaching macro subject, composition, and controlling light to get a good macro photograph. Post lunch the participants moved on to the workshop desks where they photographed to their heart’s content the various macro subjects displayed. The participants enjoyed one to one interaction and guidance from the experts. Lumen Store, the main dealers of Elinchrom Lighting and lighting accessories in Kuwait supported the event as lighting associates. At the end of the workshop each participant was handed over certificates. The organizers also had arranged for a raffle draw for the participant.

ShutterXpose organized a second day Outdoor Macro photography session at the amazing farm in Wafra, wherein the Weekenders photography team members and guest participants enjoyed a plethora of macro subjects and further expert guidance with Yuwaraj.

ShutterXpose have been promoting photography through Weekenders Photography club with a vision to promote, educate and inspire peer photographers including amateurs and beginners. The club conducts various photography workshops, seminars and photo tours to their members. Mr. Guru Hegde the club founder was honoured by Tamron as Tamron Mentor for his professionalism and technical expertise in field of Photography.

If you are interested to be a part of Weekenders Photography Club, please send an email to admin@shutterxpose.com

• Introduction to Macro Photography
• How to think like a pro macro photographer
• Key difference between shooting macro and close up
• Various equipment’s and lights used in macro Photography
• Technical details and hands on explanation of each equipment’s
• Controlling sharpness in macro photography – how to avoid blur
• Depth of field in macro photography
• Skills and expertise for taking great shots including techniques on Background, Composition and Magic angle
• Using natural and available light in macro photography
• Working with higher magnifications in macro: what challenges will you face and how to overcome them.
• Using off-camera lighting (flash) in macro photography
• Focus stacking techniques

BRING ALONG:

• Your Camera (DSLR Preferred)
• Macro Lens OR Extension tubes (if you don’t have, we shall share)
• External flash (if your camera does not have pop-up flash)

INCLUDES:

• Buffet Lunch & Refreshments
• A chance to win Raffle coupon by event sponsors
• Certificate presented to all participants at the end of the workshop.

Browse Macro images: 

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ShutterXpose & Weekenders Photography club in association with 500px conducted the 4th Annual Photography walk in Salmiya, Kuwait. The Photowalk was well attended by over 60 plus photography enthusiastic from novice to professional with the intention to learn, share and inspire photography. A quick registration and general introduction to event followed by activities kept the participants on the move. The theme of this year 500px Photowalk was “Adventure and Action”, the organizers meticulously worked behind the scene and made sure the participants get to experience a first hand Live Sports events with lots of action, adventure and excitement.

The activities involved the walkathon runners at the forefront, followed by a friendly Basketball game to a Jet-skier zooming the Arabian sea as the photographers try to freeze and finally the icing of the event with Kuwait best BMX riders “The Spark family” mesmerizing both the photographers and audience to daredevil stunts. The organizers made sure each of the participants get to capture their best shots with sharing tips and tricks all along.

The event was well supported by Tamron as Event partners by providing T-shirts to all participants. Red Bull provided the much needed energy drink to keep us flying high with wings all through the event.

Our special thanks to Marina and Kuwait Scientific Centre for the support and the venue.

For images from the event, please click [Here]

ShutterXpose has been providing their members time and again opportunities to exhibit their passion, the group had the best of time capturing a bird eye view at one of the tallest building in Kuwait. The photo session was a memorable for all and a learning curve for some of the new members to capture aerial cityscape view.

We had the Tamron lens for a day and the following are our quick general review.

The new Tamron SP 15-30MM F/2.8 Di VC USD is a full-frame professional qualified lens both in feel and optics, it offers ultrasonic focus motor for quiet AF operation. Tamron claims to have a 4-stop built in image stabilization (VC) which helps to shoot hand-held in low light condition. The lens is remarkably heavy at 1.1 kg with a total of 18 lens elements in 13 groups, it may not be well suited for smaller APS-C body due to the overall bulkiness. The lens barrel though are made of plastic, it’s of high standard to offer better durability and moisture resistance. This lens is ideally suited for Architectural, Landscape and Astrophotography.

Tamron Kuwait had provided us with a Canon mount lens, which was put to test by our good team mates Dr. Vinod Kumar and Muttaz Saleh on their Canon EOS 5D Mark II and EOS 5D Mark III respectively.

Our sincere gratitude to Tamron Kuwait, Al Hamra management and the security personnel for their support and cooperation.

* Tamron SP 15-30MM F/2.8 Di VC USD is available from Naser Mohamed Al-Sayer Communication Co. for KD 320 

Few Images from the event

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A Time Lapse video by our group member Jiji Joseph

Photography 101 is a must workshop for Novice, Beginners and Amateurs photographers. This workshop shall help you to understand the basics of camera operation, related camera jargon’s in simple and easy to understand language, learn exposure and how to balance exposure setting for capturing amazing and stunning images.

Photography is not about capturing casual images, it’s all about creating and making good images which inspires the viewer’s eye.

This 4.5 hours course shall help you to be a confident photographer, Contents of the workshop below:

•  Understand your camea
• Understand Exposure
• Learn Camera Focusing & Metering mode
• Exposure bracketing and shooting in low light
• Creative shooting, capturing and freezing motion, and panning
• Dealing with tricky lighting situations
• Composition beyond the rule of third
• Demystifying the histogram
• Introduction to On-Camera Flash
• Introduction to Post Processing

Tamron one of the main producer of DSLR lenses are the main official sponsor of this workshop. Tamron lenses are available for all mount of DSLR cameras.
Participants of the workshop can avail of special discounts from Tamron and products from Naser Mohamed Al-Sayer Communications Co. (one of the main distributor for Canon, Vanguard & Steiner brands) 

The content of the course is based on the features and knowledge required for Digital SLR (DSLR) camera.
Venue: Hotel IBIS, Salem Al Mubarak Street, Salmiya
Cost of the Workshop: KD 20
Time: 13:30 – 18:30
Payment through mobile only: gotapnow.com/mobile/shutterxpose
On-line Registration: [Here]