Light & Composition Magazine » Documentary Photography http://www.lightandcomposition.com Towards the true essence of photography Thu, 17 May 2012 12:10:32 +0000 en hourly 1 Photo of the Day | May 18 | Out of Syllabus, by Nirupam Roy http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-may-18-out-of-syllabus-by-nirupam-roy/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-may-18-out-of-syllabus-by-nirupam-roy/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 12:09:54 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=8792 Photo of the Day - May 18
As I am a school teacher by profession, I know from the bottom of my heart that these little ones like to make fun, noise, and hilarious activities during the time when there are no burdens of books. Such candid moods are great to watch as we all used to do during our school days, and miss those as we grow old. It’s great to be a Child…everyone should try it.

Technical Info: Nikon D5000 with Nikon 55-300mm | Exposure 1/30sec @ f/8 | Focal length 300mm | ISO 720
Title of the photograph: Out of Syllabus
Photo of the Day Award Category: Documentary Photography
Photograph Location: Coochbehar, West Bengal | India

Photographer: Nirupam Roy (Tufanganj, Coochbehar, West Bengal, India)
Nirupam Roy is a school teacher by profession. His story of coming to the world of photography is quite fascinating. In one summer he planned a family trip to Orrisa, India. There he realized the necessity of a camera to capture the scenic beauty of the place surrounded by several sea-coasts. At the same time he wanted to photograph his family, especially his son Arkapravo, and bought his first camera Canon SX 40 HS. After returning home, he has fallen in love with photography passionately. Photography completely changes his whole attitude towards nature and human being. It gives him a sort of peace to his weary mind, as if a blessings from Almighty.
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/75471972@N04/

]]> http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-may-18-out-of-syllabus-by-nirupam-roy/feed/ 0 Photo of the Day | April 23 | The Paperboy, by Shahnaz Parvin http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-23-the-paperboy-by-shahnaz-parvin/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-april-23-the-paperboy-by-shahnaz-parvin/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:01:03 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=8436 Photo of the Day - April 23
This photograph was taken from Kamlapur railway station when this paperboy was with his customer. Most of paperboys at the railway station do their job on behalf of some newsstands. They came from several area, mostly outside of the capital Dhaka, and return home after finished their job.
Technical Info: Canon EOS Kiss X4 | Focal Length: 55mm | Exposure: f/4 at 1/60sec | ISO 400
Title of the photograph: The Paperboy
Photo of the Day Award Category: Documentary Photography
Photograph Location: Dhaka | Bangladesh
Photographer: Shahnaz Parvin (Dhaka , Bangladesh)
Shahnaz Parvin currently doing a job as Computer Hardware and Network system admin in a PSI company. Photography is her dream and she loves to do it for her soul . From her childhood , it was a very interesting thing to capture moments with a camera and all time she thought if she got a camera ! Three years ago after join her office as a computer system admin, her dream came true. She have got a chance to use a pocket camera for 3days. On November 2009, for first time,she bought a DSLR camera, but unfortunately after three months lost it , then started waiting and after longtime again bought DSLR with kit lens. She must give thanks to some of friends who always helped her to understand photography and some times lend their lenses too. Till now she don’t get chance to join any photography school. Hope one day she will and she is waiting for that day.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/_spark/
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/spark_bd

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The sadness and the tired eyes spoke volumes of the kind of day these traders must have had. At the end of the day they wait for their companions to come and share their stories.

Technical Info: Nikon D3100 | Exposure 1/130sec @ F/4.5 | Focal length: 35 mm | ISO: 800
Title of the photograph: When the Eyes Speak
Photo of the Day Award Category: Documentary Photography
Photograph Location: Pushkar, Rajasthan | India
Photographer: Preeti Vinod Patel ( Nasik, India )
Preeti Vinod Patel is principal of a High School by profession. Photography for her was a hobby with a point and shoot camera, and which was a faithful
companion on her travels. She was presented her first DSLR 9 months back and since then she has tried her hands at every area of photography. Preeti enjoys shooting candid and street life as every emotion ,every expression, every face leaves her wondering what may be going on in the person’s mind.
Her hobby which was a stress buster for her now is a thirst which will never quench.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000452264433

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It was Sunday, the 4th day of a series of protests! The atmosphere was already too intense and you could see a storm was coming! This is taken early in the afternoon, riot police threw tear gas against people protesting in front of the Greek parliament. The one holding the Greek flag stays in his position despite all the chemicals, and the other one we see tries to kick a tear gas bomb back at the riot police.

Technical Info: Nikon D90 | Focal Length: 70mm | Exposure: f/5.6 at 1/125s | ISO 200
Title of the photograph: Fighting for Greece
Photo of the Day Award Category: Documentary Photography
Photograph Location: Athens | Greece
Photographer: Konstantinos Liakos (Athens, Greece)
Konstantinos Liakos studied Mathematics at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, with a degree on applied mathematics specialized on computational maths. Currently he is one of the thousand unemployed Greeks. Photography is his passion! He shoot because he loves to! As a child he used to take a lot of photos, and his parents were always complaining about the money they were spending on buying films and developing them! He got my first DSLR camera on 2009. Unfortunately because of tragic family matters at the time he couldn’ t use it as much as he would like to. Only since the last year and due to the free time he has because of his unemployment, decided it is time to chase after his dream, and tries to pass the stories he sees with his camera! He hasn’t attends any photography school, and everything he knows is though his own experience and reading.
Website: http://www.thegreekbattle.com
Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/kostasls
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/KonLiakosPhotography
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/konliakosphoto

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There is so much about Pakistan that the world is not aware of, especially the loving, and cheerful kids.

Technical Info: Canon EOS 10D | ISO 100 | Focal length 85mm | Exposure 1/125sec at f/4.5
Title of the photograph: Allah hu Akbar
Photo of the Day Award Category: Documentary Photography
Photograph Location: Lahore | Pakistan
Photographer: Pharan Tanveer ( Lahore, Pakistan )
Pharan Tanveer is a student of bachelor at Lahore University of Management Sciences, but does photography more than he visits classes or read books. He has spent most of his time to strengthen his grip on this passion of his, which to some extent is like a fuel that keeps him running. Photography is something that he inherited from his father, Tanveer Ahmad, who has always been a benchmark for him.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pharan/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dr.pharan

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When flying kites one should have taken most care to choose the right place for right activities. Be aware of any kind of obstacle when flying. Places favorable for kiteing are sports fields, parcs, squares, beaches etc., because wind conditions in open spaces are best, due to undisturbed velocity and direction of windflow. In Bangladesh, kids like to run when they want to fly a kite. In autumn its wonderful season for the kite lover hence they are poor or rich.

Technical Info: Canon EOS Kiss X4 | Focal Length: 30mm |Exposure: f/4 at 1/250s | ISO 200
Title of the photograph: The Kite Runner
Photo of the Day Award Category: Documentary Photography
Photograph Location: Narayanganj | Bangladesh
Photographer: Shahnaz Parvin (Dhaka , Bangladesh)
Shahnaz Parvin currently doing a job as Computer Hardware and Network system admin in a PSI company. Photography is her dream and she loves to do it for her soul . From her childhood , it was a very interesting thing to capture moments with a camera and all time she thought if she got a camera ! Three years ago after join her office as a computer system admin, her dream came true. She have got a chance to use a pocket camera for 3days. On November 2009, for first time,she bought a DSLR camera, but unfortunately after three months lost it , then started waiting and after longtime again bought DSLR with kit lens. She must give thanks to some of friends who always helped her to understand photography and some times lend their lenses too. Till now she don’t get chance to join any photography school. Hope one day she will and she is waiting for that day.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/_spark/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001548214861
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/spark_bd

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The dominant food crop of Bangladesh is rice, accounting for about 75 percent of agricultural land use.It is currently the world’s sixth-largest producer.The crop of rice is completly done manually and some steps have to follow.The yellow rice stalks are cut, tied in bundles, and put in the sun to dry, later they are spread on the threshing floor.

Technical Info: Canon EOS Kiss X4 | Focal Length: 85mm | Exposure: f/2.5 at 1/3000s | ISO 200
Title of the photograph: Paddy Field Story
Photo of the Day Award Category: Documentary Photography
Photograph Location: Narayanganj | Bangladesh
Photographer: Shahnaz Parvin (Dhaka , Bangladesh)
Shahnaz Parvin currently doing a job as Computer Hardware and Network system admin in a PSI company. Photography is her dream and she loves to do it for her soul . From her childhood , it was a very interesting thing to capture moments with a camera and all time she thought if she got a camera ! Three years ago after join her office as a computer system admin, her dream came true. She have got a chance to use a pocket camera for 3days. On November 2009, for first time,she bought a DSLR camera, but unfortunately after three months lost it , then started waiting and after longtime again bought DSLR with kit lens. She must give thanks to some of friends who always helped her to understand photography and some times lend their lenses too. Till now she don’t get chance to join any photography school. Hope one day she will and she is waiting for that day.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/_spark/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001548214861
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/spark_bd

]]> http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-january-26-paddy-field-story-by-shahnaz-parvin/feed/ 1 Photo of the Day | January 24 | Mother and Child, by Pinki Ghosh Dastidar http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-january-24-mother-and-child-by-pinki-ghosh-dastidar/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-january-24-mother-and-child-by-pinki-ghosh-dastidar/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:22:54 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=7687 Photo of the Day - January 24
This photograph was taken at Ravangla, which is the smallest village in Sikkim. There were many women doing hard work, among them many bring their small children. During their work sometime these children help their mother’s work. In this photograph a baby girl was helping her mother to broke the stone.

Technical Info: Nikon D40 | Nikkor 55-200mm lens | ISO: 200
Title of the photograph: Mother and Child
Photo of the Day Award Category: Documentary Photography
Photograph Location: Sikim | India
Photographer: Pinki Ghosh Dastidar (Kolkata,India)
Pinki Ghosh Dastidar is a web designer by profession and does freelance photography based in Kolkata. She loves travel and also loves capture there people and there life.
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinkigd/5333976916/in/photostream
Twitter+: http://twitter.com/#!/pinkigd

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Festival of Sacrifice” or “Greater Eid” is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide. And before that day in Bangladesh our children wait for the cow , they like to become cowboy to walk like cowboys with the cow from haat (cow market) to home. Before one Eid day, i got this moment from Narayanganj, Bangladesh.

Technical Info: Canon EOS Kiss X4 | Focal Length: 116mm | Exposure: f/5 at 1/1000s | ISO- 400
Title of the photograph: Seasonal Cowboys
Photo of the Day Award Category: Documentary Photography
Photograph Location: Narayanganj | Bangladesh
Photographer: Shahnaz Parvin (Dhaka , Bangladesh)
Shahnaz Parvin currently doing a job as Computer Hardware and Network system admin in a PSI company. Photography is her dream and she loves to do it for her soul . From her childhood , it was a very interesting thing to capture moments with a camera and all time she thought if she got a camera ! Three years ago after join her office as a computer system admin, her dream came true. She have got a chance to use a pocket camera for 3days. On November 2009, for first time,she bought a DSLR camera, but unfortunately after three months lost it , then started waiting and after longtime again bought DSLR with kit lens. She must give thanks to some of friends who always helped her to understand photography and some times lend their lenses too. Till now she don’t get chance to join any photography school. Hope one day she will and she is waiting for that day.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/_spark/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001548214861
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/spark_bd

]]> http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-january-10-seasonal-cowboys-by-shahnaz-parvin/feed/ 1 Photo of the Day | January 03 | Going to Work, by Hirak Ghosh http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-january-03-going-to-work-by-hirak-ghosh/ http://www.lightandcomposition.com/photo-of-the-day-january-03-going-to-work-by-hirak-ghosh/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:08:13 +0000 L&C Team http://www.lightandcomposition.com/?p=7565 Photo of the Day - January 03
This shot was taken at my village.It was a foggy morning.I was just walking through the village path,as i saw the fog i just took my camera with me.During my walk i saw these farmers were going to their filed for daily work.They were going through a paddy field,& the fog created a mystic environment for this shot.

Technical Info: Nikon D90 | Exposure Details: 1/2000sec @ f/1.8 | ISO 100
Title of the photograph: Going to Work
Photo of the Day Award Category: Documentary Photography
Photograph Location: Mogra, Hooghly, West Bengal | India
Photographer: Hirak Ghosh ( Hooghly, West Bengal, India )
Hirak Ghosh is a 22 years old guy from a small village in West Bengal, India. He is currently a student. Photography means life to him as its his true passion. Often he travels to various villages to take photos. Hirak loves to observe peoples of villages & their daily activities.

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hirakghosh/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hirak.ghosh

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