Neville Bulsara’s
An Online Photography Masterclass Course Spread Out Over Five Weekend Sessions
On Re-discovering The Beauty & Wonder Of The World Through The Medium Of Photography
(And Learning How To Take Great Photographs while at it!)
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Learn how to better observe the world around you, improve your ability to see the endless possibilities in a setting and become a better photographer. Discover the ability to translate your vision into evocative images that communicate your vision. Join me on this one-of-a-kind live online photography workshop as I take you on a visual journey over five amazing sessions that will not only change your photography but forever will change the way you look at both yourself, and the world around you!
Because photography has little to do with the camera, and everything to do with what you choose to see.
And how you see it!
So goes that beautiful song by Louis Armstrong, and I couldn’t agree more. It really is A Wonderful World, one just waiting to be seen and photographed.
And it’s all around you. It’s right where you are. Now. Every Moment. And all you need to be able to see it is to lift the blinkers off your eyes, to throw away all your preconceptions (especially the one that goes “You need a great camera to make great pictures”), and to rediscover the freshness of vision with which a child looks at the world – with a sense of amazement and wonder.
And once you can begin to truly See, you can photograph it with a camera. Any camera.
Admit it. You want to learn how to, don’t you?
A brief look at the topics covered in Neville Bulsara’s “What A Wonderful World!”
The light outside is nothing; it’s the light within you that matters.
Within you is the light of a thousand suns; it’s spelled AWARENESS!
Develop that, and then see the magic unfold.
It’s painful. Buying a camera (DSLR or otherwise) thinking it’ll enable you to get great photographs, only to realize that isn’t it what it takes.
Then you follow it up with investing in bigger and “better” lenses, followed by attending those “Master Your Camera”, “Master Exposure”, “Master Post-processing” and what-have-you-not workshops, only to realize again that it really didn’t do much for helping you make the evocative and meaningful photographs you always wanted to make; you still tend to mostly churn out mediocre photographs at best, photographs that lack depth and meaning.
You know you’re lacking something, and you don’t know what. And it’s Bloody Painful, isn’t it?
The problem? It’s never been about the camera, nor its controls, nor anything else. It’s about fixing what’s broken, fixing that which prevents you from seeing! It’s about identifying the many issues – and they’re all in your mind – that keep you from seeing, and systematically addressing them!
Module 1 – aptly titled “HOW IS IT THAT YOU CANNOT” – takes you into a deep dive of just WHY you see what you do, and DON’T see what you don’t. In doing that , it not only opens your eyes to aspects of your self and personality you didn’t know existed, but also begins to open your eyes to the world around you, while laying the groundwork for the learning modules that follow.
While the average person takes color for granted, a photographer who is attuned to – and has a deep understanding of – color, uses it much as a painter does.
In nature, light creates the color. A photographer well-versed with color, uses it to “create the light”.
Module 2 – titled “Color Creates The Light” – takes you on an awe-inspiring journey into the topics of color theory and symbolism, how to effectively see and utilize color, the pitfalls of color, and how to use color in your photography for maximum impact.
Form – as we teach it – is more than a shape (as defined in Architecture) and just the three dimensional aspect of a shape (as defined in Art); rather, it is an umbrella term under which we group a number of visual elements, elements which our mind uses to make sense of the visual world around us.
It follows that if we – even without realizing it – use the visual elements that constitute Form to make sense of the world, a studied and deliberate use of these elements in a photograph can not only take the viewer on a visual journey, but also help trigger very specific feelings and responses in the minds of those viewing the photograph.
Module 3- Form as Function – explores the characteristics of the various sub-elements that constitute Form: Line, Shape, Pattern, Texture, and Volume. By the end of it, you’ll realize that each of these perform very specific functions, that Form cannot be divorced from [its] function; FORM IS FUNCTION!
Depth in both, life and a photograph , is a Matter Of Perspective.
The challenge is this: how do you convey a sense of depth along three-dimensions via a medium such as drawing, painting , or a photograph, mediums which are two-dimensional (have length and breadth, but no depth) in nature?
Perspective – in photography and art does not mean “point of view” but rather refers to a body of methods and techniques employed to create the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface.
Module 4 – Matters Of Perspective – explores the use of methods and techniques used by artists and photographers to create a sense of depth in their works. Understanding the principles behind them will also provide you with how to employ them in digital post-processing.
There is an Instant. When the light is just right. When the seasons are just so. When nature paints an incredibly beautiful spectacle before you. When the mask slips off a person’s face, revealing their true essence. When a doting grandfather positions an umbrella just so to shield his grandfather from a light drizzle…
Or any other Instant, an instant when everything magically seems to come together, a confluence of visual elements which together tell an entire story in a single frame.
We, call them Moments.
Module 5 – Moments As Stories, Stories As Pictures – takes all that you’ll have learned so far in this Online Photography Mastercourse , and adds ingredients that are Moments to the mix. You’ll learn about the various types of Moments, how they are classified, how to spot them, and how to nail The Decisive Moment – that which in a single frame, reveals the very essence of what the world plays out in front of you, just waiting for you to trap it for ever in the box that is your camera. Any camera.
It’s one thing to be able to see the world. Putting it together in a meaningful – and impactful – fashion in the photographic frame is a different ballgame altogether, a ballgame called “Composition”.
We simply call it “Finding The Order Within Chaos”.
And no, there is no separate module which deals with it. Rather, it’s intrinsically and organically dealt with in all the modules that you’ll learn.
And no, it’s not all that “Rules of Thirds” and blah-blah stuff everybody talks about but few can really explain…
Composition is just The Strongest Way Of Seeing!
Go ahead and admit it – you want to learn how to, don’t you???
What, How, Schedule, Costs, Special Offers…
A Live, Online Photography Course premised over the fact that it’s not the camera, but the proverbial ‘nut’ behind it that is key to the making of meaningful photographs that express what one sees – and feels – about the world around them.
A Live, Online Masterclass Photography Course that teaches you that it’s NOT the Shopping Bag that one takes to the marketplace (i.e. camera) that determines how great the dish (i.e. photograph) turns out, but rather the ingredients (Elements of Visual Design) that one puts in there that matters. Get the right ingredients home, and you can cook them to your heart’s delight.
A Live, Online Masterclass Photography Course that emphasizes that You are The Soul Of The Photograph, that Photography is a Mindset, and hence can be developed.
This Masterclass Photography Course is organized around five webinars – one for each of the modules outlined above – of around 90 minutes each, the webinar being conducted on Zoom.
The first 60 to 90 minutes or so will be a presentation by Neville Bulsara, followed by approximately 30 minutes of interaction. The Q&A session can be extended, if participants so desire.
Recordings of each webinar will be available for participants who can’t catch them live.
Upcoming Schedule for July-August 2021:
Session 1 (How Is It That You Cannot) : Saturday 7th August, 2:30 pm
Session 2 (Color Creates The Light) : Saturday 14th August, 2:30 pm
Session 3 (Form As Function) : Saturday 21st August, 2:30 pm
Session 4 (Matters Of Perspective) : Saturday 28th August 2:30 pm
Session 5 (Moments as Stories, Moments as Pictures) : Sunday 29th August 2:30 pm
Remember, you can always – at your leisure – view the recorded version of a session if you miss one.
To register for this course or to attend a course after this one, please fill in the Expression Of Interest Form to indicate your preferred timings.
Maximum 15 participants per Course.
Participant fees (for all five modules):
Rs (INR) 4,500/-*
USD $60*
Limited to a maximum of 20 participants per Course.
* See Special Offers to check if there are any special offers available
TIME LIMITED PAY WHAT YOU WILL OFFER
Register before August 4th and pay whatever you’re comfortable with*
* Minimum Rs. 3,500/- (US $47)
If we said that this Photography Course was simply mind-blowing, we’d be accused of boasting.
If we said it wasn’t, we’d be lying!
Better you hear what others have to say, we think.
Everything You Wanted To Know About The Course But Didn’t Know Whom To Ask
Finito. The End. We drew the curtains on it. The King is Dead.
Let’s face it, that was a very small-group workshop that Neville had been conducting since 2012 on weekends at his residence. And it was a very successful workshop at that, considering that it was the only photography workshop in India that did had nothing to do with the camera, and rather had everything to do with the proverbial nut behind it.
Things have changed since then; seeing just how different the offerings of the Art Of Seeing Workshop (as compared to their ‘Master Your Camera / Master Photography’ Workshops) was, others jumped onto the proverbial gravy train. Little surprise then that “Art Of Seeing” / “Includes The Art Of Seeing” catchwords are dime-a-dozen in Photography Workshops in India now; of course we can’t vouch for their content. Nevertheless, we pride ourselves on being pathbreakers in this field.
And of course then Covid-19 happened, so Neville decided to draw the curtains on his Art Of Seeing Photography Workshop.
Only to come up with it’s successor.
Long Live The King!
Neville Bulsara’s What A Wonderful World is different from his earlier The Art Of Seeing in several ways, as summarized below:
Put simply, Neville Bulsara’s What A Wonderful World IS Neville Bulsara’s Art Of Seeing. ON STEROIDS!
To answer the first two questions, it doesn’t. And yes, we are.
All the photographs on this page were made with a simple Panasonic DMC TZ25 point-and-shoot camera that Neville carries around everywhere (simply to prove that the camera really doesn’t matter). That’s a really old camera by any standards, one that doesn’t even shoot RAW!
As for Neville’s gear, he describes it aptly as “Eyes that see, A Mind that reflects and thinks, and a Heart that feels – the camera just records the impressions!”
The beauty of the What A Wonderful World Photography Masterclass Course is that it’s genre independent. No matter what your photographic interests are – the principles of visual awareness, visual design, and composition are universal in their scope and application. Attending this photography course WILL help you make better pictures!
Compared to what?
Is the price on the higher side? Compared to WHAT???
Yes, it would be of help to you, acting both as a refresher of sorts, as well as introducing you to new things.
Go ahead and submit your Expression Of Interest, and we’ll revert with details.
You’ll find a “I’m game, how do I sign up?” button at the end of this page. Clicking on it will lead you to an Expression Of Interest form that you need to fill up.
There is no such thing as ‘The Ordinary’
Any – and every – thing is and can be a source of wonder, amazement, and material for great photographs.
All you need are eyes that see, a mind that reflects, and a heart that feels.
And a camera. Any camera.
Neville Bulsara’s What A Wonderful World
Great Photography is not about technique, nor is it about the camera, gear, lenses, rules, or anything else.
You either see, or you don’t see. The rest is purely academic.
Photography is simply a function of Seeing.
And Seeing is a function of Being!