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Photography is one of the most popular mediums for sharing stories and information. In the words of John Berger “Seeing comes before words”. People tend to trust photographs more than words. When making photographs, one creates a portal to a moment, a memory or an instance in time. We can revisit it repeatedly to learn and discover things about ourselves and our world. Photographs allow us to document our times, preserve our past, spread awareness and educate us on how we can impact our future. We have a better access to cameras, lenses and sharing platforms now. Therefore it has become very easy for almost everyone to shoot. We are able to record how light interacts with our surroundings and we all perceive it differently. Now anyone can share their photographs, create a conversation and sometimes even trigger a change. In our world, the visual narratives take precedence over written word or speech. Therefore it becomes necessary for one to be able to understand and communicate using ...

Street photography has been a very historical way of capturing reality. It arose decades ago. Many a time people confuse street photography with documentary photography. There is a difference and we are happy to explain the difference as well. But we are also open if you want to overlap these two methods. We, at FLUX, like to teach practically. But we also like to have an informed theoretical knowledge about the history of art. Therefore, our courses also have certain theory sections. This time we are going to offer a very creative course in Street Photography in Bangalore Indiranagar at FLUX! Street photography is generally candid in its nature. Tony Ray-Jones was the first pioneer in this field. You must check him out! He developed a set of rules for himself, which basically asked him to let things emerge in his frame. This also included having real conversations with people on the street and spending time doing that. The process demands you to be patient with yourself and with the a...

Do you know what the most charming colors in a photograph colorscape are? They are black and white. These high contrast colors look stunning alongside each other. But do you know what melts the space in between them? It’s the grey. The greys play a major role in creating the game of light and shadow. Flux wants to introduce a course in black and white photography that immerses in this magical world. When photography just started the very first, it was all in black and white. That is when we did not have the technology to have color ink photographs. But even in today’s date and time, there is something very charming and beautiful about black and white photographs. Read further…

Well, in today’s commercial times, product is the king. And businesses are constantly selling different kinds of products. Due to globalization, there has been an explosion in the kinds of products that are available for us to use. This has led to a lot of competition. Advertisement is very important to sustain in the present day scenario. That is why product photography has become a real hot service in itself. In India, there are many product industries. Let us name a few: ·          Food ·          Textile ·          Furniture ·          Kitchen ·          Decorative ·          Home Lighting These are just a few but let’s discuss these a bit more in detail. This will help us understand what it actually takes to click a good product photograph. Read more…

A documentary photography course is very different from a controlled photo shoot environment. In this sort of a setup, one has to be open to the idea of ‘emergence’. Let us take you through a few of the insightful and technical ideas of documentary photography. In documentary photography, you cannot force a frame. One cannot make things happen. There is also a stream called observational documentary work. This basically asks you to observe reality and then when something arises or emerges, you can document it. It also asks you to allow reality to compose your frame. But one has to be patient enough to let things emerge. In fact that is what we mean by the idea of emergence. But when the frame becomes alive and emerges, one also has to be aware enough to click it. And when the frame is clicked, one shouldn’t look at it with critical eyes. Rather the beauty of documentary photography is that it is raw and real. It isn’t constructed. Therefore, to accept these small glitches as part of th...

Bangalore is a city full of events. It is not only a metropolitan but also a cosmopolitan city that caters to all kids of audiences. That is why there are a hundred different types of events that take place in Bangalore every day. And since there are so many events, each one of them also needs promoting and managing it properly. This promotion is done through social media. But to make social media posts work, we need content. This content is generally in the form of videos and photos. These photos don’t need a lot of editing, at least when clicked by a good event photographer. And these photos have a huge demand. And since there is a huge demand for these photos, there is also a huge demand for event photographers.   If you are someone who wants to cater to this demand, start learning it now. Since the level of competition is very high in this field, mediocrity just doesn’t work. For that, we at FLUX have organized many professional level courses in event photography for you. Kee...

India is a country full of dreams, desires and needs. We know that most of our population is under the poverty line as well. But what we are trying to get at is different Whatever the condition might be, mostly each and every person in India has a cell phone. And this cell phone can be used to make great and quality art! Generally photography is seen as a very expensive medium of work creation. This is because it requires funds for the following things: ·          Recce ·          Pre-production work ·          Camera Equipment ·          Crew hiring ·          Actor payments ·          Set design ·          Photo Editing ·          Distribution In fact, this has been the traditional method of working since long. But things are changing now. The independent industry has come up with ways to make art more accessible. We at FLUX also want to find more efficient and more resourceful ways of creating images. By shooting photographs on our phone, we can find cheaper ways of getting the b...

Nowadays, fashion is everywhere. It completely rules the world. Right from the blanket you wake up in, to the night clothes you wear, it exists everywhere! And we want to stay up to date with the changing fads and work with them! Of all the photography courses in our city, this one is the most speedily rising up in popularity presently Fashion photography is a very niche field in India and not many people know about it. That is why there aren’t many courses that are specialized for fashion photography yet. This is a newer field for India and so we mostly end up imitating already made ads. But to photograph someone, you also have to help them dress up for camera. What looks good on camera may not look good in real life, but that’s the art behind it! This is called fashion styling wherein you have to prepare what’s in frame to make the frame look good. In fact fashion styling and photography courses in this niche go hand in hand. Keep reading…

How do you click your photos aesthetically, especially the portraits? You start it by asking a few questions concerning the subject of the portrait. ·          What can you tell about a person when you look at them? ·          How about their eyes? ·          What about their dark circles? ·          Do their expressions speak anything special to you? ·          Are you always noticing faces for such subtle details? ·          Do you notice people and their inner truths to assess the underlining the most dominant traits in their personalities? We all have our inner worlds and our outer worlds. We are great at words and at saying the right things. But our eyes hold all our truths. They cannot lie. Our facial expressions can say a lot about who we are as opposed to who we say we are. Therefore getting a portrait photo clicked is a highly vulnerable act. Keep reading…

Do you like food? Are you fond of its different textures, from crunchy, soft, smooth to even creamy? How do you feel when you see a photograph of a dish that you like? Are you tempted when you see a delicious photo of a dessert t hat you have never tasted before? Why does it tempt you? The art of food photography is highly skill-based. It needs for you to understand and create lustrous and tempting images of different kinds of food. However, this is done in a very unique and different way. That is why we have professional and experienced food photographers on board! We at FLUX work only with the best teachers who are also practicing what they teach. This not only ensures their validity, but also gives their students hands on knowledge. This knowledge is of utmost importance and they are happy to share it with you! Read further…

Have you ever used photography as a hobby to express your artistic urges? Did you feel a creative pleasure out of doing so? Or have  you ever used photography for promoting your business? Maybe you joined some color or black and white photography courses in Bangalore sometime. You even might have attended some fashion photography workshops somewhere! What about portrait photography, event photography, product photography, food photography, street photography, mobile photography, documentary photography and photo editing courses? Are you interested in learning any of these?  Would you ever like to visit Ooty doing some travel photography on the way? You can compare your results with those in the archives of Light and Life Academy in Ooty on reaching there. You need some training to excel in the art of photography like you do so in any other art. Light and Life Academy is one of the best photography institutes in India. It churns out the best talent in the field every year. Photography i...