We hand hold you from buying a camera to archiving photos.
We have a workshops that are for specifically built for photographers from any level. Beginner, intermediate or the professional willing to advance their skills in photo editing and retouching.
The success of our students is a testament to the attention to students as well as the quality of teaching that we impart. From publishing photo books, to winning awards to becoming professional photographer our students have done it all!
Learn Basic Photography
This workshop on basic photography covers the history of photography, the basics of how a camera works, and different types of cameras and lenses. Besides discussing the basic operations of a Digital SLR camera, our basic photography class will cover in detail the foundations including composition, exposure, lighting, metering etc. The course is built to gives you an overview of how various lenses can be used to create different photographic images. Broadly speaking we will cover are
Composition: This unit covers the principles of good composition in photography, such as the rule of thirds, leading lines, and framing.
Light & Exposure: We discuss how light affects a photograph, including concepts such as aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. Students would also learn how to use their camera's exposure settings to successfully achieve the desired result on their own.
Shooting in Different Situations: This unit could cover how to photograph subjects in different lighting situations, such as low light or bright sunlight, as well as how to photograph moving subjects.
Specialized Photography Techniques: This unit cover more advanced photography techniques, such as shooting in manual mode, using artificial lighting, or shooting in black and white. Understanding PSAM mode and the understanding to know when to use it is also addressed.
We have been teaching this course in Kolkata since 2009 and if you ask around for photography courses you will definitely hear our name. But the real question is how good is our basic photography course? Kolkata has 3 professional photographer who started their learning with Studio Pomegranate before going on to become professional photographers.
With a little over 400 students who have taken our basic photography courses we have been able to get individuals to experience the joys of photography and get a lot more confident with their cameras and make much more meaningful photographs that meet their vision.
Learn Photoshop for Photographers
Photoshop workshops in the studio are 2 day long. They help you in understanding pixels / resolution, brightness / contrast and levels. You get a clear understanding of prepping the files both for online and print usage. Optimizing images for faster loading is also covered.
LIGHTROOM
This workshop helps you learn the essentials of Adobe Lightroom. It brings down your hours in front of the computer post a shoot to minutes. The workshop is aimed at making importing, sorting and managing raw files much easier for you.
SPECIALITY WORKSHOPS
These workshops are a unique initiative by Pomegranate to bring the exponents of different fields of photography to keen photographers in the city. From the thought process behind making of a photograph, to camera handling techniques.
ADVANCED LEVEL
This course is structured to cater to the needs of serious and hobbyist photographers who have been shooting for a while.
All we really want to do is take great pictures and reproduce them in the best way possible.
YOUNG CLICKERS
There is such a thing as teaching a child too much about photography and ‘kill’ some of the playfulness that makes the images that a child can take special. The main advice would be to instill in your child the first lesson– of experimenting and having fun with the camera.