Kandu Esala Perahera was a big event for most of the photographers and photo enthusiast like me. Canon announced a photo competition on the vent with some exiting prices for local and foreign photographers.Some of my friends like me also wanted to have a "go" at the event. I also joined. Our approach turned out to be a total disaster due to lack of understanding of the event and lack of preparation. We could not get in to the place we planned for the shoot. Finally we ended up among the crowd just without knowing what to do what to shoot. The photos shown in this post are classic examples of bad results of unplanned photography assignment.
We could not be still enough to use low shutter speeds to capture motion as we wanted. No space to set up the tripod. A running rain was there during the early hours of the evening. When procession started, it was little too dark. Add to the problem, our location was not a popular place for the performers. Most of the dancers were just walking in front of us. This is what happen when you do not study the situation and plan for the shoot. We came out with some ordinary shots of the procession.
Shown below are some of the photographs I took that night, and even though those are not very good, I like this perspective of "Esala Perahera 2011"
We could not be still enough to use low shutter speeds to capture motion as we wanted. No space to set up the tripod. A running rain was there during the early hours of the evening. When procession started, it was little too dark. Add to the problem, our location was not a popular place for the performers. Most of the dancers were just walking in front of us. This is what happen when you do not study the situation and plan for the shoot. We came out with some ordinary shots of the procession.
Shown below are some of the photographs I took that night, and even though those are not very good, I like this perspective of "Esala Perahera 2011"
Still and motion all at once..!
This small kid looked so lonely even when Kandy Perahera in front of him.
Can this be categorized as child labor..!
Another "try" to capture still and motion together.
This two perahera workers were having a nice chant while the procession was going on.
This "try" to capture still and motion together seems little successful.
Finally, my advice to all my readers is.." if you want to have good photographs on any occasion, study the event, plan early, plan well and then only take your camera out." Any unplanned attempt will produce photos like my photographs.
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