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PSS completes a year; celebrates with free basic photography workshop


SINGTAM, DECEMBER 25: On the occasion of the first anniversary of the Photographic Society of Sikkim (Singtam), a one-day free basic photography workshop was conducted at Kidzee School, Singtam. Eighteen participants from nearby places of Singtam and beyond had participated. Those included places like Gangtok, Samdong, Rhenock, Kingstone, Ranipool, Singtam, Sang Khola, and others. The cake-cutting celebration was also held on the day

The photography workshop had two sessions; indoor and outdoor. The indoor session had talks and discussions on three topics viz. Basics of Photography, Brief Introduction on Camera Insights and Night-Photography by Ujjwal Darjee, Sanket Agarwal, and Roshan Rai respectively, all members of PSS. Outdoor photo-shoot was held at the famed Rani-Khola river-side walkway and the premises of Kidzee School.

Shital Pradhan, Publicity In-charge, PSS was the host of the day while Milan Sharma, President, PSS spoke about the activities performed by the society over the last year. Sharma added that it was on the occasion of the anniversary, the society thought about conducting the free – workshop. He further thanked the participants for making the workshop a success.

The certificate was distributed among the participants towards the end of the program by Sishir Chettri, Advisor of PSS, and Ashok Prasad, Joint Secretary, PSS. The workshop was valuable and lots of knowledge was learned echoed the participants.



 

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