UoM LEOs

The creativeness of an image basically depends on the creativity of the photographer. We all take photos in different kind of events, trips, parties,.etc. But a few of us knows about how to take a creative photograph by using the different kind of photographic techniques. Photography has a wide range of techniques with helps to the photographer to make a creative photograph. So Leo Club of University of Moratuwa was decided to hold a work shop on photography for the undergraduates of the university which is totally different from the academic work. Basically these are the main objectives of this work shop,

• Aware the undergraduates about the basics of the photography.
• Practically use of them by thinking out of the box.
• Improving the hidden creativity of them.
• Reduce the stress with academic load by changing their minds.

We conducted this work shop in 29th September 2011 from 5 p.m to 8 p.m at our Lecture Room. For this session, we especially invited a person who is our senior undergraduate, an active Leo member and also a person who has a very creative eye on photography. He is Leo Isuru Bogoda. Basically he gained lot of knowledge of photography by his own experience. He had own collection of hundreds of photos which shows his own talent of photography.


We began the work shop with a large number of participants which we have never expected. Most of members were new to photography. Therefore we told them lot of things about cameras and give them chance to capture. Basically in this session is covered,

• Golden Rule of Photography
• Important of Aperture
• Effect of shutter speed to the image

We all try to give knowledge and practical experience to every participant with using SLR (Single Lens Reflexes) camera. Leo Isuru Bogoda describe the golden rule of photography with the mathematically explanation of it. According to him, the image which we took, has more creativeness by taking it be on that rule. In our eye, we regulate the amount of light that reaches our retina with the pupil, the round opening in the iris that gets larger or smaller. With a camera we have two devices to regulate the amount of light. They are,

• Aperture
• Shutter

By changing above two devices, we can take the photographs according to the situation. All the participant got chance to take photographs by using above techniques. It was very valuable experience to them to identify the practical usage of those. And it helped them to compare the different situations of aperture and shutter control. Within the first hour, Leo Isuru completed the theoretical part of above three categories and second hour was allocated for the practical usage of those techniques.
Everyone contributed this practical session with their own commitment and they asked lot of questions from Leo Isuru during that time. After the work shop, everyone praised us for organizing this kind of event. They also told that they learnt lot about photography and this session made them to learn more about photography. They tried to use this knowledge practically. Most of participants were requested us to do this kind of workshop in every month.