vaydehi_khandelwal

My 28-135mm lens has stopped focusing on auto focus!

As i am at the back of beyond, i dont have access to any Canon Service Centers. 

Please give suggestions as to how this problem can be solved.

Its been affecting my work tremendously as i need to quickly capture moments.... 

Thanks

Vaydehi.k

Hi,

I am a photographer and i am currently looking for residency programs in Italy.

Does anyone have any information about the following places and their programs?

Please please do let me know.

That would be a great help.....

1.Pallazo Rinaldi-Neopolis

2.TAOH residency program-Ozu.

3.International School of Italy-Umbria

Thanks

Vaydehi.k

Hi

I am looking for a residency program in Italy...where i can stay as well as get the feel of the place and create something different in a

complete new atmosphere!

As i am really keen on this..please please write in if you know of any such place there!

Looking forward to some positive replies!... soon!

Hi Keely,

Actually i am at the Global Arts Village and have started with my residency out here.

Its really nice...the people..the services..accomodation all is really nice and on top of that the ambience is just perfect for an artist.

Which art field are you into??...

Do feel free to ask me any questions anytime...will be a pleasure...

Hi Michael,

Well,i am going thru the same thing as you..i have gone thru 2 years of professional training and want to do an advanced course..pref a one year one somewhere....the problem is that the courses are too expensive and one never knows whether they are as genuine as they seem!.....

I do agree with Robert and see a point when he says what job opportunities would an MFA provide....!!

when i myself was planning to do BFA in Photography!!

So, have just decided to travel...go for residencies and learn on my own..till i find the right course!

Thanx Keith....yes...after doing very well in the college I steppped out into the real world full of confidence and fell flat on my face the first day of my internship !

It is true that hands on experiance and interaction withpeople makes you the photographer you are.And the exorbitant and prohibitive cost of higher education took mybreath away.

Anyway, you being more experianced will be able to tell me .....is itokay to take up residencies around the world and gain experiance...and then take it from there?

And do you know of some good residencies in Europe.

I did apply to some in the US but I need sponsorship letters for the US Visa ...and I didnt know anyone to sponsor me so...maybe when I become famous!!!!

Anyway thanx a ton and do check my website www.camerawaali.com and post your comments

Hi Adriana....It was nice toknow that other people are as confused as I am! I have done my two years master craftsman in photography and was looking at art schools....and the tuition fees was so high that I just sighed and

said to myself....maybe in another life!

Then someone told me.....dont get caught up in this education degree trap.....you cant teach anyone to paint write

or create...it is inside you.

Photography is what you see with your eye and your own perception.....

and it is your very own....from your heart and soul.

I am into fine art photography....do take time out to look at my website...www.camerawaali.com

I read about all the artists moving out of the Global Arts Village,New Delhi , India, becoz of the deteriorating

conditions in 2006.

Does anyone have any clue about the residency there?

I really would like a feedback.

Plus could anyone tell me about the residencies in Italy....PLEASE. I am desperate to interact with other artists

and watch and learn...this is an SOS!

I am a 20 year old photographer and have completed 2 years of Diploma in

Photography from a Photography School in India.

But now i feel i need to go for higher studies in the same field, do more of

commercial stuff than fine art.

Have been looking at photography schools all over...but the fees is just tooo

much!!.....and on top of that one doesnt even know whether its gonna be worth all

the money being put into it or not!!....do you think after learning for two years, its

actually necessary to go for a degree or assisting someone will be a better

option...or the money to be put in travelling and learning through experience??

Incidentally, I have had two solo exhibitions and four group shows and my work

has been well received and I have even made four sales!

What I really would like is some sort of advice from the fraternity of well settled

photographers who probably know what I am talking about?

And yes, the idea to intern with someone who likes fine art photography plus does

commercial is something I am not averse to. It is just the matter of keeping the

mind and the body together!

-Vaydehi.k