Shootout at Kolkata with Atul Kasbekar

The celebrity who clicks celebrities was engaging us in a “Shootout at Kolkata”. I was fortunate to be invited for this one of a kind workshop by Mr. Anup Kanodia who was organising this unique workshop by the master himself. I got to Kalamandir and shortly after going through the registration process was seated and the master came on stage and took us through his work on the screen. The images of his acclaimed Kingfisher Calendar and numerous magazine covers interspersed with quips from this man made for an interesting morning.

We soon broke for lunch and came back to a stage that had been setup for a live fashion photo shoot. A leggy model was on stage in front of a white screen and a huge Para light in her face. The photographer got straight to work and started shooting. This was followed by another model coming on and he used a different approach with a ring flash. By the end of the workshop while he was processing the pictures, he allowed some photographers from the audience to have ago on stage.

Thereafter he showed us the pictures taken. Amazing! Now I know why Atul Kasbekar is Atul Kasbekar and how fortunate I was to be at that workshop.