Valuable time at Boys' home (Ullal)

Today I was lucky to get a break from the regular shoots. I had the opportunity of visiting the Boys Home at Ullal, Mangalore. This place is one of the outreach programs of St. Aloysius College. Children from remand homes, broken families are taken care of here.

Well, what was I doing there then? To tell you the fact, students had become teachers for a day. Yes, me along with a couple of my MCMS mates were requested to teach these unfortunate children a few techniques of using the camera. And boy! they were game at it. Although all of them were handling the camera for the first time, they managed to pick up quite a bit from what we explained to them. The best part was that they were breaking all the stereotypical shots and that just left me amazed. We also explained to them a few things about lighting and how to use light wisely.

Working with a video camera is become an habit. Every time I use a camera, whether it is the PD 170, Panasonic 102, Sony HDV or any other, I learn something new as I am not a thorough professional at handling a camera. At MCMS, we have the opportunity of using the camera frequently for our day to day activities. But today's day was special. Don't know why, but 'teaching' is just so much more pleasing compared to 'learning'.