A Hands-on Demonstration Workshop

Objective: Photography skills enrich both professional and personal life. Over the years, it has evolved to play a major role in the path of success of an individual in his profession. A photograph could be used as a teaching aid, in case presentations, publications, interactive treatment planning, and treatment documentation for medico-legal issues, laboratory communication, forensic odontology- crime scene investigations and also as a marketing tool. Though anyone can take photographs, what’s important is to learn to take a good quality photograph as quickly as possible, to save time. In view of the same we organized this Hands-On Workshop so that our students and faculty can grab the opportunity to learn General and Dental photography basics, Camera choosing and handling, Intricacies of exposure and depth of field, Table Top Photography, Advanced lighting techniques and Post processing essentials.

About the Speaker: Dr. Matrishva Bhaskar Vyas completed his BDS in 1992 and MDS in Orthodontics in 1996 from Government Dental College & Hospital, Nagpur and is into Private Practice since then. Sensing a need for photographic documentation of his patients, he took to learning photography. With the Tiger Capital of India being his home, his interest in wildlife photography was naturally piqued. Surprisingly, his first award in photography was for Glamour and Portraiture which he received at a competition held in Bangalore. His work is regularly published in Sanctuary Asia Magazine, online international wildlife photography magazines, and has even made it to several Coffee Table Books on Tadoba, Bor and other parts of Maharashtra. He has also won several accolades. He has delivered guest lectures at various national and international orthodontic conferences and he regularly conducts courses on clinical photography, wildlife photography and street photography. He has conducted more than 60 workshops in clinical photography in the last 10 years. He is a mentor for NIKON School of photography. He has also authored the book, “Clinical Photography in Dentistry”. He is a recipient of many accolades including Pierre Fauchard Academy certificate – ( 1991 ),  Indian Society of  Periodontology merit certificate ( 1992 ), Best article award published in Dental Dialogue Journal (1995), Dr. P. P. Jacob Award for best scientific publication in Journal of Indian Orthodontic  Society  (2005), Best clinical innovation scientific presentation award in 44^th Indian Orthodontic Conference, New Delhi, 2009,  Second Best Clinical Paper Presentation Award at 45^th Indian Orthodontic Conference, Mangalore 2010, 2^nd prize in ‘Portrait and Glamour’ category in photography competition at ‘Fotocon  2009’, Bangalore,  Consolation prize in ‘Wild-life’ category in photography competition at ‘Fotocon 2009’, Bangalore,  Special mention in “Wild Maharashtra” competition organised by Sanctuary Asia, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation; October 2010,  Third prize in “I am Into the Wild” contest Organised by Nikon India, August 2016,  PSI Gold in Nature section at 15^th International Photography Salon, 2016.

Audience: BDS third year, Interns, Postgraduate Students of all streams, Private practitioners, Students from Mass communication and Faculty

Brief Report: Photography is becoming an integral part of dentistry. It is not only required for diagnosis and treatment planning but is also required for record keeping and is needed for publication purpose. For all this, a right photograph serves the purpose. This session has updated the delegates about the basics of camera and the right technique of handling the camera for an ideal photograph. A demonstration of Tabletop photography was also given. A brief idea about outdoor photography was also explained. Delegates were impressed with his talk and there was active participation with one to one discussion. Delegates also brought their own cameras and photographs they had previously clicked for critical analysis. Overall it was a good session with good interaction amongst the delegates and speaker.