Documenting Kolkata Heritage/Instructions
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Pre-Requisites
[edit]- Digital camera: a digital camera, preferably a DSLR.
- Enough memory: Please ensure there is enough memory.
- Laptop: A laptop. After each day photo walk there would be a session for uploading the photos to Wikimedia Commons.
- Walk daily average walk is 15-20 KM per day.
Code of conduct that has maintained
[edit]- Respecting personality rights: Should not focus your camera on any persons on the street for photographs, without their permission. If someone is in the background, or part of a crowd, or he/she standing in front of a building in an obscure way, it's OK. Otherwise, you shouldn't focus on any individual.
- If somebody is visible in any photograph, attach Personality Rights along with the photo.
- Respecting the rights of property owners: Property owners have the right to restrict from taking a photograph while standing on their property. But, can take any photograph as long as you are standing on public property.
- Respecting the Kolkata Police: If the police ask you to stop, stop.
- Please Remove time stamps while taking snaps.
- If you wish to leave early please inform the coordinator of the photo walk.
- Please pay respect to other participants and help each other.
Photography advice
[edit]- Keep pictures in focus.
- Position subject using the Rule of Thirds.
- If possible, the whole subject in one shot
While Uploading
- While uploading images to Commons, please add {{Documenting Kolkata Heritage}} in the description section. The template will look like -
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- While uploading images
- Please add [[Category:Documenting Kolkata Heritage]]