Date:2nd Nov 08Venue:Bhabanipur Cemetry (Alipur)Members Present:1.Rangan2.Samir3.Dizzie4.Sumanta5.Sudip6.Subho7.Atanu8.Sumi9.Aparna10.Joyjeet11.Krishnendu12.Abhijit ( Chobiwala )13.Sudipta14.Saikat15.Rajarshi16.Subhamoy17.Kingshuk18.BireshGuest1.Debjani2.IndiraAll Souls day is a day when Christian remember their friends & relatives, who have passed away. This comes from an ancient belief that the souls of the dead will return, on this particular day, to have a meal with their family & friends. Candles are lit to guide the souls to their home for the meal.As schedule most of the members met infront of National Library main gate at 3:30pm. I arrived late and headed straight for the cemetry. The place was crowded not only by people paying homage to departed relatives & friends but also by hordes of photographers (not only KWS). Infact it seemed that the photographers out numbered the mourners.The graves were beautifully decorated with flowers and candles.As usual we divided into small groups and carried on with our shots. Looking for Candids, Potrtaits, Macros and even Landscapes. In the centre on the cemetry lies the War memorial. There were no one to pay homage to the departed foreign soldiers. This place was not crowded giving the photographers an differnt photographic opertunity.As usual the KWS members had there usual share of fun. Jojeet, Subhomay da and Atanu da climbed a ladder to increase the wideness of there wide angle lenses. Apran almost forced a lady to pray infront of a grave.As darkness desended the candles started glowing brightly and one by one tripods came out. With KWS members trying their skills in night shots.It was difficult arranging for the group shot, finally we had shot with out Saikat and Sumanta da, who was no where to be found.The shot was over by 6:30pm but KWS shots are never complete with out food. Most of the members left but 8 of us (Sudip, Indira, Sumanta, Joyjeet, Subhamoy, Dizze, Debjani & I) continued with the KWS tradition with samosa & Lassi at a shop (Don't know tha name!!) near the Bhabanipur Gurudwara.Members are requested to Tag there photos KWS021108ALLSOUL and post them to the group pool.The report is written by Rangan Dutta.

Venue: Kalakar Street MarketDate: 29/10/08Meeting Place : Girish Park Metro StationMembers Present:1. Sudip2. Diganto3. Aparna4. Ganesh5. Abhijit6. Amitabha7. Atanu8. SubhamoyA shoot at Kalakar Street Market was the agenda of this extended weekend shoot for Diwali. Though this was the middle of the week, we kept this date as the last shoot on 26th October got cancelled due to rain.This was first KWS outing for Ganesh.After walking down from Girish Park to Ganesh Talkies , there was a confusion as to which way is Kalakar Street. I thought it falls on the left side, some thought it was on the right. Finally Atanu came to our rescue and guided us through the serpentine lanes of north kolkata to the busy bazaar. Basically you have to walk from Ganesh talkies to Punte Kalitala ( 2 mins barely) and then turn left into a lane besides a park and then again turn right and walk a bit to reach the destined bazaar.Sudip was a bit confused about the road and somehow locating lots of woman who looked familiar. ‘Etake aamar chena chena lagche’ was his repetitive comment ( Hey Sudip, don’t get angry).The Bazaar was crowded but nothing like the day before Dhanteras. It was good for us as shooting in the Dhanteras crowd would be extremely difficult. We all got busy with different subjects. Abhijit targeted a Flute seller who soon became some type of celebrity in that area. Subhamoy went for some close up of Diwali decoratives , Dizzy & I tried for some kids as candids. Aparna joined us later. Ganesh was taking pictures silently. Later he confessed that he had taken around 170 odd pics ! Sudip was busy taking some candids ( maybe of some known faces… who knows ?)Light was getting low, and people in the market were getting curious about us. Maximum took us for journalist and many started yelling at us to take their photographs. The best way is to ignore these people and go on taking photographs. We did the same. In midst of a cigarette break, a lottery ticket seller approached us. I bought one and the guy checked my ticket number, thought something and then asked for my name and phone number, which he noted down in a makeshift. ‘Wow…’ I thought ‘Is that some kind of indication ?’Atanu left early and we left the market around 17:00 . We walked upto Girish Park, did not find Sharma’s an appropriate place for snacks break, and then again walked upto biriyani house at Vivekananda road. Before that there was a comedy in front of a temple near Ganesh talkies. We were thinking of a group photograph, and then Sudip went for searching for a road side photographer and finally caught up a timid looking guy. He took a photo right, but it was a very long shot and to make matter worse it was hazy. Finally we decided on taking photos ourselves and doing PP.We finished off our refreshments with tandoori roti, mutton rezala and firni, discussed about tyoes of firni, low light photography and brand new look of kolkata trams and then left after yet another successful weekend shoot of KWS.Kindly tag ur pictures KWS281008Diwali and post them to the grp poolThanks Amitabha da for writing this report.

Venue: Subhomoy da's flat (empty) Sibpur Howrah

Date: 19/10/08

Members Present:1.Sudip2.Shamim3.Aparna4.Chobiwala5.Aruni6.Dizzie7.Subhamoy8.Piyush9.Tamanash10.Rangan11.Apu Koustav(Guest)12.Paromita(Guest)13.Krish14.Sudipta15.Joyjeet16.Abhirup17.Amitabha18.Subhashis19.Ayan20.SumantaAt last the D Day came. We have been waiting for it since 18/09/08 (the actual birthday.) According to schedule we met at the Calcutta Port Trust Guest House. But some of the members opted to go straight to Subhomoy da's flat. We started a bit behind schedule. Joyjeet, Subhomuy da, Diganta, Aparna and I left for sibpur in Jojeet's car along with the cake & misthi. Sumanta da along with Apu & Paromita di followed us in his car. Sudip, Chobiwala, Tamanash, Sudipta, Abhirup, Amitabha and Subhasis followed in bike and taxi.The comlex along with the flat was beautiful. We were soon in a relaxed mood with Sudip, Sudipta and Chobiwala working on Laptops. Soon the other members started dropping in. Shamim, Krish, Piyus (Straight from Amsterdam) and Ayan joined in but as usual Aruni was late. Subhomoy da's parents also dropped in with mashima providing us with delicious narkol naru. We also had a round of snacks (Chicken Crossent & cold drinks)This was followed by a photo session with Aparna posing as makeshift model, but as the cake was unveiled the photographers left Aparna and started shooting the cake. Piyus, who had travelled the longest to attend the party, was given the honour to cut the cake. The black forest cake was so tasty that there was no incidence of cake throwing at each other. This was followed by a discussion, where every member and even the guest gave there opinion about KWS.Next we left for the lunch session at Sibpur BE college guest house. The menu consisted of bhat, dal, alu bhaja, mix-veg, rui mach, chicken, chatni, papad, misthi and icecream.The lunch was followed by another adda session at the guest house, where Ayan proposed the theory of normal marriage. (to be discused in details in Baba Uncle thread). Sumanta da (along with his guests) and Subhasis left soon after and Krish joined them for his second lunch with his wife (also to be discussed).We returned to the warmth of the flat where we had a great adda session along with bottels of beer and imported chocolates (Courtesy: Piyus)Anibran called up several times inspite of his shots for the details of the party and khabar'e lob debar jonyo!We ended the day with a presentation by Sudip on KWS looking back.