Surendra Lawoti Photography

12/08/2021

It was a lot of fun photographing these two and their lovely wedding. And also so good to see so many friends all in one place after so long.

06/16/2021

A piece from This County is Yours is part of OCAD University's Project 31: New Futures - a unique and immersive fundraising experience that launches a remarkable collection of work by Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) artists and designers from the OCAD University community.

Bid on exclusive money can't buy items & experiences with OCAD University. Enter into one of our charity auctions, prize draws or buy exclusive items now.

05/12/2021

"This Country is Yours - Photographic Process" - in my new tutorial, I talk about my work This Country is Yours with a focus on portraiture and representation. In the tutorial, I go over the entire photographic process including conceiving of ideas, technical process/materials, the process of making portraits, funding, dissemination of the work and the larger historical and political context the work is situated.

In this video, I discuss my photography project, "This Country is Yours". I cover the entire photographic process including technical information and materia...

05/10/2021

Petition to Government of Canada to help Nepal overcome the COVID-19 humanitarian crisis. Please read, sign and share.

Canada, please help Nepal overcome the COVID-19 humanitarian crisis

04/21/2021

Developing Photographic Visual Sensibility - my new tutorial on my channel. This tutorial goes over an fun exercise to develop visual sensibilities for beginner photographers. It covers formal elements of photography, the process of photographing and development of visual language. I provide my own examples of my work to illustrate the exercise.

This tutorial covers an exercise to develop one's visual sensibilities through use of photographic formal elements such as light, line, colour, and tonality....

04/16/2021

Here's a short excerpt from my tutorial "Portrait Photography for Beginners." I cover seven essential strategies for photographing people. Educators & photographers who are new to photographing people should find it useful. Educator colleagues do take a peek - link in bio.

04/14/2021

Portrait photography, in its essence is about human connection. In my new tutorial, "Portrait Photography for Beginners," I cover 7 strategies in photographing people. It is an essential tutorial to those budding photographers interested in photographing people and those with some experience will also find it useful. Over the years of teaching at OCAD University and other places, I have refined this tutorial, and students always enjoy it when I assign it as a group class project photographing each other.

This tutorial covers seven strategies for portrait photography for beginners. It goes over body posture, the gaze, facial expression, hand gesture, lighting,...

04/07/2021

Light Metering & Visualizing Light - new tutorial on my channel. In this tutorial, I go over technical aspects of light meters including handheld light meter, TTL light meter & middle grey. I provide demos on metering different lighting scenarios. More importantly, I explain the importance of interpreting & visualizing light, through which photographers can develop a visual language. Light is a key element in visual aesthetics. So important to understand it.⁠ https://youtu.be/qNWfbyFaA28

03/31/2021

Metering Modes Explained - new tutorial on my channel. In this tutorial, I go over Evaluative/Matrix metering mode, Spot, Centre-weighted, Partial and Highlight-weighted metering modes. I provide examples with different lighting scenarios and explain when to use each metering mode.

This tutorial goes over metering modes used by Canon and Nikon cameras. The tutorial provides specific examples of each metering mode and explains situations...

03/24/2021

Canon DSLR Shooting Modes Explained for Beginners - new tutorial on my channel.

The tutorial covers shooting modes for Canon's DSLR cameras. It explains modes in Basic Zone and Creative Zone. It uses Canon's 60D and 5D Mark II to explain...

03/17/2021

Canon Lens Terms Explained for Beginners - new tutorial on my channel covers the overwhelming lens terminology, abbreviations and technology used by Canon lenses.

This video tutorial covers the overwhelming terms and abbreviations used by Canon lenses. Some of the terms included are EF, EF-S, full-frame sensors, APS-C,...

03/14/2021

If you want to listen to some great Nepali poems by some of the leading contemporary Nepali poets (with translations). "Poems for the Masses" was originally exhibited as a single channel video at The Nepal Art Council as part of the "This Country is Yours" exhibition in 2014.

Contemporary Nepali poems by Bimal Nibha, Sulochana Manadhar Dhital, Shrawan Mukarung and Swapnil Smriti. 'Poems for the Masses' is part of Surendra Lawoti's...