CIS-A2K/Community Collaboration/Form/Submitted/Photowalk at Adilabad

Basic Information

Name of the Event/Activity

Photowalk at Adilabad (Commons Education Project: Adilabad)

Type of Event/Activity

Photography walk & workshop

Purpose of the Event/Activity

To create documentation on Bandari - Gussadi festival on Wikimedia platforms. This is a tribal festival that happens in Adilabad during the Diwali season, but we didn't have any images or an English Wikipedia article. We only had details on Telugu Wikipedia and images of the dance replicated at Golkonda Fort, Hyderabad.
During the last photowalk organized by me, we took established photographers from Hyderabad to capture this event, but this time, we are involving budding photographers from a college in Hyderabad, along with a skilled street photographer from Hyderabad. This will function as a photography workshop, where the students learn from the professional. It also serves as an education project, teaching students to see through the lens of a professional.

Expected start date and end date of the Event/Activity

13 October 2024 to 13 November 2024

List of users who proposed the Event/Activity

Program and Metrics

Agenda/Program of the Event/Activity

Documenting Dandari - Gussadi festival at Adilabad.
Training new budding photographers from a college in street photography.
Introduction to Quality Images and Featured Pictures by a Diego Delso (User:Poco a poco), a two hour session on 20th october 2024
Image upload process to Commons and their usage on other Wikimedia projects.

Expected Outcomes from the Event/Activity planned

3 new photographers will begin contributing to Wikimedia Commons, opening opportunities for more from their college.
Documentation of Dandari - Gussadi festival.
Photographers from Hyderabad will understand Quality Images and Featured Pictures criteria.

Expected number of attendees

4

Post Event/Activity Engagement

Follow-up engagement plan post the event/activity

QI's and FP's collected from this event can be saved for future photo exhibitions by Telugu Wikimedians User Group in Hyderabad
A large-scale photography workshop will be planned at the participating college, where photographers can also contribute their existing images to the Wikimedia Commons repository and photogrpaher who attanded this photowalk will help Wikimedia team in organizing this event.

Budget

The estimated budget for this event is ₹50,000:

₹17,750 - Cab to and from Hyderabad: Pickup at 4 am on 27th and drop-off at 11 pm on 30th
₹12,000 - Stay at Adilabad: Check-in on the morning of the 27th and check-out on the afternoon of the 30th
₹8,000 - Food, beverages & Miscellaneous
₹8,000 - Organizer's travel to and stay in Hyderabad for 2 days before the event

Final Budget of the Project can be found here, It turned out to be around ₹75,000 from the easrly estimate, due to participation of 7 photographers instead of 4 as intitially proposed (excluding myself).

Status

We are happy to collaborate with the community on this program and contribute towards planning and execution of it. -Pavan (CIS-A2K) (talk) 13:35, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]