The story behind one of my most favorite click…

An Introduction:


This photo was taken while a group of us, students of DCSMAT, had gone to spend the evening at the beach nearby to our hostel. Later on this snap was edited by a friend of ours to be displayed on the day of our farewell party. The next part of this article is about the experience we had on the day of this outing. The fun, the rare moments, the feeling of togetherness and the life!


The Story:


It was an evening, a few of us had returned from the institute, and was thinking of what next to do. Suggestions came up to play cricket, badminton, table tennis, watch TV and so on. The last option that came up got the most number of votes of support – going to the nearby beach!!


The next thing to happen was 11 of us changing clothes and then a walk towards our destination of fun and joy. In about 15 minutes we all had started our walk from the hostel and reached the shore in groups of 2’s and 3’s. Having a look at the vastness of the water body and feeling the breeze, we didn’t waste time but decided to jump into the water and enjoy for the rest of the day. I had stayed back on the shore holding my digital cam to frame the moments, which we all knew would be precious files of our memories. Thus the play started and I started clicking dutifully. After some minutes of fun with the water, our folks came back to the shore, and then followed another series of clicking.


Suddenly the idea came up in some one’s mind, why not lie down on the front and face the lens. This was tried and shot well enough but did not have a feel; the same frame usually looks cool when seen in movies or as wallpapers. This didn’t let us down but made us think of another frame, one where all the folks are sitting with the backs towards the lens. Now none of us had an idea how much well it would look especially since light had started going down. The frame was well shot and we all had a satisfied look in seeing the photograph. But at that time, none among us knew that this particular picture was going to be a point of feeling in the minds of 52 individuals of the batch. Yes, though just 9 people were shot in the frame, the final image brought smiles to the face of the entire batch. The pair of footprints in the frame just behind the guy in the center added to the beauty of the shot which was unplanned but apt.


The day was not near its end despite the light fading off to welcome the night. It was time for all of us, including me and another friend standing on the shore, to jump in with the waves which were at its all time high. The next couple of minutes were dangerous and life-taking, but the togetherness and the support we had for each other saved the team from getting carried away by the waves. The beach gets all playing like a kid and wild waves makes one into a mad. This was the same that had happened to us. Knowing that the waves were dangerous and it can wash us off, we all stood together with hands held together, to have our fun ride on the shore.


One of the best days of our final days of Post Graduation had come to an end when the sky had at last pulled over its dark sheet. On the way back to our hostel rooms, drenched and pockets full of sand, we all just thought about the mad moments and wondered - HOW DID WE MANAGE TO GET BACK IN FULL TEAM AND FORM FROM THE BEACH WITH THE STRONG AND WILD WAVES HITTING HARD?



After the Story:


A few days after the fun-filled evening, we had our farewell party coming up which was organized in half a day's notice. It was at around 9 in the night that we, along with our friends from the DC School of Animation & Gaming, had selected the images from our collections to make a video dignifying Life at DCSMAT over the 2 years which was later on named DOWN STERLING by my batch-mate Dilip. By the wake of the morning, around 3:00 am, Lubin had worked on the image with the concept he had conceived and added GOODBYE FOLKS to it. This was a surprise to us (Dilip, Rohit & myself) who were along with the Genius in work. He had got us thrilled and we all came to the decision that this image would be the last to be shown in the video that was being made. The next day, the video became a run-away hit and the image was adored by one and all.


This is the story behind one of my most favorite photograph taken during the days at DCSMAT!!


Credits –

People in the photograph (from left): Rajesh, Vibin, Dilip, Basil, Issac, Akhil, Unnikrishnan, Sreejith & Sreejesh.
Photographer: Ajit
Compositing: Lubin