The advent of digital technology has had the biggest impact in the Art, Science and Business of photography after the invention of color films.

Digital cameras, labs, storage devices, digital manipulation software, etc. have completely and dramatically changed the photography business as the world has known since it began. This synergy between the old and contemporary, results in great images. The impact of visual communication is seen by the innumerable images we see every day in our environment. Photographers are often at the forefront as they document history and social changes.

The resources of these image makers are tapped by virtually all industries and very few people will be unaffected by photographic image capture, in its varied usages and application. The contemporary formally trained image maker is not only a respected self employed professional but also a very well paid artist.

The average monthly salary for photographers in India would be from Rs.7,500/- to Rs.45,000/- and the average professional fee charged by a self employed professional is Rs. 10,000/- to Rs.50,000/- plus per day.

Trends Research Group reported Photography jobs are predicted to rise by 10 to 12 percent through 2012.

So if you have the spark, an ankur, a seed, that the fire of imagination ignites... come to us with your own passion and vision And the process begins... an idea begins to take shape evolving and changing, it is forged and molded and refined... the best thing about this passionate process is that it never ends... wherever your road leads you.

A career that combines creativity with the challenge of business is a lifelong adventure.

Girish Mistry
Dean - Shari Academy

India's first Adobe Authorised Training Center. Adobe has always worked with the best in the business.

For a while now we have been tracking institutes capable of the AATC accreditation.

The Shari Academy has been an institute of high repute for many years and has produced some of the best names in the business.

The accreditation was conferred on Shari Academy as their training methods, their functioning and their courses are of international class and they met all the essential requirements and norms as prescribed by the Adobe Systems Worldwide including having an Adobe Certified Instructor

Mr. Sandeep Mehrotra,
Business Head, Adobe Systems India.

“Congratulations on all your work. The site is very impressive. The students work is very impressive, they are lucky to have a school dedicated only to photography in Mumbai as it is quite rare even in the USA and EUROPE too.”

Mr. Greg Gorman,
(A celebrity Photographer, A Legend who has defined the art of personality photographer and who has shot portraits of Hollywood actors to advertising campaigns and fine art.)

Campus Mumbai on seeing the photographic images of The Mastercraftsman Graduates at the Luxoculus 2004:

“The exhibition was beautiful, I was really surprised at the quality of work the young photographers showcased. I was looking at a professional exhibition in Singapore a couple of weeks ago and I was very disappointed with what I saw, and then I see this, and these are young guys with only 2 years of training and churning out extremely high quality work, made me think I am in the wrong country, Mumbai seems to be the place for photography and films and fashion, now I am going back and telling everyone about this academy.”

Photographers and students mainly prefer to work and learn in Mumbai and similar metros which have advertising agencies, publishing and newspaper media houses, fashion houses and designers, bollywood, fine art, etc.

Mr. John Cosgrove,
Trainer, Epson Print Academy.

For details on courses, faculty etc, please visit http://www.shariacademy.com/index.html