Meraas' Complimentary Urban Pixels Photography Workshops Get Underway

Sunday, April 22, 2018/ Editor -

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 22 April 2018: Meraas, a leading Dubai-based holding company, launched a series of complimentary photography workshops as part of its annual Urban Pixels photography competition, held in collaboration with the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage.

This year’s edition of the acclaimed contest welcomed amateur shutterbugs to the free-to-attend photography upskilling sessions, with more set to take place on 28 April and 5 May. Trigger-happy photographers spanning all levels of ability can choose from a variety of workshops, photo walks and photo talks taking place across select locations at The Beach, La Mer, Al Seef, City Walk, Boxpark and The Outlet Village.

UAE-based photography experts, including Mohamed Al Balooshi, Roudha Al Sayegh, Ahmad Al-Khazraji, Majed AlKatheeri, Khaled Alkendi, Ayesha Abbasi, Ahmad Al Zarouni and Khalid Al Hammadi, are partnering with the competition this year to share their tips on enhancing photography skills with the participants.

Schedule of events:

Activation	Location	Date	Time	Title	Presenter
Photography Workshops	Roxy Cinemas – City Walk	28 April 2018	9am – 12 noon	Basics of Photography	Ahmad Al-Khazraji
	Roxy Cinemas – Boxpark	28 April 2018	9am – 12 noon	The Secrets of Wildlife Photography	Majed AlKatheeri
	Roxy Cinemas – The Beach	28 April 2018	9am – 12 noon	Landscape Photography	Khaled Alkendi
	Roxy Cinemas – City Walk	5 May 2018	9am – 12 noon	Women in Landscape Photography	Ayesha Abbasi
Photo Talks	HOLA – La Mer	28 April 2018	5-7pm	People of Determination in Photography	Mohamed Al Balooshi
	Barilla – The Outlet Village	5 May 2018	5-7pm	Female Photographers	Roudha Al Sayegh
Photo Walks	City Walk	28 April 2018	5-7pm	Architectural Photo Walk	Khalid Al Hammadi
La Marquise – Al Seef	5 May 2018	7-9am	Light and Shadow	Ahmad Al-Khazraji
The Green Planet – City Walk	5 May 2018	10am – 12 noon	Wild Walk	Ahmad Al Zarouni