Journey to Glass Plate Times

YPS Meet | Feb 17 | State Youth Centre

We had a very interesting and informative session at YPS this Saturday with Shri. K S Rajaram taking the participants through an enticing journey back in time to the days when pictures were taken using cameras with an 8×6 inch glass plate as film at the back and mounted on wooden tripods. He navigated through timeless Black & White pictures of the American Landscape Photographer Ansel Adams and the Canadian Portrait Photographer Yusuf Karsh. The event was participated by around 25 YPS Members. Continue reading Journey to Glass Plate Times

Salon Winners

YPS Open House | Feb 10 | State Youth Centre

The YPS Open House on February 10th, the first for 2018 was another great session of learning through discussion and sharing. Around 20 people participated with the objective of reviewing winning images from the YPS 35th All India Salon. Varied topics came up for discussion in the process including:

  • Noise Reduction
  • Composition
  • Balancing subjects
  • Night Photography

2.5 hours went by without anyone noticing it and the session ended at 9:00 PM. We thank all the participants and their views.

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Into the World of Infinity

YPS Meet | Feb 3 | State Youth Centre

One of the tasks that the YPS EC team had taken on themselves is the intention to introduce diverse photographic topics to the YPS members. In line with that objective, right on the heels of Under-water Photography, YPS organized another talk that would take them to the skies. The Astrophotography session by Shri. Keerthi Kiran, a hobby astronomer and the Secretary of Bangalore Astronomical Society, did just that. The Astro program also brought in several stars of YPS into State Youth Centre like Shri. Dev, Shri. Manoj Sindagi and many other seniors. It sent us on a celestial spin and we hope we can organize more programs that would draw the seniors into our activities. Continue reading Into the World of Infinity

Travel Photography in a real sense

YPS Meet | Jan 20 | State Youth Centre

On January 20th, 2018 YPS members had a wonderful opportunity of traveling places with Shri. Shankar Subramanian, a well known travel photographer who travels worldwide to make story telling images. The session began with Shri.Chandrashekar, Treasurer, YPS welcoming the audience and presenting Shri.Shankar Subramanian with his wonderful images and stories of travel. Continue reading Travel Photography in a real sense