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Workshops

Art of Tabletop Photography Workshop

Date: Apr 5, 2026
Day: Sunday
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Fee: YPS Members: Rs 3,749

The Art of Tabletop Photography concerns the composition, lighting and colors of the objects.  The choice of subjects, their colors, shape, placement and lighting plays a very important part in making an aesthetic and visually appealing picture.

This workshop aims to bring life to the chosen objects through various compositional techniques and aspects involved in still life photography.

This time, an added attraction would be compositions using different objects in addition to the clay models and also some new techniques to make Still-life more interesting with a wow factor.

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YPS Journal

DṚṢṬI WINS TOP AWARD AT PSA NEWSLETTER CONTEST – 2025

Dṛṣṭi, the YPS Journal, wins the prestigious Arthur P Henricks Memorial Award, the topmost award at the PSA Newsletter Contest, for the 2nd time!

The Arthur P Henricks Memorial Award honors Photographic Society of America’s (PSA) President from 1975-79. This award is made to the publication with the highest score.

The Newsletter Contest draws many entries from photographic clubs across the globe. All entries are reviewed by a panel of three judges and the awards are determined based on criteria in three areas: Presentation, Production, and Content.

The Mar-Apr 2025 issue of Dṛṣṭi, which was submitted for this contest, was ranked #1 with Top Scores, bagging the Arthur P Henricks Memorial Award.



Two Additional Special Awards for this issue:

BEST COVER PAGE

Long Horn Beetle by Raghuram Annadana
Mar-Apr 2025

BEST TECHNICAL ARTICLE

An Introduction to 3D Photography by  Dr V G Mohanan Nair
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YPS Journal

DṚṢṬI WINS AWARDS AT PSA NEWSLETTER CONTEST – 2024

DṚṢṬI WINS FOR THE 4TH YEAR IN A ROW

Honorable Mention 

Directors Choice Award 

Best Cover Page

The 2024 PSA Newsletter contest, conducted by Photographic Society of America (PSA) draws many entries from photographic clubs across the globe. All the entries are reviewed by a panel of three judges and the awards are determined based on criteria in three areas: Presentation, Production, and Content.

The Mar-Apr 2024 issue of Dṛṣṭi was submitted for this contest. The Cover Page by Sathya Vagale was titled ‘Wonder What The Future Holds For Me’

The Executive Committee congratulates Dṛṣṭi’s lead Mr Digwas Bellemane, the Editorial Team and Mr Sathya Vagale for his image on the cover page. It also congratulates and thanks all its contributors for making our journal win accolades at this contest.

Dṛṣṭi had won Honourable Mention awards for two consecutive years, 2021 and 2022 respectively and with the top award in 2023, Dṛṣṭi had set a Hat-trick.

Comment by a jury:

‘This is a tremendous magazine with so much information alongside the articles that covers so much within the issue’.

Out of the twenty-five entries in the magazine category, 22 were from the USA, 2 from India and 1 from the UK

Team Dṛṣṭi: 

Editor 
Manju Vikas Sastry V, ESFIP, AFIP

Editorial Team
B V Prakash
Digwas Bellemane, EFIAP/g, EPSA, ESFIP, EFIP
M S Kakade
Prema Kakade, ESFIP, EFIAP, EFIP, GPA.PESGSPC, cMoL, E.CPE

To download the Mar-Apr 2024 issue:https://www.ypsbengaluru.com/download/16596/

Google Meet

Demystifying ISO

YPS Saturday Meet | Dec 13, 2025 | 7:00 PM IST | Technical Talk | Google Meet

Technical Talk by: Mr Ashok Kandimalla

You think that ISO is the culprit which creates noise in your pictures?

ISO is widely recognized as one side of the exposure triangle. Equally common is the belief that increasing ISO invariably leads to more noise. The relationship between ISO and noise is far more nuanced than it appears—and, in fact, they are not connected at all. What is far more critical, however, is the strong correlation between ISO and a camera’s dynamic range. This talk delves into these often misunderstood relationships and offers practical guidance and tips on achieving cleaner exposures while maximizing dynamic range.

Mr Ashok Kandimalla has been in the field of photography for more than three decades and has extensive experience in both film and digital photography. As an electronics and computer engineer (he holds a degree in electronics from IIT Madras), he has a unique and deep insight into digital photographic technology

Mr Kandimalla has a passion for sharing his knowledge through teaching and writing. Starting from 2009, he has been authoring a series of articles under the title ‘Basics of Photography’ in the magazine – Smart Photography.  Many of his articles have also been published in the ‘Viewfinder’ which is the official journal of FIP.  He was also a co-editor for the FIP’s Sapphire Jubilee Viewfinder book. So far, he has published more than 200 articles plus equipment reviews in various leading Indian photography magazines

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Google Meet

From Clicks to Stories

YPS Saturday Meet | Dec 06 | 7:00 PM IST | Wildlife Photography | Google Meet

(PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN TIME OF PRESENTATION)

Presentation by: Karthick Sridharan

Join award-winning wildlife photographer Karthick Sridharan as he takes you behind the lens in “From Clicks to Stories.” Discover how every frame can become a powerful visual narrative — from mastering light and timing to capturing emotion and behavior in the wild. This inspiring session reveals how technical expertise and creative vision come together to transform photographs into stories that connect, move, and make a difference.

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