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YPS Hall Meet

TEST Your Lens Before You TRUST Your Lens


YPS Hall Meet | Practical Interactive Session | Sunday , 10 Aug | 10:00 AM | State Youth Centre

NOTE:

  1. The meet is on Sunday Aug 10th at 10 AM
  2. All Members can get their lenses, (Max 2) UV Filters, ND,  Polarizer filters and one camera body along with a tripod.
    At the program we will actually test your lens
  3. REGISTRATION MANDATORY

Mentor: Raju A K

Testing a lens before field use is essential to verify optical performance and mechanical integrity. It helps detect issues like de-centering, focus shift, chromatic aberration, or inconsistent autofocus. Field conditions leave little room for troubleshooting, so pre-testing ensures the lens delivers expected sharpness, contrast, and focus reliability. This step also familiarizes the user with the lens’s behavior across apertures and focal lengths.  This way you know the boundary of the lens behaviour within which you can play around.

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YPS International Photo Tours

YPS International Photo Tour: Picturesque Philippines – Apr 2025

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Dates : 21 Apr – 1 May 2025. (These are the tour dates, depending on flights travel dates might be +/- 1 day.)

Last Day for registration: 21 February 2025

Join us for an unforgettable photography adventure in the Philippines, where stunning landscapes and vibrant culture meet. We start at Manila, the pulsating capital of this beautiful country. Next we move to Biri Island in Northern Samar, known for its dramatic rock formations shaped by Pacific waves. Next, we visit Mount Mayon in Albay, renowned for its near-perfect cone and volcanic presence, offering fantastic photo opportunities at sunrise and sunset. This tour promises to inspire and boost your photography skills with diverse landscapes, natural wonders, and local culture. Capture the essence of the Philippines in every frame.

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Events

FIP Convention 2024

Youth Photographic Society is proud to host the 31st FIP Convention 2024
FIP conventions hosted by YPS in the years 1985 and 1995 and the FIAP Nature Biennial in 2010 are still cherished by all those delegates.
YPS continues to hold the same high values and assures delegates the same standards, if not more.
Participate and experience the photography extravaganza! We look forward to welcoming you.

Accommodation at Rio Meridian fully booked!

Those wishing to register for the Convention can choose one of the options given below:

OPTION 1: Select the option of ‘Day Delegate‘ in the registration form

Register as a Day Delegate where all your food and activities are covered and book your stay directly with Hotel White Parrot (next to Rio Meridian).

Hotel phone: 073376 61727
Mobile: 98866 02320
Contact: Mr Mandanna CG

OPTION 2: Select the option of ‘Waitlist‘ in the registration form
If you are particular about accommodation in Rio Meridian, you can register to be on waitlist and YPS will intimate you in case of room availability against cancellations.

Program Highlights:

  • Display of delegates’ framed pictures (first 100 registrations)
  • Photography at Mysore Palace indoor and lit-up palace (outdoor)
  • Photography at Somanathapura Temple
  • Indoor tabletop photography – demonstration and practical shoot of Bright Field and Dark Field Glassware and Smoke photography
  • Outdoor Photography of traditional dances of Karnataka, and much more….
  • Exciting goodie bag
  • Convention venue and accommodation at a premium hotel, Rio Meridian, Mysuru
  • Delegates will have to reach the convention venue on their own
  • Request delegates to note that children below 12 years are not allowed
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Workshops

Basic Photography Workshop May 2023 – How did it go!

‘Basic Photography Workshop’ was held successfully on 13th and 14th May 2023 at Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bengaluru.  The workshop had participation of about 60 people, majority of them being non-members.   The workshop saw enthusiastic participation from all age groups, majority being the younger generation and a few Junior Associates of YPS. Participants were from varied fields like dentists, architects, students who proposed to pursue journalism, hobbyists etc. The participants were taught basic knowledge on shooting with DSLR as well as mobile cameras and also to process the pictures on the mobile phone to make them even better.   

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Workshops

YPS Photo Tour To Kaziranga National Park Mar 2023

YPS has planned one of its kind Wildlife Photo tour, exclusively for YPS Members, to one of the most beautiful and serene national parks in India – Kaziranga National Park

This is exclusively for YPS Members

Kaziranga National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which holds the largest population of One Horned Rhino. The vast area of tall elephant grass, marshland and dense moist broadleaf forest make Kaziranga look beautiful and also the presence of the river Bharmaputra makes the place enigmatic.   

It’s a photographer’s paradise which offers ample opportunity to capture the unique wildlife in their natural habitat.

Kaziranga has a Central, Western, Eastern & Burapahar Range; we shall be doing at least one safari in each zone. Besides Rhino, Kaziranga also has Elephants, Tigers, Swamp Deer, migratory birds and other mammals.

To know more and to register click below:

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