July 16, Saturday | 6:30PM

Photojournalism

“Photojournalism is a form of journalism that uses images to tell a story” – Wikipedia

When you close your eyes and think of something significant that happened last week, you see an image of what happened – may be your child yawning, your team winning a game, your son traveling abroad, your mother blessing you, your first car waiting to be driven … We think and live in pictures.

“A Picture is worth thousand words”

Then why is it so difficult to get such pictures in your camera? How do you capture that fleeting moment which leaves a lasting impression in our mind? How to add drama to commonplace happenings to make them convey the story?

These are the questions that will get answered in the next YPS Meet on July 16, Saturday at 6:30PM in the YPS Hall, Kanteerava Stadium. The person to show you how would be Mr. K Murali Kumar, Special News Photographer, THE HINDU.

Mr. K Murali Kumar

The effervescent Mr. Murali Kumar joined THE HINDU as Dark Room Assistant in 1997 and had steadily progressed to become Special News Photographer today. He was borne in Bengaluru in 1976 and completed his Diploma in Printing Technology before joining THE HINDU.

Some of the events covered by Mr. Murali Kumar:

• ISRO Moon Mission, Mars Mission
• Namma Metro
• Child labour in Bellary Minning for Frontline

Some of the sports events covered by him:

• Common Wealth Games in Delhi 2010
• WTA Royal Indian Open 2012
• Asian Athletics Championships in Pune 2013
• Football Federation Cup in Goa 2015
• South Asian Games in Guwahati 2016

His hobbies are Travelling, Bird Watching, Wildlife Photography and Music.

The best testimony for his works would be to search for Murali Kumar on Google and see the images attributed to his name. Here are some: