YPS Saturday Meet | Dec 10, Sat | 5.30 PM | S2 E8 | On-line Meet

As a nature photographer, Mr Kedar Bhide always felt the need to create advocates for a species or a landscape or an ecosystem through his photographs, in order to highlight the sustainability and survivability of such elements from anthropogenic pressures. He says “Many times what we miss out are the smaller things which are the building blocks for a whole package called NATURE.  Macro photography allows me to highlight these small and beautiful creatures with their amazing adaptability in their surroundings. When I spoke to some school kids about ‘Saving our oceans’ I found that their idea of the ocean is mostly limited to whales, dolphins, sharks, seals and other mega fauna of the oceans. These are small efforts to create a deeper understanding of our oceans through macro photography.”

About the Presenter

Mr Kedar Bhide

Kedar Bhide is Managing Director at Nature Works (www.natureworksindia.com). The company is involved in Fine Art Archival printing, Photography services, Community Initiatives & Environmental services. Before starting this initiative through his passion of wildlife photography and conservation for the last three decades, he has been at various national & global leadership positions with multinationals like Sumitomo, BASF & Tagros Chemicals in the field of Environmental Health.

Kedar is also an ophiologist and presently works on snake bite death mitigation through his campaign ‘ZERO BITES’ with other global and national partners. He has been instrumental in two first reports of snake species from India, Sindh Awl Headed Snake from Rajasthan and Kaulback Pit Viper from Arunachal Pradesh. The work of Arunachal Pradesh was also featured in an Animal Planet Documentary called ‘When Bamboo Flowers’. He has also received a National Award for his work on snake conservation from Indian Herpetological Society.

His photography work has been used in many books and publications on wildlife and nature in India and abroad. He has been a judge for nature and wildlife themes in various photography competitions including Better Photography’s Photographer Of The Year, for 5 years, as well as Thane Mayor’s Photography Competition in 2016. He has also done a solo exhibition ‘Top, Bottom & Everything in Between’ in October 2017 at Jehangir Art Gallery to showcase Biodiversity of India which was very well received. He has also been a part of a group exhibition ‘Beyond Camera’ at NCPA in 2018, Times Sanskruti Art Festival in 2019 in the Master’s Art Gallery. His photographs have also been published in various publications and books like ‘Moments from the Wild -The Best of Indian Wildlife Photography’ by Better Photography in the years 2017 and 2018. He is also an Associate Member of the International League of Conservation Writers (ILCW).

He keeps exploring nature through his photography, loves scuba diving, off-roading and occasionally known to write poetry through his blog, ‘Beyond Salvage’ on eblogger.

Website:  www.kedarbhide.com

Language: English

Do join us on 10 December, 2022, 5:30 pm IST on Google Meet at the usual coordinates

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Note: Registration is NOT necessary and look forward to seeing you all this Saturday at 5:15 PM IST.

Some salient features of YPS Saturday Meets:

• Exclusively for Members.
• Hear and be heard – These are interactive sessions and not talk shows.
• Discuss and learn from real Member Pictures for absolute learning for every one.
• Opinion from experts and knowledge from everyone who wants to share.

Some Google Meet Self-Disciplines to be followed to make the experience memorable for everyone:

• Do not interrupt when something is being presented. Keep a note of questions and ask them at the end when moderator opens the floor for questions.
• Keep your lines muted when not talking or asking questions.
• Keep your question and discussions brief and to the point.
• If you cannot get the required answer in two discussions, take them offline with the panel member.
• All pictures to be discussed should be uploaded here before the end date. We cannot receive pictures over WhatsApp or email for discussion.

-YPS Executive Committee