Honorary YPS is awarded to an individual, who rendered yeoman service to the Society, patronised the Society or for their exceptional contribution towards promotion of the Art of Photography and for their achievements in the field of photography
| DATE | NAME |
| 2025 | Prem Kumar B P Venkatram M L (posthumously) |
| 2024 | Krishnamurthy G S Vimal Parmar |
| 2024 | Adit Agarwala Ashok Kandimalla Dr Barun Kumar Sinha Harish M S Lakshminarayana Balepur |
| 2018 | Sethuram G Neginhal Viswanath M |
| 2017 | Allama Prabhu H N Murali Santhanam Praveen Kumar H V Rajaram K S |
| 2016 | Anantha Raj Md Arfan Asif Srinivasa Rao T S |
| Satish H | |
| 2001 | Dr Rao D V Srinivasa B |
| 1992 | Hebbar M S |
| 1990 | Hanumantha Rao E |
| Perumal T N A | |
| Rajagopal C | |
| Dr Thomas G |