GOLDEN JUBILEE PHOTO CHALLENGE – Decisive moment

YPS is pleased to announce theme-based Monthly Photography Contests for all the members, starting from June 2021 extending till April 2022. These contests are aimed at bringing out the best works of photography from our members demonstrating their creativity and expertise in various genres of photography. The themes have been hand-picked to promote diversification of talent through experimentation. The following are the themes selected:

  • Abstracts – June 2021
  • Negative Space – July 2021
  • Creative Blur – August 2021
  • Decisive Moment – September 2021
  • Geometry – October 2021
  • Mother & Child – November 2021
  • Contrast – December 2021
  • Emotions – January 2022
  • Noise – February 2022
  • Shadows – March 2022
  • Reflections – April 2022

To know more and to start submitting your best work, visit https://memex.ypsbengaluru.com

YPS INTERNATIONAL SALON 2021

Big news first! This Salon, being held in the Golden Jubilee Year, is FREE for all participants. Find more details of the salon here. We aim to make your participation experience seamless and memorable.

YPS just concluded the YPS All India Digital Salon with 13321 works from 1039 authors setting a new National record for the number of pictures submitted in an Indian Salon with FIP patronage. The Salon was free for everyone.

YPS is happy to follow this up with the YPS International Digital Salon 2021 for participation from anywhere in the world. YPS started in 1971 has completed 50 years. Growing from strength to strength, YPS blossomed into one of the largest clubs in India. Over the years, YPS has firmly established itself in the world of Salons as one of the most professionally run Salons. We aim to provide you a rich participating experience. YPS, continuing its journey to promote photography, has bundled several exciting features into this salon:

  • It is absolutely FREE for all participants from anywhere in the world.
  • With patronage from FIAP, PSA, ICS, MoL, GPU and FIP, there are over 160 awards to win.
  • Participants will continue to enjoy all the other features of YPS Salons, including 100% review of pictures, facility to revise pictures, Live Scores display, Certificates for Acceptances, Share-your-success tools and a lot more.

YPS International Digital Salon 2021 is open for participation from Sun, Aug 15, 2021 to photographers from all over the world.

Salon website: https://salon.ypsbengaluru.in

YPS Journal Dṛṣṭi wins at PSA Newsletter Contest

  • Overall Contest – Honorable Mention 5
  • Best Front Page
  • Best Use of Photography and
  • Best Table of Contents

Youth Photographic Society is a member of Photographic Society of America (PSA) since Sep, 2020.

Every year, PSA conducts a Newsletter contest for its member clubs, councils, and PSA Chapters with an electronic or printed newsletter of one page or more, published two times a year or more. The contest for the year 2021 was open between 01 March 2021 and 01 June 2021. Any newsletter published after June 01 of the previous year could be submitted.

Entries are independently reviewed by two sets of three qualified judges. Awards are determined based on the ratings assigned by the judges. Content, layout, good use of space and photos, neatness, ease in reading, simplicity, and style are of basic importance in this judging. 

Winning entries are awarded after the judging. Apart from overall contest winners, awards are also given for outstanding achievement in various categories such as Best Calendar presentation, etc. YPS took part in this contest in the ‘Large Clubs’ group (clubs with more than 75 members), submitting the Feb 2021 issue of “Dṛṣṭi” as its entry and came away with many awards in its kitty.

Team Dṛṣṭi 

Editor 
H Satish MFIAP, MICS, ARPS, cMoL, Hon MFIP (Nature), Hon YPS 

Editorial Team
Ananth Kamat AFIP
B V Prakash 
Digwas Bellemane EFIAP/b, EPSA, EFIP, EIUP, cMoL, A.CPE
M S Kakade
Prema Kakade EFIAP, EFIP, GPA.PESGSPC, cMoL, A.CPE
V Madhusudana D Rao AFIAP, cMoL 

Design:
Graphics: Arun Poovaiah
Layout: Rajasimha Sathyanarayana AFIAP, AFIP, cMoL
Page Design: Digwas Bellemane EFIAP/b, EPSA, EFIP, EIUP, cMoL, A.CPE

-Anitha Mysore,
EFIAP/b, MPSA, EIUP, c**MoL, GPU CR-4, AAPS, EFIP, EFIP/g, EFIP/g (Nature), A.CPE, GPA, PESGSPC, G. APS, ES.CPE
YPS representative for PSA