Bengaluru :
With cameras becoming more accessible and user-friendly, many people are developing a passion for photography. But setting the right frame for a perfect picture is something only a trained photographer would know.
Members of the 43-year-old Youth Photographic Society train aspiring photographers.
The group, founded in 1971, conducted a portrait workshop on May 22. The subjects for the portraits were Yakshagana artistes.
K S Srinivas, senior photographer and a group member, taught aspirants how to take pictures in different lights and various techniques in photography. The group also launched their website and a Facebook page on that day.
You can also sign up for regular lessons. “Regular workshops are conducted on first and third Saturdays where those interested get together to learn the nuances of photography,” says H Satish, president of the group since two months. “The workshops are taken by eminent photographers in the group.”
On June 4, the members will be taught macro photography and on June 5, they have planned an outing to Lal bagh.
The team also goes out together to click pictures. Their subjects change with season. “We go to Western Ghats in monsoon for macro photography. When it rains, smaller lifeforms such as insects and butterflies and frogs, come out,” he says.
They go for landscape photography from October to December to capture green expanses and waterfalls.
“The air also will be pure and sky will be clear,” says Satish who has been member of the group since 33 years.
As wildlife comes to watering holes in summer, the group journeys to spot them. These trips are planned for between March and May. They conduct an event called All India Photography Salon where about 5,000 entries come in every year. This is the 35th year of the competition to be held in October.
The group, which does not charge for the classes or workshops, also encourages the photographers by exhibiting their work at the their centre.
Deepak Kumar, a member of the group for 10 years, says, “My passion for photography made me join the group. I learnt the composition of pictures. As the senior photographers have worked on films (reels), they know the subject in depth. The workshops they conduct are quite enriching.”
The group is open to any photo enthusiasts 14 years and above. The one time membership fee is `500 for a year.
For details contact H Satish at 94486 87595.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Bengaluru / by Pratima Shantaveerish / Express News Service / May 26th, 2016