MONTHLY MEETINGS

Member's monthly meeting 18th June 2022 (3rd Saturday)

About the Guest Speaker

Ram Manoharan, is a Marine engineer by profession. He has sailed around the World for a decade and has developed a passion for photography during his travel days. Last year, he completed his master’s degree in Business Management in New Zealand, and at the same time, made his earnest interest to level up his photographic skill.

Ram has been with the Photographic Society of Madras since 2015. He is also a member of the Waikato Photographic Society (Hamilton) and the Porirua Photography Club (Wellington). He has received a couple of recognitions in New Zealand in the last two years (Photojournalism awards 2021 & 2022) and interclub honours are a few to mention.


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Member's monthly meeting 21th May 2022

About the Guest Speaker

Radhakrishnan Chakyat is the Founder and Host at Pixel Village, a popular Photography YouTube channel and Online Photography Education Website.

He is commercial photographer based in Mumbai, with more than two decades of experience in photographing Celebrities, People, Lifestyle and Architecture.

Website:
www.seeradha.com



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Member's monthly meeting 21th May 2022 (3rd Saturday)

About the Guest Speaker

Radhakrishnan Chakyat is the Founder and Host at Pixel Village, a popular Photography YouTube channel and Online Photography Education Website.

He is commercial photographer based in Mumbai, with more than two decades of experience in photographing Celebrities, People, Lifestyle and Architecture.

Website:
www.seeradha.com

Youtube:
https://youtube.com/c/PIXELVIILAGE


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Member's monthly meeting 24th April 2022(Sunday)

"Food Photography - By Mr. Ashwin V"

Ashwin is a Chennai-based food photographer, with a professional qualification in photography from the UK and 7 years of field experience.

He creates advertising images for F&B brands as well as helps hobbyist food photographers get better at their craft.


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19th March 2022 - Member's monthly meeting WEB BASED using ZOOM

About the Guest Speaker

Prathap is a passionate nature photographer and the founder of Nature Photography Simplified. He swears by simplicity and writes easy-to-follow instructional articles for anyone interested to learn about nature photography.

His most popular free eBook Bird Photography SETTINGS for Making SHARP Images has played a significant role in helping thousands of photographers from around the world to get sharp images of birds.

You can follow Prathap on Facebook | Instagram | YouTube.


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February, 2022 - Member's monthly meeting WEB BASED using ZOOM

About the Guest Speaker

Nithya Radhakrishnan is a botanical artist and photographer specialising in 'Surreal Flora Photography'. A dreamer and lover of all things aesthetic, she spends her leisure time chasing and capturing wild flowers. Having born to parents who were both Botanists, she picked up an interest in Botany, plants and flowers from a very young age. As a child, she accompanied them for plant collection tours and started learning botanical names of plants and was able to identify plants by their binomials right from 3 years of age. She grew up listening to botanical stories and owes her flair and attachment to nature and plants to those wonderful years. A house filled with the scent of herbarium is where she grew up. She showcases her love affair with flowers by framing their mesmerising details, unique colours and unbeatable beauty. She is also an artist specializing in watercolour and gouache florals and landscapes. She has recently picked up an interest for Cyanotypes which she showcases in her Instagram profile 'The Studio Botanika'. She works as a Creative Director for a leading B2B Marketing Agency in Chennai-India, and counts singing and paper crafting as her other avid passions. You can follow her works on:

www.instagram.com/nithsphotography

www.instagram.com/thestudiobotanika

www.fb.com/nithsphotography


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About Mr J Ramanan

A practicing architect, a photographer, exhibitor, born in the year 1953. Has been in the field of photography, since the age of 10, for nearly 6 decades.

Has been a Member of PSM since the nineteen sixties.

A Graduate in Architecture and Post Graduate in City Planning.

40 years climbing experience in the Himalaya and the Western Ghats along with wife, Vrinda.

Completed Basic, Advanced Mountaineering Courses at Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi in 1975-76.

Member of Pre-Everest team in 1982 and selected to be part of Everest team.

Held many One man shows in many major cities, Inaugurated by stalwarts like

Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary, Junko Tabei, Vyjayanthimala Bali, T.N.A.

Perumal, Cricketer Krishnamachari Srikanth and N. Ram of The Hindu.

Conducts rock climbing, treks, nature workshops in the Himalaya and the Western Ghats.

Established Bala Kala Vidhanam a centre for Yoga, Bharatha Natyam and Advaita Vedanta classes

Founded The Science and Adventure Club- affiliated to The Indian Mountaineering Foundation, New Delhi.

Has authored the following coffee table books that features some of his best photographs.


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About Mr Ajay Sood

His Brief Profile:

Getty Photographer.

Award Winning Travel & Architectural Photographer.

Photo Journalist.

Photo Jurist.

Photo Educator - conducted 100+ Photography Workshops.

Photo Tour Director for various Travel Houses and Times Passion Trails.

Speaker on Travel and Photography in Domestic & International Conferences (including 5 TBEXs).

Invitee to many Radio Talk Shows on Travel and Photography, on private FM Channels as well as AIR.


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About Mr Anupam Thombre

Anupam is a wildlife photographer and a photography and post-processing mentor by profession. He started Wildlife Photography as a hobby in 2014, and took it up as a full time profession in 2020.

He was a commercial photographer by profession but passion for teaching took over which motivated him to take this step, backed by his family's support.

His love and attraction towards photography was ignited by his grandfather with his collection of Minoltas, Yashicas and Rolleiflexes which he still possesses as a fond memory.

He has taught over 1000 students since April 2020 and loves travelling and teaching on-field in the jungles and forests of India. Anupam believes in a 60-40% ratio of on-field photography and Post processing.

With lack of any guidance and training during his learning days, he is a self taught and experimental photographer.

He strives that his students get the maximum out of their time and energy spent along with him on the field and in the digital darkroom


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About Mr Raghavan ‘Rags’ Chellam

Raghavan ‘Rags’ Chellam has been taking photos since he was nine years old, starting off with a Kodak Brownie and upgrading gear as time went by. On this life long journey into the vast genres in photography, he’s been there and done that – portraiture, nature and wildlife, sports, macro, etc., till he found his calling in documenting the human condition – a pleasant pursuit that is Street and Travel photography, and the urge to capture the fleeting moment in camera. He matured from the era of film, experimenting in his home darkroom at a time when photography was both Physics and Chemistry - until today’s digital age of instant gratification. He has travelled extensively with his cameras as permanent accessories.

He has a multitude of interests – he is a guitarist/singer, a photographer and visual artist, writer, Bird watcher, was on the Board of Trustees Chennai Snake Park for 22 years, a member of the Chennai Rifle Club since 1985 winning bronze medals twice for Tamilnadu in target shooting. He is a D-I-Y handyman and is usually tinkering around at his fully loaded workshop at home. He collects scale model motorcycles and watches.

After wearing many professional hats, he has been working for the past five years as a facilitator with The Learning Community @ Quest (now at Besant Nagar) under the umbrella of their prestigious Unschooling Project. He derives immense pleasure in sharing his hobbies and interests with eager children both at Quest and otherwise.


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About Mr K Jayaram

Studied Psychology and Economics from Madras University.

Started Photography while at 8th standards in School in 1962.

Started with a Agfa box roll film camera of eight exposures.

Took part in over 300 National and International Salons of Photography between 1969 and 2000 and won many top awards and honours.

Was awarded the Honour A.R.P.S. ( Associate of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain ) in 1978 for macro photography.

Was awarded the Honour A.F.I.A.P. ( Artist of the International Federation of Photographic Art – Europe – UNESCO ) in 1985 for nature photography.

Was awarded the Master Honour E.F.I.A.P ( Excellency in the International Federation of Photographic Art – Europe – UNESCO ) in 1989 for nature photography.


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PSM invites you for a talk by Mr Pandula Bandara on "Creating Art through Photography"

Mr. Pandula Bandara is the Managing Director at Theme Brand Solutions [Pvt.] Ltd, a company in the field of advertising. In 2017 amid stressful schedules at work, he decided to follow a course at PSSL and it was there he realized where his passion was. There onwards he worked towards gaining sound knowledge in the field of photography. Being a firm believer in the old saying that practice makes perfect, he participated in many photography field trips, workshops and studio shoots to constantly update his skills. Since the beginning Sony Alpha cameras has been able to bring out his identity and has created pathways to enter in many international photographic exhibitions and competitions where he has been judged on his abilities as a photographer.


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PSM invites you for a talk by Mr Prasad Malgaonkar on "Seacscape"

About Prasad Malgaonkar

Mr Malgaonkar was born & brought up in Mumbai. He is a science graduate by education & spent more than 2 decades working with some of the leading Pharma organisations of India. One day he was watching a movie known as “Secret Life of Walter Mitty” & this movie somehow inspired him to take up a hobby to satisfy that “Hunger of Art"

So he started to explore the avenues for photography on a DSLR he brought earlier in 2011 which till then was mostly used in Auto mode. He came across wildlife & conservation group DCP Expedition and the knowledge of his fellow photographers proved to be a turning point. Looking through the viewfinder,


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PSM invites you for a talk by Mr Siddharth 'Sid' Mantri on "Image Editing"

About Siddharth Mantri

Siddharth Mantri, known as Sid is an engineer and photographer from Bombay, India living and working in Spain. His photography work specializes in showcasing the beauty of Spain, especially the Mediterranean coast and the Canary Islands.


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PSM invites you for a talk by Mr Anup Gandhe on "Heritage & Architecture Photography"

About Anup Gandhe

Anup Gandhe is an architect based in Pune. Being an architect, he was always mesmerized by the cultural heritage of India.

Our architectural legacy and its monumental scale fascinate him. ‘Vastuchitra‘ is trying to recreate the milieu in which these cultures originated and flourished. He chooses the monuments that bring out the cultural nuances of the diverse cultures that prospered in our country. He tries to capture this legacy with different perspectives.


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PSM invites you for a talk by Mr Hayath Mohammed on "Macro Photography"

About Hayath Mohammed

Hayath Mohammed is an IT professional who takes to nature to keep the sanity levels in check. Born and brought up in Bangalore, open areas during the developing era fuelled the interest towards insects and butterflies.

He now uses macro photography as a means of exploration and as a mode of showcasing the many wonders of the arthropod world to the human world.


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PSM invites you for a talk by Mr H SATISH on "The Art of Wildlife Photography"

The art of playing with light and presenting things ordinary in extraordinary perspective, the portrayal of nature in its finest detail, and to capture the various human emotions in all its glory is what distinguishes Satish. The urge to play is but natural to any child, but to play with light and bring forth beautiful images at the age of 12 is sheer prodigy. It is this gift of nature that made him take up cinematography in his academic stint. It was during his graduation that he started to capture nature in all its glory, naturally flowed appreciation and awards in both nature and pictorial sections of photography contests the world over.Satish has been honored with International Distinctions. viz:


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PSM invites you for a talk by Mr Sam Kumar on "Dance Photography"

After completing Masters degree in Computer Science at IIT Mumbai, Sam Kumar started his professional career as a Consultant at TCS, a Global IT Services company. After 6 years, he joined a leading IT Consulting Company in New Jersey, USA. As a part of his work, he lived in US, UK, Holland, Australia, Dubai, Singapore and Malaysia for over 15 years working for international corporations. During his stay abroad, he studied Photography and attended many Master classes and Workshops. After two decades of international corporate life Sam Kumar returned home to Chennai and shifted to his passions – Photography and Film making.

In 2010 he founded Mirage Film Institute in Chennai with an aim to share his knowledge and experience.


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PSM is pleased to announce the program for January 2021

From Vedanthangal to Himalayas - By Mr. Mr Samyak Kaninde

His journey into serious photography started right from the time he joined PSM way back in 2008 when he had come for a free program on wildlife and joined for a trip to Vedanthangal on a sunday. The friends he made from PSM not just added to his photography skills, the encouragement from members also helped him push in his creative pursuit to do better in the field of photography.

Samyak is an experienced and award-winning Wildlife Photographer. He is a keen naturalist and loves to spend time observing the wild. He has special love for High Altitude mountains along with north eastern forests for the unique flora and fauna that inhabit these inaccessible places.

He has an experience of more than a decade in nature and wildlife photography. His images not just represent the aesthetic beauty of nature but also capture the stress and problems, the natural world habitat is facing. His images have helped to catch and fine the poachers, highlight conservation issues and awareness campaigns. He strongly believes that 'photography is an important tool for not just bringing out the beauty of nature but making a difference to save what is remaining around us'.

His photo stories and nature writings are published in various magazines, newspapers, coffee table books & nature education materials. More info and awards can be found at : http://samyakkaninde.com/about.html


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PSM is pleased to announce the program for December 2020

Swaminathan is a Bio-Medical Engineer by profession.

He was dealing in lifesaving devices for the treatment of Heart disease during most part of his career life.

He was the Director of Cardiac Surgery business for a leading International company and had significantly contributed to the introduction and growth of modern medical technology in India in the field of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery such as Heart Pacemaker and Beating Heart Surgery.

He is a Photographer by passion and has travelled across India and abroad for nature, landscape, people and wildlife photography.

Many of his Photographs are accepted in National and International photo salons and have received awards.

He was the President of Photographic Society of Madras, the oldest in India and one of the oldest Photography Clubs in the world, during 2017-19.


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PSM is pleased to announce the program for November 2020

Wildlife Photography - By Mr. Aman Wilson


Mr Aman Wilson started out as a Commercial Pilot but soon the photography bug bit him. From the time he picked up the camera there has been no looking back. He has travelled all over India and a few other countries for his photographic passion. Due to his passion he is blessed to be working as the Manager for the Technical Department at Nikon which is one of the finest imaging brands in the world.

Apart from shooting everything which catches his eye, wildlife have always been his favourite photography genre. To him “Learning is a never ending process, the more you learn the better you grow”. He gives importance to quality than quantity and works towards finding unique shots each time he picks up his camera.


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PSM is pleased to announce the program for November 2020

Hampi - The World Heritage Site - By Mr. Ramanidharan Ramaswamy


He has been a photographer since 1978 and has around 42 years of practical experience in various genres of photography including Events, Fashion, Products, Advertising, Wildlife, Architecture. He was trained by Late Mr. Harry Miller on photography and photo journalism.

He was photographer for the following advertising agencies like krishnaswamy Associates, Mudra, Sound and Sight, Adwave, R.K. Swamy, etc.

Accolades:

  • Meritorious Service Award for the outstanding performance and achievements in Monument / Sculpture Photography, presented by the International Camera Fair, September 2014

  • Masters of Photography award from BEST PHOTOGRPHY, a photography magazine, August 2016

  • Photo story series on Hampi featured in the Tamil monthly e- magazine "Obscura" during the months of April & May 2017 pictures on South Indian Temples exhibited and a special mention was made about his photos in the Indian Express on 20.07.2011

  • He guides students on photographing the architectural marvels of Cholas, Hoysalas and Vijayanagara Empire

  • He regularly conducts workshops and photography tours to Hampi, Kancheepuram, Belur, Halebedu & Thanjavur (Architecture) and Bandipur, Nagarhole, Kabini, Ranganathittu, Tadoba, Kanha, Bandhavgarh (Wildlife & bird photography) for the members of Photographic Society of Madras and students of visual communication. Also conducts workshops on portrait lighting

  • He was Faculty in the Dept. Of Visual Communication, S.S.S. Jain College For Women, T. Nagar, Chennai between 2006 to 2014. He was a banker prior to that and briefly worked with Anna University as well as part time faculty


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PSM is pleased to announce the program for October 2020

The Art of Abstract Photography - By Mr. Vimal Parmar


Mr. Vimal Parmar is an Independent Marketing Consultant with over 36 years’ experience in the imaging industry. He has managed a diverse range of B2B and B2C products – Photographic equipment and consumables; Graphic art material; Medical imaging films & chemicals; Inkjet, coated and business papers, Synthetic substrates etc. in the area of Sales & Marketing, Product Management, Technical Support, Consumer Research.

He was Jury Panel Member: Better Photography Wedding Photographer of the Year 2014-15 and Shutter Bugs Creative Forum. A Dubai based photography group and was Jury for Smart Photography Award 2016 – The Most Prestigious Camera of the Year.

He has delivered talks on digital substrates and printing technology at various forums. He has donated over 200+ photographs that are on display in patient rooms and wards of a hospital in Mumbai. He played a key role in launching the following products in India - Resin coated sensitized B&W photo papers, Chlorobromide and Multigrade B&W photo papers, Photo-typesetting paper and Instant ID photo-lab with reversal paper.

Trivia: Naming of a Mahindra vehicle – Draco He designed and supported launch of faceshield for protection against Covid19. His interests: Photography, Food, Travel, Music, Graphic Arts, Social Media, Reading, Chai pe gupshup.


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PSM is pleased to announce the program for September 2020

DSLR Camera Vs Mirrorless Camera - By Mr. Rohinton Mehta


Mr Rohinton Mehta started serious photography as a hobby in 1973. He is a self-taught photographer. (The only professional training that he had was sometime in 1978 when he did a small course in Industrial Photography under the guidance of the late Mitter Bedi).

He was appointed as an honorary teacher of photography at The Photographic Society of India (PSI) in 1975, where he taught at a stretch for 25 years. He also taught a photography module to the students of photojournalism at XIC (Xavier Institute of Communication) in Mumbai for 12-13 years. He taught photography to students of a well-known photography school for about 2 1/2 years. Since the last couple of years, at the request of PSI, he has been conducting photography classes once again for PSI students (there has been no class since the last 5-6 months due to Covid 19).

Currently, he is the Technical Editor of Smart Photography magazine, published every month from Mumbai. He has judged several photo competitions, including one International Photo Competition in Sri Lanka. He has conducted digital workshops in certain Indian cities.


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PSM is pleased to announce the program for July 2020

Visual Story-telling - from the Heart and the Mind - By Mr. Dinesh Khanna


Dinesh Khanna has been working as a Professional Photographer for 30 years with an eclectic blend of commercial and personal work. For advertising and corporate clients, he has been shooting food, people and interiors and he also does visual documentation for NGOs and social organizations.

His personal work has been published as acclaimed books like ‘Bazaar’ and ‘Living Faith.’ The latest books he has worked on are - “Right of the Line – The President’s Bodyguard” and “Life in Rashtrapati Bhawan’ which have been commissioned by the Rashtrapati Bhawan and Sahapedia. Over the years his work has also been shown in solo and group shows in galleries from Delhi to New York and Varanasi to San Francisco.

Dinesh is a Managing Trustee of Nazar Foundation, and one of the Co-founders of the Delhi Photo Festival and was also a Photography Curator for the Serendipity Arts Festival. He also teaches Photography in various institutions and conducts workshops. He is a Director of the Dhrish Academy of Photography at the Museo Camera, in Gurgaon and Consultant with Sahapedia.


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Member's monthly meeting WEB BASED using ZOOM 27 June 2020 (Saturday) Composition in Wildlife photography By Mr. Sachin Rai

PSM is pleased to announce the program for June 2020

Composition in wildlife photography - By Mr. Sachin Rai


Mr Sachin Rai, is a professional photographer from India and he has traveled to many countries in search of rare, elusive and curious species. He has been photographing Wildlife and its vanishing habitats for about two decades before which he was involved with a digital media design venture.

He conducts personalized and fixed departure photography tours across the world . He has mentored many aspiring photographers and led nearly a hundred tours and conducted nature trails within and outside India, including in destinations like Borneo, Tanzania, Brazil, Ethiopia etc.


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Member's monthly meeting WEB BASED using ZOOM 23 May 2020 (Saturday) High Altitude Trekking By Mr. Vijaykumar Duraiarasan

PSM is pleased to announce the program for May 2020

High Altitude Trekking - By Mr. Vijaykumar Duraiarasan


A computer science engineer by education and a software developer by profession.

He always has an intense desire for photography both for pleasure as well as documenting geological interests.

Besides his professional responsibilities, he is a passionate traveller, travel writer, adventurer and a photographer. His photographic genres include adventure, landscape and astrophotography. He blogs at http://www.xplorewithVijay.com. Beginning in 2015, he has accomplished journeys to seven Himalayan ranges spread across five Indian states. His photographs have been featured in Nat Geo Traveller India, and Outdoor traveller , a US based photography magazine for their respective photo contests. He had been an integral part of the content management team of Indian Mountaineering Festival (IMF) for their annual event “ Mountain Film Festival for the year 2018.”


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Member's monthly meeting 25 April 2020 (Saturday) Why Exposures Go Wrong By Mr. Ashok Kandimalla

PSM is pleased to announce the program for April 2020

Why exposures go wrong - By Mr. Ashok Kandimalla


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Member's monthly meeting 29th February 2020 (Saturday) Shooting and Processing for Monochrome By Mr. Jayanand Govindaraj

PSM is pleased to announce the program for February 2020

Shooting and Processing for Monochrome - By Mr. Jayanand Govindaraj - PSM Life Member and Past Vice-President


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Member's monthly meeting 25th January 2020 (Saturday) Landscapes By Mr. Swaminathan. M at ICAT Design & Media College, Santhome High Road, Mylapore

PSM wishes its members a very Happy and prosperous New Year 2020

PSM is pleased to announce the program for January 2020

Landscapes - By Mr. Swaminathan M - PSM Life Member and Past President


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Member's monthly meeting 29th February 2020 (Saturday) Shooting and Processing for Monochrome By Mr. Jayanand Govindaraj

PSM is pleased to announce the program for February 2020

Shooting and Processing for Monochrome - By Mr. Jayanand Govindaraj - PSM Life Member and Past Vice-President


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Member's monthly meeting 21st December 2019 (Saturday) Breaching the Creativity wall A perspective By Mr. Subramanian P.V at PS High School, Mylapore

PSM is pleased to announce the program for December 2019

"Breaching the Creativity wall - A perspective - By Mr. Subramanian PV"


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Subramanian PV (PV) is a CA and MIT Sloan Alumni. Having started his career with GE, he has held various leadership roles in Corporates, during a career spanning 20 years.

In 2017 he founded www.kitkarma.com, India's first safe, peer to peer, photo/video equipment sharing platform and currently runs it.

PV has been a photographer for the last 31 years and commercially active for the last 10 years as an international wedding and portrait photographer. He is a well known figure in the photography industry and is a mentor for two global brands, in India, namely Profoto and Ilford Films. He still shoots Analog alongside digital, especially in Large Format. He is an avid follower of the photography industry and a commentator on the ever changing photography landscape and its impact on the art. His work can be seen on www.thirdeyestudio.net and www.mirrorlessness.com.

His latest venture is Rolling Tusker Films (@rolling_tusker_films), a premium, wedding film production company.

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Member's monthly meeting 23rd November 2019(Saturday) Photo Journalism By Mr. M. Lakshmanan at PS High School, Mylapore

PSM is happy to announce the program for November 2019 "Photo Journalism - By Mr. M. Lakshmanan"

The coverage of journalism in three parts

a) Local print media
b) National Magazines
c) International News Agency

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Mr. M. Lakshmanan is a key Faculty at SENTIENT (an Institute for Diploma and Certificate Course in Professional Photography) since 2009. Teaching Photography and basic courses on Video-graphy for Visual Communication students and Guest Lecturer at various Visual communication Colleges in Tamil Nadu.

Worked as Chief Photo Editor with DINAMALAR for one year contract basis, Jan to Dec. 2018.

Worked as Deputy Editor (Photo) / Principal Photo Co-Ordinator with Press Trust of India (PTI), New Delhi – May 2008 to March 2009. -Editing pictures from all over India and selection of AP pictures, coordinating nearly 165 photographers to fulfill the subscribers worldwide. Responsible to shoot images of Spot News, Sports, Health and Environment, Off-beats and features on various subjects.

Worked as Photographer with The Associated Press (AP) Chennai - 6 years 5th Sept. 2002 – 20th May 2008. Stationed at Chennai, responsible for all type of national/international interested news related images / photo features to world-wide media. Responsible for images for various national/international clients, image editing and archiving of images etc.

Worked as Staff Photographer with The Hindu, in New Delhi - 6 years, March 1996 to Aug. 2002.

Photographer, Icon Softec, New Delhi, July 1995 to Feb 1996.

Photography Assistant, National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi from Mar. 1992 to Mar. 1995. Responsible for shooting plays in low light photography, archiving, documentation and making exhibition prints for their all india activities.

Photographer, Dinamalar, a National Tamil Daily, Madurai – July 1988 to Apr. 1991.

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Member's monthly meeting 12th October 2019(Second Saturday) Bird Photography By: Mr. Saravanan Janakarajan at PS High School, Mylapore

PSM is happy to announce the program for October 2019

"Bird Photography - By Mr. Saravanan Janakarajan"

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Member's monthly meeting 28th September 2019 (Saturday) Wedding Photography By: Mr. Pon Prabakaran at PS High School, Mylapore

PSM is happy to announce the program for September 2019

"Wedding Photography" - By Mr. Pon Prabakaran -- Winner of the Best Wedding photographer of the year 2018 held by Better Photography

Article in the Press: Link

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Mr. Pon Prabarakan

Starting off his career as a part-timer in a studio during college days, and was drawn into photography while editing photos taken in the studio. As days went by, his interest in photography grew and he became passionate about it. He continued learning more and made many friends in the process.

The past five years have been truly enriching as far as the experience he has gained.

As days turned into months and months into years, he realised wedding photojournalism is his forte, and strong point. Trying to break free from the mainstream wedding photography, he realised capturing special moments at weddings from a different perspective is a lot more satisfying. He is of the opinion that the best way to shoot wedding photographs is when the people are not posing for the camera, resulting in photos filled with soul and honest emotions..

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Member's monthly meeting 24th August 2019(Saturday) Confluence 2019 Perspective of the Juries and the Printer on the entries received at PS High School, Mylapore

PSM is happy to announce the program for August 2019- "Confluence 2019 - Perspectives of Juries and Printer" a special presentation regarding the quality of pictures submitted for Confluence 2019 Members photo exhibition.

We have successfully conducted Confluence 2019 and the Exhibition was well received by the visitors and the quality and selection of photos were well appreciated. Credit goes to the Members of the Jury, who are the speakers for the Aug monthly meeting and Nara for printing. We get feedback from members that they want to know the basis of selection on which some of their images were selected and others were rejected though they were good in their perception. Also while printing, Nara had to further process the pictures in order to get a quality output as required by Exhibition standards.

To answer queries on selections and rejections, we requested the Members of the Jury and the Printer, to handle a session on what they look for as a jury in the entries and Nara to discuss on how the post processing of image can be improved to get a quality print suitable for Exhibition.

We feel this feedback session will help members in selection of photos for exhibitions / salons / competitions etc.

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Ashok Kandimalla has been in the field of photography for more than three decades and has extensive experience in both film and digital photography. He has published more than 100 articles and many technical reviews in all the leading Indian photographic magazines as well as FIP’s Viewfinder. Some of his writings have also been published in the well-known US Magazine, Popular Photography. He has extensive knowledge of the Nikon system.


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S A Ramesh took to photography at a young age when his uncle gifted him an Agfa Click 3 box camera. Since then, photography has been his passion. He has participated in many competitions and won awards in many categories. Ramesh has had solo photographic exhibitions in various cities of Malaysia as part of the “Penang International Festival” and “Festival of India” . He has also participated in many Group exhibitions in India.


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Nara Simhan A photographer with a special liking for Landscapes, animals and environmental portraits.


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Member's monthly meeting 27th July 2019(Saturday) Printing - Technical Presentation and Demo at HP Redington Guindy

PSM is happy to announce the program for July 2019 -- "Printing - Digital Offset" -- a special technical presentation (and print demo) at HP Redington office, Guindy, on their latest printing equipment line-up. Members can get their pictures printed at the venue.

Members, please note:
* Meeting venue is at HP Redington-Guindy. Map and instructions given below
* Program starts at 5.15 pm


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Member's monthly meeting 29th June 2019(Saturday) Technical Presentation and Hands-on Demo By Olympus Cameras Photographer and Social Responsibility by Mr. SHAJU JOHN, Deputy Photo Editor, The Hindu, Chennai

PSM is happy to announce the program for June 2019 -- "Photographer and Social Responsibility" - by Mr. Shaju John, Deputy Photo Editor, THE HINDU.

We also have a special technical presentation (and a hands-on demo) by Olympus Cameras, on their latest Cameras and Lenses. Members can try their latest equipment at the venue of the monthly meeting.


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Mr. Shaju John, Deputy Photo Editor, The Hindu, Chennai

Mr. Shaju John has been working as a photojournalist for the past thirty three years and covered several National and International assignments for many organisations. He has worked as photojournalist in newspapers like The Hindu more than 15 years. Done several coffee table books and photo documentations on schemes and projects of various organisations like UNDP, UNICEF, World Bank, Several National and international NGOs etc, and also for Indian & State Governments. He is currently working as the Deputy Photo Editor, The Hindu, National Newspaper based in Chennai.

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Member's monthly meeting 25th May 2019 (Saturday) Everyday Landscape photography; Anatomy of Histogram by Mr Rithwik V.J.

PSM is happy to announce the program for May 2019 -- "Everyday Landscape photography; Anatomy of Histogram" - by Mr. Rithwik V.J, PSM Life Member & Past President


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A software professional, a trained mountaineer and hiker, a passionate photographer, a keen observer and learner. Member of PSM since 2007. A learned photographer who pursues photography as a hobby. He has travelled to many places in India for the purpose of landscape photography. He is perhaps the only few lucky enough to witness the Neela Kurinji Mass bloom deep inside Eravikulam National Park. He has many awards and laurels to his credit; latest one is the "Junior Fellowship Award" by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Known for his technical acumen and the application of this knowledge on the field is something which he is always passionate about sharing. As in any technical field, he believes there is a gap between technology and art and craft, how the technique mixes with art. When its done in the right proportion the outcomes are often repeatable, predictable and artistically appealing.

Mr Rithwik will be sharing his experience on shooting every day landscape. Mixing technique with art always provides a new horizon to look at everyday landscape in new perspective and there for creates appealing images even from your backyard. But here experiencing the technology to create images to make it appealing is the key.

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Member's monthly meeting 27th April 2019(Saturday) Exotic Galapagos Islands A Photo experience by Mr Jayanand Govindaraj, PSM Life Member & Vice President

PSM is happy to announce the program for April 2019 -- "Exotic Galapagos Islands" a Photo experience by Mr. Jayanand Govindaraj, PSM Life Member & Vice President


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Jayanand Govindaraj is best described as a serious amateur photographer. His interest in photography was kindled as a nine-year-old when his grandfather gifted him with a Kodak Retinette 1B, which he still proudly owns. After a career in State Bank of India, Citibank and as promoter-director of Anush Shares and Securities, Jayanand now has the time to follow his passion. Over the last decade his subjects of interest have progressively focused on wildlife, nature and street photography. He has travelled widely on wildlife photosafaris, both in India and around the world. Jayanand also prints all the photographs himself to ensure the right colour balance that he has in his mind's eye. He has received the Highly Honoured Certificate in the African Wildlife category of the prestigious Nature's Best Photography Winland Smith Rice Award.

Jayanand Govindaraj will share his photo experience from his recent trip to the exotic Galapagos Islands.

The Galápagos Islands, a province of the Republic of Ecuador in South America, are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on either side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean, 906 kms west of continental Ecuador. The islands are known for their large number of endemic species and were studied by Charles Darwin during the second voyage of HMS Beagle. His observations and collections contributed to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by means of natural selection.

The Galápagos Islands and their surrounding waters form the Galápagos Province of Ecuador, the Galápagos National Park, and the Galápagos Marine Reserve. The principal language on the islands is Spanish. The islands have a population of slightly over 25,000.

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Member's monthly meeting 23rd March 2019(Saturday) "From Capture to Print - Birding and Photography" by Mr. Srirama Raja

PSM is happy to announce the program for March 2019 -- "From Capture to Print - Birding and Photography - By Mr. Srirama Raja"


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Srirama Raja, a Life member in PSM, is a keen photographer of Nature and Wildlife. He has travelled widely to many remote places in India & Nepal and to many National parks in India, USA, Canada and East Africa. His photography interests were kindled at an early age by his father and by browsing through National geographic Magazines. He has conducted many photography exhibitions on wildlife in Chennai, some of them were all by himself.

According to Srirama Raja, Birding is more than just a hobby, it is a good exercise, a popular activity for all ages and a great companion to many other hobbies - in this case Photography. He prints his images all by himself.

He will share his vast experience in photography as well as his technical knowledge on printing the images with PSM members this month.

He lives in Chennai and is currently the CEO of RT-Medibus company.

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Member's monthly meeting 23rd February 2019(Saturday) "A Journey from Photo Journalism to Cinematography" by Mr. K. Ravi Shankaran a.k.a Wideangle Ravishankaran

PSM is happy to announce the program for February 2019 -- "A Journey from Photo Journalism to Cinematography - By Mr. K Ravishankaran"

In addition, we will also be having the Asokan Awards 2019 - results and prize distribution at the start of the monthly meeting. Mr. Asokan's family members will be present to give away the awards to winning participants.


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K. Ravi Shankaran Known as WIDE ANGLE RAVISHANKARAN in the industry is a Graduate, started his career as Photo-Journalist and switched over to cinematography in 2001.

He worked as staff photographer for leading publications INDIAN EXPRESS and INDIA TODAY before branching off as an independent photographer that lead to his contributions for business publications like BUSINESS TODAY, INTELLIGENT INVESTOR, BUSINESS WORLD, BUSINESS INDIA, A&M, GLOBAL, BUSINESS STANDARD & ECONOMIC TIMES.

Following this, as an independent photo journalist, he contributed to a host of national and international publications including TIME, WASHINGTON POST, NEW YORK TIMES, OUTLOOK & INDIA TODAY. Mr Ravi Shankaran has written a series of his best photography collections in KUNGUMAM magazine for 25 weeks. He has conducted independent photography exhibitions on SOUTH INDIAN WRITERS at Thiruvannamalai in 1997, on WOMEN at Police Training College in 1998, on MUSICIANS & DANCERS at Max Muller Bhavan in 1999 and at Coffee Art Gallery in 2000 and on LIGHT OF MUSIC at Vinyasa Art Gallery in 2000.

On Cinematography front, Mr Ravi Shankar started his carrier as an Asst Camera man for the films Thiru, Lesa Lesa, Jeeva, Run and Ullam Ketkume. He has worked for more than 100 Advt films with PC Shreeram. After working as Associate Cameraman for few years, he quickly moved up the ladder to become an independent Cinematographer and started assisting PC Shreeram. Following this, he did many feature films, Thirutupayale, Kadhalagi and Pisasu. He had recently completed his feature film SIVARANJANIYUM INNUM SILA PENGALUM directed by Vasanth.

Currently he is also doing lot of photography workshops and giving lectures on Photography and Cinematography subjects in Film Institutes, Colleges and Photography Clubs.

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Member's monthly meeting 25th January 2019(Friday) "Nature Photography - Using a Bridge Camera" by Dr. Raj Kumar Jayapal

PSM wishes its members a very Happy New Year 2019

PSM is happy to announce the program for January 2019 -- "Nature Photography - using a bridge camera" by Dr. Raj Kumar Jayapal


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Being an avid nature watcher since childhood, Raj (Dr. Raj Kumar Jayapal) has always had an unquenchable thirst to be amidst nature and wildlife. Although he had hired a 35mm film-roll camera between 1998 and 2001 for a few trips from a local photo-studio, the true and humble journey of digital photography begun in 2010.

Showered with loads and loads of tips during the photographic trips with Jagadish Sunkara Jai (a PSM member), he revers him as Dhronacharya for hisphotographic spirit and output. Jag was also instrumental in refining the pictures by giving regular feedback on time and probing that amateur photographer in him, in terms of getting the right composition in the field, while also had rightly guided to join PSM in 2011, after which he has become a Life Member with PSM. His photography took flight in the right direction attending so many meetings and being part of a few trips with the PSM group. Though initially reluctant about videos, a tiny leaf-munching caterpillar had pushed him into the world of videos, which he still records to showcase the macro and avian worlds in motion to the world connected to him. Since he did not have camera in the initial few trips that he had accompanies his photography friends, he had to make use of the spare point-and-shoot cameras of Jag and Sam (Samudhiram) and take tips from Suresh and Thiagarajan V (PSM member). When he decided to become a shutterbug himself, he took his guru’s advice seriously and started off with a bridge camera to get the pictures right before graduating to DSLR. However, he strongly believes that the time for the first DSLR in his life has not come yet and may not come at all!

Started off with a simple and effective bridge camera and went on upgrading based on 2 key parameters, zoom power and quality of videos.

To bridge the distances between the subject and the lens he has been using and upgrading his Bridge Cameras regularly:
Olympus SP-565UZ – 10MP Digital camera with 20x zoom (640mm equivalent),
Olympus SP-800UZ - 14MP Digital Camera with 30x zoom (840mm equivalent),
Olympus SP-31Z MR – 16MP Digital Camera with 24x zoom and Full HD Video capacity, Nikon P900 with 83x zoom (2000mm equivalent)
and the latest one added to his kit is Nikon P1000 with 125x zoom (3000mm equivalent). He is the first person in Chennai to purchase Nikon P1000 from a shop a few days before Deepavali.

He longs to be amidst nature, especially in and around Chennai. He loves to observe the key natural historic moments and if possible, share these wondrous moments with the world with ample researched notes for each and every picture and video shared. A camera and a tiny light-weight tripod had become constant companions to this educationist, who now works with Murugappa group and heads the E-Learning initiatives of the group. He even carries the shutterbox to his office and shoots wildlife in and from the gardens of the Parry’s Building regularly, as part of his breaks.

Although nature and wildlife has been his primary focus, he is also into temple inscriptions, both capturing and deciphering them, while few facets of architecture devoid of godly images also take part in his very limited photographic horizon.

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Member's monthly meeting 24th November 2018(Saturday) Participating in Salons and Their Experience By PSM Members Shri. Ashok Viswanathan & Ms. Vinaya Mathews

PSM is happy to announce the program for November 2018 -- "Participating in Salons and their Experience" by Shri. Ashok Viswanathan and Ms. Vinaya Mathews.

Ashok Viswanathan


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His photography goes back to the early 70's starting with a Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta roll film camera, graduating to a Nikon system.At this time he joined PSM and continued as a member till he left chennai in 1980. during this period had many acceptances & awards in national and international salons.

In early 2002 explored digital with a Olympus D460 digital with 1.3 MP. . upgraded a year later to a Nikon D100 DSLR (6.1MP) with a 24~85 f2.8 Nikon AF macro zoom. Later adding the 14mm f2.8 Nikon AFD and the 80-200 f2.8 AF-ED nikon zoom. Since 2013 using the fuji x pro 1 system.

His primary interest is black & white but the richness and flexibility of digital colour fascinates him. Digital processing is done on a Macbook running Affinity software.

Since 2012 Exhibited in several salons with over 500 acceptances and several awards in 37 countries.. Work accepted at prestigious shows such as PSA annual exhibition, FIP intl circuit, Malmoe Intl, Sydney Harbour, Southampton Intl, and Singapore International.and others..One of his early b&w prints from the 1970's is in the permanent collection of HPF in Ooty..Also has considerable published work in magazines and web sites...Enjoy shooting portraits, seascapes, landscapes & pictorial.

Honours: 2015 AFIP - 2017 FFIP - 2017 AFIAP

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Vinaya Mathews


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After working with State Bank of India for 30 years, Vinaya Mathews decided to quit her job to pursue her two passions, working for the under-privileged and photography.

Her journey in the field of photography started with a basic course conducted by Late Prof. Manohar Desai, the Founder Director of National Institute of Photography, in Mumbai in the year 2004. With the feel of a camera in hand, she discovered her over-arching love for photography. It took her 10 long restless years to finally free herself from the bonds of a demanding career and follow her passion. She loves Nature photography but developed niche in Travel & Street photography too. Capturing varied expressions of people excites her the most. In Chennai, she finds covering ‘Mylapore Arupathu Moovar“ festival the most challenging but equally fascinating.

During the last 3 years, she has earned more than 400 acceptances, 15 awards in National & International Photography Salons. It includes 86 acceptances & 4 awards in foreign salons from 26 countries.

She has earned ‘Artist FIAP (AFIAP)’ certification from ‘The International Federation of Photographic Art’ Belgium & ‘Fellow FIP (FFIP)’ from ‘Federation Of Indian Photography’

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam is her idol & she tries to follow his teaching “Dream is not that you see in sleep, Dream is something that does not let you sleep”

Gaining more & more knowledge & experience in the field to become an accomplished photographer is her dream.

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Member's monthly meeting 27th October 2018 (Saturday) What makes a picture...better By Shri. Prabhakar Kusuma AFIAP, FRPS

PSM is happy to announce the program for October 2018 -- "What makes a picture.....better" by Shri Prabhakar Kusuma (AFIAP, FRPS).


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Shri Prabhakar Kusuma started his photography journey with Federation of Indian Photography in 1977. He won a Special Merit Award at the Commonwealth Photography Contest in 1987 and was invited to London to receive the award. The Commonwealth Photography Group Exhibition, “Images”, was first exhibited at The Commonwealth Institute, London, and later at the University of British Columbia, Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada.

In 1989, he presented a paper on “Portrait Photography”, at FIAP Congress held at Brussels and another in 1993 on “Limits of Photography”, at FIAP Congress held at the Netherlands and had won Silver Medals for both papers.

In 1991 and 1992, he had won Japan Airlines Award for his pictures on “Animals in Our Daily Life”, and Okamoto Award for “Food and People" consecutively in the photo contests by Asia / Pacific Cultural Center for UNESCO, (ACCU), Japan.

During 1999 and 2001, his pictures were exhibited in Ford Foundation Project, under the theme, “Women/Goddess”, at New Delhi, Calcutta, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and New York.

In 2016, his solo exhibition on “Lambada Tribe” was exhibited at “51st Biennial Historikertag”, Hamburg University, Germany.

In May 2018, he was awarded the “Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society, Great Britain”. He is the first Indian photographer to publish a set of images in the RPS journal (August 2018 issue).

He has received several awards at National and International salons, right from 1984, and has served as jury too. He is now settled in Hyderabad.

Shri Prabhakar will cover the following in his talk showing examples:

  • Where are we losing the beauty while taking the picture?
  • What are the Visual Elements?
  • What are the meanings of Tones?
  • What are the meanings of Colors?
  • What are the Elements of Composition and their Importance?
  • What are the meanings of Lines?
  • What is Space Division and how to use it effectively?
  • What are Command Positions?
  • What are Important Types of Compositions?
  • What are Finer Points and how to incorporate in our pictures?
  • How we can make our picture better and powerful by using the above elements?

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Member's monthly meeting 22nd September 2018 (Saturday) USA Tour - photo experience By Mr. Swaminathan M and Jaisalmer Tour - photo experience By Mr. Balasubramanian G V

PSM is happy to announce the Program for September 2018 -- "US Tour - photo experience" by our President and life member, Shri. Swaminathan M and "Jaisalmer - photo experience" by our Secretary and life member, Shri. Balasubramanian G.V.


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Swaminathan.M will share his photography experience that he had while on a stay in Chicago USA during May-July, 2018. Though this vibrant city Chicago has many exciting things to offer to everyone from Architecture to Parks to museums, he tried to capture what he felt interesting and something different from the usual touristy areas. He will share his experience as to how an ordinary scene can change dramatically when captured at the right time of the day or night.

Swaminathan is a Bio-Medical Engineer by profession, dealing with lifesaving devices for the treatment of Heart disease, most part of his carrier life. He was the Director for Cardiac Surgery business, SE Asia for a leading International company, Medtronic Inc.USA and had significantly contributed to the introduction and growth of modern medical technology in India in the field of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. He is a Photographer by passion. He has travelled across India and abroad for nature, landscape and wildlife photography and his Photographs have been accepted in National and International photo salons. He is currently the President of Photographic Society of Madras.


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Balasubramanian G. V, is a Chemical Engineer by Qualification, Banker by Profession, Photographer by Passion.

  • Photographing since film camera days
  • Passion got kindled with the advent of digital cameras
  • Has a presence in Flickr and FB
  • One of the founder member of The Chennai Photo-walk Group which has conducted over 170 photo walks in and around Chennai in the last 11 years
  • Presently, Secretary of the Photographic Society of Madras established in 1857
  • One of his photograph got featured in “Madras Then, Chennai Now”, a Coffee Table Book
  • Few of his photographs were featured in Madras Musings and Tamil The Hindu
  • Some of his photographs finds place in National Geographic Editor’s favorites
  • Travel, street and bird photography are some of the genres which interest him

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Member's monthly meeting 28th July 2018 (Saturday) Monument Photography By Mr. Sunder Gurusamy

PSM is happy to announce the Program for July 2018 -- "Monument Photography" by our Life Member, Shri. Sunder Gurusamy. We are planning to have a Workshop (field trip to Kanchipuram) on the following day, 29th July 2018, where Mr. Sunder, will provide practical guidance and tips on the subject, at select temples in Kanchipuram.


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Mr. Sunder Gurusamy

A hospitality graduate and an entrepreneur from Chennai. He was bitten by the shutterbug during his early age, his professional career in Chennai and in Australia helped him to become a serious amateur photographer with the help of the like minded company. His area of interest in photography includes nature, landscape, temples and heritage monuments. He is particularly fascinated and interested in documenting the Chola history, culture and architecture. He has a vast photographic collections of unique sculptures, Chola temples, paintings and monuments. His work revolves around various Govt agencies , NGO’s and Publication houses.

His work has been published in various news dailies across India and leading photography, travel and culture magazines, His extensive work of monuments has been published by the prestigious Marg publications in three different volumes, He specializes in panoramic photography using special tools and techniques. He also specializes in Multiple light source for macro and indoor photography.


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