Slide Show of Salon Images:  The accepted photographs of Sri SVS Rao in different salons have been projected on screen for the benefit of the members.

Monthly Meeting held on *12th November 2011* Sri R.V.S. Seshadri welcomed the members. 20 members have registered their presence.

 *Photography Tutorial:*

 Sri M.Prashant Kumar has explained how to arrange boarder to the print using Photoshop with different colors and the use of stamping tool. Borders to some prints will enhance the subject of the picture. He also explained shortcuts to certain commands of Photoshop.

 *Members’ Achievements:*

 The following members have reported their success in the National and International Salons conducted by various organizations and clubs.

 *In National Salons*

The Monthly meeting was held on September 10^th. Sri R.V.S. Seshadri, Joint Secretary, welcomed the gathering. He informed   about the sad demise of the Sri B.Rajan Babu, FRPS on 24th August 2011* at his residence, who is one of the best photographers of Andhra Pradesh. He recalled his memories and the contributions he made to the Art and Photography. Sri M. Ram Gopal, Sri Dr Venkat and Sri P.Rajamannar also recalled their memorable moments with late Sri Rajan Babu and his hard work in the field of photography. They advised the members to take him as an example to achieve the greatest heights in the field of photography.

After that the members, observed two minutes silence, praying his soul to rest in peace. Later some of his works/photographs have been screened, and everyone appreciated his great works.

 Slide Show of EXPOSURE 2011 Salon pictures: The slide show of the “Wild Life” and “Travel” categories of the Exposure 2011 salon acceptances have been screened, and members appreciated and enjoyed them.

 Monthly competition of members: The subject for the month is “Monsoon”. Sri N.Sreekanth, judged the photographs and placed them as follows:

First   Place :       Sri P.Rajamannar,

Second Place:     Sri J.Aditya, and

Third Place:        Sri G.Janardhana Rao.

The joint secretary thanked him for judging the photographs with critical comments.

Dr. Venkat presented a “Table Calendar” to the first place winner Sri P.Rajamannar.

The monthly meeting was held on August 13^th nearly 25 members attended the meeting.  Vice President Sri P.Rajamannar welcomed the gathering.

 Camera Review: Sri K.Ashok gave a review of the camera *“Olympus EP3”*which is a non-SLR-Digital version (without mirror). He explained in detail the merits and demerits of the camera and clarified the doubts raised by the members. He recommended the camera is good for beginners.

 Discussion on SIGMA 150-500 zoom lens*-: There was a discussion on the merits and demerits of 150-500mm zoom lens of SIGMA make. The members using the lens gave in detail their experience and results they obtained with this lens and recommended. Some have differed with this view. Finally it left to the discretion of the buyer who intended to use the lens, for exposing birds etc.

 Slide Show- Birds by Sri KVJRK Rao:* Birds photographed by Sri KVJRKRao have been shown to the members on the screen.. Members appreciated his techniques in capturing the birds sharply. Some are very excellent. He clarified the doubts raised by the members in technical aspects of exposure.

 Slide Show- There was a slide show of the pictures exhibited in Salon  “EXPOSURE-2010” organized by Photographic Association of Coochbehar in Association with Himalayan Camera Club and Alipuduar Photographic Club. Some members have acceptances in this salon.

 Monthly Competition: The topic for the monthly competition is “Travel Photography”.  About 8 members have participated in the competition and 32 prints have been displayed for the competition. The Vice President requested Dr. Shoeb Ahmad to be the judge for the monthly competition, who placed the results as follows.

I place: Sri CSV Rao

II place Sri R.V.S.Seshadri and

III place: Sri P.Rajamjannar.

The outing to bonalu at Katta Maisamma temple,lower tank bund was arranged on 24-7-2011.  Nearly 15 members gathered at the temple around 9-00 am. All the members were seen clicking at the colourful bonalu pots and ghatalu. Also clicking the offerings to the goddess Maisamma. The outing was ended at 12-30pm.

Workshop on smoke photography and water drops photography was conducted on 17-7-2011 at ANUPURAM COMMUNITY HALL at 9-30 am. Our secretary announced that this is the first work shop conducted in the year 2011-2012. Also told that Mr.R.V.Seshadri was kind enough to provide the hall free of charge.  

Mr.Rajamannar was introduced at the gathering and he conducted the work shop. Nearly 25 members attended the program. The setup was done in the hall. The members started clicking at the setup. Similarly water droplets setting was also done on the same table. All the members started clicking water droplets in different angles. The workshop ended at 12-30pm.

Our President welcomed all the members and the new members. Nearly 35 members attended the meeting. He invited editorial members of a Telugu photography magazine called FOTO TECH to explain about their program. Mr.Abhimanyu ,chief editor and Hussain the editor of the book invited our members for the inauguration of the book in Ravindra Bharathi Hyd on 31st july 10.am. In that our members Mr.K.Ashok and P.Srinivasa Reddy are the columnists. It contains photo basics,video, senior photographers suggestions, camera reviews and market updates. Next, Dr. Venkat has shown wild life pictures through a slide show. He explained the places and also the exposures he used. Mostly he uses shutter priority and auto ISO not to miss any shot. He explains that 50% is the behavioral study and 50% picture taking. He has shown pictures of tigers with kill, tiger families playing. He has exposed elephants and elephants charging and different bird families. He has explained about the exposures used. Any how it was a thrilling experience.

 The president invited the new members. Self introduction was given by them.This months theme for competition was ‘ abstracts’ . Mr Srikanth Nippatla was asked to judge the prints. The winners were:

1st place.Shoeb Ahmed 2nd.P.Rajamannar. 3rd.RVS Sheshadri. Congratulations for the winners.

Mr. Nalla Thambi our old Ex Secretary and life member has introduced himself after some long years & brought sweets for members. Due to shortage of time his pictures could not be shown. Dr.Jagans five of the award pictures were shown. Members appreciated the pictures.

OUTING TO QUTUB SHAHI TOMBS ON 19-6-2011.

    The monthly outing to Qutub Shahi Tombs was planned on 19-6-2011. More than 25 of our members promptly assembled at the main gate by 9 am.

 HISTORY OF QUTUB SHAHI TOMBS:

Nowhere in the world are these so many in one place as here. You will find more than 20 tombs at one place. These tombs are famous as SEVEN TOMBS. These tombs erected in memory of departed kings of GOLKONDA are truly magnificent monuments that have stood the test of time and the vagaries of nature. These imposing marvels of architectural excellence, stand as solemn reminders of the grandeur and glory of golkonda and the great kings who are buried here.

These tombs mark a unique architectural style which is a mixture of Persian, Pathan and Hindu forms. The arcades on all the sides and the pointed arches add to their beauty and grace situated 1 km away from golkonda fort. Our members are seen shooting the tombs in different angles using circular polarisers and graduated filters. The senior members guided others in shooting the tombs by using tripods and the polarisers. The shooting ended at 11-30 am.

The monthly meeting for the month of June was held on 11-6-2011. Nearly 30 members attended the meeting. Our vice president Mr. Rajamannar welcomed the gathering. Two minutes silence was observed in memory of Mr. Benu Sen, the secretary-general/treasurer of FIP, the legendary personality in the photographic world, who has expired in the month of may 2011. His works were shown through a slide show. Mr. Rama Gopal , who is an eminent nature photographer and a teacher has explained about Mr.Benu Sen and his B&W formula which is on his name. Mr.Rajamannar also expressed few words about him who has got some acquaintance with him during Tenali camera club competition .

 Our secretary welcomed Mr.Bhasker Datta an eminent and young photographer of Hyderabad camera club to display his works through a slide show. All the members enjoyed the pictures. Mr. Bhaskar Dutta explained all the pictures and discussed some technical points which were well taken by our members.

This months theme was ‘portraits’ for the competition. Mr.Bhasker Data was asked to judge the prints. The winners were 

1. G.Arun Kumar 2.Dr Shoeb Ahmed 3.Dr. Jagan P

Congratulations for the winners.

Our vice president welcomed Mr. Raja Sekhar in charge of scan corner, which is in somajiguda, to show the quality methods of scanning B&W films of 35mm 120 film and transparencies. He explained through a slide show the quality scanning machines and their works. Our vice president announced the acceptance list of the grand digital circuit international salon 2011.

Kvjrk rao –11

Rajamannar-7

Janardhan---7

Dr.jagan----6

Svs rao-----3

Mc sekhar—6

Congratulations for the winners.

The monthly outing to Zoo Park was planned on 22-5-2011. This time few members only attended the safari due to summer heat. Requesting all the members to join the outings so one can interact with the more experienced photographers. The session was ended at 10-30 am.

The monthly meeting was held on 14-5-2011. Nearly 35 members attended the meeting. Our president   welcomed   the members and the new members to join for the meeting. He invited a special guest Mr. Prabhu Poddireddi who is the committee member of FIAP this year . He explained about the FIAP. Some of the members suggested him to have an website for FIAP. He assured the suggestion will be carried out.

 All the 8 new members were introduced and they become the members of our society. Mr. Ashok Kandimalla, Senior Member and Author of Basic Photography series in Smart Photography Magazine has explained about the importance of Histogram in the digital cameras through slides. He has clarified some of the doubts of the members.

 Monthly competition was conducted about ‘OPEN’ subject. The prints were judged by

Mr. Prabhu Poddireddi.

The winners were:

1.Dr.Jagan.

2.Barhaduth.

3.Janardhan.g.

Congratulations to the winners.

Finally Dr.Venkat displayed Wild Life images of Kaziranga National Park where he visited recently.

The monthly meeting for March was conducted on 13-3-2011 at our venue. Nearly 20 members attended the meeting. Our vice president welcomed the members and there was a presentation of video on ‘COMPOSITION’ by TOM COOPER for about 40 minutes. Mr.Rameswar ARPS distributed a notes on tones to all the members and he explained about the requirement of tones to make a good photograph with proper examples. The members monthly competition on "Street Photography" was displayed. But as the entries are less the judgement could not be done. It is requested that all the members should participate in the competition.

The monthly meeting for January was conducted on 8-1-2011. Nearly 26 members attended the meeting. Our vice president wished all the members with happy new year. The meeting started with the presentation of a slide show of the pictures acceptances and awards of PAC International salon 2010(chinsurah). All the members enjoyed the pictures.

The monthly competition was landscapes. Judjed by Mr. Rameswar A.R.P.S. The winners were

1. Dr.jagan.

2. L.viswanadham.

3. L.viswanadham.

Congratulations for the winners. Our secretary welcomed the new members.

1. Mr sailu.

2. S.krishnanamdam..

3. Srivatchava.

Mr.Rameswar ARPS has explained about the composition of a good picture. He has taken trouble to make notes on composition and distributed among the members. Dr. Jagan was awarded in the all India 3rd DPC for the best technique for his picture.

The monthly meeting was held on 11-12-2010. Nearly 20 members attended the meeting .The monthly competition theme was portraits. Mr Rameswar ARPS has judged the prints.

 The monthly meeting for November was conducted as usual at 6-30 pm. only 11 members were attended. a representative from apple company was invited to tell about his products. he has explained about laptops, I pods and etc.12th international chayapath pictures were displayed by our projector. Our members thoroughly enjoyed the show. our members picture were also there. Our vice president asked our members to participate in large numbers to get a good name for our society.

The monthly theme for competition was festivals. only two members participated so we have canceled and postponed to the next month.

Monthly meeting was well attended by 26 members. Sweets were distributed by the members for the success of getting the acceptances and certificates. Mr. Rameswar got A.R.P.S Certificate. It makes him eligible to be an associate of Royal Photography Society – UK. Mr.Rameswar shared his experiences while capturing the images.

This month theme for the competition was children, judged by Mr. Rameswar A.R.P.S.  the winners were

1.R.V.Seshadri

2.Navin.

3.P.Rajamannar

Congratulations for the winners.

Some of the members got acceptances, prizes and certificates from the national and

International salons, namely,

1.Mr.Janardhan.

2.Mr.R V Seshadri.

3.Mr.SVS Rao.

4.Mr.Kvjrk Rao

5.Dr.Jagan.

6.Mr.P.Rajamannar.

7.Mr.R.C.Sekhar.

congratulations to them.

slideshow will be displayed in the next month.

The monthly meeting was well attended by 28 members. Sri Janardhan Rao has brought a cd of accepted and winning members of Photographic Society of Bengal. 10thPAB international Salon conducted by Photographic Association of Bengal .in this Mr.RVS Seshadri and SVS Rao got one acceptance of each.

1st Indian Photo Salon conducted by WIDE ANGLE Kolkota.

Mr Janardhana Rao got Silver Medal and Rs 2000/- cash award. Our members thoroughly enjoyed the show.

The July month competition was  Animals and Birds.. The prints were judged by Sri Ramagopal

The winners were:

Animals:

1.P.Rajamannar.

2.Janardhan.G

3.P.Rajamannar.

4.Dr.Jagan.

Birds:

1.Dr.Jagan.

2Dr.Sarath.

3.Vidyasagar.

4.Dr.Jagan.

Congratulations to the winners.

Eight new members joined the society. Our vice president welcomed them and asked them to introduce themselves.

It is planned to go to ZOO PARK on 27-6-2010. 8 Members participated in the Outing.DR.JAGAN AND KVJRK RAO seen giving some tips on Bird Photography to the Junior Members. I have also participated in giving some tips. Some pictures are attached herewith. Also see some of the pictures in Flickr. It is required to participate in more numbers so that we can get good Nature Pictures.

The monthly meeting was a well attended one. 27 members attended the meeting in time.Sri Janardan brought the CD containing the accepted and winning entries of Photographic Society of Bengal. (Four of our members got acceptances in this Salon. It was a very good show and our members thoroughly enjoyed the show.

The monthly competition theme was ARCHITECTURE. The prints were judged by Sri R Ramagopal. The winners are:

 1. P Rajamannar. 2. Dr. P Jagan 3. Sri Pulak Halder.

Our next outing is VIKARABAD on 27/06/2010(Sunday). We have to start at 4.30AM sharp to reach our destination in time. The cost of conveyance will be Rs.400/-(approx) excluding lunch and breakfast. Only twelve seats are available.   The seats are available on first-come-first-serve basis. Members interested are requested to contact Sri Janardana Rao for a seat.

Sri K V Srihari has informed that one concern has approached us through him to give a demo on changing photographs to paintings. It is decided to hold a demonstration of their works in the next monthly meeting.

Four new members joined our society. Our Hony.Secretary congratulated the new members and welcomed them to our society and called them to introduce themselves.

The work shop on table top techniques was arranged on 16-5 2010 at 9:30 am.at the Community Hall, Anupuram ECIL. Mr.R.V.Seshadri, our member provided the community hall free of cost.

He invited Mr.Rajamannar, our senior member and explained about his various experiences from 1993 onwards.  Mr.Rajamannar has brought all his equipment and set up on a table with different lighting systems.

 Mr.Rajamannar explained about the backgrounds used and also about main light, fill in light, diffusers, snoots and flash meters. our members keenly observed the settings and participated in shooting the products.

 At last Mr.Rajamannar has set up a black body (black camera) on the table and explained about the special lighting used by means of a soft box. Our members like Mr.Koteswar Rao and Mr. Sarat has come forward to shoot the product. Other members also participated in shooting the product.

Vote of thanks was given for providing the hall free of cost and to Mr. Rajamannar and for the members participated. 

The members gathered at the gate of Sanjeevaiah Park at 7.30 AM. Sri H Satish was the guide for the outing. It was interesting to watch him at work. Members gained on-site tips from him on how to take a good picture and how to compose a picture. About 25 members attended the outing which lasted till 10.30AM. Since the sun was blazing hot we decided to call it a day and dispersed early. 

Sri Rajamannar, as usual, took a group picture of the members with Sri H Satish. Everyone returned home with some good pictures in their memory cards.

The monthly meeting of our Society was held on 10th April 2010. The highlight of the meeting was the slideshow of noted photographer Sri H Satish from Bangalore.Sri H Satish accepted our invitation and came to our meeting and presented his pictures and also gave some valuable tips on how to shoot a good picture with use of minimum equipment. It was delight to watch his works and members had a pleasant time exchanging their views with him. Our Honorary member Sri Vikram Dev Rao presented a flower-bouquet, life-member Sri Vishwanadham presented a momento & our Hony. Secretary Sri S V S Rao presented a book on photography to Sri H Satish. Sri H Satish's tips on bird photography was very interesting and our members learnt a lot by seeing his works. Sri Ashok Kumar narrated his experiences and close association with Sri H Satish. The meeting was well-attended by 41 members and lasted up to 9.30PM.

Sri Satish accepted our request and judged the prints of members competition.

The theme was "Outing Pictures"

The winners are:

1. Sri Rajamannar .....1st.( for his Flying Sunbird picture)

2. Dr P Jagan.............2nd(for his Duck With Openwings picture)

3. Sri KVJRK Rao....3rd (for his macro shot of a Spider)

The outing to Pocharam was a fantastic experience for the participating members. Seventeen members participated in the outing. Sri Janardan was instrumental in booking the vehicle and guidance. We had contacted the DFO, Medak and informed him of our intended visit. He was very kind enough to keep two guides waiting for us at Pocharam. First we went to manjira. Our members clicked some birds and butterflies there. We reached pocharam by 10.30 AM. Our members got to work immediately and started clicking pictures of birds and other insects. We returned to  Hyderabad at about 8.30 PM, Each one of our member returned with the satisfaction of having clicked some bird, insect or scenery.

The monthly meeting of our Society was held on 13.03.2010. Sri Rahul Guha presented his pictures. The pictures were mostly landscapes and members had a wonderful time interacting with him. 31 members attended the meeting and every one enjoyed

seeing his pictures.

The theme for the march competition was “PORTRAITS”. There were nearly 50 entries for the competition. Sri Guha judged the prints. He was deeply impressed by the pictures of  our members and praised the quality and composition of the  winning entries. He also gave some tips on how to improve a composition.

Here are the winners: 

1^st………………..Sri P Jitender Hari

2^nd………………..Dr P Jagan.

3ed……………….Sri P Rajamannar.

The APPS monthly outing to Sanjeevaiah Park on 28-02-2010 was a memorable one. 
Nearly 15-members attended the outing.  Though the main attraction was clicking birds, the members were seen trying to capture other subjects as well. 
Rajamannar was seen clicking a very young photographer's portrait in shade.SVS Rao too was seen clicking a portrait of a young photographer.Dr.  Sarat, Janardana Rao, Rameshwar Rao, Dr Jagan, Rajamannar, KVJRK Rao, B Krishna, Naveen & SVS Rao were seen clicking the migratory ducks at a pond inside the park. It was delight to watch three very young photographers clicking whatever they saw.  

The Monthly Meeting of APPS was held on 13.02.2010. It’s very well attended.

Mr. Rajendra Shaw Senior Photographer has displayed some of his works which was appreciated by one and all. 

The monthly theme for competition was “Travel”. Mr.Rajendra Shaw judged the prints.

The winners were:

1. RVS Seshadri
2. Dr. Sarat CV Talluri
3. Mr. Krishna

The monthly meeting of APPS was held on 9-1-2010. Nearly 25 people attended the meeting.
Mr. Rajamannar has displayed some of the images from Botanical Gardens on his digital photo frame. He insisted on Sturdy Tripod and a good long lens and a good exposure.
Mr. SVS Rao has explained the importance of the sizes and no borders for the national
and international print competitions, also the dedication required for making a good
macro image. Mr. Hemant explained about the raynox macro attachment what he is using.
Mr.Vidya Sagar, Dr.Jagan and Dr.Sarath explained about their experiences in photography.

The monthly theme for competition was “Macro”. Mr. Srihari judged the prints.

The winners were:

1st .    L.Vidyasagar.

2nd :     RVS Seshadri.

3rd :     Dr.Jagan.

Consolation: SVS Rao.

APPS had a very successful outing to Botanic gardens on 20.12.09. Twenty Two of our members participated in the outing. The members had an opportunity to shoot Birds, Macro and Landscapes. One could see lot of interaction between the members.

The monthly meeting of APPS was held on 14.12.09. Sathyaprasad Yachendra has given a Slide-show on Himalayas.

The theme for monthly competition was "Nature” (in tow sections i.e. Birds and Animals).

Dr. Venkat and Mr. Ram Gopal judged the entries.

1^st Sri G.Janardhana Rao                         1^st Sri RVS Seshadri

2^nd Sri P.Rajamannar                              2^nd Sri KVJRK Rao

3^rd Sri P.Jagan                                      3^rd Sri P.Rajamannar

APPS held an outing to Zoo Park on 29^th November. About 10 members participated in the outing. It was reasonably good outing, members are able to capture birds well.

But due to political unrest outing has to be called off in midway.

The monthly meeting of APPS was held on 10.10.09. Sri R Ramagopal, a Life Member  of our Society presented his slide-show. The pictures were shot over several years and in gs sanctuaries all over India. The show was a grand success.