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Winter in Bangalore is always a special season. It was on such a cold winter morning in Cubbon Park that some of us associated with the contest met and discussed on "what's next?" Ideas floated around and someone popped up the idea of a photo journal. Everyone connected enthusiastically to that idea and "Beyond Shotz" was born.
Yeah, you read it right. We are launching an online
Cover Story
Like any other magazine, this will feature a special topic related to different aspects of photography like the one in the inaugural issue pertaining to travel photography.
An interview with noted photographers giving an insight into their work and photography instincts. This month we have an interview with Kalyan Varma.
Some of the wonderful pictures taken from the web will be published here. The link to the photographer’s website will be given. In this issue we have published a few selections from Flickr but this will increase and will feature pictures sent by members. Details will be announced soon.
City Watch
This feature will cover a special event in a city, of course from a photographer’s perspective. This is not restricted to Bangalore alone and members can send contribute articles about the events around your hometowns too.
General articles about photography. Basically anything under the sun as long as it is related to photography and makes for interesting reading. This month we have covered the issue of Copyrights.
One member from the group will be selected and showcased in this section. Apart from featuring the best photographs of the member, a brief introduction about the artist’s background and equipment used will also be given. This month we have featured a talented member of our group, Nathan. Details will be announced soon regarding how members can submit their photographs to be showcased in this section.
Do it yourself
This an interesting section on how to build assets that aid in photography. This month, Nishant takes you through building a light box in your home itself with minimum cost.
There are many amateurs amongst us who might be shy to ask basic questions about this hobby. This is for the benefit of all those beginners who have just come into the wonderful world of photography.
This section will showcase the previous month’s winning entries.
Apart from these, t
Digital Darkroom
Photoshop/Gimp tips and tricks
There are plenty of pictures which makes one go "Wow". Such pictures will be featured here with a brief backgrounder.
If you have experimented based on the lessons of the previous issue, you can send the best pictures to the board. The selected pictures will be published here.
Selected letters from the members about the previous issue.
News from the world of photography
Members can submit their photograph and ask for review here on how to improve the picture.
Buy/sell photography equipment here.
The list does not end here and will continue to grow based on your feedback and response.
All in all, Beyond Shotz is an interactive medium like the contest on Flickr. Your participation and contribution is the lifeline of the journal. So spread the word and help this journal to reach out to as many photographers as you can. This magazine belongs to you, we are just custodians of this. Do put in your creative cap and start sending your articles and photographs for the next issue.
Please send your feedback and your articles to beyondshots@gmail.com
Before we end, about us - the people behind Beyond Shotz
Jayanth Sharma
Kishore Murthy
Nishant N
Satish N
Sudarshan
Suyog Gaidhani
Venkatesh K
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Download January 2006 issue [MIRROR 1]
Download January 2006 issue [MIRROR 2]
Special thanks to Kishore Murthy and Ashwin K for allowing us to use his webspace to host the inaugural issue.
