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Our friends at Nature Wanderers have a series of wildlife photography workshops lined up between now and April 2011.

Do take a look at the schedule below and book well in advance if you are interested – the seats tend to fill up fast. For any queries or additional details, you can reach out to Shivang Mehta of Nature Wanderers.

This past weekend was an exciting time for all of us at Lifeblob. We had a stall at the recently concluded siliconindia Startup City 2010 event and we were pleasantly surprised with the response we got at our stall. This was a ideal platform for us to talk about the recently launched Lifeblob Store (http://www.lifeblob.com/store) where we sell personalized photo gifts such as calendars, mugs, canvas, designer photo frames and so on.

Lifeblob Stall

Dart Game

We, also had a dart game in the stall where people visiting the stall could try their hand at darts and win Rs. 1500/- worth of photo products from the Lifeblob store (http://www.lifeblob.com/store). The goal was to get the maximum points by aiming at one of the 3 zones on the dart board (which had different points). If they predicted it right they would get another turn. Else the game ends. More than 500 people participated in this game with many people scoring over 400 points and they walked away with discount coupons on the photo gifts. The winner Mr. Venkatarayappa walked away with the grand prize by scoring 710! Incidently, he had never played darts before!

Hope you all liked our presentation and the products we offer!

This month started off on a big bang with the prize distribution ceremony of Bengaluru Photo Marathon Infinite 2010. The prize distribution ceremony was coupled with an exhibition of 65 amazing photos that were selected by the judges and was held at Jaaga.

I would like to thank Peevee, Suyog, and everyone who volunteered for all the hard work in putting this event together and to all the participants for their stunning portrayal of Bengaluru in making this event a grand success.

Here are some highlights from the prize distribution ceremony, presented through photos. To view all the submissions to the contest, proceed here.

Bengaluru photographers, time to get your photography gear out. Bengaluru Infinite 2010 is finally here! A day filled with photography in your favourite city capturing the city at its best.

What is it?

Bengaluru Infinite is a photo-marathon that will test your photography skills to the core. Each participant will be given 4 themes on which they will need to take photographs. The themes will cover a wide variety of subjects that are associated with Bengaluru, that define Bengaluru or that showcase the spirit of Bengaluru.

The contest starts at 8AM in the morning and ends at 8PM in the evening during which, the participants will need to shoot photographs that match the themes given to them.

Remember, you only get to submit two photos per theme, so make sure you take plenty of photos for the theme and pick up the best two of the lot.

You can find more details about the contest and the terms and conditions for submission here.

When is it?

The Bengaluru Infinite 2010 will be held on April 25, 2010. Registrations are open now and please call up the following numbers to get yourself registered for the contest.

Asif – 99451 30745 / Sriharsha – 98866 35410 / Peevee – 99455 16333

You can mail at bengaluruinfinite@gmail.com for further details! You can also register at http://bit.ly/bi2010 and one of our volunteers will get in touch with you.

Are there any prizes?

Of course, there are plenty of cool prizes to be won. The details of the prizes will be available shortly at the Bengaluru Infinity 2010 lifeblob page.

What camera should I use?

Photography is more about finding a great moment and capturing it in your camera, rather than a function of the equipment you use. It doesn’t matter what camera you use as long as you are excited to participate and have a knack of identifying a unique moment from the rest.

It goes without saying that you would do better if you had at least a DSLR camera in your hands, but no need to fret if you have a compact camera of a mobile camera since composing a great photo is 90% of the battle won.

On 27th Feb, Pranav, Sidhartha, Madhusundhan and me went photowalking round the Ulsoor Lake in Bangalore. Since it was neither early morning nor evening, we had the park and the lake all for ourselves and we made the most of the opportunity! We got some great shots of the lake and the also got a few people fishing by the side!

Barge - Sidhartha

Solitary Fishing - Pranav

Branches - Pranav

For more snaps, check out the Photowalking group on Lifeblob here and join it to get updates from photowalking trips from here on.

We had our second photowalk on the eve of Valentine’s Day in Bangalore. We chose Shivajinagar- Commercial street area for our photowalk with the intent to capture the mood of Bangalore’s shopping scene on the eve of V-day.

From the street dwellers to Mega malls; the Shivajinagar-Commercial street area gave us an opportunity to capture the rich diaspora of shopping experience. From cheap china electronics to Kashmiri carpets, the Shivajinagar area has a lot of street vendors selling all kinds of stuff. I was accompanied by Sidhartha, Zeeshan, Prashanth, Rakshith, Vishwas, and Pranav.

Here are some photos from the walk.

Rakshith Prasad	Vishwas Narendra	Broken - Zeeshan
Mosque - Vishwas	Antique Clocks - Pranav	Abandoned - Sidhartha

Follow us @lifeblob for updates on future photowalks.  Not from Bangalore and want to start photowalking at your city. Do let us know!

The first South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival (SXSW) was held in 1987 in Austin, Texas. In its 22 years, SXSW has grown from a tiny music festival in the Texas capital into a massive, unavoidable media beast that reflects, discusses and showcases trends in culture and media but also often creates them.

The 2009 edition of SXSW starts tomorrow and we bring you all the action on a SXSW timeline. Follow this timeline to keep yourself posted on the latest updates through the next week and if you are out there and would love to contribute, do give us a shout at contact@lifeblob.com.