Macro Photography in UAE with Shutter Bugs from Dubai

Macro Photography by a well known Macro Photographer Manu Reghurajan in the UAE. He is a member of The Royal Photographic Society and the Shutter Bugs Creative Forum (SBCF), Dubai.

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Macro photography is like meditation. You will be concentrating all of your attention on one point, a dragonfly for instance, and can wait for hours to capture the right shot. It helps maintain my connection with nature. It has another beneficial concomitant too – conversing with the nature allays my worldly tensions, keeping me energized and balanced. The awareness that I am not separate from nature has brought harmony and balance to my life.

Shutter Bugs Creative Forum (SBCF) is a group of serious amateur photographers based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

It all started in 2009, when Mohammed Arfan Asif, a well known amateur photographer from Bangalore in India and resident in Dubai for past two decades started encouraging enthusiastic photographers to join him on his regular Friday early morning trips in and around Dubai.

The group with more than 40 enthusiastic amateur photographers from Dubai and Sharjah are mentored by Mohammed Arfan Asif.

Stringent rules are followed to ensure that only the serious are part of SBCF. The objective is to have only dedicated, hard working amateurs who will raise the bar of photographic excellence among the members, create images that will be appreciated by a wider audience and achieve higher standards of image-making skills. Therefore, only those who have completed the Essentials course – Shutterfly and are regular for the Friday morning trips are retained in Shutter Bugs Creative Forum.

The Activity comprises of Friday early morning trips to locations mainly in Dubai and surrounding locales in the Northern Emirates. Indoor activities are also included and feature presentations, photographic discussions and digital imaging workshops.

Some of the members have achieved International recognition and most have upgraded their skills and progressed remarkably with interesting images on pictorial, travel, editorial, nature and wildlife subjects. Its young members who are still in school have also achieved recognition at the national level photo contests.

The Shutterbugs look forward to each Friday morning to enhance their skills in photography and importantly to make it most meaningful, enjoyable and constructive.

Manu Reghurajan

Mohammed Arfan Asif
Fine art photographer, Chapter Organiser- The RPS, Mentor -Shutter Bugs Creative Forum & Country Rep- ICS & PSNJ, from India currently based in Dubai.

Thirumalai
Al Ain based Vocational Engineering Teacher.
Nature lover, Passion for photography, live life King-size, Freedom to be.

Anish Mohanan

Shutter Bugs Creative Forum (SBCF), Dubai

The Royal Photographic Society

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Gear I use (You can buy from the links below)

Camera
Canon EOS 80D 18-135mm IS USM Lens Kit – 24.2 MP, SLR Camera, Black –

Strorage
Sandisk Extreme Pro SDXC Card 128 Gb – 170 Mb/s V30 UHS-I U3 –

Lens
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens – Black –
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Telephoto Zoom Lens –

Microphone
Rode VideoMic Pro Plus On-Camera Shotgun Microphone (VMP+) –

Monopod
Sirui P-204SR P Series Monopod –

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