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BENGALURU: The Covid blow to center and lower-income teams has been arduous, and 12 photographers, who rely on the Lalbagh Botanical Gardens for his or her livelihoods, too confronted difficulties because the flower present was cancelled for the final two years. With the Independence Day Flower Present inaugurated on Friday, photographers hope to earn a good sum.
One of many photographers, Raju M, mentioned the flower present is a chance for them and native hawkers to get some good cash. However on the primary two days of the present, the turnout has been low due to incessant rain. “I got here at 9 am and can wind up at 5.30 pm. I’ve clicked only one photograph,” he mentioned on Saturday.
The demand for postcard-size photographs was very excessive throughout the Nineteen Nineties. Photographers charged Rs 15 for a small measurement {photograph} and Rs 50 for 4×6 measurement. Earlier, the photographs had been printed and despatched to the addresses of individuals, he mentioned. “Now, we can provide prints immediately by connecting cameras to printers on the spot. A 4×6 measurement photograph prices as little as Rs 100, nonetheless we do not need many takers. It is because everybody has a smartphone and clicks photographs on their very own,” he added. Some 15 years in the past, there have been near 25 photographers on the flower present, however the numbers have come down over time, he mentioned.
