Cameras are lying idle
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With wedding celebrations restricted or cancelled, photographers have nothing to shoot
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With wedding celebrations restricted or cancelled, photographers have nothing to shoot
H.B. Lokesh, a marriage photographer, purchased a new video camera recently spending about ₹ 4.5 lakh, hoping that he would make good business during this year’s marriage season. “But three-four people have cancelled the marriage orders and I am worried about clearing the loan”, said Lokesh, who is also secretary of Hassan taluk unit of Photographers’ Association.
Last year, he had zero business as there were no marriages due to lockdown following the COVID-19 pandemic. The same thing is happening again. The government has restricted the number of people participating in marriages to 50. “April-May is the marriage season. As the government had often said there would not be a lockdown, I purchased a new camera. But the government imposed