Beautiful India – Images of landscapes
Here is a collection of 50 random images of India’s wildlife and landscapes, which I have been posting for last several months on paintedstork’s facebook page.
Heart of the Himalayas – A Photography Trek + Tour of Lahaul and Spiti
Our next grand tour is to the mountain lands and the Buddhist monasteries of Lahaul and Spiti. I will be leading this tour to see and photograph the most beautiful places you can ever see in the Himalayas and to Buddhist monastic centers that are nearly a millennium old.
Dates
July 14th to 21st, 2012
Introduction
One of the still unexplored and insanely beautiful stretch of the Indian Himalayas, Lahaul and Spiti is a valley of stark landscapes and high snowy peaks stretching to the sky. Gurgling rivers and crystal clear lakes dot the highlands of Lahaul, while an ancient civilization has survived for nearly thousand years and has preserved its culture against the onslaught of modernity in Spiti. The faraway valley connected only through a narrow road that traverses through mountains over 10,000 feet high, this region offers vistas and heritage that can keep a travel photographer in a click-frenzy for months together.
This photography tour is a unique combination of short & easy treks, keeping photography in mind. The treks require only half a day’s walking unlike usual trekking itineraries where one keeps walking non-stop for the whole day. This allows participants to walk in a leisurely pace without hurrying to reach the next settlement, stopping at will to shoot and explore. The trek spans for only three days of the itinerary, while we move around in vehicles in the remaining days. This offers an excellent option for photography enthusiasts to see many beautiful places, and at the same time visit exciting location that are not easily approached by road.
See full details of our tour on Lahaul and Spiti.
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Photography Workshop in Bangalore
Our next photography workshop is happening this weekend in Koramangala, Bangalore. The workshop content includes technical and composition aspects of making good pictures and has a field session and image reviews to put all the theory into practice. The coverage includes camera controls, understanding exposure and how to control it by various means, important guidelines of composition that help you make a better image and the basics of post-processing. See complete course details and registration information here.