Here is a photograph of hills of Sikkim, somewhere near Gangtok. I spent three days in this location, watching these hills from my balcony every morning. Just after monsoons, the weather was fluctuating and the mountains looked very different every morning. I spent a…
One of the key deciding factors about how good your landscape photographs turn out, is how you place the horizon in the frame. The decision is largely driven by rule-of-thirds, a well-known composition technique familiar to every serious photographer. Simply put, avoid placing the…
One of the key requirements in making beautiful landscape photographs is technical perfection. It is important that your landscape image is tack sharp and properly exposed. The two images below demonstrate the difference between a casually captured photograph and a technically correct image. The…
One of the most important things about landscape photography is to be at location very early in the morning, or during sunset. The same photograph below would look very dull once the sun is high up. Photographing landscapes takes some understanding of the way…
Bird watching has attendant insights too. As the photographer stood by the small tank where women washed clothes in the evening sun, the birds on the other shore busily stocked up for the night. There were flocks of Starlings, Baya Weavers, Bank Mynas, and…
We unfailingly see some new perspectives and creative work coming out during our photography workshops. At the photography workshop last Sunday, we were returning from field session at Lalbagh to continue with the indoor sessions. Before we headed indoor, some participants decided to experiment…
Once a year, Darter Photography travels with a small group of photography enthusiasts on a photography tour to Rajasthan. We visit and photograph a diverse set of locations that included Rajasthan’s heritage sites, people, culture and its colourful desert landscapes. Here is an article…