Instagram Food Photography Contest in Collaboration with Novotel Mumbai Juhu Beach

  Next month on 2nd September we are conducting our Food Styling and Photography Workshop in Mumbai.  This will be the overall 9th edition of the workshop but only first time in Mumbai.  Our mentor Deeba Rajpal is especially going to Mumbai to conduct…

Spiti Valley: a photographer’s search for heaven in the high mountains
Spiti Valley: a photographer’s search for heaven in the high mountains

Also see: our photography tour to Lahaul & Spiti. In the year 2006, at a time when only the adventurous travelled beyond Manali in the Himalayas and only a small percentage of the population had heard of Ladakh, a chance encounter took me to the…

Landscape Photography in Zanskar Himalayas, where snow peaks reach to stars
Landscape Photography in Zanskar Himalayas, where snow peaks reach to stars

Also see: Glaciers and starry nights – landscape photography tour to Zanskar Himalayas A year ago, we conducted a brand new photography tour to Zanskar region with a focus on photographing star-studded skies and snowy landscapes. We called the tour ‘Glaciers and Starry Nights’….

Summer time Bhutan: flowers of all colours
Summer time Bhutan: flowers of all colours

Also see: our upcoming travel photography tour to Bhutan (For best viewing experience, click on any image to see larger size and click on left/right arrows to move to the prev/next image) Come summer, just before the first rains descend on the hills of…

Photographing the charming fortresses of Bhutan
Photographing the charming fortresses of Bhutan

Also see: our upcoming travel photography tour to Bhutan (For best viewing experience, click on any image to see larger size and click on left/right arrows to move to the prev/next image) As my aircraft zigzags through the valley flying dangerously close to the mountains on…

Photographing Sea-scapes: Portrait or Landscape?
Photographing Sea-scapes: Portrait or Landscape?

Also see: Our upcoming “Sky, Earth & Water – Landscape Photography Workshop” in Gokarna, Karnataka, mentored by photographer Dinesh Maneer. This article is written by photographer and our landscape photography mentor Dinesh Maneer.  I often get this question in my workshops:  when  to shoot portrait…

On photographing the waterfalls in the Western Ghats
On photographing the waterfalls in the Western Ghats

Also see: Waterfalls of the Western Ghats – A Photography Tour Pratap J, our photography mentor and landscape photography specialist writes about photographing some of the prettiest waterfalls in Karnataka’s Western Ghats. Text and photographs by Pratap. The seductive beauty of flowing water on hard…

Darter Mentors nominated for  OSM – Outlook Social Media Awards
Darter Mentors nominated for OSM – Outlook Social Media Awards

Outlook Magazine has initiated the first of its kinds Social Media Awards. The award is aimed at recognising and rewarding the Outspoken, the Outstanding, the Outliers of the social media ecosystem.  OSM seeks to honour Individuals, Companies, and Brands and the Significant Others, those…

In Rajasthan, on a photography tour…
In Rajasthan, on a photography tour…

Kishan Harwalkar, a regular on our photography tours, recalls his experiences of travelling across Rajasthan on a photography tour with Darter and shares the images he made during the visit. All text and images by Kishan. Also: join us on the upcoming edition of  Forts…

The ABCs of Portrait photography
The ABCs of Portrait photography

Also see: Our Portrait Photography Workshop with Outdoor Light & Studio Setups Our portrait photographer Meghna Shirish comes with a background of learning from ‘Istituto Europeo di Design, Madrid, Spain’ and having learnt from the veterans likes Joe McNally, David Robin and Deanne fitzmaurice…