Bandhavgarh – Every tiger has a story
Bandhavgarh – Every tiger has a story

“Charger and his son B2 were notorious for charging at vehicles. Bamera was like that in his prime. Now he is old.”  “Kankati killed Laxmi for territory and fed on a part of her body to show her dominance.” (Gruesome, but that’s how nature works!)  *** Charger, B2,…

Guest Post – My first tryst with travel photography at Ladakh
Guest Post – My first tryst with travel photography at Ladakh

This is a Guest Post by Jagadeesh Rampam who travelled with Darter on our Mountains and Monasteries tour of Ladakh in July 2014.  I was always fascinated about going to places after the shutterbug bit me in June 2013. That was when I’d started my…

Small Animals In Their Habitat
Small Animals In Their Habitat

 How I clicked this Spiny Tailed Lizard With Habitat   I have been fascinated by a lot of the smaller forms of life, which unfortunately often don’t get as much attention as some of the larger and more well known species in the same…

Arun Bhat wins prestigious International HIPA Photography Award
Arun Bhat wins prestigious International HIPA Photography Award

Some of you might already be aware that Arun Bhat, the Co-founder of Darter Photography recently won the prestigious Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Awards (HIPA) in Dubai. He got the first prize in the main category “Colors of Life…

Compass points to – Nubra Valley
Compass points to – Nubra Valley

Where in India would you find these?   Thinking of the deserts of Rajasthan? Well, there’s another desert of a very different kind in India. Here’s another clue. It’s, of course, the high altitude desert of Ladakh. A different sight, of course, from the…

Notes from Spiti- Loving the Traffic Jams
Notes from Spiti- Loving the Traffic Jams

  Spiti is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Rugged vertical mountains kissing azure skies are punctuated by Orche colored monasteries on cliffs where even Spiderman will think twice to go. This desolate landscape that literally means the middle land makes you…

The Big Cats are calling
The Big Cats are calling

  Kanha and Bandhavgarh – His Majesty’s Court How long could have our wildlife team resisted the soul stirring roar of the big cats from the jungles of central India. With a unique eco system comprising of dense forest, bamboo thickets and vast grasslands…

Meet The Mentor: Manish Lakhani
Meet The Mentor: Manish Lakhani

  Manish Lakhani : Cyclist, Traveler and Photographer   Continuing with our Meet The Mentor Series where we introduce you to Darter Photography mentors who conduct our highly sought after photography workshops and tours. Today we meet Manish Lakhani, who has traveled across the…

Mingulaba.. Myanmar! Photography Exhibition in Ahmedabad
Mingulaba.. Myanmar! Photography Exhibition in Ahmedabad

Here is an event alert for people in Ahmedabad. An excellent collection of images from Myanmar by Dr.Hiren Shah will be exhibited at gallery ‘Amdavad ni Gufa’. The exhibition opens tomorrow evening and will be on display till Feb 22nd. Darter Photography is proud of the fact that Dr.Shah is…

WANDERLUST Photography Exhibition at Bangalore – Looking back
WANDERLUST Photography Exhibition at Bangalore – Looking back

From Feb 4-8, 2015, we conducted a photography exhibition at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore. It was an extremely well received collective exhibition of 80+ brilliant photographs by 40+ talented participants who travelled with Darter on photography tours. Here is a quick glimpse of the exhibition highlights. Photography…