Photography in Hampi – discovering ancient architecture with camera
Photography in Hampi – discovering ancient architecture with camera

Also see: our upcoming photography tour to Hampi to learn to make beautiful images of architecture and landscapes of Hampi I have been visiting Hampi regularly for more than a decade now, exploring its boulder-strewn hills, its ancient works of stone and the wide…

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…

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…

Why post-processing is an essential part of every photographer’s workflow
Why post-processing is an essential part of every photographer’s workflow

Pratap J, our post processing expert who also mentors our ‘Workshop on Digital Post-processing using Adobe Lightroom‘ writes on why post-processing is an essential part of every photographer’s workflow. Image processing using a post-processing software is common among digital photographers. There is an opinion among people…

Landscapes Photography in Karnataka’s Coastline
Landscapes Photography in Karnataka’s Coastline

This story is authored by by Dinesh Maneer, our mentor for the Landscape Photography Workshop at Gokarna that we conduct every February. See more about Dinesh and his work at dineshmaneer.com The Coastline and coastal area of Karnataka is about 320 KMs long and ranges 8-25Kms towards inland…

Travel Photography Tip: Using flash for the perfect images in North-East India – Part II
Travel Photography Tip: Using flash for the perfect images in North-East India – Part II

Also see: part I – using flash for indoor portraits In the last edition, we wrote about using an external flash for getting better portrait indoors. This part addresses using flash as fill light when photographing outdoors.  Travelling in North East India on our yearly photography tour…

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…

Photographing Stars and Star Trails
Photographing Stars and Star Trails

If you have ever tried photographing star-trails or researched on the techniques, you may have been told time and again to choose a new moon day for your work. The reason this is suggested is simple – you get to see maximum number of stars…

Rainforest Photography – How far were you?
Rainforest Photography – How far were you?

  When I show this photograph to my friends, they often pose this question to me – “How far were you from the snake?” There is a deep sense of concern in their question (in most cases). The snake in the photograph  is a  Saw-scaled Viper (Echis…

Photographing the Pagodas of Myanmar Working on New Perspectives
Photographing the Pagodas of Myanmar Working on New Perspectives

Also see: Our photography tour of Myanmar (September 2014) When I visited Myanmar last year, one of the many things about the country that fascinated me to no end was the Pagodas spread across the country. There were Pagodas that reached out for the sky…