Photography and Travel in Bhutan – Happy Faces and Happy People
Photography and Travel in Bhutan – Happy Faces and Happy People

+ This article was written by Dr.Hiren Shah, who travelled with Darter Photography on the photography tour to Bhutan. This story and images were first published by a travel magazine. + See more about our next photography tour to Bhutan, scheduled for May 2015.  Che…

Meet the Mentor: Pratap J Rao
Meet the Mentor: Pratap J Rao

  We are happy to start our Meet the Mentor Series where we introduce you to Darter Photography mentors who conduct our highly sought after photography workshops and tours. All our  photographers are highly accomplished  passionate photographers who love to share the expertise gained…

Photographs of Chandratal Lake – Tranquility in the High Mountains
Photographs of Chandratal Lake – Tranquility in the High Mountains

Also see: ‘Our Photography Tour to Chandratal and beyond in Lahaul & Spiti‘ Few places can match Chandratal in beauty and grandeur. Nestled in the middle of snow-peaks in in the Himalayas, the deep blue waters of the mountains reflect equally blue skies and the heavenly…

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…

Thinking Photography in Bhutan – Five examples of research and preparedness in making better travel images
Thinking Photography in Bhutan – Five examples of research and preparedness in making better travel images

See more about our upcoming photography tour to Bhutan. There are many things that contribute to making great photographs. The light needs to be perfect, the weather has to be conducive and the perfect location/shooting angles have to be found. Sometimes we have to…

Images of Hampi: How to bring new perspectives to beautiful heritage sites with your photographs..
Images of Hampi: How to bring new perspectives to beautiful heritage sites with your photographs..

As a photographer who travels across India to capture its beauty–people, culture, landscapes and heritage–through the lens, I often feel challenged in presenting new facets of the country’s grand edifices built by genius architects from the past. The big question that always haunts me…

Travel Photography – Landscapes that characterize a location
Travel Photography – Landscapes that characterize a location

This is second in the series of travel photography articles that we are publishing this week. See the earlier story on travel photography – understanding the scope. A few years ago, editor of a travel magazine asked me for an article and photographs on…

Travel Photography – Understanding the scope
Travel Photography – Understanding the scope

This week on this blog, we will be publishing a series of articles on understanding and learning the concepts of travel photography. We begin first with an attempt to understand what comprises travel photography. Travel photography is a much used word. The term is…