Living the desert life
I just realised that I have shared very little about my experience of last year’s visitation to the Desert National Park. As I reminisced on the days I traveled along the roads and dunes of Rajasthan, here is a small blog …
Manifestos of a nature photographer
Below are few questions, as a Nature Photographer, I ask myself everyday. I still don’t have a single ‘silver bullet’ answer to each of these questions. Even if I try to, there are lots of overlapping thoughts, tonnes of gray …
An angle of reflection
This is going to be a long post. Please bear with me. When I started off with photography, it was sheer passion with which I walked the wild. It was like meditation – walking the wild with single minded focus and …
Tribute to tribal clan
Kinnaur being one of the smallest districts in India, it enjoys a temperate climate. Conditions conducive for pears and apples! Spiti valley comprises of a high altitude cold desert region housed in the himalayan mountain ranges in the Himachal Pradesh …
The next level
Have been thinking about some easy ways to be a better artist. This was during my initial days of photography. What I have learnt over the years are few invaluable lessons. Some of them I would love to share. Going …
Being mindful
For all the budding nature photographers, who do not understand what responsible photography is all about, they need to ask themselves few questions, before delving deep into photography. Nature photography in particular. I thought of a small check list of …
Reciprocity and opposing forces
There are couple of questions that are bothering me since some time now. Is a telephoto lens a must in the arsenal of a nature/wildlife photographer? Does having a telephoto lens makes me a renowned nature photographer? Reciprocity Nature photography is …
A strong sense of indebtedness
This is going to be a long post, so please bear with me. From dictionary: ac·knowl·edg·ment[ak-nol-ij-muhnt] –noun 1. An act of acknowledging. 2. Recognition of the existence or truth of something 3. An expression of appreciation. 4. A thing done …
Of emotions, creations and art
Feelings – that’s the word used in common paralance. Personally, for me, that word conveys anything that is intended with a lot lesser depth or impact than the word emotion. Emotions are feelings and not the other way round. Emotions …