by Mark | Nov 4, 2016 | India, Photo Essay
People photos from our travels around India – Part I: Allahabad We’ve never been that great at taking portrait photos of people. I’m not talking about the technical skill of actually taking the photo, more the going up to someone and asking them if we can take...
by Mark | Oct 28, 2016 | India, Travel Shot
This is one of my favourite shots of India. Even though it was taken at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad in 2013 (which happened to be the largest gathering on earth and was attended by an estimated 80 and 100 million people over about a 5 week period), there...
by Mark | Sep 22, 2016 | India, Travel Shot
Despite its size, certain pockets of India’s second-largest city are surprisingly easy to discover on foot. The district of BBD Bagh, for example, is awash with colonial-era buildings including the neo-Gothic High Court building. Outside, on the nearby streets, chai...
by Mark | Aug 27, 2016 | India, Travel Shot
The Orchard Palace (sometimes called the Huzoor Palace) in Gondal, Gujarat is a wonderful place to stay. A Maharaja’s palace in the truest sense of the word, the rooms are full of antiquated furnishings, there are stuffed animals hanging from the walls and there’s...
by Mark | Jun 9, 2016 | India, Travel Shot
Unless you are heading up to or coming down from Kashmir, or planning to cross the border into Pakistan (a big no, no at the moment), Amritsar doesn’t really sit naturally on a journey through northern India. Make the effort to get there, however, and you will be...
by Mark | Mar 11, 2016 | India, Travel Shot
Who in all honesty is not oohing and aahing at this photo right now? As their name would suggest, these cute bundles of fur can only be found in the alpine grasslands of the Himalayas and on the Tibetan Plateau. Marmots are actually large squirrels and they eat grass,...
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