Photographers get excited with windows! A window, if leveraged well can help frame a subject to create compositional appeal and also act as a large light source, creating very soft highlights and shadows. So there can be no better way to shoot with natural available light by placing the subject...
Tak-Tsang Gompa (locally known as T Gompa), is situated close to Sangetsar Lake and China Border, in the high altitude Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is at a distance of about 35 kilometres from Tawang. Though the temple has a very small structure and not many people in the...
Albert Einstein’s teacher once told Einstein’s father that “It doesn’t matter what he does, he will never amount to anything!” As I partnered with Janet Amrit (Model) and Praveena Nair (Make-up artist) to create a series of photographs with this statement in the background, it made me reflect on the...
Praveena Nair (Make-up artist) recently collaborated with me in a photo shoot with Charmaine (Model). Praveena Nair is just starting out as a make-up artist and I feel she did a good job in face painting. To help her create a portfolio, I concentrated on making a few close up...
To create “Dare to Dream” series, I searched for harsh textures on walls. Charmaine was the model and the make-up was done by Praveena Nair. I’d also like to give credit to my daughter, Tarni Kaur, who was kind enough to lend the dresses she had recently created for a...
Driving on the rough road to Tawang, on day two we approached a small monastery at Chillipam. This was tucked away in the remote hills around Rupa. It was a very cloudy day and we were weather challenged from both, comfort and photography perspective. Adding to the frustration were the...
At the Namgyal Lhatse Tawang Monastery in Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh, India), my friend Angad Singh sought guidance from me on how to make impressionable pictures of momentary encounters with unknown subjects. So here is how I went about making this series. 1) Select a theme – I chose to focus...
Another 28 photos in this series on Monpas can be viewed by clicking the first photo below to view in large format and then scrolling through. This is a sequel to the first series on the search for Monpas at the Zimithang area in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Monpa (Buddhists of...
These kids at Namgyal Lhatse (commonly known as Tawang Monastery) start their day very early. Which meant, when I was walking around at around 10:30 AM, it was time for their lunch break. The bells rang and kids rushed out in the courtyard, heading to the dining area to fill...
The village of Zimithang lies 80 Km from Tawang in the north-western corner of Arunachal Pradesh (India), a remote last post, sandwiched between Bhutan and China. It doesn’t get any tourist flow. I headed in search of the unpretentious Monpa (Buddhists of Tibetan origin) settlements at the head of this...