Our next destination in search of the most awesome, historic architecture of India was to the Belur and Halibedu in Karnataka. Home to the famous Chennakesava temple and Hoysaleswara temple, these towns attracted our attention with what can only be described as a monument of architectural wonders. We planned a short 3 days trip, which we knew would be jam-packed if we wanted to capture all of these age old monuments. The great Chennakeshava temple in Belur took almost 103 yea

The best kind of trips are the ones we don't plan on and even though this particular trip was planned, we never expected it to be to Hampi. Me and my friend, Vinod Ranganathan were so excited to go to the famous Puri Jaganath temple, but cyclone fani lead us to choose a quick contingency plan. Thus, we started our journey to Hampi in hopes that it will satisfy our thirst to witness the architectural marvels of our nation. Like every great other great city of ancient India, Ha

In this article, I’m trying to convey the impact of long exposure in landscape photography, as everyone knows what is long exposure, but still I will give one liner explanation for the benefit of newbie into photography. Long exposure is exposing the shutter for more duration (e.g: 2 seconds or 3 seconds or more) to capture more light, which results in better dreamy/dramatic image when the subject is dynamic. To make good landscape photo we need better composition, good light

Varanasi, is one of the most desired places for photographers across the world to explore the culture of India. I have been longing to go there for past few years and finally got a chance to visit in November 2017 along with my friend Sreenath. We had planned to stay for a week so on the first day we put our cameras away, took our phones and did location scouting. We spoke to people and tried to find out about the different events or rituals which happen in Varanasi daily. Fi

The idea of PhoTourer Talkies 1.0 was born on a hot summer day when my best bud Arun Siddharth & I were chilling at an Ice cream parlor. The idea was to pack our backpacks and travel every alternate month to feed our hunger for landscape/ astrophotography. Thus, we ventured out to explore the mesmerizing landscapes and starry skies starting from Kanyakumari district, covering kanyakumari town, Nagercoil and nearby areas. DAY 1: We began with the Kalikesam Mountain which is co

Apart from the commercial and landscape photography I have been doing, I got interest in astrophotography in recent times. In the last two years I did couple of experiments in capturing the milky way galaxy and was able to capture only the structure of the nebula. In last two months I made 3 astrophotography trips along with my bestie Arun Siddharth & 2 more friends. In this blog I would like to brief & share the Milky Way shots from the last two trips, one at Pulicat island

A long pending item in my bucket list has always been bird photography. The magic of flight has always interested me and I wanted to explore what lay creatively for me in store as a bird photographer. I used to be always awestruck and curious about migratory birds...how long a distance they had to cover to find a sanctuary? What was their journey from home like? What all did they see along their way?...how could we ever know the experiences of having travelled around the worl