Rocky Prajapati
Posted: June 26th, 2011 under contributors | Comments: none
Rocky Prajapati, Bhaktapur Freelance Photographer From the moment he viewed life through the lens at the age of 14, photography has been Rocky’s passion.
Tag: Photography
Nepal coffee table photography books online
Posted: April 13th, 2011 under Blog, Books | Comments: 1
Flicking through photo-books, or coffee table books, is a great way to explore places we’ve never been but would like to go. Nepal is no exception, and now it can be done online! We start with French photographer who trekked the Manaslu circuit and produced a beautiful book called Kutang.
Annapurna Sanctuary by night
Posted: December 15th, 2010 under Blog, HomeGallery, Photography | Comments: 1
Adventure photographer Alex Treadway recently visited Pokhara to try to get a perfect shot of the lake and mountains by night. A short spell of unsettled weather ended that plan unfortunately and he decided instead to trek up to Annapurna basecamp, also known as the Annapurna Sanctuary and capture the glacial landscape under moonlight.
Drew Doggett’s pictorial impression of Humla
Posted: October 18th, 2010 under Blog, Photography | Comments: none
I subscribe to a Google alert email for “Humla Nepal” which comes in every now and again, usually with news about the price of basic goods skyrocketing due to some supply problem of other. Sometimes it’s a few weeks before a new alert comes – most people I’ve spoken to in Nepal only know of Humla as a ‘very remote’ place and nothing more and it is very seldom written about. Its treasures are indeed well hidden. Today’s Google alert email brought in two news items in stark contrast to each other. The first reported that a common-cold virus had [...]
The Great Himalaya Trail on Flickr
Posted: October 10th, 2010 under Photography | Comments: 4
We’ve put a lot of effort into gathering pictures from talented photographers taken across Nepal to show the diversity of landscapes, people and alternative trekking possibilities. There are some great pictures there but we’re just scratching the surface and will keep trying to find new pictures from great photographers from the different sections of the GHT in Nepal.
Himalayan nights
Posted: August 26th, 2010 under Blog, HomeGallery, Photography | Comments: none
If you have ever been trekking in Nepal’s mountains, you’ll know well how cold it can get at night. For his series ‘Himalayan Nights’, travel photographer Alex Treadway spent many freezing winter evening hours getting the shot with the right combination of starlight, clouds, mountains and tent. This was taken high up on the Manaslu Circuit trek after about 10 days of walking, just before the Larke La pass (5100m). Treadway describes the next day: “The view from the Larkya La is just astonishing. It looks straight out over four converging glaciers to the huge wall of 7000 m and [...]
Taking better trekking photos – Composition
Posted: May 25th, 2010 under Blog, Photography | Comments: none
Just as you’ll want to get a variety of different subjects, you’ll also want to get a variety of different angles and compositions in your photos. Many photographers who aren’t professionals can benefit a lot from thinking about composition for a few seconds before shooting.
When taking a picture, we tend to follow what I like to call “the path of least resistance”. Meaning, we take the picture in the most easy way we can: Stop, point the camera straight towards whatever it is that have drawn our attention, and then just push the button, click, and move on…
Taking better trekking photos – Choosing the subjects
Posted: May 25th, 2010 under Blog, Photography | Comments: none
On a typical trek in the mountains, there are so many different kind of subjects to take pictures of. The mountains, the landscape and the people are obvious choices. Your trekking friends, the camp site etc. are also nice to have snapshots of. But that’s not all. There’s more to the trek than what you see in the regular brochures and pamphlets.
Taking better trekking photos – The basics
Posted: May 25th, 2010 under Blog, Photography | Comments: none
If you’re going on a trek, you’ve probably already seen some other people’s fantastic trekking photos. Some photos really stand out and stay in your memory for a long time. Can you take memorable photos like that? Yes, with a few tips almost everyone can learn to take great trekking photos!
A Thakuri woman
Posted: May 3rd, 2010 under ethnic groups of Nepal, Photography | Comments: none
A Thakuri woman, one of the Hindu ethnic groups of Humla met near Kermi. © 2009 Dmitri Alexander – www.dmitriphoto.com
Facinating photographs from Humla, Dolpa and Mustang from 1970s
Posted: March 29th, 2010 under Blog, Dolpa and inner dolpo, ethnic groups of Nepal, Humla & Limi Valley, Photography, Rara, Jumla & Mugu | Comments: none
Here are some facinating picures archived by digital SOAS. It is getting rarer these days to see black and white photography and, even when you do, black and white photography looks modern. These pictures are scanned from film and reach back as far as 1956. The first question that springs to mind is: has anything changed? Of course the answer is yes: in many places numerable things have changed – this list includes solar lighting, health posts, suspension bridges, education and skills training, telecommunications and even roads creeping steadily northwards. However, visit Humla, Dolpa or Mustang and you’ll see that [...]
Magar people
Posted: March 15th, 2010 under ethnic groups of Nepal, People | Comments: 3
Magars are another Tibetan group that descended from the plateau long ago. No one knows when exactly they came, the first record of them isn’t until 1100 ce. Nowadays they are Nepal’s largest ethnic group, roughly 7% of the population. While they were historically Buddhists, their close interactions with Hindus from the plains and the Hindus from Nepal lead many of them to adopt Hindu traditions and ceremonies. Converts to Hinduism were granted sacred threads and a higher caste standing in the Nepali state to encourage this change. Magars have several languages that are completely distinct from one another; however, [...]
Great Himalaya Trail Photography
Posted: January 29th, 2010 under Photography | Comments: none
Here are some quick links to the photography on this site: Kanchenjunga trekking photography Makalu trekking photography Everest & Rolwaling trekking photography Panch Pokhari & Langtang trekking photography Ganesh Himal, Tsum Valley & Manaslu trekking photography Annapurna & Mustang trekking photography Dolpa trekking photography Rara, Jumla & Mugu trekking photography Humla trekking photography
