by Navin Sarma
By now we’re a few days into the Fall season of 2011. While Fall can be a somber time for folks (the end of summer and possibly vacations, shorter days, cold weather, the harkening of an ending year), it is probably my favorite season. The two reasons I think that is so is because the […]
Categories: Blog
by Navin Sarma
First, I want to apologize for my lack of writing recently! I’ve been busy with work these past few weeks (photography and non-photography related), but I will definitely make an effort to share more of my thoughts. Lord knows there are many, and all at the same time :). I was recently published in an […]
Categories: Blog
by Navin Sarma
As you may know, today the Martin Luther King (MLK) Memorial, The Stone of Hope, opened on the Tidal Basin, in Southwest Washington, D.C. While it’s official “coronation” doesn’t happen until August 28th, the public finally got its first look at the long-awaited memorial today. Of course, I scouted it myself and took this image […]
Categories: Architectural, Blog, Washington, D.C.
by Navin Sarma
Photography is a way for me to express my spirituality and belief in something beyond this world. In every shot of mine, I try to include elements of nature so that they evoke emotion & wonder from you, the viewer, as it did me when I clicked the shutter. The natural world is amazing for […]
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by Navin Sarma
Just a quick plug here š Two of my shots from my trip last year to Shenandoah National Park were chosen asĀ finalistsĀ in the Views of Shenandoah Contest. My shots, among others, will be printed and hung in theĀ Charlottesville Community Design Center in Downtown Charlottesville, VA and has a chance of winning the contest. The winner […]
Categories: Blog, North Amercia
by Navin Sarma
Recently, I posted some images from my family’s trip to India in April. During my trip, I spent some time in the south of India (where my family is from), Chennai. There, I stayed at a local alumni club and visited my parent’s friends and family. Also, while in the south, I attended my cousin’s […]
by Navin Sarma
I went on a vacation with my family to India this past April. I came away with a few keepers, which I will share soon. While I finish those up, I wanted to leave you with one preview: [fancy_images height=”900″ width=”600″ alt=”” title=””]http://navinsarmaphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/taj_mahal_sunrise.jpg[/fancy_images] At sunrise, the sun tints the Taj Mahal a slight orange against […]
by Navin Sarma
This post picks up from the last part of my three part series on my photography expedition to Olympic National Park, Washington. Check out the first and second part if you haven’t already. At this point in my trip, I concentrated my sunrise and sunset shots at Second Beach, a sea stack and tide pool […]
Categories: Blog, Pacific Northwest
by Navin Sarma
So… hopefully you’ve had a chance to look at the first part of this blog series about my photography expedition to Olympic National Park. If not, please visit the link so you can catch up on the story. š So given that I had gotten some pretty good shots of the sunset and night of […]
Categories: Blog, Pacific Northwest
by Navin Sarma
[note: some images have been removed from my site since I first posted in 2011; I have kept some preferred images and others] This past March, I went on a photography expedition at Olympic National Park, which is on the Northwest coast of the United States,Ā about 140 miles (or about 3 and a half hours) […]
Categories: Blog, Pacific Northwest • Tags: Corporate Art, high resoultion, Landscape, Landscape Photography, olympic national park, onp
by Navin Sarma
A month or so ago, I was contacted by the owner of a Charlottesville, VA-based company, Indigo Night. This company creates prints that illustrate the night sky as it actually looks at a given time and place. Add to that a personalized message and a quality frame, and you have a pretty special piece of […]
Categories: Blog, Commercial
by Navin Sarma
I recently had a few of my shots of Eden DC published in the May/June edition of DC Magazine. The exposure is pretty exciting for me so I thought I’d share it here as well. I’m looking forward to picking up a couple print editions too! Scroll to page 64 of the digital mag,Ā here. Thanks […]
Categories: Blog, Commercial
by Navin Sarma
Recently, I was chatting with a friend who is new to photography with an SLR. After shooting an event for the first time, she came away underwhelmed with the images she captured. We then got into some of the details of why the shots didn’t appear as she had wanted. When she mentioned how frustrated […]
by Navin Sarma
I recently returned from a trip to Washington State, where I photographed the Pacific Northwestern Coast. As I sift through and process the images, I thought I’d give just a teaser of what’s to come. This shot was from Forks, Washington. Those of you who are familiar with the Twilight series are aware that Forks […]
Categories: Blog
by Navin Sarma
As some may know, this weekend I’m on a photography and camping trip to Olympic National Park outside Seattle. Hopefully, I will learn more nuances of landscape photography and come back with some nice shots. Wish me luck!
Categories: Blog
by Navin Sarma
So… it’s been more than a month since I posted to this blog. However, it’s not for lack of effort. I finished setting up new gallery page (which is hopefully easier to navigate, lighter, and more Google friendly) and… In January, I caught wind of a FotoDC call for the submissions to display at its […]
Categories: Architectural, Blog, Landscape
by Navin Sarma
Here’s a quick post after the light ice storm we had last night. I really had hoped that the freezing rain would encapsulate the trees and sidewalks with a layer of ice. While it is a little dangerous and annoying to walk and drive on, it really is pretty cool to see. Here’s a ledge […]
by Navin Sarma
I know its a couple weeks into the new year already, but I wanted to do a quick post to recap my work in photography this past year. 2010 was a year of growth for me when it came to photography. I started with it a few years ago as just a careless hobby. Soon […]
Categories: Architectural, Astrophotography, Blog, Landscape, Macro, Wildlife
by Navin Sarma
A quick plug here… š A photo I submitted to CNN iReport made of of the best travel photos of 2010. It was the photo below… taken during a foggy night over Washington, D.C. I took this from the balcony of my old apartment in Rosslyn, VA: [fancy_images height=”500″ width=”750″]http://navinsarmaphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/WashingtonDCMonumentFog.jpg[/fancy_images] Check it out here (number […]
Categories: Blog
by Navin Sarma
So I just rolled out my the new design to my website. Give it a shot and let me know what you think! Two years since launch, I felt the need for a fresh, simple look that centered content more around the blog than the galleries. This redesign is part of a larger effort to […]
Categories: Blog
by Navin Sarma
Over the past couple of years, I had really wanted to take a trip to Shenandoah during the peak of its fall season. But, you know how it goes… weather reports look meh, this week turns into next week, and sooner or later winter is in full swing. This year, however, my family and I […]
by Navin Sarma
Recently, I took photos of a new restaurant in Tyson’s Corner called Diya. The owners of Diya, who also own Ascot (in Washington DC),wanted to branch out and reach more of people and businesses in the suburbs. Similarly to Ascot, they included a banquet hall for people to hold large parties and events. The restaurant […]
Categories: Architectural, Blog, Commercial
by Navin Sarma
I love being home for Thanksgiving. Nothing to do but hang out, eat, and drink with those you really care about. Now it seems to me that people think they can’t get cool photographs around where they live. I think they’re wrong. It’s really amazing what you see when you just open your eyes. So […]
Categories: Architectural, Astrophotography, Blog, Landscape
by Navin Sarma
Just a quick piece on some recent work. Recently I’ve been trying my hand at night photography, with some varied success. Here is a sampling of some stuff I’ve shot recently. After taking these pictures, I think it’s really quite amazing how many stars and planets are out there that our eyes just can’t see. […]
Categories: Astrophotography, Blog, Landscape
by Navin Sarma
Here’s a shocker: I love bringing my camera with me when I go on vacation. Actually, when I bought my first dSLR, I considered not taking it with me to a trip to Europe and India. My dad was adamant that I NOT take it with me, claiming that evil people prey upon my camera […]
by Navin Sarma
By now, I’m sure that you have heard of the Super Harvest Moon that the we in the Northern Hemisphere were lucky enough to witness last week. If you missed the news out on it, you can read some details here. If you hadn’t heard, don’t feel bad — I didn’t even know until the […]
Categories: Architectural, Astrophotography, Blog, Landscape
by Navin Sarma
So, following up from where I left off last time… We wanted to stay pretty active during our vacation, so after we went ATV riding, a few of us went scuba diving (including me) and a few went golfing. Now, one of the pieces of advice I give and almost always follow is ALWAYS BRING […]
by Navin Sarma
Last month, I did a shoot for the owners of Eden, a redesigned and revamped club in Northwest, Washington DC. The club formerly known as Eyebar has been renewed and expanded to now include a rooftop lounge. The rooftop has a huge bar and dancing area with a DJ booth that oversees all the action. […]
Categories: Architectural, Blog, Commercial
by Navin Sarma
As you might know, I photograph much more outside than inside. I usually like to go “out in the field”, witness, and record the subtleties of the world through my camera. Sometimes, though, the subtleties can’t be captured as they are because conditions of the field make it hard to take compelling photos. Conditions like […]
by Navin Sarma
Every summer, my good friends from college and I take a beach trip to Ocean City, Maryland, a place that most of us in the DC area have gone to (at least in our childhood). It had been a tradition of ours to go to my friend’s grandfather’s beachfront condo, relax on the crowded beach, […]
by Navin Sarma
So those of you in the DC area (and anywhere in the USA, really) are pretty familiar with the occasional, intense storms we run into during the summer. This past Sunday, a particularly strong storm came through the area, blowing trees down and ripping down power lines. In fact, there are still some places today […]
Categories: Astrophotography, Blog, Landscape
by Navin Sarma
Over the 4th of July weekend, we went to St. Thomas. Wow… what a gorgeous place. The only other Caribbean island I had been to was Puerto Rico, which in my opinion does not compare to St. Thomas’ beauty. Here’s a photo of Yaminee enjoying her time at lunch on the beach on our first […]
by Navin Sarma
As some of you may know, earlier this month myself and a group of guys went to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico to celebrate my good friend, Mani Iyer’s bachelor party. And yes, while we DID enjoy the nightlife that Cabo offered, we also made it a point to see some of its natural beauty. In […]
by Navin Sarma
I know this is a couple days late, but… I wanted to do this post for Father’s Day. Hopefully, its still relevant and meaningful. My father is the first person to get me interested in photography. When we went on family vacations, my Dad would always bring his still and video cameras. As time passed, […]
Categories: Architectural, Blog, Landscape
by Navin Sarma
Welcome to my new blog! Since I launched my photography website (navinsarmaphotography.com) in late 2008, I’ve used the site to display my favorites photos. I’ve really enjoyed maintaining the site, and will keep it going strong well into the future. However, the one thing I felt was lacking in my site was the story behind […]
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