After those few more days in Paris Center, we departed to London via the Eurostar Train and our first experience right through the Tunnel Channel. It wasn’t too long a journey and from our early departure in Paris Gare Du Nord we reached St Pancras Station around noon. How was the Tunnel Channel? Well, it…
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Europe Trip – Nantes
Arriving in Nantes from Paris was quite a surprise in the sense that those two cities were kind-of worlds apart. Nantes is much smaller of course but the lifestyle is very different. Life looks to be on the peaceful side and even the mindset is different; people are more courteous and welcoming. The city feels…
Europe Trip – Paris
After four hours of travel from Frankfurt, the high-speed train arrived at Gare du Nord in Paris, and it was two different worlds. Compared to Frankfurt, the Gare du Nord was a mess; very busy with all sorts of people and rather dirty looking. Anyhow, it was time to move to our apartments. We spent…
Porlwi By Nature
After their first two consecutive years of success, the Porlwi Collective team came up with a different concept this time for their third contemporary art event and the theme for this year was concentrated on Nature. The first edition was Porlwi by Light, the second edition was Porlwi by Light: People, and this third edition…
Cane Corso Puppies – Mauritius
I sincerely love dogs but unfortunately I cannot raise any due to lack of space at home and also that I might be the only one who cares about raising one, so, it’s a no for the time being. Somehow, I always enjoy petting and playing with it whenever I come across one; be it…
Porlwi By Light 2016 – People – Part 2
This Part 2 (Part 1 here) of my Porlwi By Light Trip is actually a combination of the two other consecutive days closing the event (Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 December). Having not been able to complete all the attractions on the first day I was eager to continue the rest and came back again…
Porlwi By Light 2016 – People – Part 1
One of the highly anticipated events of the year 2016 is certainly Porlwi by Light. After a very successful first edition, this year they are back in this early month of December (2 – 4 December) and the theme is concentrated on #people… and for sure it was, since there were so many #people on…
Astrophotography at Baie du Cap/Macondé Mauritius
Some days back, since we were already in summer in Mauritius, I wanted to try some more Astrophotography and the choice ended up to find a suitable place to start with. I left home and headed towards Mare Aux Vacoas to attempt something else from the last time I went there, but on the spot there…
Kangel Bijoux: Photo-shoot in Port-Louis
Last weekend, together with Kangel Bijoux Mauritius, I did a collab to photo-shoot her latest handmade crafts and jewellery in a selection of places in the city of Port Louis. It wasn’t to be a sophisticated set-up and kept everything as simple as possible. The weather turned out to be in our favor and the…
Experiment: Portraits of My Self
The other day I was having some portrait ideas but it was already night and I didn’t have any model handy… so why not attempt something being my own model? I placed my camera on the tripod and set it to trigger from remote with a 2 seconds delay. I started posing and the results…
Mauritius Astronomical Event: SuperMoon – 14 NOV 2016
The 14th of November 2016 marks an interesting date in Astronomical events both in Mauritius and in other countries as the moon will be closest to the earth and on this date it will be a very bright full moon. Contrary to the last astronomical event of the Annular Eclipse of 1st September, this one…
Experimental Photography: Sparkle My Hand
Being rather active on the Instagram platform, I frequently get inspired by some other artists and this inspiration most of the time leads to a creative mind to experiment with all sorts of things concerning artistic photography. For this new experiment, I wanted to play with the sparkle firecracker to create an effect of first…
10th Classic Tour of Mauritius
Last Weekend, on Saturday the 5th of November, I attended a classic/vintage car show in Curepipe, more precisely in the parking of the Royal College. Saw the event being advertised on ‘Vintage Mauritius‘ and decided to have a stroll. There were around 20-25 classic cars, all of different ages and look and since I love…
75 Studio – Wedding of Daphné and Jonathan Oct 16
Well, first of all I want to point out that am no wedding photography expert and I just do my best to get things done. From time to time I work with 75 Studio Mauritius whenever they require my services and Friday last (28/10/16) we had to cover the very nice and lovely wedding of Daphné…
Hands-On Experience with the Nikon Nikkor 105mm F1.8 AiS lens
Having been always keen about photography, quite recently I got a good deal in acquiring an old Nikon lens for a third of its current trending price, roughly $160 (Rs 6,000) instead of $400 (Rs 18,000) from a Photography Studio. The lens was sitting there alone for quite some time and when I first saw…
Hiking La Tourelle du Tamarin Mountain
After having spent the earlier half of the day at Eau Bleue, and since I was officially hiking La Tourelle du Tamarin mountain the coming Sunday I decided to spend a few hours gathering info on the path to the mountain. As the access is found in a morcellement with quite some ambiguous roads my…
75 Studio – Engagement of Kevin and Adeesha – August 2016
Back in August 2016, I was assigned an engagement coverage from 75 Studio Mauritius (Videography & Photography Services). Working together on regular basis I was quite thrilled to make the best out of this event; couple photoshoot at Albion (Pointe Aux Caves) and the engagement ceremony at Petite Riviere (a nice hall I forgot the…
A Visit to Eau Bleue Waterfall
Having slept only 4 hours from last night, I was feeling rather tired for work the next morning and decided to take the day off. Somehow, a few adventure ideas came to my mind later during the day and again I packed everything and departed towards Cluny. This day’s adventure was to be an explore…
Astrophotography at Mare aux Vacoas Reservoir
It’s been some time that I hadn’t attempted some astrophotography, and Thursday last (25/08/16) when returning back from work I couldn’t believe what I saw… the sky in the late afternoon was so clear and not even a single cloud was near, and this made me think that the right moment to try some more night…
Hiking Le Morne Mountain
One Thursday evening (04/08/16), I received a call from my good friend Idriss about hiking Le Morne mountain for Saturday morning. One week after achieving Piton de la Petite Riviere Noire mountain, and now that the access to Le Morne mountain has been opened to the public… yes, previously it was a private access and one could only…
Sunset at Albion Lighthouse
Well, I must admit that winter isn’t my ‘explore and capture’ season but having a picture idea in mind since some time I convinced myself to visit the Pointe Aux Caves (Albion) lighthouse one afternoon after work hours for sunset, and of course, due to the early sun setting time of winter I had to…
Climbing Corps de Garde Mountain
One early February afternoon I received a call from a good friend asking if I was interested in joining him to climb the Corps de Garde mountain. Adventurous as always I readily accepted and we met at the foot of the mountain 30 minutes later to start the climb. Somehow, I neglected the fact that I…
Instameet Mauritius: A day at Lux Belle Mare
So what is this ‘instameet’ thing? Instagram, the image sharing platform on smartphones, is quite popular nowadays. Basically it is just an image editing application linked to its own image hosting service which allows users to view, share, like and comment on each other’s images. Well, so what’s the deal? In July 2015, the Lux*…
Astrophotography at Cap Malheureux
It has been some time that I’ve been looking to achieve some astrophotography… but the problem was that I deemed that my current equipment wasn’t good enough for low light and high ISO performance. Fortunately, since late December 2015 I got myself the Sigma 18-35 1.8 together with the Nikon D7200 body, and that was…
75 Studio – Haldi Ceremony of Yashwant & Penelope – Dec 15
Assigned by 75 Studio Videography & Photography to cover the photography of the Haldi (pre-wedding) ceremony of Yashwant & Penelope at Clairfonds in Vacoas, I am always thrilled for new adventures. The event, including all the idle time lasted for 4 hours, starting with a prayer ceremony with the couple and family, followed with some…
Porlwi by Light 2015
Festivals are becoming quite common in Mauritius since some recent years and there has been quite a variety of them; Carnivals, Foods, Bread, etc … and this year (2015), something new is on the agenda: Porlwi by Light. This festival of light aims at promoting the capital city of Port Louis in a traditional and…
75 Studio – Wedding of Yanish & Vyasha – November 2015
Catching up with some more photography, and working with 75 Studio Videography & Photography, the event of this weekend (28/11/2015) was the wedding of Yanish & Vyasha. Starting from the bride’s side at Saint Pierre, the ceremony, both wedding and reception, would take place at Curepipe in the nice hall of Mumtaz Mahal. Highlights of…