by Navin Sarma
Things change, the world goes on. Even just a few minutes (and different capture and editing techniques) can make the same scene look and feel vastly different. Do you have a preference between these three?
Categories: Blog • Tags: Landscape Photography, maui, ocean
by Navin Sarma
Life keeps moving. A few blinks and it’s been 5 years in California. And just the same amount of time where I’ve seemingly stopped creating with the throughput and passion in making dramatic imagery to communicate the greatness, violence, and beauty of the natural world. Maybe my creative side has been been dormant or otherwise […]
Categories: Blog, Hawaii • Tags: 4k hdr, drone, hawaii, Landscape Photography, maui, navin sarma
by Navin Sarma
Here is my opinion of my best work of 2015! I whittled it down to 10 images — tougher than I expected but a good exercise in curation. This year, I didn’t get to travel much for photography but still was able to capture a decent variation of scenes. I hope to travel much more […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: Best of 2015, Fine Art, Landscape Photography, photography, Year in Review
by Navin Sarma
I’m on a roll — going through images from my hard drive and finishing those I have never presented. Here’s a set of nature images, including one from the White Mountains of the Eastern Sierra. I tried processing this photo several times in the past and never liked the results. Finally, I have something worth […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: Corporate Art, Fine Art, Landscape Photography, nature, photography
by Navin Sarma
I have continued to search through my archives to present images I had not finished before. In this set, I present several shots that show how colorful the city can be. Using water, such as the Potomac River and the Tidal Basin, can help to exaggerate color through reflections where colorful light is mirrored below […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: Corporate Art, Fine Art, Landscape Photography, photography, Washington DC
by Navin Sarma
Another shot from the vault, an amazing sunrise at the Tidal Basin and the Jefferson Memorial as seen from the Martin Luther King Memorial. I used a fast shutter speed here to catch the light in the ripples of the water.
Categories: Blog • Tags: Corporate Art, DC, jefferson memorial, Landscape Photography, travel photography
by Navin Sarma
As a landscape photographer, often times I must plan and travel to capture a shot I want. Sometimes, it is a grueling process that involves skimping on sleep, hiking long distances (perhaps in the dark), carrying gear, and finding the way home. This process is essential to create many provocative photographs. But it’s not the […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: Abstract, Fine Art, Landscape Photography, ocean, photography
by Navin Sarma
Here’s a recent set of images I made from the Air Force Memorial. Not only is it marvellously grand in person, it is also a wonderfully photogenic structure. At wide angles, one can capture the great expanse to the sky and can create interesting shapes with the different angles of the Memorial’s dramatically curved spires. The sheen […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: Advertising Photography, Air Force Memorial, Commercial Photography, Landscape Photography, sunrise, Washington DC Photography
by Navin Sarma
This past Monday, on Martin Luther King Day, I set out for a quick trip to West Virginia to hike in the snow and capture some winter landscapes. In DC, we intermittently experience snow, but the further west and higher in elevation you go, the weather changes. On average, 160 inches of snow falls each […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: blackwater falls state park, Fine Art Photography, Landscape Photography, nature, photography, Washington DC, Winter
by Navin Sarma
Looking back through my archives, I stumbled upon a set of images from late 2010 at Great Falls National Park. Upon first sight of the images from this evening, I instantly recalled that THIS was the night that I truly become passionate about landscape photography and was thus the beginning of my career in the […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: Great Falls National Park, Landscape Photography, nature
by Navin Sarma
Yesterday, we had our first snowfall in the Washington, D.C. area. I for one am ALWAYS excited about the snow. Though there can be trecherous conditions and people can get hurt while driving, if people can keep as safe as possible, it really is a glorious time to be outside and enjoy the environment. Nothing […]
Categories: Blog, Washington, D.C. • Tags: Corporate Art, Fine Art, Landscape Photography, Large Format, National Mall, Nature Photography, Snow, Snowfall, Washington DC, washington monument, Winter
by Navin Sarma
Tonight, I led an Advanced Nature and Landscape Photography: Twilight and Night Photography field workshop at Manassas Battlefield Park. We had some great weather of nearly 60 degrees, a beautiful sunset, and great clouds with glimpses to the moon. Here’s a set of images that follows from sunset through twilight and night.
Categories: Blog • Tags: Black and White Photography, Landscape Photography, Large Format, Long Exposure, Manassas Battlefield Park, Moon Photography, Nature Photography, night photography, Twilight Photography
by Navin Sarma
Over the past month of so, I’ve been taking a bit of pause from photography. Just now am I getting the urge to get back in the field. Before I do so, I wanted to bring forward some images I had been working off and on. I finally present this moodier set of images from […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: Air Force Memorial, autumn, fall, Landscape Photography, License Images, U.S. Capitol, Washington DC, washington monument
by Navin Sarma
Another year and another moment to reflect! This was my fourth full year of doing photography seriously, and eighth year overall. I have certainly come a long way in these four years: learning intricate technical methods to produce modern imagery, shifting my thinking about photography from that of ‘recording my surroundings’ to ‘creating an image […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: Best of 2014, Fine Art, Landscape Photography, Large Format, photography, Top 10 Images of 2014, Washington DC, Washington DC Photography, Year in Review
by Navin Sarma
Earlier this month, I opened my second exhibit of the collection: “DC: Impressions of Urban Nature” at The Coupe in DC. You can see the prints anytime from now until the end of January! The Coupe is a really cool spot. Very chill, open nearly all of the time, with great food and coffee plus […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: Art Exhibition, Exhibition, Landscape Photography, Large Format Photography, The Coupe, The Coupe DC, Washington DC
by Navin Sarma
This past weekend, my wife and I took a last-minute trip down to Puerto Rico. We found a pretty good deal from DC: a direct flight, a rental car, and a package discount to stay on the northeast corner of the island, a beautiful cliffside resort in Fajardo. We had it all figured out and […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: Caribbean, Corporate Art, Landscape Photography, Large Format, Large Format Photography, Nature Photography, Photography Classes, photography instruction, Photography workshops, Puerto Rico
by Navin Sarma
Today I conducted another photography workshop as part of my Washington DC photography summer bootcamp, this time at Great Falls Par on the Maryland side. The topic is something that is hard for every photographer: shooting during mid-day sun. We discussed a number of topics, including how to deal with harsh light and shadow, and […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: acrylic prints, canvas prints, Corporate Art, Great Falls Park, high resolution images, Landscape Photography, Long Exposure, Photography Classes, photography instruction, Photography workshops, Washington DC
by Navin Sarma
Just a quick post from tonight’s really amazing sunset at Great Falls. I went to shoot something I planned based on weather, time of year, scouting/past trips, and visualization, but ended up finding something completely different. From that, I note two things I have learned when shooting: 1) Have a plan, but also have some […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: Corporate Art, Great Falls, Landscape Photography, Large Format Prints, photography, photography instruction
by Navin Sarma
Washington, D.C. has had a more brutal winter than we’re accustomed to. It has been much colder and snowier than in the recent past. As I have mentioned on this blog, I for one am OK with a real winter like this. But, it’s also fun to break out and experience warm weather in the […]
Categories: Blog, Caribbean • Tags: Belize, Caribbean, Caye Caulker, Corporate Art, Crystal Cave, Fine Art, fine art prints, High Resolution, Landscape Photography, Large Format, Nature Photography, photography
by Navin Sarma
In September, my wife and I celebrated our one year anniversary in Italy. What a fantastic trip! Like our honeymoon in Bali, I don’t like to spend too much time with photography during these trips, since it takes away from the experience of relaxing travel with a companion. When I try mixing photography with vacation, […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: amalfi coast, anniversary, Corporate Art, italy, Landscape Photography, Large Format Photography, man and nature, panorama, photography, trip
by Navin Sarma
Following up on Part 2 from my trip to the Eastern Sierras, my next destination was the Lundy Canyon and Lake Tahoe. Not a whole lot of time to write about what adventures I had since I’m boarding a plane to ITALY in a few hours! Needless to say, after a few days of hiking […]
Categories: Blog, Landscape • Tags: Canvas, eastern sierra, High Resolution, images, Lake Tahoe, Landscape, Landscape Photography, Large Format, Lundy canyon, nature, Nature Photography, photography, Print, professional art
by Navin Sarma
Following up on Part 1 from my trip to the Eastern Sierras, my next destination was the White Mountains. The White Mountains are a few miles away from Bishop, California. A desert mountain, the area looks like a gray, barren wasteland, with occasional shrubs and nearly no wildlife except for beetles, marmots, and small birds. […]
Categories: Blog, California, Landscape • Tags: eastern sierra, HDR, Landscape, Landscape Photography, Large Format, nature, Nature Photography, photography, Photoshop, white mountains
by Navin Sarma
In early August, I traveled out west for a good friend’s wedding in San Diego. Given I am rarely on the west coast, I took this trip as an opportunity to explore a region of our country that I hadn’t previously. My first thought was to search for any interesting locations within driving distance of […]
Categories: Blog, California, Landscape • Tags: California, eastern sierra, Fine Art Print, HDR, Inyo National Forest, Landscape Photography, Large Format, milky way, Mono Lake, nature, Nature Photography, Photoshop, sunrise, Washington DC
by Navin Sarma
Earlier this month, I went on a 4 day lightning tour of the Eastern Sierras, including Mono Lake, the White Mountains, and some small sights in between. As an East Coast city guy, it is always a fantastic and memorable experience to travel out west. Dramatic geologic events of the past still show their mark […]
Categories: Blog, Landscape • Tags: dramatic, eastern sierra, Fine Art, HDR, Landscape, Landscape Photography, Large Format, milky way, nature, night photography, orange, photography, red, surreal, Washington DC
by Navin Sarma
Hi everyone, Just a quick plug that I was featured in the May issue of the online photography magazine, Landscape Photography Magazine. It’s a (paid) monthly publication with inputs from a lot of great artists, including ones I really like: Ian Plant and Guy Tal. Check out the magazine here. Excerpt from the magazine with […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: Art, Corporate Art, Landscape, Landscape Photography, Photographer, Prints, Washington DC
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, 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