by Navin Sarma
Last month, I flew out to Las Vegas for 3 nights of photography. It had been a long while since I took a trip dedicated to photography! As a new father, my world turned upside down and I found it to be much harder to spend extended time away from home. Every moment is so […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: Death Valley National Park, Fine Art, Landscape, nature, photography, Superbloom 2016
by Navin Sarma
A couple of weeks ago, I flew out to Colorado to tour the amazing landscapes there during early fall. In fact, we decided to take the trip for my moms birthday. To this point, all of my photography trips have been solo affairs where I am completely focused on shooting. That involves staying as close […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: Crested Butte, Fine Art, Garden of the Gods, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Landscape, nature, photography
by Navin Sarma
It’s been an eventful past several months with some pretty sweeping life changes. Some great, some bad, but such is life. While these events have taken my time and thoughts away from photography, lately I have come back around to re-evaluate my plans. I constantly ask myself questions to make sure that I am following […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: Commercial, Fine Art, High Resolution, Landscape, license, Lincoln memorial, photography, Supreme Court, Washington DC, washington monument
by Navin Sarma
Nice to see my shots commissioned for the Air Force Memorial all over the 2015 Calendar and Brochure! I counted 10 of my images (including the cover) on the calendar, and all of the images on the brochure! Go check it out next time you’re visiting the Air Force Memorial — in my opinion the […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: Air Force Memorial, Commercial, Commission, Fine Art, Landscape, photography, Washington DC
by Navin Sarma
Last week, I set out to Shenandoah National Park to capture the area during peak autumn conditions. The park definitely delivered some epic views, both grand in nature and others that took a deeper inspection. Here is just one day in the park, starting out at the lookouts and White Oak Canyon in the north end […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: autumn, fall, Landscape, nature, Shenandoah National Park, Waterfalls
by Navin Sarma
I went back out to DC on Tuesday to shoot in Washington DC at the Lincoln Memorial. I came a little late and was not very interested in the colors of the sky at first. So, I concentrated on finding some angles and shapes in the architecture of the Lincoln memorial: Later in the evening […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: architecture, how to take pictures, Landscape, Lincoln memorial, photography, Washington DC
by Navin Sarma
I was sifting through my archives and came across my trip to New Zealand in 2008. This was when I was first toying with photography and was having fun capturing the majestic landscapes around me. If I had the chance, I would change most everything about the images I captured in New Zealand. At the […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: acrylic prints, canvas photo, Fine Art, Fine Art Print, High Resolution, images, Landscape, lessons, new zealand, photography, Print, workshops
by Navin Sarma
This morning, I visited the Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington DC to celebrate Martin Luther King in remembrance of Martin Luther King, Jr. The Tidal Basin was filled with photographers and videographers from local and national TV stations. When I arrived just before sunset, everyone was turned east to watch the sunrise over the […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: DC, Landscape, martin luther king day, martin luther king day 2014, martin luther king memorial, mlk day, mlk memorial, photography, sunrise, Washington DC
by Navin Sarma
Early in November, I set out to the U.S. Capitol to recreate a shot that has been a popular print for me: a panorama of the U.S. Capitol with peak fall foliage under gray, rainy skies. I really love the contrast of grays and fall foliage and can appreciate why this shot has been popular. […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: Art, autumn, Corporate Art, Fine Art, High Resolution, images, Landscape, nature, Office Art, photography, U.S. Capitol, Washington DC, washington monument
by Navin Sarma
As another year came to close, I thought about how long it really has been since I have been working at photography. I started in 2006, and was mostly playing for a few years. I started my website in December 2008 (5 years!) and my blog in June 2010, but it wasn’t until a cold […]
Categories: Blog • Tags: bestof2013, Corporate Art, DC, high, Landscape, Large Format, photography, resolution, Washington DC, yearinreview
by Navin Sarma
Tonight, I went to the U.S. Capitol to recreate a rather popular print of mine. I was never fully satisfied with it, and wanted to improve the end product. While I think I was successful in capturing the image I wanted, I also had to capture what turned out to be one of the best […]
Categories: Blog, Washington, D.C. • Tags: Corporate Art, Fine Art, Landscape, Large Format, nature, photography, U.S. Capitol, Washington, Washington DC, washington monument
by Navin Sarma
This past Saturday morning, I led a workshop at Great Falls National Park. We are just hitting peak fall foliage in the Washington, D.C. Area, and wanted to capture this beautiful time on camera. We were treated to a beautiful sunrise. I scaled down some rocks (being very careful while doing so) to capture the […]
Categories: Blog, Landscape, North Amercia, Washington, D.C. • Tags: autumn, Great Falls, Great Falls National Park, Landscape, nature, photography, Washington DC, workshops
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
Tonight, I hosted another Introduction to Landscape and Nature Photography class in Washington, D.C. This time, at the newly lit Washington Monument. The weather was perfect — mid 70s and high clouds. Everything looked perfect for a brilliant sunset. As the sun dipped below the horizon, the color stayed a muted blue. Right when I […]
Categories: Blog, Washington, D.C. • Tags: Landscape, Large Format Photography, nature, photography, Photography Classes, Sunset, Washington DC, washington monument
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
Yesterday, I hosted another photography workshop at the Iwo Jima Memorial to witness the Super Full Moon over Washington DC. The Iwo Jima Memorial and Netherlands Carillon are very popular spots to witness moonrises as they both offer eastern exposures and a view over Washington D.C., including the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial. When shooting […]
Categories: Blog, Washington, D.C. • Tags: Acrylic, Canvas, Corporate Art, DC, Fine Art, Iwo Jima Memorial, Landscape, Large Format Photography, Photographer, Super Full Moon, Washington DC
by Navin Sarma
Dramatic weather can produce dramatic photography! Over the past few days, we have had some intense weather here in Washington, D.C. Everything from black clouds, huge winds, tornados, and deluges. In many cases, these situations are disasterous to photograph. Water and electronics DO NOT mix! But in certain situations, bad weather can create unique photographic […]
Categories: Blog, Washington, D.C. • Tags: Acrylic, Air Force Memorial, Canvas, Corporate Art, Fine Art, Landscape, Large Format, photography, Print, Sunset, 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
As this year winds down, I look back on what was one of the busiest and most important times in my life so far. No doubt the biggest thing that happened to me is that I got married to the love of my life! We were able to plan and hold our wedding just 6 […]
Categories: Asia, Blog • Tags: bali, indonesia, Landscape, mountains, ocean, photography, seascape
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