For my last Lumen Dei post, I’m going to leave you with some shots of me and my fellow travelers. As you can tell, we didn’t have much fun at all…..
Photo of me by Fabrice Herpain
David duChemin – with his nice face on
The fearless Ami Vitale
Aww… Matt Brandon
The diffuser panel… an endless source...
There’s a place in Ladakh, near Pakistan, known as the Nubra Valley. To get there, you have to drive on narrow roads full of switchbacks and steep dropoffs (without guardrails). That is, you have to drive through the Himalayas. Not to mention over Khardung La, the highest driveable road in the world.
But once you get...
On a trip like this, the days are packed and each becomes a whirlwind of activity. In one day we visited two monasteries in the morning and did a photo shoot with several Ladakhi dancers in the afternoon.
Like I said, I was surprised by the number of tourists in the area, and the monasteries were...
From Delhi, we got on a plane, took a breathtaking flight over the Himalayas, and landed in a whole new world: the Ladakhi city of Leh. Near both Tibet and Pakistan, the international borders of this region are disputed, and there were rumors of impending conflict the day we arrived. There turned out to be...
Well, I’m officially back from India and doing my best to fight off jetlag (I have to say, the jetlag is winning). It was a FANTASTIC trip, and I’m still blown away by the amazing people I got to spend the last two weeks with. I miss them already. There’s something about traveling together that...
I’m off to India for this year’s Lumen Dei in just one week now! I’ll be spending two weeks photographing in the Himalayas with some seriously awesome people, and then it’s off to Las Vegas for the 2009 Photoshop World conference and expo, hosted by the great guys over at NAPP.
I’m not counting on having...
