by sfp | Feb 17, 2012 | Photography
Back in the late 1990s again the City of Lucknow, capital of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, provided me with yet another place to visit and admire a historical structure. The Chhota Imambara is an impressive monument built-in 1838 which employed thousands of...
by sfp | Feb 16, 2012 | Photography
Browsing through my old film photos from travels to Rajasthan, India back in 1996, I came across shots of two different structures that I could remember taking but could not remember what they were or exactly where they were located. One photo has the Amber Fort in...
by sfp | Feb 15, 2012 | Photography
For those of you who take young children when visiting India for a holiday, there are many places of interest to visit outside of the large cities of New Delhi or Mumbai. Once such place is the Jim Corbett National Park located in the Indian state of Uttarakhand...
by sfp | Feb 14, 2012 | Photography
Along the river Kosi in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, I came across the Garjia Devi Temple. Situated around 14 km from Ram Nagar, this is a beautiful place to visit close to the Jim Corbett National Park. This is an amazing part of India with lush vegetation and...
by sfp | Feb 14, 2012 | Photography
During one of our many visits to Lucknow, in the Indian State of Uttah Pradesh, I was taken to the Lucknow Bara Imambara which was built-in the 1780s to keep the population employed during a decade of drought. The Imambara has a large central chamber with one of the...
by sfp | Feb 13, 2012 | Photography
In 1998 our travels took us across three states in India from Lucknow to the Chhatarpur District in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Our goal was to visit the Temples of Khajuraho. I remember that we had to travel a triangular route from Lucknow via another city as...
by sfp | Feb 12, 2012 | Photography
During our 1996 visit to Udaipur in Rajasthan India, we visited the City Palace which overlooks Lake Pichola where the more famous Lake Palace is situated. Built over a period of 300 years, the City Palace complex has a number of smaller palaces within and has...
by sfp | Feb 10, 2012 | Photography
Continuing on my review of old photos, I came across some from a visit to Agra in 1997 to see the Taj Mahal. I remember the feeling of awe looking at the detail in the structure as well as the frustration of having so many people around to spoil my shots. I plan to...
by sfp | Feb 8, 2012 | Photography
Back in 1996 armed with my Practika MTL3 film camera we were traveling through Rajasthan in India and whilst visiting Udaipur, stayed for one night at the magical Lake Palace by Taj Hotels. Passengers and suitcases were transported to the hotel in a small boat before...
by sfp | Feb 7, 2012 | Photography
Back in 2003 I was in Nainital, India taking photos with my Sony Cybershot camera. I had never used Photoshop and I am not sure if back then I even knew its existence. So imagine my surprise when recently browsing through these photos that I had taken a series of...
