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Winter Games of Pin Valley, Spiti

The Dachang games of #Pin #Valley.

Episode #3 is now on YouTube. I don't think this will be as interesting as the previous 2 episodes. But the story needed to be told nonetheless.

Winter Life in Pin Valley

Took a long time to make this one. Was in kind of a funk ever since I reached Manali 3 weeks back. Hopefully this breaks the funk and I'll be more productive with my videos going forward.

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The story of Todnam.

Finally gotten around to telling the story I've been meaning to tell for the last couple of years. The story of Todnam. The little village with a big heart.

Winter migration of the Changpa Nomads

The final episode of my living with the Changpas series.

A winter storm in Changthang

Let's see how the Changpas handle one of the toughest challenges they faced this winter.

Faith and Festivals of Changthang

Religion plays an important role in the lives of the Changpas. They are devout buddhists, all of them. But while Buddhism preaches non-violence towards all living creatures, the Changpas raise thei...

A winter's day in Changthang

This episode we get to understand the life of the Changpas. The semi-nomadic tribe of shepherds and yak herders living in Changthang. The high altitude plains of Ladakh and Tibet.

Living with the Changpas. My new series.

Hi everyone,

I just uploaded the first episode of my new series. Living with the Changpas.

I spent 3 weeks living with the Changpa shepherds this winter. Changpas are a semi nomadic t...

Thank you!

I returned to Leh last evening after spending 20 days with the Changpa nomads at the Tsokar lake. Stay tuned for a new video series about the Changpas.

There were a lot of messages to catch ...

A Shepherd's Journey l My new short film

Hopefully this sets the benchmark for future videos. Please turn on subtitles if your hindi is not good, like mine.

India in Motion Channel Trailer

I created this short trailer to show people what they can expect from India in Motion. As the trailer mentions, there is a long way to go yet!

5 Reasons to shoot RAW

A timelapse video is a series of individual photos assembled together to form the video clip. The question is whether you should shoot those photos in the JPG or RAW format?

Festival of Flowers - Nesang Fulaich I My second documentary

Every year, for 5 days in September, the people of Nesang lock up their homes and go to the mountains to celebrate their Fulaich festival. Five days of music and dancing. More fun than I have ever see...

Exposure l Timelapse 101

In this second episode let’s look at how to expose your pictures for Timelapse photography. More specifically we’ll learn how to maximise Dynamic Range and minimise flickering and dust spots in yo...

Intervelometer Programming l Timelapse 101

In the first episode of this series let’s look at how to program the Intervelometer for your timelapse clip. More specifically how to choose the number of photos to take and the interval between eac...

Pangi Dakraine Festival

The Dakraine is an annual festival held across many of the villages in Kinnaur. And the Dakraine festival at Pangi is the most famous Dakraine of them all.

This is my first attempt at making a...

Small Update

Sorry for no new videos in the recent past. I was in Pin Valley documenting their Pea Harvest. I returned to Rekong Peo a few days back meaning to upload the video. But unfortunately couldn't do that ...

Across Bhabha Pass

A condensed version of my earlier video of the same name, I am entering into the My RODE Reel 2018 short film competition, under the VLOG category. Wish me luck please.

Kinner Kailash Yatra

Har Har Mahadev.<br><br>A account of one of the most interesting pilgrimages in the Himalayas.

The Chamurti Horses of Pin Valley

This is the start of my new series called Fulak. Fulak refers to the upper region of Pin Valley consisting of the Sagnam, Khar, Todnum, Tailing and Mud villages. I have been spending a lot of time in ...

Across the Bhabha Pass

I wanted to do this for a very long time. To walk with a group of Gaddi shepherds as they migrate across high mountain passes in search of pastures for their herds of sheep a goat. The majority of th...

Mud

The last episode of my Snow Leopard Country series.

Ensa Again!

Back to my favourite camping spot in Pin Valley to look for the Snow Leopard.

Kibber!

The search continues in the Snow Leopard Country.

Life in Todnam - A Teaser

Announcing I the start of a new project. 

I ended up in Todnam last winter after a freak april snowstorm buried my tent and I took refuge in the village. What I found there was so fascinating t...

In Snow Leopard Country - #1 - Ensa

It has been a very long break in between my updates. Sorry about that! But I’m back now with a new series of videos from Spiti. There will be a few different types of videos this time. In Snow Leopa...

Autumn in Kinnaur - Episode 1 - Bhabha Valley

The first episode in my new series. Autumn in Kinnaur. Be warned though that the audio is a bit bad with lots of distortion in high volume. I was in a rush to edit and upload the video that I missed s...

Mornings in the Mountains

Personally for me, mornings are the most difficult time of the day to capture time-lapse videos in the mountains. Getting up early is never the issue, but leaving the cozy warm confines of your sleepi...

1st Goal successfully met!

Thank you Patrons!

Recently (a couple of months back actually) your contributions crossed 200$ per month. Honestly, achieving this goal seemed very far away when I started my Patreon page and I'am a...

Episode #2 : Puga Hotsprings

My first trip out of Leh was to the Puga Hotsprings. Puga is located in the Changthang (High Altitude Plains) area of Ladakh. It is one of the coldest places in Ladakh but not as remote or extreme lik...