The dates are set for the Bhutan Photographic tour for this year. The tour has changed somewhat from last year and is now a full 15 days in Bhutan with a maximum group size of 10 people, so it will sell really fast. The tour commences 12th October and runs until 26th of October 2013, for complete information and the itinerary of this photo tour to Bhutan go to the Bhutan Photography tour page.
To enquire or to book please call me on (+61) 415 854 179 or email am@adammonk.com
Bhutan Tour Dates for 2014.
The new dates for my Photo tour of Bhutan for 2014 are out now. The tour runs from March 1st to March 16th 2014, and all the current information can be found right here>>
Since there are so many Monks in Bhutan I can hardly only put up one image, so here are a few more. Mostly photographed in the Dzongs and temples of Punakha, Trongsa, Thimpu and Bumthang.
Path to Enlightenment
It seems the Monks are used to being photographed, I guess they are an easy target, but if you are on the path to enlightenment being magnanimous with a group of photographers is just one small test along the way. Either way they were all very friendly and obliging, or perhaps gracious is a better description.
Don’t forget to click on the images to see the bigger (and better) version. All three of these images were shot on the Canon 5D Mk II with a Canon 24-105mm f4L
Bhutan Photographic Tour 2013.
The dates for the Bhutan photo tour for 2013 are up! I have redone the whole tour for 2013 and reduced the number of participants to a maximum of 10 people to ensure plenty of personal contact time. You can read about the new Bhutan photo tour for October 2013 on this page
Over 10% of the population of Bhutan are Buddhist Monks, so when you are there you tend to see a lot of them about. The Dzongs, which are old feudal fortress temples dotted all across Bhutan, are now used as centres for Government offices and are also house the Monk bodies of Bhutan, quite aptly symbolising the close relationship of the counties government and its religion. In fact Bhutan is one of the only countries that has its religion (being Buddhism) written into its constitution.
Buddhism in Bhutan
The Buddhism of the majority of the population Bhutan is what they call middle path Buddhism, that is they won’t kill animals, but they occasionally will eat meat if one of their livestock dies from an accident or old age. As a tourist in Bhutan you are usually served meat or fish with most meals, as the Bhutanese assume most Westerners want to eat meat, but the great irony of this is that all the meat for tourist consumption is imported from India!
This image shot in Thimpu Dzong, with the permission of the subject, with a Canon 5D Mk II and a Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L lens
The Vietnam and Cambodia Photographic tour that I am leading is approaching fast, we depart Perth 27th April 2013 and arrive back in Perth 11th May 2013. This tour is a great combination of fantastic photo opportunities, cultural experiences and culinary delights combined with lots of free time to explore these locations in your own time and to download images, To read more about this photographic tour click HERE>
Information Sessions
I am having an information night on this Tour at 10.00am and again at 6.30pm, on Tuesday Dec 18th in Leederville. If you would like to register for one of these sessions please call Maxiema on 0415 854 179 or you can email tours@adammonk.com
Bhutan is a great country to be an animal, stray animals are cared for and fed by just about everybody and i have never seen so many happy well fed stray dogs. The bhutanese almost never or rarely eat meat, usually only when an animal dies by accident or old age, and i’m pretty sure they never eat cat!
If you would like to meet and photograph the cats of Bhutan join me on on one of my Bhutan photo tours. 15 days of adventure through the magical Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan.
I thought it was time to put up some shots from my recent photography tour to Bhutan that were not portraits, so here we go… Bhutan is situated at the Southern base of the Himalaya range, squashed between India, Tibet and Nepal, so as you would expect most of the country is mountainous.
Traditional Bhutanese architecture
They have the knack of terracing out rice fields on the edge of mountains and these are visible all along the winding roads of rural Bhutan. The houses are all built in traditional style, which is unique and quite beautiful, really defining the countryside as different to anywhere else.
Rivers of Bhutan
Wild river in the Chumey Valley
Rivers and waterfalls are everywhere, the countryside is full of them rushing out of the mountains. Many of them are fed from glacial or snow melt and most of them run all year long. Bhutan is a very lush and fertile country indeed.
Dont forget to click on the images to get a larger view. more soon…
These are random shots from a roadside stop on the way to Trongsa Dzong in central Bhutan shot on one of my Bhutan Photo tours. This fellow and the rest of his team were in the process of putting up a viewing platform shelter on the opposite side of the valley from the Trongsa Dzong (temple fortress).
And like almost all officially placed lookout platforms, it was in the wrong place! It was situated directly opposite the Dzong and the view was very uninspired, the workers themselves were much more interesting, this fellow in particular. He has such a lovely open face, and the light was just right. I got some more interesting pictures of the Dzong later.
Trongsa Province, Central Bhutan. Shot with a Canon 5D Mk II, 24-105mm f4L lens.
Champagne Springs at Dusk, El Questro Station in the East Kimberley Region
I have always looked at the sign pointing to the trail to Champagne Springs at El Questro Station, in the East Kimberley region, thought about it… But never walked it. Read the rest of this entry »
Monk Art Photography Gallery will be closed over the Christmas & New Year period until January 10th (2012), when Normal trading hours will resume. All of us here at Monk Art Photography wish you a Merry Christmas, and a safe and prosperous New Year for 2012. We look forward to seeing you soon.
Tomorrow we set off across the Gibb River Rd on the way to Kununurra, so there probably wont be any posts on the blog for a couple of weeks, so i’ll leave you with some pictures of Crab Creek that i took last night on the low tide.
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