Kiran Bhat Photography

Check me out on social media  Instagram  and  Facebook  ! As my ongoing efforts to capture all my photography trips with my thoughts, I'm posting this blog about trip to Acadia National Park. Acadia is a beautiful national park and landscape photographer's dream! Bar Harbor is nearby for accommodations and great food! Enjoy some postcards!

Check me out on social media  Instagram  and  Facebook  ! This are from my elements of nature series and this is Earth! 

Check me out on social media  Instagram  and  Facebook  !  Michigan landscapes in summer are something else! Blue skies, crystal clear fresh water lakes, big clouds make for perfect postcards! Northern Michigan especially is unevenly blessed with nature beauty and it's certainly one of my favorite spots to shoot landscapes! There are also many wineries where you can taste/buy the delicious Michigan wines! The food scene is getting better! I like to visit the same spots whenever possible as the familiarity of the locations helps me take better and interesting view points that I would miss as a one time visitor! Enjoy these postcards!  Lake Superior National Lake Shore Under the big Mac Serene Lake Superior Tahquamenon Falls Summer Beach at Leland

Check me out on social media  Instagram  and  Facebook  !  This was a shoot I did a while ago. I shot both digital and large format film. Digital cameras provide flexibility to shoot from different angle and without a tripod. Large format camera does much better in terms of bokeh and separating the subject from the background. I love shooting environmental portraits compared to studio portraits. The environment adds an extra dimension and makes the images much more dynamic and narrates a visual story!   I'm making more of these blog posts as I'm migrating photos from flickr to my blog and Facebook. I never had to group my work by projects before on flickr. This gives me an opportunity to combine work as they were shot and create a timeline of sorts of all my projects! Stay tuned!  Olympus E-3 + 7-14mm Speed Graphic + Kodak Aero Ektar 178 f/2.5 Olympus E-3 + 7-14mm Speed Graphic + Kodak Aero Ektar 178 f/2.5

Check me out on social media  Instagram  and  Facebook  !  Water and rocks are my favorite combination for shooting long exposure photos. The stillness of the rocks add the solidity and the motion of the water adds the fluidity. The blurred motion of the water just soothes me so much! I have a bunch of ND filters from 1 stop to all the way 10 stops that I use for shooting these pictures! Enjoy! 

Check me out on social media  Instagram  and  Facebook  ! Switzerland is beautiful! We visited Zurich and surrounding areas. One the first day, we took a boat trip on lake Lucerne. The landscapes are awe inspiring and the journey is very peaceful. On second day, we got the top of mount Pilatus. The journey to the top is very pretty, with many photographic opportunity.  Enjoy the postcards! Mount Pilatus Lake Lucerne Way to the top - Mount Pilatus Lake Lucerne Lake Lucerne

Check me out on social media  Instagram  and  Facebook  ! I have been to Zion and Bryce national parks twice so far. They are absolutely gorgeous and it's difficult to shoot a bad pictures there! They are massive and each park needs a few days to truly explore it. Zion has other surrounding areas like Wire Pass and Toadstools that are also very picturesque. Close view of the Bryce Wide angle view of the Bryce Narrows in Zion Toad Stools Wire Pass Wire Pass

I love traveling and photographing the places I visit. In my early travels, I used to carry pretty much all the gear that I owned because "I didn't want to miss out". I have definitely grown from this position to carry minimal essential gear and be more efficient in my travels. Santorini is one of the bigger Greek Islands. All of them are beautiful. Getting to Santorini/Thera from Detroit wasn't easy. My wife and I had to switch three planes from Detroit->Frankfurt->Athens->Santorini. The place was well worth it! It's absolutely gorgeous and serene. We stayed in Imerovigli part of the island, which is a bit more family friendly than other party hubs. My wife and hiked a lot and I carried my Olympus E-5 with 7-14mm lens and took landscape photos along the hike. This one is one my absolute favorites! The vast view of the Aegean sea along with nestled white buildings make this a quintessential view of the island. This is what I came for! The next d

I have to admit, I'm an addict for lenses that produce quality bokeh. Those who are not familiar with the term bokeh, check out this Wiki article. Typically the lenses that produce very nice bokeh have large apertures - f/2 or lower in aperture number. When shot wide open (although not required) the circles of confusion these lenses produce in out of focus areas are a joy to look at. It creates that "dreamy" look at least that's how people with non photographic backgrounds have described it to me. There are some favorite lenses that I have in each format that I shoot with and I call them Bokeh Machines. Small Format - Typically 135mm film size or smaller. It's also known as "full frame" or "cropped frame" in digital world depending on the size of the sensor. Hexanon 57mm f/1.2 -  This lens is amazing and truly affordable compared to some of the other lenses that I own. It can be adopted to 4/3rds or micro 4/3rds format but it's t

Probably the last outdoor shoot of this year. It was great working with MJ, I love working with creative individuals like her. Here some of the digital pictures. Yet to process the film sheets.