India – Holi Festival 2025

$200.00 – $1,795.00

Description

Colors, Landscapes, Portrait & Street Photography

March 11-18, 2025

8-DAY WORKSHOP – $1795**

MEET AND GREET ON March 10, 2025 AT 7:00 PM at LALIT Hotel in Delhi

**No promotional discounts allowed

Everything you’ve seen or heard IS TRUE – India is truly incredible and everyone will agree that the locations in this workshop are both inspiring and memorable. We will see and photography bazaars and markets like Chandni Chowk, the 400-year-old sprawling market in Old Delhi, then move on to the holiest of Hindu Cities – Varanasi, where we will join many others, revelers and photographers alike, in the very famous and colorful annual celebration known as the Holi Festival on March 14.

A bit of India related trivia for you:

  • In the opening scenes of the The Dark Knight Rises starring Christian Bale – the prison scene was shot inside the Mehrangarh Fort atop the hill in Jodhpur.

  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel was shot entirely in Jaipur.

Incredible landscapes and cityscapes, phenomenal people, intense colors – India is absolutely photographer’s paradise.  Eight days of photographing the amazing people of India and the vivid colors of her streets in the friendliest county on Earth – what could be better!

We will start the workshop in Delhi on March 11 and end the workshop in Jodhpur on March 18.  See detailed itinerary below.

March 10-12:  We will lodge at the Lalit Hotel in Delhi on March 10-12, and we will spend our first full workshop day on March 11, photographing ALL day in Old Delhi’s Chandni Chowk Market, the Old Delhi Railway Station and the Red Fort monument.

March 12-15:  On the morning of March 12, we will check out of the hotel and fly to Varanasi, arriving in the afternoon.  We will lodge for three nights at the Taj Ganges Varanasi Hotel. For the next three days, we will photograph the colorful and always surprising streets of the holiest city in all of India, including the famous Holi Festival on March 14.

March 15-16:  On the morning of March 15, we will check out of the hotel and fly back to Delhi.  We will lodge that evening at the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Delhi Airport.

March 16-18:  On the morning of March 16, we will check out of the hotel and fly from Delhi to Jodhpur, the ‘Blue City’ and we will lodge in Jodhpur at the Radisson Hotel Jodhpur.  We will spend the next two days photographing the beautiful gardens, palaces, temples, sandstone carvings, bazaars and markets of this fascinating city.

The workshop will conclude at the end of the day on March 18 in Jodhpur.  Students are free to book return travel to Delhi or on to your next destination as early as the morning of March 19.

We will have a Meet and Greet on March 10 at 7 PM in the lobby of the Lalit Hotel in Delhi where we discuss student goals and objectives, and Bryan will provide an overview and answer any student questions about the workshop.

Delhi Hotel:

LALIT HOTEL
https://www.thelalit.com ›       

Varanasi Hotel:

TAJ GANGES VARANASI

https://www.tajhotels.com/en-in/taj/taj-ganges/

Delhi Airport Hotel:

RADISSON BLU PLAZA HOTEL DELHI AIRPORT

https://www.radissonhotels.com/en-us/hotels/radisson-blu-new-delhi-airport

Jodhpur Hotel:

RADISSON HOTEL JODHPUR

https://www.radissonhotels.com/en-us/hotels/radisson-jodhpur

NOTE(s):

  • Ground transportation throughout the workshop will be via the very economical tuk tuks.

  • Students will be responsible for making their own reservations for accommodations as described above in the workshop description.

  • Students will be responsible for booking their own flights on Air India, as follows:

  • March 12:  Air India Flight #483, departs Delhi at 12:00 PM, arrives Varanasi 1:30 PM

  • March 15:  Air India Flight #405 departs Varanasi 12:35 PM, arrives Delhi 2:20 PM.

  • March 16:  Air India Flight #475, departs Delhi at 12:55 PM, arrives Jodhpur 2:15 PM

For students wishing to return to Delhi after the completion of the workshop, the following Air India flight information is provided for your information.

  • March 19:  Air India Flight #476, departs Jodhpur at 2:50 PM, arrives Delhi at 4:10 PM

  • The workshop will conclude at the end of the day on March 18 in Jodhpur.  Students are free to book return travel to Delhi or on to your next destination as early as the morning of March 19.

  • Check the latest guidance for vaccinations required to travel abroad:

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/index.html

To sign up for this workshop, click on the link above to make a deposit and secure a place in the workshop. To get additional information or ask to be on the waitlist, send an email to Lisa Phillips at [email protected].