It was by chance really, that this year,I went to India. I went to experience and document Holi in Mathura. A friend of mine, Andy from Andy Mac photography and films, posted in a Facebook group that he was going. He was asking whether anyone would fancy joining him. I am so lucky to have a kind and understanding wife. I was able to very quickly confirm my flights and organise my trip to India.
I had always dreamt of going to India and the Holi Festival seemed like a great way to experience it. We spent half a day in New Delhi and a day in Agra. However, most of out time was spent in Mathura and surroundings.
India lived to its expectations. It is beautiful, friendly, busy and loud. The constant beeping gets time getting used to (if at all). Everything is so different that it is a feat for the eyes and all senses. People were incredibly friendly, very curious to know where we were from. The festivals in themselves were crazy fun. After a couple of hours I felt drained, there was so much going on. I only found nice people having fun, Praying and celebrating the festival of light. We found a festival for each of the 4 days that we were in Mathura. The events would generally last a couple of hours and we would then shoot around the town.
I will be creating other blog posts to go into more detail regarding each events and how I approached the photography. A big thank you also to my friends Kristian Leven and Mark Seymour in particular who looked over my images and gave me some good detailed feedback. A special thank you also to Jason Vinson who gave me a lot of advice and answered my questions prior to the trip. Jason create a great set from Holi in 2017, just click on his name to have a look! I really hope that you enjoy what you see, I would love to hear from you, please feel free to leave me a comment below!
I will be running a course in Holi nest year. Dates are 16th to 21st March 2019. I will only be taking 5 people to make it an intimate experience. Full details will be released in the next couple of days, but please contact me directly to discuss further if you are interested in the meantime. This open to anyone wishing to experience Holi and learn or improve their street photography. Amateur or professional photographers are both welcome.
Below is a slideshow from the trip. Please have a look here first. Further below are only the top 20 images or so from this trip.
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Great set of images Alexis
These are just fantastic Alexis, the colours are amazing and there’s so much life in every image!
Thanks so much mate, really appreciate this! Loved being there!
Thanks so much mate, lovely seeing you yesterday and thanks so for all the feedback!
So good! The colours, the light, the expressions, the framing.. Such an uplifting and inspiring set of images. Makes you feel like you’re right in amongst it .
Thanks so much Lyndsey, really kind of you!
Love this set of images Alexis. Really enjoyable to look through. Looks like you had a lot of fun out there.
Thanks so much for the kind comment Peter, much appreciated!
Love these vibrant images Alexis. The colours are wonderful and the compositions and moments brilliant.
Love this! Brilliant set of images.
Great set of images mate. Was awesome having you along on the trip. Really glad you could come – there’s some lovely moments captured uniquely here which bring back great memories. What an incredible assault on the senses wasn’t it?!!! 🙂
My pleasure matey, this really is such a great set!
Awesome set! Great moments and emotion mixed with great colours.
Thanks so much mate, really appreciate this and thanks for looking!
Cheers mate, really appreciate this !
Thanks for the comment mate, really appreciate it and it was an incredible experience for sure!
Thanks so much mate, much appreciated!
Hey Winston, thanks so much for this, really appreciate it mate, thanks for looking!
Wow!! Incredible photos and I love the slideshow!! Soooooo jealous!
Thanks so much mate, much appreciated! 🙂
Amazing, stunning photos. You were right there in the moment, in the middle of the action!
Thanks so much mate!
Duuuuuuuude!
These are insane. So vibrant and energetic. Fantastic work!
Really loved that clip. Got me all pumped 06:15 this morning on my way to work.
Incredible set mate. A joy to view.
Thanks so much for your lovely words mate, so much appreciated!
thanks so much buddy, much appreciated!
Absolutely brilliant Alexis. Makes me feel like I was right there in the thick of it. That colour though 😮
Thanks so much Karen! 🙂
A brilliant vibrant set of images captured with a beautifully creative eye.
Thanks so much Andy! much appreciated!
These are incredible mate! Very jealous!!
Thanks so much for the comment mate!
So so good, such a pleasure to watch!
Thanks so much Marek, so glad you liked it!
Such awesome advice and shots from you!