{"id":11018,"date":"2015-05-14T10:49:17","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T05:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/?page_id=11018"},"modified":"2021-05-21T20:30:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T15:00:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/about","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Find me on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indtravelphoto\">Twitter<\/a>! Currently, the only publishing platform I am active on. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/arun-bhat-200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11024\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/arun-bhat-200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Thanks for dropping by! paintedstork.com is the website of Arun Bhat, photographer based in Bangalore, India.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the homepage &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\">www.paintedstork.com<\/a>\u00a0to see my work in photography. See\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/\">travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/<\/a> to read my journal about my journeys.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Jump to section: <a href=\"#photography\">Photography<\/a> | <a href=\"#travelwriting\">Travel Writing<\/a> | <a href=\"#online\">Online presence and influence<\/a> | <a href=\"#clients\">Clients<\/a><br \/>\nor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/contact\">click here to contact me<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<a name=\"photography\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Photography<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Arun Bhat is a multiple award-winning, internationally published photographer with more than a decade of experience behind the camera. He travels extensively in India and several parts of the world, documenting cultures, traditions, heritage and landscapes. Arun is based in Bangalore, India, and is available for assignments across the world.<\/p>\n<p>Arun also conducts photography workshops and tours for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darter.in\">Darter Photography<\/a>, a company he has co-founded. He has conducted workshops and tours in several locations across Asia, including Dubai, Myanmar, Cambodia, Bhutan and destinations all over India.<\/p>\n<p>He can also be hired for private workshops or private photography tours.<\/p>\n<p>Arun&#8217;s work in photography expands to multiple genres that includes travel, studio work, real-estate and landscapes. His experience has helped him emerge a master in composition, storytelling and in framing the right moods at the right moment.<\/p>\n<p>With decades of experience being on the road with a camera\u00a0to explore and photograph\u00a0cultures, heritage and landscapes, he has created a large body of work in diverse set of locations. He is also well-known as a photography mentor.\u00a0Travelling with him on photography tours with Darter Photography is an experience not to be missed!<\/p>\n<p>.<em><strong>Awards:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner of prestigious HIPA international photography award (2014)\u00a0in Dubai<\/li>\n<li>Winner of Tamron Photography Challenge India, 2013<\/li>\n<li>Winner &#8211; Best Travel &amp; Wildlife Photographer India at GCCA Bangalore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a name=\"travelwriting\"><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Travel Writing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For Arun, travel writing has been a natural extension to travelling and photography.\u00a0His travel blog was the leading source of reference and inspiration to Indian travellers in its initial years, well before travel blogs proliferated the web. His works are published in several travel magazines, in-flight publications, travel catalogues and several other publications across the world.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/category\/featured\">featured travel stories<\/a> section of <a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\">India Travel &amp; Photography Blog<\/a>\u00a0for a collection of\u00a0his published or featured stories.<\/p>\n<p>In the past,\u00a0Arun has also contributed as an editorial consultant for a Delhi based monthly travel magazine, and has worked as a photo-editor for the online publication of a leading resort chain.<\/p>\n<p>Jump to client list for a sample of clients\/publications I have worked for.<br \/>\n<a name=\"online\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Online Presence and Influence<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\">India Travel &amp; Photography Blog<\/a>\u00a0is now ten years old, and is one of the oldest travel\u00a0blogs in India that has remained functional and active over the years, currently hosting more than a thousand blog posts with content from all over India and the neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n<p>Also see the associated <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/arunchs\">instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paintedstork\">facebook,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indtravelphoto\">twitter<\/a> presence.<br \/>\n<a name=\"clients\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Clients<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Here is a small sample of clients I have worked for in the past\u00a0for photography and publications where my works are published.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mahindra Holidays<\/li>\n<li>SPCL &#8211; Shapoorji Pallonji Company Ltd<\/li>\n<li>Videocon Industries<\/li>\n<li>JetWings &#8211; inflight magazine of Jet Airways<\/li>\n<li>Vara &#8211; inflight magazine of Maldivian Airlines<\/li>\n<li>Metropolis Tokyo Magazine<\/li>\n<li>Euro Floorings, Euro Lightings<\/li>\n<li>Deccan Herald<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Please <a href=\"http:\/\/paintedstork.photoshelter.com\/contact?I_ID=I0000soOUxYG06TI\">click here to contact <\/a>Arun Bhat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find me on Twitter! Currently, the only publishing platform I am active on. Thanks for dropping by! paintedstork.com is the website of Arun Bhat, photographer based in Bangalore, India. Visit the homepage &#8211; www.paintedstork.com\u00a0to see my work in photography. See\u00a0travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/ to read my journal about my journeys. 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