Lonely winter

Welcome to the photography website of Vijoy and Rachna, a photographer couple working out of South San Jose, in the greater San Francisco Bay Area region. They have been photographing landscapes, cityscapes and contemporary man-nature interactions for the past 10+ years, and have exhaustively covered a large number of US and Canadian National Parks, US cities and Regions, Central Europe and some cities of India. Our website has been categorized into two main (and related) sections - Photography and Travel. The travel section for travelogues, travel tips and information on most of the places we have photographed at, can be found here. That section also contains many more photographs from than the ones displayed in the galleries here.

Blazing Dome

This section on Photography contains limited photo galleries (detailed below) and additional articles on: Photography composition tips and photography technique Worthwhile books to read, and important web sites to visit A cookbook (procedures & techniques) to manage, archive and search large photography collections Shell scripts for Unix-like systems (Linux, BSD) to manage, archive and search large photography collections KDE/Qt based software (iOta) for Unix-like systems (Linux, BSD) to manage, archive and search large photography collections

Fine Art Photography Gallery

Presented is an exhibition of some of our favorite photographs from over 20,000 images in our stock portfolio. This on-line exhibit allows you to view our portfolio in various themed galleries, defined below and in the menu to the left. If you have been here before, a good place to start is to check the What's New at varp.net web page, and follow the pointers from there.

These galleries are updated frequently, so check back often for new additions to the portfolio. You can buy fine art photo prints from the galleries, licence images or photographs for commercial use, or ask permission for non-profit use in web pages, by sending us an email.

In Memoriam Classic

Cityscape and Contemporary Photography Portfolios The cityscape and contemporary portfolio has been subdivided into three sections - Europe, the Americas and India. Europe includes photographs from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. India has prints from Calcutta and Bhopal, while the Americas have a collage from New York, Washington DC, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, parts of Canada, the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles. Urbanscapes from the Americas Black and White Photo Gallery: American Urbanscapes Color Photo Gallery: American Urbanscapes Central California, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Las Vegas New York, Washington DC, Boston, Chicago Vancouver, Ottawa and the Toronto region Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Las Vegas Diary from Europe Black and White Photo Gallery: Diary from Europe Color Photo Gallery: Diary from Europe Germany: Wurzburg, Nuremburg, Fussen (Neuschwanstein), Rothenburg ob der Tauber (Romantic Road), Lindau (near Bodensee/Lake Constance) Austria: St. Anton, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Halstatt, Mauthausen, Danube Valley, Vienna Switzerland: Lucerne/Luzern, Appenzell Anachronism in India Black and White Photo Gallery: Anachronism in India Color Photo Gallery: Anachronism in India Calcutta Bhopal

Keeping watch Sandstorm

Landscape Portfolios This portfolio has selected photographs from across various US and Canadian National Parks, State Parks and Scenic Byways, the Bavarian countryside, Swiss and Austrian Alps, and the lakes and rivers of Central Europe. Vriksha: Trees and foliage Black & White Photography Gallery: Vriksha Color Photography Gallery: Vriksha Napa Valley, Death Valley, Sierras, Ancient Bristlecones, Joshuas, California Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Arizona Canadian Rockies in Banff and Jasper National Parks Cascade ranges near Lassen Volcanic National Park Bryce and Zion Canyon in Utah Varuna: Oceans, Lakes and Rivers Black & White Photography Gallery: Varuna Color Photography Gallery: Varuna Glacial lakes and rivers from Banff and Jasper National Parks, Canada Lake Constance, Danube River valley, Europe Lakes and Rivers from India (Hooghly, Bhopal) Lakes, Rivers and Waterfalls from US National and State Parks (Yosemite, Lassen Volcanic) Niagara and Ontario regions, Canada The mighty Northern California Coastline, including Monterey, Big Sur, Morro Bay The pleasant Southern California Coast Prithvi: Mountains, Canyons and Deserts Black & White Photography Gallery: Prithvi Color Photography Gallery: Prithvi Mojave, Anza Borrego and Death Valley, California Lassen Volcanic and Lava Beds National Parks, California Bavarian, Swiss and Austrian Alps Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Arizona Canadian Rockies in Banff and Jasper National Parks Yosemite, Tahoe, Kings Canyon and Seqouia in the Sierra Nevada, California Cascade ranges near Lassen Volcanic National Park Bryce and Zion Canyon in Utah