Before leaving for Antarctica, I and a few friends spent about five days hiking in Chile (our flight to Antarctica was from a town called Punta Arenas on the southern tip of Chile). En route Punta Arenas, we had a long layover in Santiago, the capital of Chile. Posting some of my photographs from there, although I did not find the city particularly interesting.
Latest
King George Island, Antarctica!
I had one of the most memorable winter breaks this time – I was in Antarctica!! Through the Wharton Leadership Ventures, I got an opportunity to spend 6 incredible days in King George Island, Antarctica. It was cold, wet, and beautiful.
This was the first time I was hiking with all my stuff in my backpack, and my first time camping – and I loved every minute of it! Sleeping in a sleeping bag, making our own food, devouring as many as five Snickers bars in a day and still feeling hungry, it was awesome! 
My favorite part was the day we had to hike across a glacier to reach our next campsite. It was completely white all around, I’ve never seen so much white! Plus, the snow was knee deep making it not very easy to walk. I got very hot while hiking, but then the body would cool down really fast as we stopped. It was a delicate balance to maintain.
Overall, it was indeed a once in a lifetime experience. It will forever stay etched in my memory as one of the most incredible experiences I’ve had so far.
Sharing photographs in batches. It was not easy to carry an SLR especially with all the other weight I was lugging around. Also, I was always in a team trying to get to a destination so it wasn’t always possible to stop. And most importantly, each time I wanted to take a photograph, I had to remove many layers before I could handle the camera Even so, sharing what I managed to capture. Hope you enjoy them! 
The price for IP – in photography
What is the right price for a photograph?
I was recently asked by a local shop owner in Philly for a bunch of my photographs that he could print and sell. These were the numbers he offered – a large 13*19 print would sell for about $160, of which I would get $30. That’s about 18.75%.
At first, I could not believe the numbers. This was MY photograph, MY content. How could I get such a small percentage? Turns out that with the advent of digital photography, almost everybody is suddenly a photographer. It’s become so much more accessible, cheaper and easier. His argument therefore, for the small percentage, was that that’s what others are offering too. When I probed on the fairness of the price, I got the feeling that he agreed that the number was not fair, but that this is what the market rate was, and so “it is what it is”.
I guess it’s hard to quantifiably say “how much of the sale can be attributed to the content” and “how much to the shelf space”. Stock photography websites do the same – the royalty that the photographer gets is peanuts compared to what the website makes on each sale. And the reason I guess they are able to do that is because of the overwhelming supply of amateur photographers.
So, unless you’re a professional photographer with an established brand, it’s really not a great market to be in (unless you’re just doing it on the side, or as a hobby )
