This was my first photo tour which I went along with others mentored by Jassi Oberai Sir & Rajneesh Panwar Sir. The whole experience was amazing. The way everything pan out was excellent… from planning to execution, from guidance & looking after us was awesome. I learned a lot during the tour. Our mentors look after us from every aspects. The tour planning was done well in advance. Briefing was done daily before & after we came back from the day’s work. I understood the nuisance of photography from them. They reviewed our sample clicks & shared their views on how we could have done it differently. Given their passion of capturing moments & simultaneously not forgetting that everyone needs to be together in such crowded places..Hopefully, in future we will get an opportunity to be together of such memorable tours…Thank you for everything..

What an experience!!!
Words can’t express my gratitude for this amazing photo tour at Vrindavan in this HOLI! Thank you for all your work and coaching and fierce attention to details to make this a spectacular trip. This experience reinvigorated my love of photography. I learned new skills and delighted in the spiritual experience. The group experience and the time spent making pictures – priceless!

Jassi Sir and Rajneesh Sir do an excellent job of researching each shooting location, nearby villages that would be interesting to photograph, good places to eat with a wide selection of food and very comfortable places to stay.

It is important for people to have a good basic understanding of their camera and gear. The added bonus is both of they are very good at determining where we are photographically and to make suggestions to move us forward from that point. They also have several ideas in mind to challenge the whole group.

Photography has been my passion for a long time and both of they really have helped me a lot to improve.

This my 1st workshop/ photo tour, they taught me how to work on a portrait, taking multiple photos from many different angles and with different settings to get out of the comfort zones. We work hard but at the same time it is a very enjoyable experience. “Jassi jaisi koi nehi.. & Rajneesh: Dada tusi great ho..”

Great coverage of Holi festivities .. fantastic photography experience and opportunities guided by top Indian professional photographers .. fine personalities  .. felt completely at home with their warmth friendship and great company !!

I’m smiling now, while writing my testimonial, what memories, places and people I were so fortunate to be surrounded with. I can’t say enough about Rajneesh and his team. I wanted to take a photo tour for many years, and I am so glad that I’ve decided to go with Xploring Light team. The knowledge of the local area, the professional photo guidance, the extra-detailed planning that goes into each day- is evident and perfect. The conversations over dinners and during our tour are of great value, and though I am thrilled with the photos I was able to capture, the value of trip like this, can’t be measured in photos alone. The team (Rajneesh, Sanjay and Sahil) made my experience of a true value and simply incredible one, shared with an amazing group of people from all around the world. I feel so privileged and grateful for the opportunity to attend this amazing photo tour and I’m already planning another tour with those awesome guys!

While conducting research for our tour of India I came across the Xploring Light website.  Since my husband is an avid amateur photographer I thought this might be a nice thing to do while in India.  It wasn’t just nice, it was an incredible experience.  From booking to paying (sorry about the bank transfer fiasco Jassi!) to going all was done with care and professionalism.  Sanjay’s organizing was impeccable and the 3 days of Rang Leela — Holi — experience was absolutely exhilarating! If you are thinking about booking a tour with Xploring Light — Don’t hesitate…..Do it!

I took this tour 3 years in a row. And all with Xploring Light who are the best in the field. It is intense, safe and well planned by passionated people. I would take It again. Technically, I came back with my cards full of colorful portrait, environmental scenes of the colorful celebrations and some nice street pictures as well. But the most important part is that came back with lots of new friends sharing the same interest.

I have now done two tours with Xploring Light – the first to Pushkar Camel Festival in 2016 and the second to Barsana and Nandgaon for Holi Celebrations (Rang Leela) in 2017. I would highly recommend Xploring Light tours for the combination of a supportive group of like-minded people, great organisation of logistics, good insights and advice on photographic techniques from real experts and the opportunity to enjoy truly spectacular cultural experiences. As an introvert who much prefers solo travel to anything involving groups, I had a great deal of trepidation about joining a tour but my fears proved unfounded. I was also worried that my relatively low level of photographic expertise would set me apart but in fact found that skills of group members varied wildly and there was no sense of snobbery among those with the greatest amount of talent and expertise. On a practical level, there are places where a solo white woman can find travel challenging and the ability to be part of a group – as well as having the opportunity to wander off and do my own thing – proved the perfect combination in situations that would have been difficult to handle alone. All in all, I cannot speak highly enough of Xploring Light tours and would not hesitate to recommend them to others. And I hope that Jassi puts on tours to some other destinations (Hint Jassi – I would love to go to Nagaland!)

This was my second time in a row to Rang Leela tour.
My subject of photography is people… their emotions and their body languages from all across….
Every year I look forward to this trip as during this time human emotions in this part of the world are at peak. In fact its electric.
Managing an organised photo trip to such locations particularly during such times is very challenging – unless you know the place well. I think this team does it in style.