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Read the Landscape
Learn to find compositions in rain, mist, water, texture and movement.
THE OUTSIDE CLUB × NISARGSHALA
Monsoon
Through the Lens.
A 24-hour photography experience in the Sahyadris. Learn to see rain, landscape, people and light differently — with Nikhil Dixit.
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SEE THE MONSOON DIFFERENTLY
The rain isn't
just weather.
It is light. It is texture. It is movement. It is a story waiting to be photographed.
Spend 24 hours at Nisargshala learning to look at the Sahyadris through a photographer's eye.
Whether you shoot on a DSLR, mirrorless camera or your phone, this is a hands-on experience about seeing, framing and telling stories.
ONE EXPERIENCE · MANY WAYS TO SEE
What happens
through the lens.
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Find the Moment
Work with people, expressions, movement and natural light.
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After Dark
Explore long exposure, low light and creative night photography.
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Share the Story
Bring photographs together, discuss them and learn from each other.
ARRIVE · EXPLORE · STAY · CREATE
24 hours.
One visual journey.
DAY 01
SEE
03 PM
Arrival
Check in, settle down and meet the group.
04 PM
Photography Session
Foundations of seeing, framing and exposure.
05 PM
Monsoon Photo Walk
Take your camera into the landscape.
07 PM
Golden Hour
Work with changing natural light.
09 PM
Big Screen Review
Project, discuss and learn from photographs.
10:30 PM
Night Photography
Long exposure and low-light experiments.
11:30 PM
Campfire
Stories, conversations and photographs.
DAY 02
CREATE
06 AM
Sunrise Shoot
Morning light, mist and the Sahyadris.
08 AM
Breakfast
09 AM
Editing Session
Turn photographs into finished images.
10:30 AM
Final Challenge
Tell the Nisargshala story in one frame.
12 PM
Showcase & Awards
Share the photographs created during the experience.
01 PM
Lunch
02 PM
Departure
Take your photographs and stories home.
YOUR MENTOR
Nikhil
Dixit.
FILMMAKER · DOP · SCREENWRITER
Nikhil Dixit is a filmmaker and Director of Photography from Pune, working across filmmaking, visual storytelling and documentary-style projects.
His work spans fiction, non-fiction and docu-fiction, with experience across wildlife, sports, education and human-interest storytelling.
At Monsoon Through the Lens, Nikhil brings the filmmaking eye into photography — helping participants understand light, composition, framing and the story behind a photograph.
Learn to see the story
before you press the shutter.
before you press the shutter.
CREATE · SHARE · RETURN
Good photographs
take you further.
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Best Camera Shot
50% OFFYour next The Outside Club experience.
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Best Mobile Shot
50% OFFYour next The Outside Club experience.
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Best Monsoon Story
50% OFFYour next The Outside Club experience.
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People's Choice
50% OFFYour next The Outside Club experience.
All workshop category rewards are valid for 3 months.
THE EXPERIENCE DOESN'T END HERE
Show us
your monsoon.
Choose your best photograph from the experience, post it on Instagram within 15 days and let the community decide.
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Choose your best photograph.
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Post it on Instagram.
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Tag Nisargshala + The Outside Club.
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Let the likes decide.
PEOPLE'S CHOICE · 15 DAYS
100% OFF
The photograph receiving the highest number of genuine likes wins a free next The Outside Club experience.
Valid for 3 months from the workshop date.
COME AS YOU ARE
You don't need
the perfect camera.
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You're completely new to photography.
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You already shoot on a DSLR or mirrorless camera.
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Your phone is your favourite camera.
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You're a creator looking to improve your visual storytelling.
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You love the outdoors and want to see it differently.
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You simply want to spend a monsoon night somewhere beautiful.
MONSOON THROUGH THE LENS
One night.
A different way of seeing.
Arrive at 3 PM. Explore Nisargshala, learn from Nikhil, photograph the monsoon, stay overnight and leave after lunch the next day.
NISARGSHALA · VELHE
3 PM → NEXT DAY POST LUNCH