Unfortunately I didn’t come back with that many good New Delhi photos because I had probably a few hours of actual shooting.  At the time I didn’t shoot film and wasn’t that into photography, plus I was working so didn’t have the opportunity I would have liked.  Delhi is pretty full on, especially around the Chandni Chowk area near the Red Fort, you’ll get thousands of great New Delhi photos there in a few hours, if you can stand the frantic pace, smells, amount of people, pollution and mad traffic.  My Dad and I spent about 15 minutes there and that was just about enough. For taking photos though, that area is excellent so my advice would be to suck it up for an hour or two to make sure you’ve got enough good shots.

The temples, mosques, fortresses and the like will make for some good New Delhi photos so make sure you get to those early to avoid the worst of the crowds.  I’m going back to Delhi next year and will posting a guide for photographers to Delhi with all the best places to photograph, best locations to photograph from and the best times to go.  It’s difficult when you have kids with you and sometimes it’s not possible to be there during early morning so you’ve got to research before you go and that applies anywhere.

I like to sometimes shoot black and white but New Delhi, like Kolkata and Mumbai, has so much colour and vibrance that I think you really need to be shooting in mostly colour.  Of course, if you shoot digital, then just shoot raw and if you shoot any of the Fuji X series, you can change the film simulations in post afterwards.  If you shoot something else, always shoot in colour and convert to Black and white afterwards if it looks better.

Be sure to check out our map of Delhi for most of the best places to get good New Delhi photos.