YPS Meet Live | December 20, Sun | 5:30 PM | YPS Facebook Page and YouTube Channel

Astro photography brings forth a picture of the celestials in the night sky. Dr Hitesh Patel, who strives to be different: “Evolving as an artist in the true sense in my photography journey” as described by him, brings to us ‘Astro with a twist’.

Discover the other side of Astro-Photography as captured by Dr Hitesh Patel.

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Language: English/Hindi

Born and brought up in Surat, Dr Hitesh Patel has immense attachment toward nature.  This love for nature brought him to Vyara, a small tribal town of southern Gujarat. A doctor by profession (M.D. Physician) he runs a hospital in Vyara. As a physician he served mankind in many catastrophic conditions like floods, earthquakes, plague and has won many awards. He has also been awarded by the Physician Association of India.

As a photographer, he started his journey in 2011 and has received many awards and recognition in various genres of photography like, astro, low-light, landscape, wild-life, macro, and portrait.

Dr Patel is a Fujifilm mentor (X-photographer, Influencer) and has conducted many workshops.  His works have been published in various magazines like Saevus Wildlife India, Pranvayu, Wild Sojourns and others. They have also been exhibited in various art galleries of Gujarat as well as in Nehru Planetarium, Delhi. 

Having semi-retired from his profession as a physician, he decided to spend his time doing photography and as a photography mentor.  This has been a turning point in his life or can even be termed as rebirth. He wishes to spend all his time with a camera instead of a stethoscope!

You can follow his work here:

-YPS Executive Committee