About the Author/Photographer

Visual storytelling has always been the beating heart that drives Gautam Dhimal's professional career; and also, his life. Primarily, working as producer and line producer for films while lending his photography skills for fashion, advertising and nature and wildlife, Gautam blends his sense of humanity with his love for nature and travel. He has conjointly worked with numerous local and international production teams. Some of the acclaimed international studios that he has collaborated are BBC One, FOX, and Disney along with global brands like Red Bull, Nestea, Coca Cola, Panasonic, Vicks, Nippon Paint, Samsonite, Doosan, Kellogg's and many others.

To get to know more about Gautam Dhimal and experience his film and photographic adventures visit www.GautamDhimal.com

GAUTAM DHIMAL

CELEBRATING NEPAL AS A FILM AND PHOTO DESTINATION

HIMALAYAN FASHION ADVENTURE

Himalayan Fashion Adventure, an adventurous fashion photography trip that took us to marvellous locations all over the Mustang region of Nepal. The team of highly skilled individuals equipped with high end gears embarked on this grand fashion journey to Mustang, the last forbidden kingdom, and captured stunning photos and videos.

A book, must read, for all the aspiring fashion designers, fashion photographers, models, travelers, adventure enthusiasts, as well as travel and landscape photographers, they all would equally benefit from this book.

Established fashion brands and labels looking to create stunning high-end fashion visuals in the majestic Himalayan locations will surely be inspired to visit Nepal for their next fashion photographic shoot in the exotic landscapes where local experts and highly experienced industry professionals are ready for the production support and service they would need.

An attempt to bring light to the wide range of creative opportunities for photography and film production that Nepal has to offer and to support the scope of Nepal as a next film and photography destination for everyone.

Buy the Book.

HFA Book is available in three versions. The Hard Cover books and Soft Cover Books are available for online orders from Amazon (US/Canada), Blurb (US/UK/Canada).

The digital Versions are available from Apple Books as well as Amazon Kindle in many countries of the world.

Meet the Models


  • A fashion model, creative director and event curator based in Kathmandu and Mumbai, Aastha Pokharel is a renowned name in Nepali and Indian fashion indus- try. She has displayed her talents in reality shows across the continent on shows like Asia's Next Top Model and Kingfisher Supermodels 2014.

    Aastha’s Instagram

  • The winner of Miss Teen 2016, Simran Shakya is a dedicated and determined aspiring model. She has walked on fashion shows like UK Fashion week, The Pet Show 2, Fashion Secrets and various others. Among her versatile range of work as a model, fall few of her music videos as well. She also won House of Fashion Nepal 2019.

    Simran’s Instagram


  • Runner up of one of India's popular reality Tv show, "India's Next Top Model 2017", Sabita Karki has been able to garner tons of compliments and fans. Her career as a model has been blooming. She has walked the ramp for various prestigious fashion shows in Nepal and India.

    Sabita’s Instagram

  • Sweta Kalakheti is a model and an event organizer. She has choreographed numer- ous beauty pageants while also posing for several brands. She started her career from an early age. With her dedication to the fashion industry, Sweta has won many hearts.

    Sweta’s Instagram

MEET THE TEAM

Photographer:
Gautam Dhimal

Models:
Aastha Pokharel
Sabita Karki
Simran Shakya
Sweta Kalakheti

Talent Manager:
Oshima Banu

Cinematographers:
Bidur Pandey (Navin)
Rameshwor Karki

Production Manager:
Dinesh Prakash Mahara

Production Coordinator:
Hritika Bhattarai

Location Manager:
Saujanya Parajuli

Stylist:
Shrijal Bikram Shahi
Sanjeev Maharjan (Asst.)

Hair & Makeup:
Sophie Sunuwar
Nilam Paudel
Reeta Balami

Costume Designer:
Tej Maya Pun

BTS Photographer:
Bibek Shrestha

Medic:
Pandab Baral
Ashmita Baniya

Light & Grip:
Badri Bahadur Lakai
Shiva Sharan Neupane
Santosh Urau

Craft Service:
Hom Bahadur Thapa

Production Boy:
Ramesh Dhimal

Logistics:
Dhiraj Bajracharya
Samip Mainali

Drivers:
Shiva Prasad Adhikari
Sahadev Adhikari
Hanif Khan
Chitra Manandhar
Krishna Mohan Nepali
Keshav Pandey

Equipments

The photography gear used for the final fashion images in the book are:

CAMERA:
Fujifilm GFX 100
(MEDIUM FORMAT SYSTEM)

LENSES:
Fujifilm GF 120mm Macro
Fujifilm GF 32-64mm

STROBES:
Profoto B1
Profoto B10 plus

ACCESSORIES:
Profoto OCF Beauty Dish Silver
Profoto OCF Softbox 2' Octa
Profoto OCF Magnum Reflector
Profoto Umbrella Deep Silver L
Profoto Umbrella Deep Silver M
Profoto OCF Grid Kit
Profoto OCF Color Gel Starter Kit
Profoto Air Remote TTL-F

Photographer Gautam Dhimal is probably the only owner/user of the Fujifilm GFX 100 as well as the Profoto lights and accessories in Nepal.

(as of February 2022)

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