Travel Photography: Connecting with people
Be sure to check out my guest post on the excellent travel resource – Nomadic Matt. I discuss ways of connecting with people to get some natural portraits during your travels.
Postcard: Worlds Collide
On a weekend jaunt from Stockholm to Latvia, we spent the day exploring Riga. There was a photography exhibition right in the heart of Doma Laukums (Main Square). We spent the next half hour studying the exhibition. As we rounded a corner, there was a photograph depicting young adults at some sort of rave or …
Photo online at Guardian UK
This photo was selected as part of the Guardian.co.uk’s Been There contest finalists for August 2008. Taken in Cardiff, Wales, the little girl’s disposition – total immersion – makes you want to jump right in with her!.
Photo on National Geographic
Quite excited to find out that one of my photos made the “August – Week 2” selection in the International Photo Contest. Check it out. It’s the first one in the group. One of my previous shots had made National Geographic’s “Your Shot” selection before.
Essential Baby Steps Towards Living Your Passions
Remember, life is too short not to start living your passions – your authentic self to its fullest…
Finding my voice again
I had a sign-out sheet with a backlog of students waiting in line to borrow one of my books. The year was 1993 and I was in a tough boarding school back in Africa. By 14, I’d written about 25 stories that filled 50+ large notebooks. I’d cut out pictures from glossy magazines, glue them …