February 2010

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time the light

time the light

Today–well last night really–Dave Delnea released his much anticipated eBook through the Craft & Vision store. Titled Below The Horizon, Understanding Light at the Edges of Day, this eBook will get you excited about shooting  when no-one’s around at first light or when most people have packed up and headed home after the sun’s gone down.

photo of the day

photo of the day

young male lion maasai mara, kenya

nothing but

nothing but

You’ve all heard it before. “Take nothing but pictures…leave nothing but footprints“. If you subscribe to this way of thinking then a socially responsible photographic safari might be for you. To tell you the truth, it wasn’t the “socially responsible” part of the trip that attracted me as much as the “photographic” part but when you get [...]

inspiring minds

inspiring minds

Last month on my blog I mentioned I was invited to be part of a very special project Images without Borders. This week I am chuffed to be one of the featured photographers on their website along with Craig Ferguson, an Asia-based photographer from Australia.

getting into gear

getting into gear

I am breaking into the “feel good” programming of the last few weeks with a posting on gear. If you prefer not to read my safari gear report, feel free to take a nap.

a stranger’s just a friend you do not know

a stranger’s just a friend you do not know

Date: October 5, 2009 From: Ryan Snider Subject: Krista meet Sabrina Message: You two will be sharing a tent on the January photo safari (2 beds) and should feel free to email one another…I think you two will get along really well!

hunters or sheep

hunters or sheep

In yesterday’s post I mentioned that we made an unscheduled visit to a Maasai village; here’s the full story. The day before five of us clambered into a van best-suited for three shooters and we had had a decidedly mediocre shoot.

photo of the day

photo of the day

Not a long post today, folks but always a photo This image was taken at an impromptu visit to a Maasai Village but more on that tomorrow. Today I wanted to share an image that I processed  using Lightroom and Photoshop.

it takes a village

it takes a village

Pssst…want to know a little secret? Sometimes those amazing images of people taken by professionals require hard work by someone other than the photographer. Not to downplay the talent of the photographer but I never appreciated the kind of system that is sometimes needed to help create an image.

a funny thing happened when I was in Kenya

a funny thing happened when I was in Kenya

As some of you know might know, I don’t photograph people. Every aspect of shooting people I find scary or overwhelming or both. I always feel that the expectations people have of what they want to look like in a photograph can never be met.

lone tree revisited

lone tree revisited

It was great to have company on my lone tree post yesterday; thanks everyone! If you haven’t checked out the links in the Comments yet, I encourage you to do so. My safari mate, Beate Dalbec, blogged three of her lone tree images from our trip

the lone tree challenge

the lone tree challenge

What is it with us photographers and lone trees? When I was down in Oregon on Bryan Peterson’s workshop last fall, there was a beautiful oak tree in the middle of a field. We couldn’t contain our excitement as we lined up to shoot it with the sun behind. Fast forward to last month.

photo of the day

photo of the day

running gnus on our walking safari

up, up, and away

up, up, and away

The opportunity to see the Maasai Mara from the air was just too good to pass up. We imagined floating a few hundred feet over the open plains with nothing to obstruct our view of the herds of elephants, zebras, antelope, and the like. Breathtaking, right?

where the buffalo roam

where the buffalo roam

  This week I thought I’d post some landscapes from my trip. For the most part, I used my 70-300 mm lens but once in a while I pulled out the Sigma 10-20 mm or my kit 18-55 mm kit lens to capture the vastness of space around us. On a safari we all want to [...]

photo of the day

photo of the day

It’s Friday and I’m heading home today after some morning meetings. As promised on Twitter last night, today I’m posting my favourite animal image from my Kenyan safari.

photo of the day

photo of the day

pair of giraffe on our walking safari

photo of the day

photo of the day

lioness and cub

photo of the day

photo of the day

lone cheetah on the savannah

photo of the day

photo of the day

vervet monkey: mother and child This week I’m on the road again but it’s all work-related so each day I’ll be posting an image from my safari but not writing too much. I’ve always admired the work of Nick Brandt and Andy Biggs but what I now have is a new found respect for just how [...]