I’m very excited to finally be kicking of the interview series entitled “I’m a Photographer: Discussions on the life of a Photographer.” I was fortunate enough to pull together interviews from some really fantastic photographers – more importantly, photographers that are in completely different stages of life and different stages in their photographic careers. All…
After valiantly fighting through 12 rounds of food poisoning, I made it a point to go out today with camera in hand to capture something I’ve been meaning to capture for a while. Signs Our streets here are littered with all kinds of signage. You have the normal stores, restaurants, and fruit stand signs – but that’s…
On Thursday I threw up a post about scouting out our local Tibetan market. I was excited to find that these markets have these old plexiglass roofs that have changes to all sorts of interesting colors. I wanted to shoot the modernizing Tibetan culture in a place surrounded by the ancient. Things rarely, if ever, go the…
Definetly a “Page 2” rant here. Gua Feng/刮风: “Scraping, shaving, blowing wind.” Brian’s Translation: “Annoying + Gritty + Ugh.” Every spring here we have about 25 – 40 days of high seasonal winds – and consequently big ol’ sandstorms. It’s really cool to see a sand storm for the first time; a sentiment that wears off 3…
Our markets in town are all amazing places to take a camera (and avoid leaving money/phones/valuables in your pockets). One of my favorites and one of the only places on the planet (that I know of) where you will find Muslims selling Tibetan goods to Tibetans is at our local Tibetan market. The fact that…
Over the last few days I’ve been going through shots from a scouting trip I took in January. First of all, I edited the shots I wanted (or so I thought) almost two months ago and had no intentions of revisiting that shoot other than the occasional sentimental impulse. So what the heck am I doing editing…
So what was it about a camera that even made you/me/us pick it up in the first place? Seriously. Think about it. That simple question has been running through my head all day. It made me think about this old Canon body that my dad used to have in our closet. I couldn’t tell you…
Right out of the gate, let me say this – in the 7+ years I’ve been blogging – this is one of the hardest posts I’ve ever written. When you intitionally sit down to write a blog post who’s subtitle is “Why most blogs suck and why we don’t read them.” – a few things…
You might have seen this shot earlier in my post about “Do What You Want with What You Have.” It’s a nice shot with lots of little compositional things I would have changed; some lighting changes, posing suggestions, framing the shot differently, etc. However, that’s not the point of this post. I’m actually really proud…
Matt Brandon wrote an excellent article about culture stress and it’s relationship to a traveling photographer. I must say, as a photographer working and living overseas, I found this article spot on. Matt has a wealth of knowledge in this area and well-demonstrates the states that we all go through (I know I have). Is…