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As some of you saw in my last blog post, I was lucky enough to spend last weekend at the LaRu festival in Rebkong valley.  Rebkong is extremely famous throughout Tibet and is the artistic heart of the area.  At the center of that heart is the Thangka (pronounced ‘tanka’). Thangkas are traditional hand created…

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I was fortunate enough to spend the last three days in Repkong valley at the LaRu festival.  You won’t find the LaRu festival listed much of anywhere.  It’s not on wikipedia and a quick google search shows almost nothing.  I’ve been told that it’s listed in Lonely Planet but I can’t find it really anywhere….

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Our Kelby World Wide Photowalk this year was amazing.  I was just about to post my pictures and say “Hey! We had a great time on our photo walk… here are some pictures!” …only because I’m tired and it’s 1:05am, but instead I’m going to breach another subject.  Why?  Well, this photo walk reminded me of…

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Todays Tech Tuesday is all about lighting. Let me start by saying that there are some travel photographers that won’t go near artificial lighting – I am not one of those.  I’m not discriminating between those who use artificial light and those who don’t.  I don’t really draw a strong distinction between the two, other…

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