As you have already gathered, the last three weeks have been insane. If you aren’t aware of why, go here and read the whole thing (or check out what The Digital Trekker has to say). Nonetheless, it’s always theroputic to run out on the street during the busy days and snap a few shots around…
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Before I jump into this post, I would encourage you to do what you can for the suffering in Yushu. The quakes there left close to 100,000 people homeless. The very little that they once had is now gone. For more information or for how to give directly to those providing relief, please visit Yushu…
We are moving right along with our “I’m a Photographer: Discussions on the life of a Photographer.” series today. Again, if you aren’t sure what it’s all about, check this out. Two down, 4 more to go – get excited ( or relatively happy at least) Our next interview comes from Shaun Menary is a full time touring…
I’m really excited to kick off the “I’m a Photographer: Discussions on the life of a Photographer.” series today. If you aren’t sure what it’s all about, check this out. Like I mentioned earlier I’ve read through these interviews and they are all stellar – I can’t wait to share them with you in the…
Something I’ve been meaning to do for a while now is spend some time at our local mosques. The area where we live is heavily influenced by Tibetan culture, Chinese culture, and also Islamic culture. It’s actually pretty amazing to watch how that plays out in a city like this. Today I made it a…
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…