I’m excited to announce that I will be leading a Kelby Worldwide Photowalk this summer. It should be an exciting time to be in Qing hai and an even better time to check out Kumbum monastery. Remember to sign up here: http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/xining-qinghai-china-kumbum-front-gate/ Take a look at some of the information below about the walk after…
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Last weekend I got the chance to shoot a Malaysian wedding w/ Matt (see his shots here). It was quite an experience full of customs that frankly I was somewhat ignorant about other than my desperate night before wikipedia cram. A Malaysian muslim wedding is an extremely colorful thing which made it a lot of…
Part 2 – Downtown Penang + Batik Factory So after my meetings and shoot(s) in Hong Kong, I headed down to Penang for a bit of business and pleasure w/ our good ol’ Digital Trekker. I have to admit, I went to Penang not knowing much about it other than it’s really really hot there…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…