A Multimedia Presentation on Burkina Faso: When Darkness Falls / Spirit of Humanity
I was invited by the American Society of Media Photographers (Washington, DC chapter) on January 11, 2011 to give a presentation during their 8×10 Program. I’ve had a lot of requests by people outside the area or who weren’t able to make the program to post the presentation online. So here it is! I spent [...]
October 2010 Wallpaper: Zion’s Fire IV
Now that I remember that we’re already a week into October, here is the month’s calendar wallpaper. The title of this high dynamic range (HDR) image is, “Zion’s Fire IV,” and it’s part of my “Of Fairytale Kingdoms” fine art photography collection. I chose it for this month because this image has just been accepted [...]
Mali: The Makings of a Pot
I recently returned from Mali, where my friend, Melanie, and I had the opportunity to visit the pottery village of Kalabougou, a 45-minute motorized canoe ride down the Niger River from Segou. Click here to see the complete photo story, Mali: The Makings of a Pot.
Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 12: Arches National Park and Behind-The-Rocks, Moab, aka, Day of the Fruitless Search for Mystical Tukuhnikivats
We’re exshausted, having spent the afternoon on a wild goose – or should I say wild arch – chase through the Moab wilderness. We were searching for that most mystical of arches, Tukuhnikivats, the unpronouncable. No one we asked had ever heard of it, not the park rangers at Arches National Park nor the woman who [...]
Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 11: Arches National Park, aka The Day I Almost Died
OK, perhaps I’m being a little dramatic. But still, this is the day that I’ll never forget. The day my Yaktrax fell into the abyss. The day I was stuck way out in the funnel. The day I was too paralyzed to move forward, too petrified to move back. Like always, it all started out in [...]
Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 5: Bryce Canyon
This is our last day in Bryce Canyon. Four nights is probably more than what most people spend, and tomorrow, we head over to Zion. Everyone talks about how wonderful Zion is, but I just can’t imagine it being more spectacular than Bryce. It’s too bad that a lot of the trails weren’t tracked what [...]
Utah Parks Road Trip, Day 3: Bryce Canyon
Today, we visited Inspiration Point, Bryce Point, and Sunset Point. In the afternoon, we hiked the 2.2 mile, 1.5 hour Navajo loop from Sunset Point down into the canyon. The snow is deep, but just a few icy points on the path. Not bad if you go down on the left side of the loop and [...]
Utah Parks Road Trip: Day 2, Scenic Byway 12
Merry Christmas everyone! I want to wish you and your families and friends a holiday season and coming year filled with joy and good cheer! To download a pdf on buying fine art photography, click here. As for us, today we drove from Moab to Bryce Canyon City (which is really more like a village [...]
Utah Parks Road Trip: Day 1, Arches National Park
It’s finally time for our Christmas-New Years Southern Parks of Utah Road Trip! You never would have thought it would take 4 days to get from DC to Utah, but it’s already worth it! In case you didn’t hear, the DC area’s biggest snowstorm in years and years and years dumped more than 2 feet [...]