Our last night in Amboseli National Park and outside in the Conservation Area found us with several wonderful opportunities as giraffes traveled from the distant forests near Tanzania to the park swamps for water. As daylight started to fall, I saw the opportunity to do some panning shots after the giraffes were spooked off of [...]
Monthly Archive for August, 2010
No More Power
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 15th, 2010
It is 108 degrees F out side in Dubai and all of the power has left the station (no more power at the airport power stations for laptops). I can’t think of a better photo to explain my frustration than one of me playing Elephant Dung Soccer (note the large elephant in the background). The [...]
I mentioned in the previous posting, the 2 hour negotiation event that netted us three Maasi for a two hour photo shoot starting at dawn the following day. Here are some behind the scenes shots of the Great Negotiator, getting his butt handed to him by the Maasi from a nearby village. At the end [...]
Maasi Days in Amboseli
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 13th, 2010
For more than two hours Joesph (our guide) and I negotiated with local Maasi tribe members for a special photo opportunity. Finally, we cut the deal – for $150 US (plus whatever tip we chose to add in), three Maasi warriors in full paint and dress would show up at 0700 the following day for [...]
For the past four days, we have been deep in the Masai Mara at Mara Plains Camp. With intermittent internet connections, blog updates have not been possible until today. It is very late so I will post only this very short post. Over the past four days we photographed two large river crossings (Wildebeest), and [...]
After a brutal flight from Dubai to Nairobi aboard Emirates (the big guy does not do small seats very well), the three die-hard photographers will soon board our private charter flight taking us deep into the Masai Mara. Rather than spending hours on the road, I selected a private charter option to maximize our shooting [...]
Dubai, UAE
Posted in Africa, Photography information, Safari, Travel on Aug 4th, 2010
TWELVE hours later from Washington DC, I faced a temperature of 107F on landing. Dubai, an interesting mix of modern finance, incredible infrastructure, all with a mix of classic Muslim overtones. With Starbucks on just about every block, and often sightings of everything from Pizza Hut to Tony Roma’s, it took no time at all [...]