Images, thoughts, and crib notes from near and far.
Posted in Africa, Kenya, Namibia, Safari, Tanzania, Travel on Jan 16th, 2012
Safaris for the remainder of 2013: 1. Namibia – April – Trip is full 2. Tanzania – The Great Rut – May – Trip is full 3. Tanzania – Highlights of Tanzania – Sept – A few openings remain 4. Anartica – Nov Safaris for 2014: 1. Tanzania – The Great Migration – Feb – [...]
Posted in Africa, Safari, Tanzania, Travel on May 19th, 2013
20 May Sunrise 0600 Temperature 54F Early rise this morning as we had breakfast at 0530 in order to be at the gate by 0620 for the magical descent into the Ngorongoro Crater and what a magical treat it was. Heavy clouds had moved in over the night however, they had started clearing by [...]
19 May After collecting the clients from the airport the previous evening, it was time for a leisurely breakfast followed by the safari briefing on how things would work on the trip. Before we knew it, we were off the Gibbs Farm. Traveling though the farmland, we soon found ourselves in the sprawling city of [...]
Posted in Africa, Mountain Gorillas, Rwanda, Safari on May 15th, 2013
Sorry, but I just had to do this. I’ve never been able to generate a blog posting while in flight. Currently, flying an ‘over the pole’ route, just passing over Butte Montana, with an altitude of 1o,o58 meters , and 1,022 km/h for airspeed (ground speed indicated), time to Istanbul will be 10.24 hours (remaining). [...]
Posted in Africa, Kenya, Mountain Gorillas, Rwanda on May 15th, 2013
2014 SAFARI ALERT As I write this, I’m off to Tanzania to lead another exciting photo safari / workshop featuring the RUT season and all of the crazy activities that go on during the period of RUT. I described the RUT to someone the other day as the “Serengeti being awash in a sea of [...]
While leading a landscape photography workshop in Namibia, professional photographer Randy Hanna, stepped behind the bar to share his mixology knowledge with the staff. After a quick survey of the cold room in the kitchen, Randy began to assemble his components for the next evening’s class. With all of the ingredients and note pads in [...]
Posted in Africa, Mountain Gorillas, Namibia, Photo Gear and Reviews, Photography information, Rwanda, Safari, Tanzania, Tools and Techniques on May 9th, 2013
Well, it has been about 15 days since I have returned from a killer landscape workshop that I led in Namibia. While I was gone, lots of things changed in my photo world. While it is always fun to return to Seattle and discover what little things changed, but man, change was everywhere around me [...]
Leaving SEATAC hurdling toward Frankfurt, Germany in an aluminum tube, some 37,000 feet in the air at a smooth 586mph, we were treated to a wonderful view of the Canadian Rockies as we started making our way across the pole. Eight hours later approaching Germany, mother nature delivered another treat for us, a killer sunrise. [...]
Posted in Africa, Safari, Tanzania, Travel on Feb 14th, 2013
Tanzania Photo Safari Feb 2013 Landed in Arusha last night – Man is it unseasonably HOT HOT HOT – time to start pushing the water. After a restful night at the Mount Meru Hotel, I will make my way over the the Thomson Safaris Office for a couple of meetings this am and final prep [...]
Posted in Africa, Mountain Gorillas, Rwanda, Safari on Feb 8th, 2013
I must say that 2013 is off to a full running start. On the 2nd of January, I found myself recovering from the the flu and on an airplane to photograph the mountain gorillas of Rwanda. I’ll have a full trip report posted as soon as I can. Until then, I wanted to tease you [...]