Have you ever visualized a scene for a shot when reading about a new destination? Then acted on it? Months ago when I was reading about Sri Lanka and planning my trip there, I kept thinking how awesome it would be to photograph a beautiful woman dressed in a traditional sari with an elephant on a […]
Drive along the southern coast of this island, and you’ll see strange sticks standing in the water. Visit in the afternoon and chances are you’ll see fishermen casting their poles from these wooden perches. Prime positions are passed down through the family, and not public domain for any fisherman to use. This particular man was fishing […]
Camera settings: f9.5, SS 1/90, ISO 200 How can he sit there so calmly with two ton elephants roaming about? Well, he’s actually a mahout. He spends his days caring for these elephants at the Pinnewela Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka, a tiny island south of the Indian Ocean. I was afraid this might […]
While in Dominica this past July, I came across this man fishing on a riverbank. We struck up a conversation, and he invited me to see his pineapple farm… This shot of Jerome was taken with my favorite portrait lens, a Ziess 85mm/f1.4 lens. Since it was midday and we under a bright direct sun, I […]
I’ve always been a sucker for juxtaposition, especially beauty among ruins. This time, the beauty was Bianca, a gorgeous model I had the pleasure to work with in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. I spent the previous day wandering around looking for backgrounds for the shoot. There were several great places–but I loved the arches, […]
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