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Ahhh…doesn’t this scene divert your attention from your busy day? Makes me stop for a second, and take a deep sigh… and that’s what I need right now, in the midst of the rat race and frentic pace approaching the holidays! I saw this peaceful scene steps away from a busy street in Beijing. Weeping willow trees […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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  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 […]

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