Sorting through and editing images while traveling, in order to create blog posts, is a fast, furious and often “messy” process, given the fact that there’s such limited time to work with. From my days working as a stringer for newspapers in Southern California, I’ve learned to be somewhat “brutal” in my selection of photos [...]
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Myanmar: Finding The Light & Working The Shot
This will be the final post for the 2013 Amazing Myanmar Photo Tour and I’d like to touch on two concepts that I try to instill upon participants during my photo tours. The first is “finding good light” and the second is “working the scene”. Each day, before each photo shoot, I stress the importance [...]
Amazing Myanmar Photo Tour: Yangon’s Circle Line / Ring Train
This is my third reportage on Yangon’s “circle line” or “ring train”. The Yangon Circle line circumnavigates Myanmar’s largest city, on a 46 Kilometer, 39 station route that connects Yangon’s satellite towns. The system is heavily utilized by the local populace, selling about 150,000 tickets daily, providing cheap transportation for Burmese and an interesting and [...]
Shortcut To Nirvana: Bathing In The Sangam On February 10th
February 10th, an estimated 30 million devotees will take a holy dip at the “Sangam”, the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers in Allahabad on this most auspicious occasion called ‘‘Mauni Amavasya”. In order to really capture the essence of the big day, I’ll include images from the 9th, to show the [...]
Sadhus of the Kumbh Mela
Bathing at the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Sariswati rivers during India’s Kumbh Mela on February 10th is a chance to break the cycle of re-birth and upon one’s death, go straight to heaven. In effect, bathing in the Ganges at the Kumbh on February 10th, 2013 is a shortcut to nirvana. Tomorrow, February [...]
India’s Kumbh Mela 2013: The Greatest Show On Earth, Day 3
It’s been an amazing third day, here at the Kumbh Mela. Near the river, we photographed a procession of newly initiated Naga Sadhus and then followed them into their Ashram. I love these challenging, fast-paced, high adrenaline journalistic situations. I would like to share 15 of my favorite images with you. I hope you enjoy [...]
India’s Kumbh Mela 2013: The Greatest Show On Earth, Day 2
Our second day at the Kumbh revolved around getting oriented to where things were located and what was happening at each location. We concentrated on getting to know several of the best areas and times for photographing the bathing rituals. The Kumbh encompasses a vast area but we’re getting our bearings. It’s going to take [...]
India’s Kumbh Mela 2013: The Greatest Show On Earth
The Kumbh Mela is the world’s largest religious gathering, in fact it’s the world’s largest gathering of any kind, ever. Millions of pilgrims travel across India and from across the globe to take a dip in the sacred Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers during the festival. It is believed that by bathing on specific, auspicious [...]
Mandaue City Philippines: In Search of the Next “Manny Pacquiao”
In the Philippines, boxing has become somewhat of a national sport. As common as sweet mangoes, the spicy local Bicol Express and as ubiquitous as the Philippine Jeepney, boxing plays an integral part in Philippine culture and pride. All of this, thanks mostly to a small guy from General Santos City named Manny Pacquiao. Manny [...]
Tindera Sinulog: Santo Niño Basilica, Cebu, Phillipines
In front of the Santo Niño basilica, in Cebu Philippines, women selling candles can be seen swaying and dancing while holding aloft a handful of candles. This is a sacred dance in honor of the Santo Niño, called Tindera Sinulog. The Sinulog is danced while prayers are being said to seek the favor of the [...]
