The World in Focus Blog
I am a bit fascinated right now with shooting inanimate objects; I like the idea of shooting them as if they were really living objects. Here’s one I did awhile back that recently re-caught my attention: a wooden angel at First Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs.
While I was in Los Gatos I had the idea to run over Highway 17 and see some friends and family for the afternoon. After a nice latte at Verve in downtown Santa Cruz, I walked along the coast by Santa Cruz’s famous lighthouse. I couldn’t resist taking a shot of this surfer dude…
Last week I flew out to Los Gatos to film Chip Ingram. Chip had been up most of the night before and was tired the morning of the shoot. I took just a few frames of him, and for some reason I liked this one…unguarded, real, different.
In 2012, Mercy Corps sent photographers to cover some of the most remarkable stories in 10 different countries, from Afghanistan to Yemen, Colombia to South Sudan. I had the good fortune to be assigned to Central Africa Republic, which was a fantastic trip. Over 17,000 photos from all these shoots landed on Phil Ottum’s desk at Mercy Corps; here are his top 10 (check out #s 2 and 3!). Below is one that I, being a card player, really liked that did not make it into Phil’s top ten. But that’s cool; cards aren’t for everyone. Be sure to check out Phil’s list–there are some very fine images in there, 8 of which rank way over mine…
Anyone care to guess who this is? He most definitely has massive celebrity status but flies deep under the radar. That’s all I am going to say…
