African wildlife is truely amazing. There are also some breathtaking landscapes. The trick is to capture images of the wildlife within one of those great landscapes. It happens occaisionally. More often you end up with stunning animals with drab dusty scrub brush in the background. It is at this point that some careful pre-planning and then creative post production are required in order to elevate the image from nice animal portrait to a piece of fine art.
I am excited to finally be able to give my African Photo Safari presentation to the Napanee photo club. It was postponed from February because of nasty weather. The club meets at the County Memorial Building, 41 Dundas St. West, at 7:30. I would love to see you there.
Here is a link to their website for more details: Napanee Photo Club
The SPARK Photo Festival is a celebration of photography, and the artists, dreamers, innovators, storytellers, professionals and enthusiasts behind the camera lens. Every year, the month of April marks the arrival of numerous photographic exhibits and artists, in locations throughout the Northumberland, Peterborough, and the Kawartha Lakes regions. Technical workshops, lectures, talks, films, and other related photographic events and activities take place year-round as well as during the festival. The 5th annual festival is scheduled for April 1 to April 30, 2017.
I would love to have you drop by the gallery for the reception on Saturday January 30th. If you can’t make it for the reception, at least come by sometime during February to see the exhibit.
I have been away from Kenya for over a year now, and the yearning to return is growing steadily. I had always planned to spend two years getting my photography business established here in Canada before starting to offer photo safaris. The first trip is now in the works. The dates are tentatively set for July 20th to 27th, 2015. I am looking for 6-8 photographers to accompany me for an unforgettable week in the Mara! Here are the details:
Monday, July 20
Tuesday, July 21
Wednesday, July 22 – Sunday, July 26
Monday, July 27
$4,900 Canadian
Use the contact form to request more information.
I am so excited to be invited to present at the Northumberland Photo Club in Cobourg tonight. I will be sharing highlights from over 70 photo safaris. The presentation starts at 7:00 p.m. at the Salvation Army Church Gymnasium, 59 Ballantine Rd., Cobourg, Ontario.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for coffee.
Karibu sana! (You are most welcome!)
This Saturday and Sunday 25 pieces of my African Photo Art will be on display at Early Bird Studio as part of the Trent Hills Gallery Hop. Don’t worry about the rain in the forecast, there is a huge tent set up, and lots of great art to see. Hours are 10:00am to 5:00pm.
Spirit of the Hills at the Trent Hills Gallery Hop October 4th and 5th.
African artwork on display at Riverfront Square in Trenton, Ontario.
Arts Quinte West sponsored an art show for local artists as part of Trenton’s Festival by the Bay. With lots of help from my wife, mother, and a couple good friends I was able to set up a nice display of my work that would stand up to the wind coming off the bay. Twenty pieces were hung. Doing little shows like this is great motivation to get some more of my work printed, framed and on display. It was also fun to be be able to to chat with lots of folks about my experiences photographing wildlife in Kenya and my passion for African wildlife photography.
Just as we were about to start tearing down and packing up, David Gibb from Quinte West News dropped in and interviewed me for the newspaper. It was fun to see my picture in the paper and read the great article he wrote about me. Here is a link the the article on the newspaper’s website:
http://www.insidebelleville.com/news-story/4648690-out-of-africa-and-back-in-trenton/
I am thrilled to have my biography and African fine art images published on the website of an Italian art college. The article is written in Italian, but the way they have presented the images is beautiful. Pop over and check it out!
After the almost complete sell-out at my fine art exhibit in Nairobi last month I have received numerous requests for additional prints. To make it easier to choose which images you want printed, just click on the link below to go directly to a gallery collection of all the images that I had on display at the exhibit.
Nairobi Fine Art Exhibition Image Gallery
I have also incorporated a secure shopping site where you can purchase these images in a variety of formats. FineArtAmerica.com is an innovative company that provides a wide range of photographic products and services. They offer a variety of frames and matts, metal and canvas prints, and greetings cards. Their products are superb quality. They have a 30 day money back guarantee and world-wide shipping.
Thanks so much to all who helped make my show and sale in Nairobi this weekend a huge success. On Thursday we hung 99 framed images. By closing on Sunday afternoon only five had not been sold. This exceeded my wildest expectations! I had my printer there and people also bought dozens of prints. I was able to cover all of my costs and donate 200,000 Kenyan schillings ($2,400) to our designated charity Care of Creation.
Here is a link to an album of candid pictures of the exhibition at the Sarit Centre in Nairobi, Kenya:
Nairobi exhibition candids album
And this link shows how the framed artwork was displayed in the Expo Hall:
Nairobi exhibition artwork displays album
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