This is a rungu, an African war club, traditionally made of olive or acacia wood. It was given me by my village, Ongeli, in northern Kenya, but to get the full meaning of it, and therefore it’s full beauty, I need to tell the story. I was in northern Kenya on assignment for the BOMA [...]
I’m preparing some images to accompany a magazine article on photographing in Bhutan, re-processing some using the much-improved tools in Lightroom 4, when I had something of a revelation. I’ve been reading Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s rather excellent book “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience” in tandem with Malcolm Gladwel […]
Winding down now, after a month in Australia. Heading home this week. It’s been a wonderful trip, and I’ve learned a lot. Such as… G’day is actually one word. And when an Aussie says it, even to a total stranger, they generally really mean it. I would be hard put, I think, to use the [...]
Today is Memorial Day in the United States, and our offices are closed as we honor and remember those who gave their lives in service to our country. This post is also dedicated each year to the memory of David Leimbach, (shown above; the brother of our friend and colleague Jeff Leimbach), who died four years ago in combat inContinue...