David’s Blog
Teachers of Konditi Primary School, Kenya
One of the tasks I had on my trip to Kenya was to get nice photos of each teacher at the Konditi Primary School. I was shooting to support the non-profit, I-Kodi, whose mission is to support the Konditi Primary School, so nice pics of the teachers were essential and important. How do you go about getting these shots? The teachers are actively teaching so...
Rod Barbee Workshops
From time to time I am going to tell you about other professional photographers who are also doing photography workshops that I think are worthy of both your attention and attendance. The first pro I want to endorse is Rod Barbee who lives out in western Washington and was one of my students so long ago that I actually have no recollection of it. This...
Pacific Rim National Park Workshop
It is getting close to the deadline for signups for my Pacific Rim National Park workshop I do every year with my good friend Brenda Berry. The workshop is on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia and includes photographing in an UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. This workshop is by far the 'wildest' location of any workshop I have ever done in my...
Feebe and Daniel
This is Feebe. She is 17 and she lives outside of Gulu in northern Uganda. I met Feebe when I found her waist deep in a muddy backwater trying to catch fish with a woven wooden basket. Working along the steep banks and under the overhanging vegetation Feebe waded barefoot through the brown water sluicing the still river for fish that weren’t there. Feebe...
What we did in Uganda
So what did we actually do in Uganda? How did we actually go about getting the images we did? I am asking this more for my own benefit, part of my decompression process, but I thought you, my odd reader, might want to know as well. I know my mom would like to know what I was doing over there. I went to northern Uganda to support New Course’s effort to show...
Photographing Uganda- what did and didn’t work
So how did the photography go in Uganda? I know you have been dying to ask, so here is what I did and what I would do differently. I used two cameras- My big Nikon D4 with my favorite 24-120mm lens and my new little Nikon P7800. The D4 stayed around my neck with accessories- lens hood, polarizers, spare batteries and my 16-35mm lens in a soft fanny back on...
The environment, poverty and human trafficking.
For the past 25 years northern Uganda has been under siege- not from invading armies as might be expected but from within fueled by a ruinous cycle of environmental degradation and crushing poverty. Stemming from the economic and cultural disparities between the prosperous and economically diverse south and the struggling and economically poor north,...
From Uganda!
I'm writing to you from the little porch of the quaint little Gately Inn in Entebbe, Uganda. The trip is now over, I am just waiting for my plane to leave late tonight. After not having wifi for 10 days I can finally give you news. This initial report will be brief but I promise there will many coming posts dedicated to all the stories I gathered and...
Day 1, Africa
Day 1 here and I can't say that I have gotten much done. We are outside Nairobi now, leave for Uganda on Thursday, and we have spent the day in unsuccessful attempts to interview various authorities who have experience or influence with human trafficking. Not one worked out but we did spend a lot of time sitting around waiting and being frustrated. But...
What I am bringing to Uganda
I know photographers are always interested in what gear pros bring along with them when they go on assignment so I thought I would share my entire equipment list I am taking to Uganda. There are a few restrictions and considerations- 1. I need to be inconspicuous so as not to draw unnecessary or unwanted attention to myself. The more invisible I am the...
Off to Uganda!
Life is funny sometimes. I thought I had the entire month of March to enjoy in Vermont but turns out I will start the month in Kenya and spend the middle of the month in Uganda. I bet you are thinking that I am going to be on a photo safari photographing elephants and zebras and lions and then the gorillas in the mountains of the Rift Valley. That would be...