Lumen Dei Tibet: The Heart of Kham
Today I am excited to announce a new Lumen Dei workshop lead by yours truly. It’s the trip dreams are made of: Tibet! How cool is that!
This summer, June 18- 29th, I will be leading a tour/workshop that focuses on the Tibetan people of Kham. Kahm is the southeastern portion of the Tibetan Plateau and [...]
Lumen Dei: Kumbh Mela, India
Gavin Gough and I are thrilled to announce that we will officially start taking applications for the 2010 Kumbh Mela Lumen Dei photo workshop and tour. Now, I could wax eloquently about the tour for hundreds of words. But, Gavin has such a nice English lilt I will let him tell you all about our tour and workshop. Gavin if you please?
“It’s difficult to measure the excitement with which Matt Brandon and I are announcing this photo tour. Off the scale probably.
Lumen Dei 2010 dates announced!
I am excited to announce that Lumen Dei 2010 will be held September 12-25 in Kashmir and Ladakh, India. It will be another adventurous trip this year that you will not want to miss. The thing that I’m most excited about is that we are going back, after a two-year hiatus, two Kashmir. Lumen Dei [...]
Exposed: Risking the Winnowing
This was not an easy photo for me. My first inclination is not to shoot directly into the sun. The day before, I shot some similar images but with the sun behind me. They came out flat and lifeless. I had been watching Amy Vitale shoot for the past week and there were several times [...]
November Wallpaper
I know I’ve been quiet for the past few weeks. I’m not sure why the creative writing juices are not flowing, as a result it’s been a rather dry time. As I wrote yesterday, Gavin Gough flew in for a quick visit. While here we both confessed we are slackers and slapped each others hands [...]
A Brief Visit
It’s Thursday afternoon and I just put Gavin Gough in a taxi to the airport. My wife and I had a great time hanging out with Gavin as he breezed through town for a quick visit. We took him out for local food and after chiding each other for not posting on our blogs for [...]
2010 Calendar on sale!
Time to start looking for that next calendar. If you are like my family, we can never find the right calendar. It needs to be large, but not too large, and have plenty of space to write on the dates. Don’t you hate those calendars that are just numbers? How can you write things to [...]
Through failure comes movement.
I’m working on my curriculum for my “Teaching Others to Fish” photography workshop. In creating an outline I see a pattern of knowledge. I think it’s important for the photographer to:
1. Know your vision.
2. Know your gear.
3. Know your technique.
4. Know your client.
5. Know your subject.
Before you get all excited, this is just a draft [...]
Homeward bound…sort of.
Leaving Prayers.
Lumen Dei 2009 is officially over. A great time was had by one and all. The participants seemed to learned a lot as well as having a blast. And why not?From motorcycle rides over an 18,375 ft pass, to shooting photos of bactrian camels on the sand dunes of Nubra, it was [...]
Repetition
Repetition. Doing something over and over. Muslims will often repeat the 99 names of God over and over again. Not sure why. But it has something to do with blessing or “barkat.” Yesterday I returned with the group to Nizamuddin for the second time in this trip and my umpteenth time. Today we return yet [...]
Sit, Watch and Shoot
Today we had a great day. We did what we call a “dry run”. A dry run is where we run part or all of the tour we will be doing to see if there might be any issues with time or logistics. So, today David, Gavin, Ami Vitale and I ran the Nizamuddin section [...]
Greetings from Delhi.
This is going to be a quick post as I am exhausted and heading to bed. I got in yesterday night early after I learned in Singapore that there was earlier flight to Delhi that I some how mess when I was booking my ticket. So with very little trouble I was able to change [...]
Travel Plans
It is 4:10 Am. I could not sleep. It’s been that way for much of this month. Maybe I have a lot on my mind with Lumen Dei starting in just a few days, and looking at what amounts to almost a month of travel before me. I really don’t like being gone from my [...]
South India Workshop
Just a reminder that there are still spaces left for the South India Tour and Workshop with me in February of 2010. It will be a wonderful time as we visit the rock caves of Mamallapuram, and take a guided jungle walk at the Periyar Tiger Reserve and shoot images of elephants and, who knows [...]
August 09 Wallpaper
Wow what a CRAZY week. My 17″ MacBook pro is on it’s last few days, literally. I tried to order a new 13″ but nobody in all of Malaysia has one. So I had to put an order in and hope my current MacBook holds up. It has been crashing every 10 minutes, no kidding. [...]
Digging Out
I have been buried in emails and work since I returned to Malaysia from India. I am not complaining. It is just the life I lead and the facts there of. So here is a few small items of business:
First off is the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk scheduled for July 18th. I have finally [...]
July's Wallpaper
I was walking in the mountains while in Kashmir and was delighted to see the wild flowers everywhere. Even though I am not a flower photographer I could not resist shooting these wild daisies. They make a nice soft desktop image for July. Simply click the image above and view it larger. For Windows user [...]
Back to Delhi.
A Shikara paddle in the grass. Dal Lake, Srinagar Kashmir.
I leave tomorrow for Delhi after two wonderful weeks in Kashmir. It has been a fun time of visiting friends and shooting some new images. I spend a lot of my time working with my old company Frontier Treks & Tours. We are looking at some [...]
Kashmir through my eyes
Greeting from Srinagar, Kashmir (India). I have been having a great reunion with friends here in the Valley of Kashmir. It has been fun to watch my daughter reconnect with her long time buddies here. I have also had some time to shoot an image or two. In fact I have been able to do [...]
Review: Within The Frame, David Duchemin
I just got my copy of David Duchemin’s, Within the Frame. I have had the privilege to be involved with this project on the sidelines over the last year or so. David sent Gavin, me and a few others the draft chapters as he wrote them to give him feedback, thoughts and our opinions on [...]
Advanced Multimedia Reporting Workshop and it's freeeee!
I just got this email from Brian Storm. This sounds like a great opportunity. If you have any interest in multi-media reportage you should at least apply. This is being put on by one of the best at this genre and to top it off it is free. There is always a catch, right? Well, [...]
More India…
Much more my traditional stuff. But hey, it is me after all. click on the thumb to view larger.
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I shoot for mostly NGOs and nonprofits. I photograph images of the unknown, the forgotten and the helpless. These are often the stories that most people overlook. 
