Category Archives: dubai

a few more hours in dubai

after my fishing expedition, i arrived back at the hotel in a mental fog…just in time for breakfast with a group of folks planning to head out for more souk photography. we headed back to the same area cliff and i visited the day before, but because i had to be at the airport by...

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May 7, 2009 - 2:19 pm

carol - your first portrait there, it is though I can look into his eyes and hear him tell me his story – just amazing photography. i am so, so proud of you, baby!

the fishermen

one of the great pleasures of gulf photo plus was getting to know some of the photographers there, but for some reason i hadn’t really met asim rafiqui at all during the week. i did snap a photo of him in the staff lounge, however, and he sort of raised an eyebrow at me, which...

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August 28, 2009 - 12:16 am

Becki - You have an amazing life. Seems like you truly create your own reality- life is one giant opportunity to you.
I am totally inspired.

people are people

one thing about taking pictures of people on the street is sometimes you get caught. it’s rare that someone gets upset, and if they do, i just show them how i delete their picture. i’m in pursuit of art, not invasion of privacy, so i try not to push the issue. on the other hand,...

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May 5, 2009 - 5:38 am

Carol - wow, a truck! a full size truck!

saturday at the souk

imagine yourself standing downstream of hoover dam. got it? ok, now imagine that you know the dam – in spite of all it’s engineering marvel – is going to collapse in exactly one week. don’t ask me how you know this, just work with me here. the dam is going to burst and all of...

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May 4, 2009 - 7:47 am

JJ - worked great except the 2nd to the last image did not have an arrow to guide you like the rest. The click still worked to move the last image. on another note, i would like to learn to shoot faces like you have done!

May 5, 2009 - 5:19 am

Carol - you are such a freakin’ engineer!!!!!!!!!

May 5, 2009 - 5:21 am

Carol - my guess: 16,750 pictures total. Hello coffee table book.

May 5, 2009 - 10:47 am

RE - while the photos loaded, i did NOT grab a glass of wine [it's almost noon in the high plains of eastern nm, usa]. i did, however, get the last of the frozen black-eyed peas [last year's garden] out to cook for lunch …