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Category Archives: Photography
Mahajanga, Madagascar: Antsanitia Resort – View from the Sky
We’re doing much better at seeing the country to which we’ve been assigned early in our tour, rather than late, rushing, and ending up with a list of “places we wish we’d gone.” Of Madagascar’s noteworthy destinations (really the list is … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial photography/videography, Madagascar, Wildlife and Nature
Tagged aerial, Antsanitia, beach, birds, boats, DJI, drone, flock, Madagascar, Mahajanga, Mavic, river, seagulls, sunset
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Trip to Nosy Be
I knew we had chosen the right place when the owner/manager greeted us in shorts and bare feet. No snooty welcome drinks and wet towels here! Although when I think back, I think there were actually welcome drinks and wet … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial photography/videography, Madagascar, Wildlife and Nature
Tagged Anjiamarango, brittlefish, drone, frogs, island, Madagascar, Nosy Be, resort, snorkeling, sunset, travel
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When Madagascar played host to NASA
If you drive down the highway about 32 km southwest of Antananarivo, you may be surprised to see a giant white satellite dish next to some abandoned buildings not far from the road. This is a relic of the American … Continue reading
DJI Mavic Pro: First Flight! (Antananarivo, Madagascar)
Finally, it has arrived! Back in mid-October, I heard that DJI, the company that manufactured the first drone I owned, was releasing a small, foldable drone with an integrated camera. In other words, one that would allow me to carry … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial photography/videography, Gear, Madagascar
Tagged aerial, camera, DJI, drone, Ivandry, Madagascar, Mavic Pro, rice fields, test
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Madagascar: Solar Eclipse at the Pangalanes Canal
I got an email from somebody at some point, soon after we arrived in Madagascar: there was to be a full solar eclipse, and we were invited to stay at the “Bush Camp” on the Pangalanes Canal, wherever that was. … Continue reading
Madagascar: Visiting the Tsingy de Bemaraha (Part 2)
This post is a continuation of my previous post, where I described out trip from Antananarivo to Morondava, and then north across two rivers and to the “petit tsingy” and a boat ride through the Manamobolo Gorge and the caves … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial photography/videography, Madagascar, Wildlife and Nature
Tagged advice, aerial, Bekopaka, Bemaraha, drone, geology, grand, karst, limestone, Madagascar, Morondava, park, tips, travel, Tsingy
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Madagascar: Visiting the Tsingy de Bemaraha (Part 1)
Travel and Leisure has listed Madagascar as one of its 50 places to visit in 2017. Since we’re talking about a country that would stretch from New York City to the tip of Florida, I’ll help narrow things down a … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial photography/videography, Madagascar
Tagged advice, Bekopaka, Belo Tsiribihina, drone, ferry, gorge, Mad Zebu, Manambolo, Mania, Morondava, tips, travel, Tsingy, Tsingy de Bemaraha
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Madagascar’s Majestic Baobabs
I’ve been pretty quiet here on the blog – we have been hard at work on some crowdfunding initiatives, and in between, I have been editing some of the video footage I shot on our trip to Madagascar’s west coast. … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial photography/videography, Madagascar
Tagged 3D Robotics, 3DR, aerial, allee de baobab, avenue de baobab, baobab, drone, Madagascar, Morondava, Solo
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Anjezika: Antananarivo’s “Waterworld”
This is Anjezika. Once a vibrant fishing and rice-growing village, it has gradually been encircled and choked off by the surrounding city of Antananarivo, Madagascar. Now, nobody grows anymore rice here. A few small fish can be collected from the … Continue reading
Posted in Good Causes, Madagascar, Zanaky Ny Lalana
Tagged Anjezika, Antananarivo, charity, children, literacy, Madagascar, poverty, school, Teach for Madagascar, Zanaky Ny Lalana
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Heartbreaking
As in many parts of the world, when you drive around urban areas of Madagascar, people will tap on your window asking for money. Frequently these are little people. There are many theories about how to respond – sometimes the … Continue reading
Posted in Madagascar, Photography, general
Tagged begging, hunger, Madagascar, Photography, poverty, street children
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Introducing Analog / Film Cameras to a New Generation
You don’t have to be as old as me to remember using analog/film cameras. But there’s an entire generation entering university (depending on where you grew up) that has grown up with photography as a purely digital phenomenon – often … Continue reading
Posted in Life in India, Photography, general, Vintage cameras
Tagged analog, film, Photography, teaching, village, youth
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Children of the Street: Ankorondrano
A group of about a dozen kids gathers on a small patch of green with a few benches and trees. Basically a large roundabout. Imagine an oblong Dupont Circle, except Starbucks is 3,000 miles away. The sound of traffic is … Continue reading
Posted in Good Causes, Madagascar, Uncategorized, Zanaky Ny Lalana
Tagged Ankorondrano, Antananarivo, charity, children, literacy, Madagascar, poverty, school, Teach for Madagascar, teaching, volunteer
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Children of the Street: Ambohijatovo
In this third installment on a project Anne and I are involved in, we assist “Zanaky Ny Lalana”(Children of the Street) at yet another location. This week we went to Ambohijatovo, one of the ten locations where Malagasy volunteers for “Teach for … Continue reading
Posted in Madagascar, Zanaky Ny Lalana
Tagged Ambohijatovo, Antananarivo, children, learning, literacy, Madagascar, Teach for Madagascar, teaching, volunteer, vulnerable, Zanaky Ny Lalalna
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Children of the Street: Ampefiloha
Last week I posted about a new project Anne and I are involved in – assisting the NGO “Teach for Madagascar” via a group of street photographers called “Zanaky Ny Lalana” (Children of the Street). This week we went to another … Continue reading
Posted in Madagascar, Zanaky Ny Lalana
Tagged charity, children, literacy, Teach for Madagascar, teaching, Zanaky Ny Lalana
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Children of the Street: Anjezika
“Zanaky Ny Lalana” is a group of street photographers that was brought together about a half year ago with the goal of highlighting the challenges faced by some of Madagascar’s most vulnerable inhabitants. I don’t exactly have much in the way of … Continue reading
Posted in Madagascar, Zanaky Ny Lalana
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Travels in Madagascar: in and around Ampefy
Ampefy is a little town about 100km west of Antananarivo, in a landscape dominated by volcanic landforms – many of the surrounding hills have the telltale conical shape of dormant volcanoes. There are a few hotels in town, but we … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial photography/videography, Madagascar
Tagged aerial, Ampefy, Analavory, Chutes de la Lily, drone, geyser, Geysers d'Andranomandroatra, Madagascar, waterfall
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First Photowalk in Tana
We’ve had a few weeks to settle into the groove here in Antananarivo (pronounce “tananarive” but more frequently shortened to “tana”) and so we figured it was high time we got out and about with our cameras. There is so … Continue reading
Posted in Madagascar, Photowalks
Tagged Antananarivo, church, Madagascar, rice paddy, singing, street photography, sunset
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Flying Solo over the Shenandoah
When I first saw footage taken on DJI’s new consumer drone, my response was, “MUST HAVE.” I’m now on my second camera drone, the 3D Robotics Solo, and I’m still in search of the elusive magical footage – soaring over … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial photography/videography
Tagged 3D Robotics, 3DR, aerial, drone, flight, Shenandoah, snow, Solo, video
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3DR Solo: Droning in the Snow
I love these camera-toting quadcopters. Partly because it’s just fun to fly stuff around (yes, I’m still about 12 at heart) but mostly because of the new opportunities they offer for photography and videography. After seeing the first few videos … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial photography/videography, Gear
Tagged 3DR, aerial, drone, snow, Solo, test, video
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Washington, DC by Night
Washington, D.C. is an interesting place to photograph, but it goes without saying that it’s completely different from the photography environment we had gotten accustomed to in India. A couple of weeks ago we became aware that there was going … Continue reading
Posted in Other Places, Photography, general
Tagged Columbia, D.C., District, Jefferson, Lincoln, Memorial, Monument, moon, night, Photography, supermoon, Washington
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Stars over Shenandoah
It’s Labor Day weekend in the Shenandoah Valley and it’s packed with tourists escaping to the country to enjoy the fresh air, nature and sunshine. I wonder how many of them noticed the night sky? I used a low … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, general
Tagged long exposure, night, Photography, Shenandoah, start trails, startrails
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Final Chennai Photowalk
I’ve been out of India for over three weeks now, but wanted to finish sharing our experiences of our last few weeks in India before closing out that wonderful chapter in our lives, as documented in the TAZM Pictures blog. We … Continue reading
Posted in Life in India, Photowalks
Tagged Chennai, cow, India, instant, Lomo'Instant, photowalk, street
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The Chennai Photowalk
One of the best things about Chennai, for us, was the “photowalks.” A photowalk is basically just walking around with a camera and seeing what you can photograph. Often these walks are in groups. I discovered photowalks in Chennai, though … Continue reading
Posted in Life in India, Photography, Photowalks
Tagged activities, Chennai, Photography, photowalk, reasons, street, Tirusulam
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Birdwatching from the Hotel Pool
One of the highlights from our recent trip to Jaipur was the beautiful hotel pool. On our last day there, fed up with the heat, waiting for an evening flight, we arranged for a late checkout and decided to spend … Continue reading
Posted in Life in India, Photography, general, Wildlife and Nature
Tagged bee-eater, birds, bulbul, diving, high-speed photography, passerine, Photography, red-vented
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The Ashram: Following in the Beatles’ Footsteps
One of the places we were eager to see on our recent trip to Rishikesh, in northern India, was the so-called “Beatles Ashram.” The former ashram of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, on the left bank of the Ganges overlooking Rishikesh, … Continue reading
Posted in Life in India, Photography, general
Tagged 1960s, abandoned, ashram, Beatles, black and white, domes, Maharishi, Mahesh, meditation, Retina 1a, Rishikesh, Yogi
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