Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Photo of the day: Baby Doll
I'm sitting with my four year-old friend Nizhoni as I write this blog. She asked me: "Is she lost? Is she playing? Where is her house? Is that her baby doll? Is this you when you were little?" Then she told me, "I think this picture is perfect." Me to Nizhoni, perfect.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Photo of the day: Monkey Mama
Not the best photo in the world but I love the way the baby is smiling for the camera.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Photo of the day: Tiger Shop
Love these kiddos in their moms shop at the tiger park. The colors of the products are so perfect with his shirt. I'm going to start hunting for a location to hang some photos downtown so please chime in with your favorites. Let me know if your having trouble leaving comments. Hope your evening is proving peaceful.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Photos of the day: School Children
Heading down the road to school. |
Michael listening to our friend share about his work at the school. |
Love these train tickets!! So vintage! |
Imagine Michael, Eric, Kris and myself sitting on a very local and very small train in India. We had wanted to take the big, "fancy," more direct train but those were booked and we were more than ready to leave Mumbai, so we choose the small, local, longer train. In walks three young guys about our age, who take a seat next to the foreigner's. As we spend more time talking to them they inform us they are school teachers in a remote village. Michael and I look at each other with the same thought "let's go!" They are more than excited to have us so we exit the train and are literally in the middle of nowhere. We start walking down a dusty road and they inform us the school bus will be by to pick us up. We hop on a bus with tons of children, four or more per seat, and head off down the dusty road towards the school. Now mind you we are in the "bush" of India. We are later informed that this village has never had any foreign visitors before. We unload the school bus and find ourselves surrounded by over 300 children doing their morning prayers and meditation. It was one of the most beautiful and divine moments of the trip!
Kris on the bus with the teachers and children. |
Morning Prayers |
These are my two favorite shots from the day....
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Photos of the day: An Alley in Varanasi
Varanasi is situated on the banks of the River Ganges. In Hinduism it is regarded as the holiest city in the world. It is a place that will consistently blow your concepts of reality into pieces. One morning Eric and I decided to go on a little photo expedition. I found this alley and I was in love. The colors just screamed at me, "take my picture, again, again. See this women's beautiful pink sari, don't miss that one." What resulted was Eric distracting a crowd of curious children so I could get some amazing shots. I included three of my favorites. Too see some incredible composition work that Eric did in the Varanasi check out his album here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=681428299&aid=277752
Monday, March 21, 2011
Photo of the day: Blue
Hello friends, family and faithful blog readers. I have returned from a whirlwind weekend of my sisters wedding. It was an incredible day and a great time of celebration. Back to portraits....here is another photo from our trip that I absolutely love. She was sitting in front of her home playing with her children when I took this portrait. I think she is just lovely.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Photo of the day: Women of the train
Here is the last in my train photo series. I will probably venture onto portraits tomorrow because I just love portraits so dearly. I still have a very minimal understanding of editing and what I personally like. I spent about twenty minutes choosing between these two color variations. What do you think?
In other exciting news I completed one of my new years goals on Saturday......I got to be the second shooter at a wedding of a dear friend. I already passed my photos along but if I get them back I will preview a few. Found some good deals on canvas prints so I am hoping to get some photos printed soon to have a show at an art walk ( another new years goal). If you would like to donate to this exciting art endeavor in my life, just let me know.
Lots of love
Meli
P.S. If you would like to read more about our exciting adventure you can visit our travel blog here: http://thewandering4.wordpress.com/
Or read my husbands incredible poetic voice about the trip and other ramblings here: http://krisdohse.wordpress.com/
In other exciting news I completed one of my new years goals on Saturday......I got to be the second shooter at a wedding of a dear friend. I already passed my photos along but if I get them back I will preview a few. Found some good deals on canvas prints so I am hoping to get some photos printed soon to have a show at an art walk ( another new years goal). If you would like to donate to this exciting art endeavor in my life, just let me know.
Lots of love
Meli
P.S. If you would like to read more about our exciting adventure you can visit our travel blog here: http://thewandering4.wordpress.com/
Or read my husbands incredible poetic voice about the trip and other ramblings here: http://krisdohse.wordpress.com/
Friday, March 11, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Photo of the day: Train Community
Here is another train photo that I absolutely love. It was an image I didn't realize that I had until I came home and started going through the photos on my computer. I think it shows the diversity, the space, the joy, the colors, everything that's beautiful about the train.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Photo of the day: Indian Train
If you ask anyone in our group they are sure to tell you that one of their favorite parts of India was riding the train. The train created beautiful moments to engage the people, sights, sounds and smells of India in an intoxicating sort of way. For the next few days I will include some of my favorite train shots.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Photo of the day: Scenery
Well, I've made it through the photos from the trip and now begins the editing process. Honestly I know very little about editing. But, it's a goal this year to learn a bit and become better so here goes nothing. Below is a photo from a sunset morning atop Poon Hill in Nepal. My heart and my inclination is always to go for the portraits but I wanted to share some of the incredible nature we encountered.
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