Portraits in a Strange Land
When traveling in other countries with a camera, you’ll undoubtedly come across people that you will want to photograph. After all, that is really the essence of another country, isn’t it? Especially when the country and corresponding culture are so…
Reflections on Palestine
This is a photography blog, not an outlet for political commentary. However, I cannot stay silent on issues that affect me as a photographer, an American citizen, and a human being. For some reason that I still have not figured…
Nablus Night in HDR
If you’ve been reading this blog for any amount of time now, you know I love HDR photos… maybe a little too much! But, given the kind of shooting I was doing in Palestine, there weren’t too many opportunities to…
A few Palestine uploads
Given that I have about 10,000 more photos to edit from my trip, I won’t be updating the blog every time I finish a new batch… That’s just a little too much. However, I did want to post about the most…
Jerusalem Photos Complete
I want to thank all of you for your patience as I deal with some family issues and edit thousands of photos from my trip. I took approximately 14,000 photos during my trip, with about 2,000 of them being in…
Bethlehem, Hebron, and our last weekend
Early Friday morning, we began a trip to visit a couple other Palestinian cities before the end of the camp. On the agenda were Bethlehem and Hebron. These two cities are the cities that I have wanted to visit the…
Our last day with the kids
Regretfully, today was our last day working with the kids. Tomorrow, we will be heading to the refugee camp but instead of working with the kids, we will have a farewell party. So, instead of signing up for only one…
Death in Nablus
This morning we awoke to news that the Israeli army had entered the city last night and had killed two Palestinian men, one of whom was a student at An-Najah University. Apparently, the IDF was looking for a militant from…
A Palestinian wedding shoot
I haven’t had a chance to blog in a few days… Sometimes, I’m simply too tired and other days the Internet connection is not working. But tonight, I opted out of the football match at the university so I could…
A Day at the Water Park in Al Badan
Today was the second day of the weekend for us so we all traveled to al Badan to a small outdoor park to eat and just hang out for a while. What a great time! Of course, all of ended…
