Some black and whites from last month

I’ve been playing around on the new computer and went back thru my files from the trip. Slightly obsessed with the b/w’s this trip. I think with the prime glass and shallow depth of field I ….. whatever. Here are some I like and thought I’d share.

And I’ve been editing to the band Middle Brother, a mix of 3 Alt Country Band lead singers. Go check it out on iTunes… super good.

Canon 85mm 1.2L on 1D mk IV

35mm 1.4L

300mm 2.8L

35mm 1.4L

85mm 1.2L

300mm 2.8L

A version of this in color was up last month… I like it in BW too… I think.

300mm 2.8L

50mm 1.2L

 

All in Masindi, Uganda for Palmetto Medical Initiative

Saturday at CHSFW

Saturday night at CHSFW offered up a few more photographs. It was a fast paced weekend, under the lights, and it was a first shooting such an event. But now, time to begin the PMI Documentary.

The judges panel

A Charlotte Hess desgin; she won the Emerging Designer Competition

Taking note

Plagaristic. The videos they aired before each designer were so well done… I had to snap a frame of it on the big screen.

The Judges Panel applause

Rock the Runway winner Ajang Majok

Emerging Designers; Charlotte Hess won (2nd from Right)

Friday Night at Charleston Fashion Week

Here are some photographs from last nights Charleston Fashion Week. The runway is really challenging to shoot, in a good way. But I really like catching the behind the scenes, or little moments that are taking place as well. Like texting in the dark, the press pressing and interviews around the tents etc.. Also, the artificial lighting is a lot of fun to shoot. I still think it’s amazing what you can get sans flash. Here are some I like from last night, Friday at Charleston Fashion Week.

Some heels

Mad Men Costume Designer Janie Bryant interviewing at CHSFW

Fridays winner of the Emerging Designer

The Runway

Pressing

85mm 1.2L

Texting for Peoples Choice Award

A sharp contrast in content

Just a few days ago, I was in the heart of East Africa doing some documentary work for a non-profit medical organization. Fast forward 3 days and I’m front row at a fashion show in Charleston. Really crazy to see American culture contrasted with the African reality. Photographically, it is a riot. i.e, Africa is all available light and this is all artificial light, let alone obvious content differences.

Alas, here are some photographs from last nights runway show at Charleston Fashion Week

The media pit at CFW

A few cameras.

Emerging designers; Thursday night

The ubiquitous iGidget. Apparently the iPad2, considering the one I have is sans camera. Sweet Apple.

An African Experience

We spent the past few days up north, on the Nile river. We went on a game drive, floated the river and caught Nile Perch. We saw lions eating a fresh African Cobb… pretty sick.  We are on our way back to America tomorrow. It’s been a great month, but I’m ready to get back and get busy with the next few months of life leading into summer.

A Cape Buffalo, one of the world’s most fierce animals, guarding our way with an Acacia tree in the background.

Lion’s gnawing on a fresh African Cobb. A once in a life time experience for sure. Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda.

A bluff charge by a massive momma elephant.

Casting for Nile Perch.

Michael enjoying the day on the falls. He caught a monster fish today!!

 

Rainstorms and Earthquakes

Yesterday we were in Kinyara Sugar Plantation and a huge storm passed through in the afternoon. Today, we were out in cattle country doing clinics. Also, we had a 5.0 magnitude earthquake near Masindi this morning! That was a first for me. I was still sleeping, and was awoken by the house shaking. A crazy experience. The epicenter was only 29 miles away on Lake Albert, near the DRC.

Sugar Cane fires burn out as a storm pushes thru the plantation.  17-40 L f4

A sugar cane worker  85mm 1.2L

An old woman waits to be seen at the outreach clinic at Kinyara. 50mm 1.2L

Ugandan cowboy  35mm 1.4 L

35mm 1.2L

 

Eddie. Edward. and wave and smile

There is a little boy over here named Edward. I call him Eddie. He has a terrible, yet encouraging story. Chasing after a futbol a few months ago, he ran onto an ash pile, a smoldering fire pit. In shock, he stood there, crying, unable to move, burning the flesh off his feet and ankles and lower legs. He was eventually pulled out, but not until burns covered his feet. He now comes to PMI’s Masindi Kitara clinic for daily topical coverings and new wound wraps. Melanie, Brittaine and I went to visit her today, and Brenda, one of our nurses came to interpret. It is a success story because everybody thought he was going to die when they brought him in. He was non-responsive, dehydrated and his skin black, flaking off. His parents turned away in tears.

Well, here is the little tike. Cuter than ever. Healthy, with still some weeks to recover, but none-the-less, a positive story.

Eddie on the edge of his bed. 50mm 1.2L

Eddie in the background with his little legs wrapped, while he watches childsplay. 50mm 1.2L

Here are a couple other shots from today. We went back to a market tonight at sundown and walked the back alleys. Half the population of Uganda is under the age of 15.

Children running thru smoldering trash piles to greet us. 50mm 1.2L

Traffic in the market. 300mm 2.8L

Outtakes II

With the 300mm 2.8L in hand we headed off to some brush fires just outside of the downtown area of Masindi. Here we saw Africa in the raw. We also, went to the government subsidized hospital in Masindi, and to the markets at sundown. Here are some clips from there.

Good glass

Melanie Nashan, an outstanding photographer from Montana who is over here with me these few weeks working on the PMI doc, brought an amazing lens with her. A lens of a friend actually. The canon 300mm 2.8L. This lens is regularly referred to as Canon’s best lens, by all measurable standards. It is all it lives up to. The video footage we are getting with this lens is stunning. I can’t explain with words. Anyways, we had a productive day today. Went to the hospital, got some brush fires on tape and meandered thru the markets again at sundown.

A smoke filled moonscape outside Masindi, Uganda today. 300mm 2.8L

Masindi market at dusk. 50mm 1.2L

Masindi coming alive by firelight. 50mm 1.2L

Masindi Hospital

Here are a few snaps from the day. We went to the Masindi hospital today, as well as the town at sundown. I think everyone was impacted heavily today by what they saw.

Malaria at the Masindi, Uganda hospital

Britt, PA, @ Masindi Hospital

Maternity ward at Masindi Hospital