I often visit a great website called “The Mindful Eye.” It is an online photography community that features articles, tutorials, podcasts, and forums on all things photographic. One of their best features is The Daily Critique; every couple days they post a video where a professional photographer offers constructive criticism on a photo that was submitted by a user to be critiqued. Watching these short videos can teach you a lot about photography.

They also let users submit images to be considered for the Photo of the Week pick. The pick of the week is then critiqued by a pro. I was flattered not only to have a portrait I made at BMC get picked but get such wonderful comments by Atlanta-based professional photographer Craig Tanner. As usual, listening to his critique of my image taught me something new: specular highlights!

If you have an interest in photography and are looking to improve your skillset, I highly recommend The Mindful Eye.

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My photograph entitled “The Veil” won 3rd place in the “2008 Print of the Year” competition of the Middle Georgia Camera Club. I’m honored to have my art recognized but even more importantly it’s great to be able to share the beauty of West Africa with people here.

The photograph was taken in December 2007 as part of a series entitled “It Pains O’ Why?“

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As a follow-up to my post about Tommy Harrison, here is a panorama I made of his farm in northern Ghana. Pictured with him is Dr. Femke Veldman.

Click the image to the right to launch a new window the large panorama. Please be patient, it may take a while to load.

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These are my black & white portraits from the last 3 weeks.

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During my 3 weeks in Ghana I took over 250 portraits of West Africans, most of them patients at BMC. I’ve been sorting through my favorites and am going to post them in a few different sets. Here’s the first of my “Faces of West Africa” series.

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Overloaded trucks are a common site in West Africa. This is one that we passed on the very bumpy dirt road to Nakpanduri.

If you look closely you’ll see that there is a guy standing (not sitting) on top!

If you look even closer you’ll see that he is lighting up a cigarette! Talk about having a death wish!

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I’m working on putting together a slideshow/gallery with my favorite portraits from this trip. This is one that really stands out to me. There is something in the guy’s eyes and expression that captivate my attention. I think I could stare back at him for hours.

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