Posts Tagged “Photography”
August 2008, I went for a 2 months self-drive journey into main National Parks & Game Reserves of Botswana & Namibia. During this trip more than 6000 photos were taken and following friends advise, I have now published a coffee table book which contains the Best 100 shots.
A preview is available online.
Tags: botswana, cedric favero, chobe, etosha, moremi, namibia, nature, nomadcom, okavango, photo, Photography, safari, Travel, wildlife
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 Our two months self-drive safari in Botswana and Namibia is now over. We drove nearly 11’000 kms without any major incident and I shot about 6000 photos. After a first selection, 1700 remain and about 150 are now available online on a dedicated gallery.
Our trip went quite smoothly without any major incident. Indeed we got some visitors at night in our camps (Elephants, Hyena, Baboons and Lions) and we got some minor technical damages (the auto-focus of the Sigma lens 50-500mm gave up, a tyre exploded in Southern Namibia and our 350W power inverter did not go further than Maun).
As I’m leaving Thailand for Côte d’Ivoire, the traditional content of this blog will certainly change a bit and get an African perspective on new technologies. Nothing clearly defined yet, but for sure, moving from South-East Asia to Western Africa will have an impact.
In the meantime, enjoy the photos and feel free to drop questions and comments about our trip
Tags: blog, botswana, gallery, namibia, Photography, safari, wildlife
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 After more than 18 days we got the 1st opportunity to get an Internet connection. So it’s time to give you some details.
We left Johanessburg on August 18th and cross the border with Botswana 2 days later. Close to Point Driff border we spent 2 days in Tuli Game Reserve and went for our first game drives. Lots of birds, gazeles and some elephants welcomed us (specially a young bull.. see photo).
We then drove North to Nxai Pan National Park for our first 2 nights sleeping on the top of the car. We also got stucked in soft and deep sand near Bairnes’ Baobab. Fortunaltely a hour later some Germans guys, also took than road and pulled our car out.
Next stop was in Magkadigkadi pan were we slept full of dust under thousands stars on the edge of the pan.
Last week we stop for 4 days camping into the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, looking endlessly for these lions which disturbed all our nights but never shown up during day light.
After a night to Maun (the 2nd largest city in Botswana) we flew to the Guma Lagoon in the upper part of the Okavango where we finally saw our first lions from a 300m distance. A bit far for some nice photos but as we were by foot everyone agreed that this distance was finally quite appreciable.
Some Technics for these interested:
- Having all our cameras and laptops in waterproof bags works fine. We don’t have too many problem with dust so far.
- Cheap Chinese 350W DC/AC power inverter gave up after 2 weeks. It could not stand 1 battery charger + 1 laptop power adapter. Lesson learnt: don’t trust what is written on the sticker.
- Digital fracture is quite present. GSM network is only available near cities and main villages reason why we cannot frequently update these pages, but we’ll keep trying.
That’s all for today as we have to hit the road again and enter Moremi National Park tomorrow morning.
Tags: africa, botswana, drive, makgadigkadi, nxai, okavango, Photography, safari, selfdrive, Travel, trip, tuli
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 All photo gears are now packed and I wonder if digital cameras Sony Alpha SLR will be up to the challenge of Southern Africa climatic conditions. I’m mostly worried about dust and sand (Kalahari, Etosha, Namib desert) more that about humidity (Okawango delta).
We carry with us the following material:
and plenty of accessories such tripod, batteries, memory cards, cleaning material, charger, bean bag, etc… (not sure yet how I’ll pack my clothes in the suitcase which is already invaded by cables and boxes).
More to come…
Tags: a100, a350, A700, alpha, botswana, desert, dust, lens, namibia, Photography, safari, sand, sigma, sony
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During the coming months, these pages may not speak too much about technologies as we may be partially or even totally “unplugged” for days or even weeks.
The reason is a 55 days self-drive safari across Botswana, Namibia & South Africa and a day trip to the famous Victoria Falls. So, I’ll try to relate our experiences and publish some photos instead.
On the menu:
- Central Kalahari Game Reserve
- Okavango Delta
- Victoria Falls
- Chobe National Park
- BwaBwata National Park (ex. Caprivi Game Reserve)
- Etosha National Park
- Damaraland
- Cape Cross
- Sossusvlei area
- Fish River Canyon
- Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
If you wish, feel free to post any useful information (location, coordinates, trips, etc..).
Tags: africa, botswana, caprivi, chobe, etosha, kalahari, kgalagadi, namibia, okavango, Photography, safari, selfdrive, sossusvlei, southafrica, victoria falls, wildlife
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It’s not a vacation
It’s a process. A discovery
It’s a process of Self-discovery
A Journey brings us face to face with ourselves
A journey shows us not only the world,
but how we fit in it.
Does the person creates the journey, or does the journey create the person ?
The journey is life itself
Where will life take you?
More ?
Watch the Louis Vuitton’s journeys
Tags: advertising, journey, louis vuitton, movie, Photography, pub, Travel, youtube
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 London police launched on 25th of February a new advertising campaign. Posters and TV ads are urging Londoners to turn in people who might be taking pictures of CCTV cameras.
"Thousands of people take photos every day.
What if one of them seems odd ?
Terrorists use surveillance to help plan attacks, taking photos and making notes about security measures like the location of CCTV cameras.If you see someone doing that, we need to know.
Let experienced officers decide what action to take."
Other posters target households:
"you see hundreds of houses every day. What if one has unusual activities and seems suspicious"
as well as mobile phone users :
"Thousands of people have mobiles. What if someone with several seems suspicious?"
What's going on in London ? Is the Metropolitan police not busy enough ? did they become completely paranoiac ? or do they need some budget increase ?
Where is this so famous British phlegm ?
As a response, many people have already redesigned the posters to point out the absurdity of them. Some samples are available on BoingBoing.
Tags: 2008, advertising, ATT, attack, blog, camera, civil liberties, counterterrorism, CTU, design, february, fon, ia, ict, im, King, lan, launch, location, london, mobile, mobile phone, nomadcom.net, officer, paranoia, PDF, phone, photo, photographers, Photography, picture, police, post, posters, public, security, snitch, suspect, terror, terrorism, uk, USA, user, wp, www, XP
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 As part of the various and numerous initiatives taking place in Thailand this year, a multimedia event names "Thailand: 9 Days in the Kingdom" marking the 80th birthday of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej on 5 December has now been revealed to public.
‘Thailand: 9 Days in the Kingdom’ project invited in January 2007, 55 of the world’s leading photographers for a photo shoot throughout Thailand over a nine-day period. Result of captured images shows different facets of Thailand: its peoples, traditions, landscapes and cityscapes, commerce and industry.
‘Thailand: 9 Days in the Kingdom’ is now completed and released to public in three parts:
- A wonderful 304 pages large-format pictorial book which portrays Thailand today (50 USD).
- A multimedia exhibition of photographs taken during the shoot held at CentralWorld Event Gallery.
- Two documentary films on the project.
‘Thailand: 9 Days in the Kingdom’ includes seven photos-essays made by some of world famous photographers on various themes:
- reverence for the King (Anuchai Secharunputong, Thailand)
- the ongoing events in the south (Abbas, France; Charoon Thongnual, Thailand)
- Thai boxing (Greg Gorman, USA)
- the harvesting of birds’ nests (Éric Valli, France)
- the care and treatment of AIDS patients by a Catholic priest (James Nachtwey, USA)
- and the country’s colourful cabaret scene (Greg Gorman, USA)
- aerial views of Thailand (Yann Arthus-Bertrand).
In short, if pass by Bangkok before the 5th of December, don't miss the exhibition. For the others, if you like Thailand, the book and its DVD is a must have (available in English and French).
More : 9 days in the Kingdom, A glimpse of the exhibition
Tags: 2007, 9 days in Thailand, art, Bangkok, Bhumibol Adulyadej, blog, book, event, exhibition, Flickr, HP, ia, ict, im, industry, King, lan, launch, LED, nomadcom.net, photo, photographers, Photography, project, public, release, Thailand, Thailand: 9 days in the Kingdom, theme, upa, USA, world, wp, www
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 Adobe has just released the latest versions of Lightroom and Camera Raw.
Lightroom 1.3 comes with the following improvements:
New file formats supported in the 1.3 release are:
- Canon 1Ds Mark III
- Canon PowerShot G9
- Nikon D3
- Nikon D300
- Olympus E-3
- Olympus SP-560 UZ
- Panasonic DMC-L10
Following issues have been correct:
- Performance issue on writing XMP metadata
- Printing with the native resolution option enabled no longer sets the wrong dimension for portrait oriented images
- Bayer demosaic and luminance noise reductions algorithms
- Canon & Fuji compressed Raw formats supported.
New enhancements:
- The import dialog now offers the option to render 1:1 previews
- Export dialog layout has been enhanced
- Lightroom Preview Export SDK is available for developers to create and distribute Export Plug-ins.
This update also brings OS X 10.5.x compatibility with Apple’s new Leopard OS.
Windows version is here
Mac OS version is here
Camera Raw 4.3 has also been released.
Windows version update is here
Mac OS version is here
Tags: 2007, adobe, apple, blog, camera, camera raw, editor, ia, im, lan, LED, LG, light, lightroom, nikon, nomadcom.net, olympus, pda, photo, Photography, post processing, power, press, raw, release, resolution, review, update, upgrade, windows, wp, www, XP
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