Photo Class

One of the things I had the chance to do in Kenya was some beginner photo classes for some of the adults with MOHI and some of the kids in the Kiamiako school. I would start off with some instruction in some of the basic photography rules as well as some camera operation stuff. After that we would walk around the community for a bit where they each had a camera and were able to take photos of whatever they wanted. When we went back in the classroom I would load up a few images from each person onto an iPad and we would talk about what worked and didn't work in the images we looked at. In doing this with the kids in the school it gave them a chance to try something creative in a way they may not normally have the opportunity to. Now going threw all the photos again myself and having another look it is also interesting to think about what they chose to photograph.

The following images are ones from the adults I worked with at the Missions Of Hope International (MOHI) center. These are all straight out of the camera with no editing done to them.

These next images are from the 2 classes I did with the students at the school in Kiamiako. Over the 2 mornings I did this I probably had 11 different students. Again these images are straight out of the camera with no editing and while I edit most my images to give them that little extra adjustment I wanted to show these how they were with no cropping or adjustments.

These last 2 were taken by Peter who was in the class I did with the adults and he was also the teacher that helped, as well as participated, with the classes for the students. Most the kids speak English as a second language but he was a great help when a concept was better understood translated into Swahili and I am sure he made me sound better!

The following are a few more photos that were taken by both the kids and adults that I did do some editing to for the final image.

This is the second group of students I worked with. The gentleman in the back on the right is Peter the teacher that I referred to.

Faces of Kiamiako

These are some of the kids we worked with in at Kiamiako. One thing most the kids seemed to like there is to have there photo taken, I was constantly being asked to take photos.

Silver Efex Pro 2

Couple quick images I worked on in Silver Efex Pro 2 to get a nice black and white look.

Flying For Liberty

Here is a few more images from this past September's Reno Air Races 2012.

Storm Clouds On The Mountain

The latest storm is blowing threw the area and bringing us some rain, though I would prefer snow or at least snow up on the mountains. Hopefully later today it will switch to snow up higher and give the resorts some needed snow. Last night liking the way the clouds were looking on the mountains I decided to take a quick walk up on a small hill top near here to take some photos across the valley. Mt. Rose is looking nice with a little snow on the runs giving some contrast to the dark mountain.

Hiking Mt. Rose

I think every year we do a hike or two in the fall and ask ourselves why we don't get out and hike more during the warmer months as we live so close to many different scenic areas. This fall I did get the kids out on a few hikes to enjoy our area, although they are guaranteed to be forced on a few hikes to go exploring for fall colors to photograph.

These photos are from a hike I took the kids on up on Mt. Rose in October. The trail we were on will take you all the way up on top of Mt. Rose Summit and we made it.....well....not very far as they got a little chilly where the trail goes threw the shaded areas. The portion of the trail we did hike had some nice views of the valleys below and the kids had fun climbing on the rocks and doing some exploring.

I think we did more hiking this year and hopefully next year we will do even more.

Patriots Jet Team

Going back and looking over more images from this past September's Reno Air Races and these are a few images I got of the Patriots Jet Team.