by btharp | Jun 20, 2015 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Insights, travel photography
For this blog post, I am posting snippets from an email one of our participants on our January Cuba Tour sent to me. She assembled several PDF slideshows she shared with us all, each one prefaced with comments. This was from her Trinidad email: “Trinidad was...
by btharp | Mar 6, 2015 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Photo Blog, photographing people, travel photography
It’s true. Everyone seems to want to be in the photographs we make when we’re in Cuba. Even the pigs. Perhaps they are just as curious about us as we are of them. Just like many of the people. And how long will that last? No one knows, for sure. But if we,...
by btharp | Dec 17, 2014 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Photo Blog, photography, travel photography, workshops & photo tours
Exciting news from President Obama this morning. I especially liked his statement that ” we do business with China… and we have relations with Vietnam… so why not Cuba, too?” I agree that engagement, exchange of ideas, and bringing to the...
by btharp | Dec 7, 2014 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, travel photography, workshops & photo tours
We need it, we look for it, and we’re delighted when we get it! Travel and documentary photographers are always seeking the moment when things come together – be it light, gesture, or juxtaposition. As I was walking in Camagüey, Cuba last February, I...
by btharp | Oct 17, 2014 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Photo Blog, photography, travel photography, workshops & photo tours
I’ve done a lot of traveling this year – Cuba for a month, Morocco, Alaska, Namibia, and a bunch of places within the USA – but I am so excited to be returning to Cuba this January with 12 intrepid travelers! Well, actually 11, as of this post we...