by btharp | Feb 9, 2015 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, travel photography, workshops & photo tours
Our photo tour to Cuba in early January was, as always, great! It was terrific to return and find people who recognized me, and it was pure photographic fun. We had wonderful moments such as this one where the story unfolded before our eyes. The little boy was sitting...
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 | 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...
by btharp | Mar 24, 2014 | Black-and-White, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, general photography, Photo Blog, photography, The Blog
Cuba is certainly a colorful place – both in the actual colors and in the figurative sense of ‘colorful’. But it’s also a wonderful place for black-and-white, too. Traditional street photography was usually in monochrome. In this way, you...
by btharp | Feb 25, 2013 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Insights, Photo Blog, photo tips, photographing people, photography, The Blog, travel photography, workshops & photo tours
Trinidad, Cuba Morning or late afternoon light can be a great thing to photograph in villages and cities, when the light streams down the cobblestoned streets, skimming the surface of stones and walls, bringing out the texture, and creating long shadows. As...