by btharp | Apr 5, 2015 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Landscape Photography, Namibia, nature photography, photography, workshops & photo tours
I love it when you see things in nature that remind you of other things! As I was walking through the Quiver Tree forest in Keetmanshoop, Namibia, this root looked a lot like a tiger or lion paw and forearm, draped over the rocks. I framed it to capture what I saw...
by btharp | Oct 24, 2014 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Namibia, photographing people, photography, travel photography, workshops & photo tours
We visited two Himba villages on our Namibia Photo Tour. Villages that are not visited by groups very much. We met the Chief in this village, and then were welcomed in to walk around and observe daily life as lived by the Himba. It’s a really interesting...
by btharp | Sep 26, 2014 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Landscape Photography, Namibia, nature photography, photography, The Blog, workshops & photo tours
Here’s another image from the massive dunes that line the road in Sossusvlei National Park, Namibia. The dunes were very high, and some great compositions were above the desert floor, but here, I liked the two trees that gave it scale. Not much more to say...
by btharp | Aug 26, 2014 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Landscape Photography, nature photography, The Blog, travel photography, workshops & photo tours
What an incredible place the Quiver Tree Forest is. We photographed sunrise and afternoon/sunset light, then headed back after dinner for some star photography, as we have a new moon and it’s a really dark place, unless you point towards the tiny town nearby,...
by btharp | Aug 24, 2014 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, general photography, Landscape Photography, nature photography, Photo Blog, photography, The Blog, wildlife photography, workshops & photo tours
We’re having a grand time in Namibia! Today, we photographed all day at Kolmanskop, the old mining town that is being buried by sand. What an amazing place. There is such an aura there, of lives lived. I challenged everyone to capture the essence of place in...