by btharp | Apr 13, 2015 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, photographing people, photography, travel photography, workshops & photo tours
We are having a great time on the photo tour in Morocco. Yesterday, we were driving from Fes to Midelt, and we stopped to walk around a Berber village that is not a traditional tourist stop, which we prefer whenever possible. The Berber people are friendly, and many...
by btharp | Jul 13, 2014 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Photo Blog, photographing people, photography, travel photography, workshops & photo tours
On our Morocco photo tour, we visit the Erg Chebbi Dunes, the largest section of the Sahara desert inside Morocco. We ride camels out very early into the dunes to get in position for sunrise. But sometimes, the sunrise fails to excite us – and this year, the...
by btharp | Jul 1, 2014 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, general photography, Photo Blog, The Blog, workshops & photo tours
I took off to Morocco May 1st with my Fujifilm XT-1 and XE-2 bodies, a 14mm, 23mm, 18-55mm and 55-200mm lens. I’d been to Morocco four times at this point, and was determined to look at it differently, to see if I could find more unique images. When leading a...
by btharp | Jun 26, 2014 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Photo Blog, photographing people, The Blog, travel photography, workshops & photo tours
These men are water sellers in Jemaa el Fna, the main square in Marrakech. Historically, their job was to walk around and sell water from a goat-skin bag, and they wore a ‘necklace’ of cups from which he would select, and a bell to announce their...
by btharp | Jul 24, 2013 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Photo Blog, photographing people, photography, The Blog, travel photography
On our recent photography tour in Morocco, we visited and photographed in Chefchaouen, in the Rif Mountains region of the country. It’s a great place, known for it’s blue-and white-washed houses that climb up the hillside. It’s a wonderful place to...