Burma

Mystery Burmese T-shirt: Any ideas?

Submitted by David Cardinal on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 21:44

_djc1183I noticed this t-shirt on a girl at a market in eastern Burma in the Shan state on our recent photo safari there. I felt compelled to capture it for posterity, but for the life of me I can’t figure out what to make of it. Any ideas on what it means, or whether it means anything in particular? (Sometimes there are certainly pidgin English t-Shirts on display, but this seems more organized than one of those). Please leave a comment if you have any ideas! Read more »

An early morning challenge: Photographing 1,000 Buddhist monks

Submitted by David Cardinal on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 04:15

djc_3784Sometimes you need to be careful what you wish for. We’d been hoping to see a procession of monks going out for their morning rounds of alms collecting, when we noticed preparations for a major ceremony and found out that the next day 1,000 (precisely 1,000 in this case) monks would be traveling by boat from the far corners of the Inle Lake region to assemble and then join a procession of boats which would receive donations of food and new robes. Read more »

Photo Ethics In The Field: My New Posting on B&H Insights Blog

Submitted by David Cardinal on Thu, 09/01/2011 - 16:58

There is a lot of discussion about the ethics of altering images in Photoshop. But even more important is how we as photographers act in the field. There are many ethical issues which arise whether you're doing travel, nature or wildlife photography.

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Pindaya Cave: Second Time Is The Charm

Submitted by David Cardinal on Sun, 12/19/2010 - 03:13

pl_pindayacave_0169Ever since I saw a photo of Pindaya Cave in a travel magazine I’ve been smitten with the way over the edge array of caverns literally stuffed full of over 8,000 Buddha images lit in a bewildering number of different ways. The result is an incredible experience. But capturing more than a tiny slice of the cave can be a photo nightmare.

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Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining

Submitted by David Cardinal on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 14:35

djc_7562When the unthinkable happened and we got not just clouds but drizzle today in Mandalay during our Myanmar (Burma) photo safari it threw us for a bit of a loop.

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