(Download the August wallpaper here) Because September is jam packed, and because I’m a self-proclaimed nice guy, I’m posting my September desktop wallpaper one day early. Let the masses rejoice! About a month+ ago I was able to visit the Gangjia grasslands of eastern Tibet. The grasslands are truly magical place – one that I…
Over the years we all end up gathering gear that may seem pointless to others but ends up being completely essential to us. I have quite a bit of gear like that and I’m sure you do as well – stuff that may have little use for other people but has proven very useful to…
A few weeks ago I packed up and headed out of town to add to a photo series I’ve been working on for a while. My target was to spend a few days camping with Tibetan nomads on the Gangjia grasslands. The beautiful thing about western China is that there are still nomads living their…
The Chinese Muslim culture of western China is fantastic. The people and culture are really a unique junxtapostion of Chinese culture and bits of Middle Eastern Islamic culture. I absolutely love photographing it – if not for the simple fact that very few people know this mix of cultures exists. It’s vibrant and unique and…
(Download the August wallpaper here) Most people don’t realize that huge amounts of Muslims in western China. In fact, a third of the city I live in, if not more, is Chinese Muslim and has been for a very long time. In just this province alone it’s suggested that there are over 800,000 Chinese Muslims….
*For information about Think Tank’s huge Modular Set and Skin Set sale as well as information about the contest associated with this review, please see the very bottom of this post. Think Tank is in the business of saving my back. Over the last three years my gear that I carry with me in the…
Before using the 3LT Brian X1, I used to think their were two kinds of photographers in the world: those who absolutely loved tripods and then those who simply thought that they were a necessary evil and lugged one along anyways. For year’s I fell into the second camp of people who thought tripods were “a necessary evil”,…