I am excited to finally be able to give my African Photo Safari presentation to the Napanee photo club. It was postponed from February because of nasty weather. The club meets at the County Memorial Building, 41 Dundas St. West, at 7:30. I would love to see you there.

Here is a link to their website for more details: Napanee Photo Club

The SPARK Photo Festival is a celebration of photography, and the artists, dreamers, innovators, storytellers, professionals and enthusiasts behind the camera lens. Every year, the month of April marks the arrival of numerous photographic exhibits and artists, in locations throughout the Northumberland, Peterborough, and the Kawartha Lakes regions. Technical workshops, lectures, talks, films, and other related photographic events and activities take place year-round as well as during the festival. The 5th annual festival is scheduled for April 1 to April 30, 2017.

Opening Reception Saturday, April 8 from 11 am to 4 pm

• exhibit location – Bennett’s Furniture, Campbellford, Ontario

Click here for a complete listing of all the exhibits.

I would love to have you drop by the gallery for the reception on Saturday January 30th. If you can’t make it for the reception, at least come by sometime during February to see the exhibit.

Monday, July 20

• land in Nairobi late evening and transfer to Nairobi hotel

Tuesday, July 21

• breakfast at the hotel
• transfer to Wilson Airport in Nairobi for flight to the Masai Mara
• land in the Mara and transfer to camp in time for lunch on the banks of the Talek River
• get settled into tents and rest up for afternoon game drive
• 3:30 afternoon tea
• 4:00 the adventure is on! Head out on afternoon game drive, returning in time for hot showers and dinner at 7:30.
• relax around campfire until you are ready for bed

Wednesday, July 22 – Sunday, July 26

• 5:30 breakfast
• 6:00 morning game drive
• 11:00 return to camp and rest until lunch
• 1:00 lunch
• 2:00 – 3:30 Lightroom editing instruction and image critique
• 4:00 Head out on afternoon game drive, returning in time for hot showers and dinner at 7:30.
• relax around campfire until you are ready for bed

Monday, July 27

• 5:30 breakfast
• 6:00 morning game drive
• 10:00 return to camp and pack until lunch
• 11:00 transfer to airstrip
• flight to Nairobi
• Giraffe visiting centre and shopping
• Dinner at Carnivore Restaurant
• Transfer to airport for evening flight home

$4,900 Canadian

• includes accommodation, meals, park fees, game drives, airport transfers, Nairobi – Masai Mara – Nairobi flights, taxes
• photography instruction and guidance by a seasoned safari photographer and editing instruction by an Adobe certified expert
• excludes international airfare (approximately $1200 – $1900CAD), visa ($50US), tips

Use the contact form to request more information.

I am so excited to be invited to present at the Northumberland Photo Club in Cobourg tonight. I will be sharing highlights from over 70 photo safaris. The presentation starts at 7:00 p.m. at the Salvation Army Church Gymnasium, 59 Ballantine Rd., Cobourg, Ontario.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for coffee.

Karibu sana! (You are most welcome!)

African artwork on display at Riverfront Square in Trenton, Ontario.

Arts Quinte West sponsored an art show for local artists as part of Trenton’s Festival by the Bay. With lots of help from my wife, mother, and a couple good friends I was able to set up a nice display of my work that would stand up to the wind coming off the bay. Twenty pieces were hung. Doing little shows like this is great motivation to get some more of my work printed, framed and on display. It was also fun to be be able to to chat with lots of folks about my experiences photographing wildlife in Kenya and my passion for African wildlife photography.

Just as we were about to start tearing down and packing up, David Gibb from Quinte West News dropped in and interviewed me for the newspaper. It was fun to see my picture in the paper and read the great article he wrote about me.  Here is a link the the article on the newspaper’s website:

http://www.insidebelleville.com/news-story/4648690-out-of-africa-and-back-in-trenton/

I am thrilled to have my biography and African fine art images published on the website of an Italian art college. The article is written in Italian, but the way they have presented the images is beautiful. Pop over and check it out!

www.cultor.org

Nairobi Fine Art Exhibition Image Gallery

I have also incorporated a secure shopping site where you can purchase these images in a variety of formats. FineArtAmerica.com is an innovative company that provides a wide range of photographic products and services. They offer a variety of frames and matts, metal and canvas prints, and greetings cards. Their products are superb quality. They have a 30 day money back guarantee and world-wide shipping.

Here is a link to go directly to my secure shopping site.

Thanks so much to all who helped make my show and sale in Nairobi this weekend a huge success. On Thursday we hung 99 framed images. By closing on Sunday afternoon only five had not been sold. This exceeded my wildest expectations! I had my printer there and people also bought dozens of prints. I was able to cover all of my costs and donate 200,000 Kenyan schillings ($2,400) to our designated charity Care of Creation.

Here is a link to an album of candid pictures of the exhibition at the Sarit Centre in Nairobi, Kenya:
Nairobi exhibition candids album

And this link shows how the framed artwork was displayed in the Expo Hall:
Nairobi exhibition artwork displays album