Photo Featured on NEPA Poster
July 4, 2008 | Filed Under General, Jamaica, Outdoor | 2 Comments
A photo I took earlier this yea of a Zenaida Dove foraging in Emancipation Park has been featured on a National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) bird shooting season poster. It was kinda cool when I was contacted through Flickr and asked if my photo could be used and to think when I first took the shot I had no idea what kinda bird it was, but my recent interest in birds has taught me a lot and is already paying off. Below is the section of the poster which features my photo and further below is the original.
Click here to view the entire flyer
The Original Zenaida Dove Picture
Covered the 2008 JMA / JEA Trade Expo
May 7, 2008 | Filed Under Events and Happenings, General, Jamaica | Leave a Comment
I was at the 2008 JMA / JEA Trade Expo over the weekend taking pictures of all the booths and happenings for a website I am involved with called Jamaicapage.com. It was the first time I ever took so many pictures that my battery ran dry which reminds me that I need to grab a spare. I uploaded a of the shots to my flickr account and my favourite shot of the day is posted below.
Learning about birds through Photography
April 24, 2008 | Filed Under Fauna, General, Jamaica, Outdoor | 6 Comments
The latest thing photography has opened my eyes to is birds. There are all kinds of birds in Jamaica of all shapes and sizes but since taking up photography I have really learned to appreciate them and learn their proper names and characteristics. At first all I thought about them was that they would make interesting photographs but after many days of photographing pelicans and seagulls in the Kingston harbour and snapping shots of various birds in emancipation park I have come to appreciate them, especially after being attacked my a vicious Greater Antillean Grackle who didn’t want his photo taken and heard a Northern Mockingbird mimic the sounds of a car alarm.
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet the Grackle that attacked me
Looking forward to taking more photographs of birds in Jamaica. I will be planning a few trips as soon as the finances allow me to but right now birds ate one of my favourite things to take pictures of.
This shot of a Northern Hummingbird is one of my favourites
Princess Nelly is always a willing model
March 21, 2008 | Filed Under General, Jamaica, Personal, Schennelle | 1 Comment
I have a younger sister affectionately called Nelly. She is my little princess and always a willing model for me when i want to practise taking photos. School is out now for Easter break and she accompanied me to work a few days ago. I left work early to carry her to the park for a few hours and of course to take pictures.
I snapped quite a few and posted 4 of the better looking ones on flickr, of the four I posted the one below is my favourite.
Emancipation Park Panoramic Picture
March 1, 2008 | Filed Under General, Jamaica, Outdoor, panoramic | 5 Comments
My first panoramic trial and error pictures were of Kingston harbour, decided to try another panoramic shot but this time of Emacipation Park which as I said in a previous posts is one of my favourite locations currently to get my newbie photography action on.
My friends think it’s dark but I like the lighting in the shot, the sky and the park lights which were just coming on in the evening.
Speaking of emancipation park I have been having almost daily photo sessions with birds at the park. I have watched them fight, bathe and hunt worms. It seems that spring is in the air and the birds are out in their numbers. I have already posted a few on my flickr page but expect an update here and a few of my better shots as soon as I find the time to sort through them all.
New Kingston Jamaica Skyline Photographs
February 26, 2008 | Filed Under General, Jamaica, Outdoor | Leave a Comment
I work on a tall(ish) building by Jamaica’s standards. While collecting my minimum wage monthly salary statement yesterday in the accounts department of the government ministry I noticed the great view from the 11th floor of the building of the skyline of New Kingston. Snapped a few shots, the better looking of which are posted below.
Panoramic Photography Trial and Error
February 7, 2008 | Filed Under General, Jamaica, panoramic | 6 Comments
I was inspired by Marc’s panoramic shot called “Mountain View” earlier this week and I took it upon myself to try and create a panoramic shot of my own. Yesterday was Ash Wednesday and I was home with very little to do and a really bad cold. In the evening I grabbed my sister and a couple friends and went on a little “mini photography tour” of sorts in a section of Kingston Harbour behind the housing scheme that I live in. I took close to a hundred photographs, some awful, some bad, some good and a couple that were great! I’ll bee adding those 4 by 4 to my flick account over the next couple days.
The main reason I went there though was to try my hand at a panoramic shot and below you have the result. I have received a few pointers from trained eyes on how to improve the quality of my shots and I will be back at the same spots hopefully over the weekend to try another time armed with what I have learnt.
Flower Lovin’
January 17, 2008 | Filed Under Flora, General, Jamaica, Outdoor | 4 Comments
I love photographing flowers and I have tonnes of pictures of them although I have only uploaded a few to my Flickr account. Here are a couple of my favourites so far.
View more in the Flower and Plants section of my flickr albums.
Emancipation Park
January 10, 2008 | Filed Under Flora, General, Jamaica, Outdoor | 2 Comments
One of my favourite places to take photos is the Emancipation Park in New Kingston, Jamaica. I pass it almost everyday on my way home from work and it’s a popular meeting spot for me and my friends. Here is a selection of some of the photos I have taken there over the past few weeks.
