Kenya Wild Game Park Reserve

On my trip to Kenya to capture images at the orphanages we got to spend one day at the end of the grueling trip at a game park reserve. Here we got to go out in safari trucks and see all the wildlife in its natural environment. 

Being 10 feet away from a massive rhino is a pretty cool experience. The setting was amazing and the animals were impressive. It was hard to think that you weren’t at a zoo. 

I hope you enjoy these few images from my experience. You can see more here on my Facebook page. 

The Nikon D800 Geek Post. 

Taking a brief brake from my Africa posts to show the power of the D800 that i am discovering while editing my Kenya images.

This is cropped at 145% (original image below). And There I am, right in the eye ball. I love the detail this camera can capture. It is a pleasure to work with. And no, i don’t care one bit about how large the file size is. Can you have image quality that is too high? I say NO!   

Awhile back I was asked to come in for a top secret video shoot with some very special guys (NFL Players). I had to keep it hush hush because they wanted to keep it a surprise for an element for the Christmas service at Kensington Church. But now i can share some behind the scenes photos from the Kensington Christmas video shoot with Calvin Johnson, AKA “Megatron” and Matthew Stafford. These were 2 of the nicest guys to work with. Super friendly and willing to just have fun. It was a pleasure to be part of it all.

As a photographer, you never know what that next call or email will be about… glad I was available for this one! 

I had the great opportunity to do a photo shoot with World Culinary Olympics gold medal winner Chef John Miller C.C.C. HE recreated a few of his winning dishes which he prepared in Belgium this past October for the competition. You can easily see why he won! Awesome talent John! 

Gear talk: I used my Nikon D800, 2 SB-600 strobes (shot through white umbrellas and 1 silver reflector umbrella), charcoal seamless paper roll and a big window of natural light for the food photos. 

I wanted to shoot for something dramatic. “Iron Chef” like. Something that made John “pop” off the backdrop and add that “hero” feel.

These will be featured in a magazine in the next month or so. Hopefully I will be able to post the links or scans from that. 

One of my ongoing photography gigs is shooting for most of the events at Kensington Church in Michigan. Over the past 5 years this has been the greatest training ground a photographer could ask for. Great stage production, talented musicians and actors and an awesome lighting team. 

This has helped me build up my skill as a live event/concert photographer and has opened  more doors than i can imagine. 

Here is a shot of one of the teaching pastors, Chris Zarbaugh.