A good day to you! This week’s wallpaper sees us return to Kinale Forest near Kijabe along the A104. The image was shot during a #OnetouchLive trip to Lake Elementaita in under 10 degrees celsius. Fingers frozen to numb with warm air being blown into clasped palms to resuscitate them, we shot away at the …
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African Screens 42 – Amboseli Tusker
Thank you for stopping by. This week’s wallpaper comes as I turn the first pages of my 37th calendar. This year, I hope to kiss more places with my photography and showcase what a blessed world we live in, as testified by this elephant we spotted in Amboseli during February’s #OnetouchLive expedition.
African Screens 41 – Lake Kivu Fishermen
I hope you are doing well today. Minimalism is a style of photography that I truly love. Instead of filling my frame with the subject, I give it enough breathing space, especially when the surrounding is plain and free off clutter. It works very well with landscapes where you can have a little ground and …
#OnetouchLive Amboseli – Part 2
Let’s pick up where we left off last week. As a recap, we had an exciting game drive on Sunday evening, capped by Kilimanjaro’s snow cap (see what I did there?) and a glorious sunset.
African Screens 40 – Kilimanjaro Landrover
I got to spend the best part of last week in Amboseli National Park with Onetouch. On the way there, we all marvelled at the clear view of Mt Kilimanjaro and were individually drooling at the thoughts of taking shots of it. When the drool run out, one of us asked our tour guide to …
Roadventures: Nairobi to Cape Town – Episode 05
Back in June 2010, together with three other Kenyans, I embarked on my greatest journey of faith, yet. We drove from Nairobi to Cape Town and back to take in the beauty of Africa under the guise of going for the World Cup. This is how our journey was, from Jo’burg to Nairobi.
Roadventures: Nairobi to Cape Town – Episode 04
Back in June 2010, together with three other Kenyans, I embarked on my greatest journey of faith, yet. We drove from Nairobi to Cape Town and back to take in the beauty of Africa under the guise of going for the World Cup. This is how our journey was, from Cape Town to Jo’burg.
Roadventures: Nairobi to Cape Town – Episode 03
Back in June 2010, together with three other Kenyans, I embarked on my greatest journey of faith, yet. We drove from Nairobi to Cape Town and back to take in the beauty of Africa under the guise of going for the World Cup. This is how our journey was, from Livingstone to Cape Town.
Roadventures: Nairobi to Cape Town – Episode 02
Back in June 2010, together with three other Kenyans, I embarked on my greatest journey of faith, yet. We drove from Nairobi to Cape Town and back to take in the beauty of Africa under the guise of going for the World Cup. This is how our journey was, from Morogoro to Mazabuka.
Roadventures: Nairobi to Cape Town – Episode 01
Back in June 2010, together with three other Kenyans, I embarked on my greatest journey of faith, yet. We drove from Nairobi to Cape Town and back to take in the beauty of Africa under the guise of going for the World Cup. This is how our journey was, from Nairobi to Morogoro.
#OnetouchLive Amboseli – Part 1
Last weekend, we took our second photographic road trip of the year as Onetouch. We had chosen Amboseli National Park as our destination and crossed out two days and one night in our calendars for the adventure. After invites on social media, we had two vans with 16 photography lovers buckled up and ready to …
African Screens 39 – Ol Pejeta Zebras
Hello! I pray 2014 is panning out well for you. It’s a great year for me and I’m happy about how bright my future is. Something that has my juices excited is a road trip I will be taking later this year from Nairobi to Rio via East, Southern, Central and West Africa.
African Screens 38 – Kenyan Athletes
Hello and thanks for stopping by. This week’s wallpaper is a tribute to our athletes, who are responsible for many of us being asked if we can run whenever we introduce ourselves in a foreign country.
African Screens 37 – Ol Pejeta Elephants
Hello! Sorry for being absent last week. 2014 has started off on a very busy note – which I thank God for. I had planned to take some time off work to study and sharpen my skills but work just seems to be coming in the way. I might just switch off my phone for …
Kenya’s Songs of Protest
Ketebul Music have put together a CD/DVD compilation of Kenyan protest music from the past 50 years that you need to get your hands on. It chronicles music that has been a force of change, from 1963 to 2013. This is the latest of a series of compilations put together with the help of the Ford …
Andrew and Daisy’s Wedding
Andrew and Daisy aren’t new to you. You met them mid last year at their engagement shoot at Nairobi Railway Museum. Remember? About six months later in December, their wedding day arrived and Wamuyu and I were at hand to make sure memories of the glorious day didn’t fade with time.
African Screens 36 – Lake Chala Sunrise
Located on the eastern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro, Lake Chala is a small crater lake that sits serenely on the Kenya-Tanzania border. You can easily access it from Moshi and Holili in Tanzania, and Oiloitoktok and Taveta in Kenya. Lake Chala Safari Camp overlooks it and provides the best place to stay while there. Don’t …
Larry and Rosa’s Wedding
Last September, on the way back to Nairobi from Bujumbura during the #OnetouchLive road trip, I got an email enquiring if I’ll be available for a wedding in November. I met Larry and his beautiful fiancee Rosa one evening in Nairobi and I got to know what they needed for their wedding day. I made …
African Screens 35 – Turkana Landrovers
Turkana is a beautiful yet unforgiving place. The terrain will take your breath away, as well as your car’s shocks, springs and about any moving part. In the 1960s and 70s, teams the National Museums of Kenya were sent to explore the eastern shores of Lake Turkana in the best 4 X 4 X far. …
The Bawa Story
Every January, many people look for a fresh start, which is a great thing to do. One thing I’d like to suggest is signing up for Mizizi, a 10-week experience that connects you with God, sheds light on what He made you for, and starts you on a journey towards greatness with like-minded fearless influencers. …