Photography looks easy but it isn’t. It’s not just about picking up a camera one day and becoming a pro the next. It takes weeks, months and even years of learning, making mistakes, being blasted by clients, picking yourself up, dusting yourself and mustering the courage to continue shooting.
Author: mwarv
African Screens 46 – Athi Challenge
A very good day to you! This week’s wallpaper comes from the Athi 4 X 4 Challenge that was held in March. What stood out for me was the determination each driver had to conquer the obstacles in their way, no matter how impossible they looked to them and their machines. And when they did …
African Screens 45 – Mt Kenya Sunrise
Hello and welcome to this week’s wallpaper! As we celebrate Easter, I’d like to share this image of a sunrise over Mt Kenya from Ol Pejeta Conservancy. May this new dawn remind you of Christ’s resurrection and reassure you that because you are in Christ and Christ in you, and since not even the grave could …
Shooting Kenyan Farmers
Despite many Kenyans ‘going digital’, farming still remains our major economic activity, employing and providing for the livelihoods of more people than any other industry in the country. For the last six months, I’ve had the privilege to get off the super highways and onto the unpaved roads leading to farms that produce what will …
The Olang’s
As far as shooting weddings goes, this was a very special one to me because it was the union of two very good friends whom I’ve known for a very long time. I believe it is Njeri whom I met first, when she hijacked my camera from me when I was shooting an event at …
Ben and Gathoni Kiruthi’s Wedding
Sometime early last year, I received a call from Ben Kiruthi and Gathoni Mwathi. They wanted us to meet and talk. I thought it was going to be a simple chat about work, shooting styles, lens reviews, rate cards and all things photography. Well, it turned out they wanted me to be one of the …
African Screens 44 – Nairobi Reflections
I hope your week is off to a good start. This week’s wallpaper comes at a time we in Kenya are reflecting on the state of security in our nation. There’s been bombings, shootings and threats of more to come.
Athi 4X4 Challenge
I’ve been itching to shoot sports for a while now so when an email from Kenya Buzz alerted me it was on last weekend, I quickly cleared my Sunday afternoon schedule and planned to attend.
African Screens 43 – Kinale Forest Sunrise
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 …
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.