Many people say: ‘I can’t wait to get the latest camera from Canon or Nikon so that I can take great pictures.’ Truth be told, the camera you use should not stop you from taking great shots, unless it isn’t working. When growing up, I didn’t complain that I couldn’t race a car because my dad …
Patrick and Teresa’s Military Wedding
There’s a lot to be thankful to God for this season. Lots of favour, love, friendship, business, joy… At the top of the list is being blessed to cover my first ever military wedding. I attended an uncle’s military wedding when I was a katoi and all I can recall is guys were in red. …
African Screens 14 – Diani Sunrise
Capturing the sunrise isn’t a simple matter of setting out with your camera at dawn and clicking away. There’s several variables to be considered. Weather is top on the list. You can leave bed early, hurry to your vantage point only to find the clouds have formed a formidable blanket that the sun can’t peek …
World Elephant Day
The illegal trade in ivory kills up to 40,000 elephants in Africa each year. That is 5 elephants, every hour, every day, every month, for 12 months! That is around one every 12 minutes!
African Screens 13 – Mara Lonely Tree
If you live in Kenya and have never been to the Mara, you should make a point of visiting this wonder. Mara’s vast open landscapes will take your breath away, literally. Some places are flat for miles upon miles, with a single tree popping out of the grassy plains, as you’ll see in this week’s …
African Screens 12 – Kinale Forest
While it may be summer in some places, here in Kenya we are deep in our winter season. Its been very cold the last couple of days and we can’t wait for the sun to shine bright once again. This week’s wallpaper celebrates the beauty that can be found in these low temperatures. The image …
Kris and Nyambura Wedding
It’s been a while since I blogged a wedding so this post is special in many ways. First, because it is a come-back post to a photography genre that I love, and secondly, because it’s was my first wedding for 2013. Kris and I were buddies in high school and have managed to keep in …
Niko na Safaricom Live Meru
I just got back to Nairobi after the coldest of weekends in Meru. I never knew the place gets so cold! Limuru has nothing on this place I tell you. I was covering the Niko na Safaricom Live concert for Kijiji Entertainment on Saturday and what a stage production it was! The choreography, sound, lights, …
African Screens 11 – Tsavo Sunset
This week, we’re still in Tsavo for the African Screens series. Tsavo is vast, flat and scenic. Due to its size, it’s not that easy to spot game but when you do, it definitely is worth it. Remember last week’s elephants? For this shot, I had to drive quite a bit to get the perfect …
Live Green Screen Photography
The Niko na Safaricom Live concert directors had an idea that many said couldn’t be done. We listened to them, planned how to and did it. Every year, Safaricom promote their brand through countrywide music concerts dubbed Niko na Safaricom Live. They get the top music artists and have them perform in major towns with …
African Screens 10 – Tsavo Elephants Crossing
Thus far the Good Lord has brought me… It’s the tenth African Screens wallpaper and so far, so exciting… and tiring too! It takes a lot of commitment to put out a different image each week but I must say, rewarding too! Spurred on by your kind comments, and the desire to shot how blessed …
African Screens 09 – Elementaita Sunset
This is the third week we are in Elementaita, which, I got to find out, is a corruption of Ole Muteita. The sunsets at this Rift Valley lake never disappoint, and are as diverse in colour and form as the the experiences you’ll have when there. This week’s was taken in 2012 when visiting the …
African Screens 08 – Lake Elementaita Reflections
It may be the smallest of the Rift Valley lakes but Elementaita is never short of action to capture. For the second week in a row, it sets the scene for this week’s wallpaper. I shot this bird (someone kindly tell me the species) on Christmas eve morning in 2007 while open camping by Elementaita’s …
African Screens 07 – Lake Elementaita Boys
This week’s wallpaper was shot on a bright Saturday morning in Lake Elementaita. It reminds me of the days when Saturday was a true weekend; when you could sleep in instead of rushing to school for extra classes; when playgrounds were the preferred play station; when kalongo, bano, kati, shake and bladder kept obesity and …
Niko na Safaricom Live 2013 Launch
There’s events and there’s experiences; there’s concerts and there’s Niko na Safaricom Live Launch. Put together by Kijiji Entertainment and Mo Sound it was an amazing experience well worth enduring Nairobi’s mad traffic to attend. We parked our cars at Splash and were ferried in matatus, tuk tuks and boda bodas to the Carnivore Gardens …
Look daddy, I can fly!
I was at the Motor Cross Circuit at Jamhuri Park last Sunday to do a story on the Jubilee Riders. It was my first time there and I was amazed at what talent and adrenalin can do. Children as young as eight were pushing their bikes at full throttle and eating up air like birds!
Meet the Jubilee Riders
As Kenya marks 50 years of independence on 12th December 2013, a daring group of bikers will fire up their heavy machines and set off from Nairobi to Cairo in a 10,000km return road trip with a difference. It will be a ride through some of the toughest conditions that anyone can face – rock-lined …
African Screens 06 – Lake Bogoria Tree
Hope your week has started off well whichever part of the world you are in. Here in Kenya, we are experiencing winter chills and can’t wait for the sun to return from vacation. This week’s wallpaper goes to prove that even in the dry and dusty times, Africa is still a beautiful place. It was …
African Screens 05 – Katsangani Sunset
The little-known village of Katsangani is located about 80km north of Malindi, and 30 minutes inland on a boda boda. It is an island in the Tana delta and for the longest time, palm wine brewing was its main economic activity. In the past couple of years, a group of fearless influencers from Mavuno Church …
African Screens 04 – Kajiado Bee Eaters
A big thank you for all the kind words from last week’s debut African Screens wallpapers. I’m humbled and encouraged to keep doing this. The first instalment this week features Bee Eaters I spotted in Kajiado in 2012 where I’d gone to watch the Safari Rally. The beauty of these birds is their rich colours, …