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12 April 2008; Ireland's Kenneth Egan, Light Heavy weight 91kg, after his bout with Kennedy Katende, Sweden, at the final Olympic Qualifying tournament. Olympic Centre, Nikaia, Athens, Greece. Picture credit: David Maher / SPORTSFILE *** NO REPRODUCTION FEE ***
In February 2008 I had the privilege to go to Bandhavgarh National Park in India. The main objective was to see and photograph tigers, which I was fortunate enough to do. My first four sightings, although memorable (we did get to see tigers after all) were not exactly conducive to the type of photography I had hoped to capture. The first night we were in the park we saw a tiger fairly deep in the forest. Jeeps were jockeying for position and we would catch glimpses of this amazing cat, but no photos. Our next two encounters were of different tigresses sleeping in the grass. To view them we were taken by elephant, which was a pretty cool experience, although with mixed feelings, realizing that these elephants were not able to live in freedom. The fourth tiger sighting was of a tiger walking through the forest, also from elephant back, but I was on the wrong side of the elephant.
This is an image of the Mahaman tigress with one of her nearly grown cubs. Our driver and guide saw a flash of movement in the forest and they quickly shut off the car. We heard the low grunting roars of the tigress calling her three cubs. Through the thick cover we saw each of the young tigers as they joined their mother. Our driver and guide drove down the road abit to allow the family to cross. We were the only jeep there and we were worried others might scare the tigers away if they came by. What seemed like hours, but was only minutes, we waited for them to emerge. First the tigress came out, and then one of her cubs darted across the road. Another cub darted across after. The tigress stopped in the center of the road looking at the jeep we were seated in. Eventually the last two tiger cubs came out, with one pausing just ahead of its mother. The young tiger looked up at the mighty tigress with a look of pride and confidence that she will guide and protect them. It made for my most memorable moment and favorite photo of the trip. This was that moment.
This is my grand neice, Jada. There was a time, not so long ago, when she REALLY didn't want to have her picture taken. Now it looks like has her eye on becoming America's Next Top Model.
I love the sight of this man, belonging to the Jatt tribespeople; he is so relaxed and confident, the right attitude that everyone of us have to wear whenever we start something new.
Isolated full length studio shot of a businesswoman and businessman looking at the camera and holding a computer and organizer.
I wanted to assimilate the emotion and style that Abbie Trayler-Smith shows in her 'The Big O' project.
Intention: Warrior Pose. I wanted to capture her focus and strength while doing yoga as a woman, wife, and mother feeling comfortable and confident in a larger body and showing her strength. Some of Trayler-Smith's subjects felt confident in their own skin and others did not, but she captured it all.
Reference to Reading: I loved so many quotes from Lesson 57 this week, but one was "Leave everything else that doesn't make you say, "Oh my God, look at that!" to others." I love this quote and I love this photo. This is a photo of my wife. I love her so much and she has been through so much mentally, physically, and emotionally and has struggled with all the stigmas and the way the media has made people in larger bodies feel. This has directly impacted her and even with everything else going on in our daily family life that just adds so much more emotional and mental toll to it, she stays strong through it all. She is a warrior. She is someone I see every single day and say, "look at that!" "look at you!" "you are a woman that rocks and is out here killing it despite all the adversity and obstacles you have had to overcome."
Outcome: This came out as intended. My only change would have been a smoother line in the floor where I moved the couch from the photo.
Edits: levels adjustment, upped clarity a bit, fixed a few over exposed spots, moved our couch out of the photo because it was distracting, and painted my wife's toenails because it was her only request when having this photo taken. I also cropped this photo and added a very slight darker vignette.