Didier Millotte

The first week of November saw me at Brackenhurst for the week photographing participants at the 2009 Littworld Conference. This was a week of immersion into the world of publishing, specifically, Christian publishing. I had a good time interacting with the men and women from all over the world. Among those in attendance was Didier Millotte, a French artist who writes and draws graphic books.

Didier is one very talented man. In the first few days I hadn't quite noticed him, but as the various sessions went on, he caught my attention. During the keynote sessions, he would be hunched over his drawing pad, pencil in hand busy sketching. This would be followed by him painting his sketches, to produce stellar images. Think of those who do sketches in courts where cameras may not be allowed. He was like that. Seeing it happen in real time was amazing.

Below is a drawing he did during the closing ceremony of the MC in his kilt.



Here he is drawing the view of Brackenhurst admin building and surrounding vegetation...



Here he is drawing the escarpment the day we took a trip to Naivasha...



Here he shows an example of one of his published works at a workshop he was giving on graphical novels...



I leave you to guess what it was he was doing here (hint: 2 person mexican standoff...)



Him busy with the post standoff activities...



In just 5 minutes, he had completely sketched me. He later painted the drawing and gave it to me the following day...



I am very glad I got a chance to get to know Didier. I sure hope our paths cross again. Check out his blog sometime. It's in French for the most part, though he has some of the posts in English as well. Enjoy the remarkable sketches he has on there.

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The Limos Are Here!

Finally we get the real deal. Someone imported one, and it was used at a wedding first this past Saturday. Didn't see it myself, but my brother who was assisting me on the day captured it on his camera. A beaut!

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Lake Bogoria

I took this early last year intending to stitch the 11 images into one panorama but never got round to doing it. With Photoshop CS4's excellent stitching capabilities, that was now easy to do. The image is a 360 degree panorama of Lake Bogoria and surrounding scenery.

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Portraits

My excuse of a studio is finally operational. I am trying to develop a style of portraiture that is different from what you get in every place. Something that people will look at and see something different in the picture. But first I must master the basics of portraiture. Then build on that into my own unique style of capturing people on camera. Setting up the studio helps me in this effort. As time goes by I will share my progress.

I start off with a couple of pictures from a session that a friend asked me to do for her. I got these two printed to 8x12, and they look nice. I want to blow them up to say 20x30 and see how they look. For now, enjoy these...

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Phones n Cats

Got to meet up with some cool people Friday evening. At one point main point of discussion was on phones.





Then a cat showed up and demanded attention.







The cat got it's victory. Attention had now shifted from things phones to things cats.

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Pride of Kenya Lion Launch

I carry my camera everywhere I go. You never know what you might come across. Today was just such a day. As I was walking down Loita Street towards Kenyatta Avenue, I heard a marching band playing. I had no clue of what was going on. When I got to Kenyatta Avenue, I saw that it was the KWS band. Behind them 3 trucks with the lions from the Pride of Kenya program were slowly making their way down the road. Even though I had all sorts of things in my hands, I somehow managed to retrieve Ramon from his bag and started snapping away. I share with you images from the day.

Enjoy!

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MTPA

Press conference with the Mauritius Tourism and Promotion Authority. Like with all such entities, much was said, but almost nothing of what was said was relevant to the questions posed to them during Q&A.

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Grand Mauritian 1

A view from the balcony of one of the rooms at the Grand Mauritian. The water in the foreground is part of a moat surrounding some of the rooms. The water in the background is a section of the 1500 square metre swimming pool. They claim it is the biggest on the island.

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Summertime

Well, not quite. But this brought to mind the song by Will Smith and D.J. Jazzy Jeff. A bunch of freinds getting together and going out of town to a place of serenity, chilling with friends, without a care in the world. Just soaking in the bliss of being away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Good for the soul!

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Living!

After such a grueling itinerary, this was the perfect way to unwind!

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