Those who have been to the Ubud market in Bali would reconize this ibu – she runs a stall selling souvenirs at one of the sidelanes there. I make it a point to visit her each time I am there. I usually just chat with her but during the last visit in Jan 2010 I [...]
As part of the village tour we came to this waterfall where we met this group of children having fun. I climbed down to the riverbank, and while standing precariously (for my gears) on some rocks and shooting through some overhanging vines, I grabbed this hot. This shot reminded me of my more adventurous younger [...]
Yes, we will be going to Bali this May 7th-11th again. I thought the last Bali photo-safari in Jan would be the last for a while but I just can't resist the draw of the Melasti festival.
To those who may not know the Melasti festival is an annual festival where the villagers purify [...]
We met Pak Sara during the shoot of Pak Gulem at Bedulu village, Bali. Pak Sara actually came to watch the shoot and I was glad that he agreed to pose for us too.
Allow me to intorduce Pak Sara who was 90 yrs old.
Shot with Nikon D3 + Nikon 24-70mm/2.8 Aperture [...]
We were at Jimbaran fishing village on the evening of the 3rd day. The plan was to shoot the sunset and have a BBQ seafood dinner at one of the restaurants nearby. We had a blast of a time and so did the returning fishermen coming home after a bumper catch.
One of [...]
This is one of the many dancers that we had an opportunity to shoot "behind the scene" at our specially arranged tour of this village. I have more to share in the days to come. To all of you celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year I wish you to have a Happy and posperous one…and [...]
This time in black & white. I was going through the files and found this one with the interesting lighting. Hope you like it.
Almost hidden.
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Being the beginning of a new moon we expected some activities at this temple that has a holy spring withing its compound. When we arrived at late morning there was already a hive of activities there. Devotees of all ages were performing their prayers and cleansing rituals.
Cleansing ritual.
Crowd.
The procession soon arrived at the temple Pura Desa Mas. Along the road leading to the temple we met this group of children who were more than happy to pose for us.
You want to take our photos?
A bit shy initially.
But soon warmed up to it.
This is the start of my documentary of our recent photo-safari to Bali on Jan 14th-17th.
We were met on arrival by our guide Ngurah Rai (yes, same name as the Denpasar airport). We immediately went to have lunch and checked into our hotel in Ubud, the main cultural centre of Bali.
Rai and his [...]