Category Archives: Rosemary’s Blog

Ha Long Bay

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Rosemary
Study in blue of Viet Nam's picturesque Ha Long Bay with pagoda

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Viet Nam 2005 A pagoda perches atop a karst mountain in Ha Long Bay. Who built the pagoda? Who uses it?  Are there Buddhist monks who live in a similar isolation as the Greek Orthodox monks of Meteora?

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Photography Class

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Rosemary
shot from a moving car: a long-haired, scruffy man reads on a chair outside a book shop and theater

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Los Angeles, California 1995 I was in my second or third semester of photography class. I took my camera with me everywhere I went. It’s what a serious photographer does and I was trying to be serious. We were rolling … Continue reading →

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Moonrise over Malabar

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Rosemary
poster of palm trees and setting sun in Aleppy India rice canals

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Kerala, India 2009 Another of my posters. How could I not try to do something extra with this scene?  When I look at it, I can almost hear Bing Crosby crooning and steel guitars twanging…maybe not together, but why not? If … Continue reading →

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Tibetan Costume

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Rosemary
Tibetan Women arrange hair ornaments before attending a festival

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Qinghai Provence, China 2007 Kham women of the Tibetan Prefecture in Qinghai Provence arrange their costume in preparation for a festival in Yushou.  The population in this part of China is nearly 100% Kham Tibetan. Kham are physically striking: both … Continue reading →

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Beauty

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Rosemary
An Indian woman extends her mehndi painted hands

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Rajasthan, India This is the type of shot you can get when the sun is beating straight down. This woman was sitting in the shade. That’s where you want your subject to be at mid-day. And that’s where you want … Continue reading →

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Tibet: A Wall of Prayers

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Rosemary
Two Buddhist monks in red robes walk past a mani wall...a wall built of stones inscribed with a prayer

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Tibet 2007 Two Buddhist monks pass a mani wall as they circumambulate a monastery. Mani walls are built of stones; each stone  is inscribed with a prayer by the person who places the stone on the wall. These walls of prayers are … Continue reading →

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Out West…in Tibet

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Rosemary
Tibetan men wearing cowboy hats play poker

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Qinghai, Provence China 2007 Tibetan men wearing cowboy hats play poker at a small resort on Qinghai Lake.  The chairs are covered with hides from yak and other animals…maybe wolf and fox. To read more about the Tibetan cowboy and … Continue reading →

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Uzbekistan: Ayazkala Palace

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Rosemary
Ayaz Kala: the second fort containing a palace was built about 400 AD

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Uzbekistan, 2012 The Kyzyl Kum Desert We stood in the ruined fortress of Ayazkala and looked across the empty, barren desert to the palace where the ruler of Ayazkala once reigned over oases and fertile lands.  No farms visible now. The … Continue reading →

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The Threshers

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Rosemary
India: harvesting grain in Gujarat India: girl in foreground

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Gujarat, India 2009 As I told you in a earlier post, I shot many photos of this scene.  I didn’t vary my viewpoint enough and a certain young man kept getting into my photo. Was that my fault or his??? … Continue reading →

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Backroads

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Rosemary
USA, a large motor home tows an SUV around a curve on a California highway

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See the USA! Driving on one of America’s “blue highways”. An expression made famous by William Least Heat Moon’s book of that same name. Blue highways are back roads, roads that lead to places where the owners of restaurants cook the … Continue reading →

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