Category Archives: Travel

Aleppo, Syria

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Rosemary
A Street in Allepo: old houses with harems

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Aleppo, Syria 2010 Shoppers head home through Aleppo’s ancient streets. This was the scene less than four years ago. Now the street is probably rubble.

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Romanian Graveyard

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Rosemary
Cemetery in Maramures Romania: Graves of Orthodox Christians with carved wooden markers

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Maramures, Romania 2012 My guide, Daniel Gheorghita (www.covinnus.com) and I were rather stalwart in our pursuit of photographs. We were undeterred by rain or snow. Despite the gloomy weather, this graveyard outside one of Romania’s wooden churches is rather cheerful … Continue reading →

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Modern Tibet

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Rosemary
A man and boy use their cell phones while a sheep stands by

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Tibet 2007 The man chats. The boy texts. The sheep stands by with his bell just in case he wants the shepherd to know where he is.

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Village Streets

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Rosemary
Boy holds cricket bat in anticipation of pitch on a street in an Indian city

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The Batsman A small city in India 2009 Cricket is India’s favorite sport and they are good at it. India’s team outranks that of England where the sport originated. England ranks sixth and India ranks first in the world. A … Continue reading →

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Flash vs. Natural Light

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Rosemary
Young Dorze man weaves cotton fabric in his home village in Ethiopia

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Ethiopia 2013 Near the town of Arba Minch We had a professional photographer on our tour. She was a studio photographer and told us she was an expert using studio lights and flash. On this day, she promised to give … Continue reading →

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Santorini

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Rosemary
abandoned houses on the Greek island of Santorini

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Santorini, Greece…sometime in the 90’s I’ve been looking through my negatives shot during my first year of photography class. Most are overexposed or underexposed or no focal point at all that I can discern. It can be disheartening. Then you … Continue reading →

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Gloomy

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Rosemary
moody street shot of Bucharest

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Bucharest Romania 2012 This rather gloomy photo makes me think of the cold war. Spies and danger. Men in trench coats and fedoras. Beautiful women who would just as soon put poison in your drink as look at you. The good … Continue reading →

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Watermen of Inle Lake

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Rosemary
worm's eye view of Inle Lake fisherman with net

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Burma 2011 We spent several hours photographing the leg rowing fishermen of Inle Lake. There were several of us in the boat and, I hate to complain, but often my position was not a good one. This caused me to … Continue reading →

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Eyes on the Lower Third

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Rosemary
portrait of an old woman dressed in black, huddled in her coat and kerchief against the icy cold weather

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 A village in Northern Romania 2012 I gave some tips on shooting portraits in this post: http://www.rosemarysheel.com/archives/portrait-technique I remarked that the usual placement for the eyes of your subject is on the upper third line and also that if you … Continue reading →

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Nukus Museum

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Rosemary
interior view of the Savitsky Museum in Nukus, Uzbekistan

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Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan 20012 I’ve never studied art other than my photography classes. I don’t feel qualified to describe the wonderful paintings in the museum: paintings that were saved from destruction by the artist Igor Savitsky.  Soviet leaders, who considered these … Continue reading →

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