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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
I was asked by friend to visit Cambodia to be the photographer for his wedding. I was very honored, and a little anxious, because I did not want to screw it up. I was in for a great and long day! Traditional Khmer weddings start at sunrise for the morning fruit ceremony when the groom’s family delivers hundreds of platters of fruit to the bride’s family as a dowry. The bride and groom change outfits over ten times throughout the day for different ceremonies and parts of the party. It was a huge blessing for me to be able to do this and I am very thankful.
-Can you find the Khmer version of Chris Griffin?
Posted in Cambodia | 1 Response »
Tags: Art, Cambodia, Cambodian wedding, Fruit Ceremony, Khmer, Khmer Chris Griffin, Khmer culture, Matrimony, Party, Sing, Sunrise, Tradional khmer wedding
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
In Phnom Penh one of the most popular things for people to do is sit by the Mekong. Night and day people gather and simply talk. Merchants line the river selling food and chatting with anyone happening to walk by. Watching the Cambodian people sit at the river makes it easy to understand why they are called the happiest people on eart.
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Tags: Art, Cambodia, Phnom Penh, River
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
I had sworn off climbing 14ers four years ago, but a visit from my friend Mark convinced me to backtrack on my vow. During our five and a half hour ascent I regretted every moment of it. We wheezed up the mountain starting at 1:30 in the morning hiking in pure darkness finally summiting at 7:00 as the first hikers on the summit. Standing on top of the world, I was glad we did it, until dozens of other hikers came up after us telling us that it only took them 2 hours to reach the top. The deal is back on, no more 14ers, ever.
Posted in Colorado | 3 Responses »
Tags: 14er, Art, Colorado, Hiking, Mom, Mount Elbert
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
A few years ago a few friends and I went shark cage diving off the idyllic North Shore of O’ahu. We rode a boat about three miles off shore, cut the engine and about 25 galapagos sharks started circling the boat. Three or four of us jumped in the cage and got to watch the sharks as they curiously swam around us. It was an incredibly serene experience, and I gave back to the sharks when I got back on the boat by throwing up four taco bell Chalupas which they gobbled right up.
Posted in Hawai'i | 3 Responses »
Tags: Art, Galapagos, Hawai'i, NOrth Shore, Shark Cage diving, Sharks
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
The capital city of Mongolia, UlaanBatar, is covered with cookie cutter style Soviet apartment buildings. After recently visiting another part of the former Soviet Union, Belarus, I began to believe the joke about Stalin only hiring one architect to save money! All of these apartment complexes are built with large community courtyards, where the people gather.
Posted in Mongolia | 2 Responses »
Tags: Art, Chess, Mongolia, Soviet, ULaanbatar
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
At the Biergartens in Munich they sell beer in quantities that most countries use to sell gasoline. Walking through the biergartens at about four in the afternoon we found all different types of people sitting at picnic tables enjoying a beer. In case anyone didn’t know you can click on any picture to enlarge it!
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Tags: Art, Germany, Munich
Sunday, March 15th, 2009
Believe it or not there aren’t any giant Buddha molds or factories in Cambodia. So each massive Buddha is sculpted by hand, and then put on the side of the road to sit and attract buyers. I shot this sitting on the back of a moped, shooting when I could, but focusing more on not falling off and getting run over. The streets abruptly change from pavement to dirt and then back again, so mere moped riding survival is a struggle. I guess it was God’s way of paying me back for trying to throw friends off my moped during college.
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Tags: Art, Buddha, Cambodia, Mopeds, Phnom Penh
