back online!

Phew. At last got internet sorted properly and able to get online hopefully more regularly now. I have alot of posting to do, but for now here are few images from some of my recent weddings.

busy busy

its been a manic 6 weeks! I've shot 4 weddings and moved house and office. Getting internet access is proving to be a challenge, but as soon as I do, i'll try and get up to date.
cheers
gareth

star trails

This is an image I shot a couple of years ago down in the Zambezi Valley on a starlit night. Star trails pictures are usually pretty corny but I like this one. The colour in the sky is courtesy of the town of Chirundu, just over the horizon.

Moto X

I've had a week of catching up on borning admin and IT stuff :(
Sunday afternoon, I drove out of town to shoot a big Motorcross Event. I had a great time, although the dust was was pretty crazy - had to spend ages cleaning all the dirt out my kit. The D3 has incredible autofocus tracking - great for this kind of shoot. I fly out Monday morning for a week of shoots on the Copperbelt and in the Lower Zambezi. Here are a couple of the motorcross shots:

old images

Just been going through some old backups of mine and came across this image from a shoot for the Irish Embassy. A boy looking through the window of a classroom in a township in Kitwe.

Esnart Daka, Chikumbuso

This picture is of grandmother Esnart Daka, who lives in Ngombe Compound here in Lusaka. She is part of the Chikumbuso Womens and Orphans Project which does amazing work to help the people that live in this shanty. I photographed Esnart Daka about a year ago, when she was looking after 5 of her grandchildren because she had lost 3 of her own children to AIDS. Twelve months later she now looks after 10 grandchildren and still lives in the same tiny shack. She smashes stones by hand to sell to the building trade and is lucky if she makes a dollar a day. Her story is in no way unique.

www.chikumbuso.com

Climate Care

Just back into town again from a 3 day shoot in North Western Province for Climate Care based in the UK. We flew up in an old islander and spent 3 days visiting the new hydro station that Climate Care is helping fund, as well as the schools, hospitals and people that the power will benefit. It was a great trip and my first shoot with the new Nikon D3. I shot 70% of the images with a 50mm lens, as this was the only short lens I had that would work with the D3. It was a challenge but I am super impressed with the low-light capability of the camera.

Here are a few of the people shots from the shoot: