After five days of the fast hurly-burly of modern Dubai, hi-rise towers and freeways, I was eager to see the surroundings, an older, traditional, desert land stretching inland to the mountains. A days drive north along the coast, cutting east across the empty desert, and suddenly, rounding a curve in the road, from the corner of my eye, I saw two camelherders in a lot, with their charges. Time for the photographer's u-turn, an essential practice if you want to get the shot. With my Arabic (none) and their English (none) making conversation sparse, attention naturally focussed on the camels, who stood feeding, observing, probably wondering if the Nikon D2X was edible. With a cluttered background, I dropped to the sand and shot upward against the blue sky, simple and clean. A little Photoshop helped trim out edge clutter, to make an enduring cameline portrait

MIngsha Dunes, Dunhuang, China on cover of From SIlk to Oil, curriculum guide for the China Institute]]> http://www.davidsanger.com/covers/from-silk-to-oil http://www.davidsanger.com/covers/from-silk-to-oil asia china covers Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:32:10 -0800

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Rice Planting, Cambodia in: First Farmers: The Origins of Agricultural Societies, by Peter Bellwood, Wiley-Blackwell

Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay in: Double Take: FBI Thriller, by Catherine Coulter, Putnam's Sons

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel in: Saving the Holy Sepulchre: How Rival Christians Came Together to Rescue their Holiest Shrine, Oxford University Press

Barbados, Boys running on beach: Frommer's Caribbean Guide 2009

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St. Vitus Church, Cesky Krumlov in: The Rough Guide to The Czech and Slovak Republics

Painting in Summer Palace, Beijing in: The Rough Guide to China

Palms on the beach in Tulum in : Yucatan and Mayan Mexico, Cadogan Guides

Stockholm Old Town in : Colloquial Swedish, Routledge Publications.

Harbor seal in San Francisco Bay : Oakland Museum magazine.

Tibetan monks : Overseas Adventure Travel brochure.

Califonia's Pacific Coast landscape: Pew Oceans Commission final report.

Military honor guard at Citadel of Quebec : Holland America cruises brochure.

Traditional architecture in Quebec : Holland America cruises brochure.

Young girl in Kerala, India for UNICEF calendar.

Monks in Sukhothai, Thailand: Tricycle magazine.

Every afternoon an honor guard of the Royal 22e Régiment marches into the Citadelle of Quebec on the historic Plains of Abraham for the Changing of the Guard. There's usually a good contingent of tourists surrounding the parade ground for the ceremony. It is majestic, but fairly static and it was difficult to get a shot with out tourists in the background. At the end of the event as the old guard moved out, the tourists staid put. Quickly following the marching soldiers, I ran to the top of a small ridge and shoot down as they passed, using 1/3 of a second for a bit of motion blur and a clean background.

This image won the Gold award for People in 2006 SATW Travel Photographer of the year contest

How to show Christmas and Hope for the future?? This wreath on a lamppost caught my eye one winter day. Although I didn't have a clear intent at the time I took a number of shots against the sky, cropping out as much of the lamp as possible and then put it aside for creative work later. After forgetting about it for a year or so I remembered it one evening and set about in Photoshop to see where it would lead. The simple elements of green wreath and red ribbon and blue sky, primary colors, plus the ethereal look of it floating in space, gave just the right feeling of lightness. It reminded me too of a glass sculpture at the Australian National Museum in Canberra. Though not yet on the market as a stock image, this might do well as a concept shot

And a Holiday greeting...

For the year to come, best wishes for you all, and hopefully some hints of peace in the world...For children, those in the Middle East and those in any need or trouble, special prayers and care... that we all may continue to see and be thankful for this still, truly amazing world....David..2006