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Amalfi Coast | Chasing the Light
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A Photography Blog – Frank Binder. The day of judgment, for the Amalfi people who will go to heaven, will be a day like any other. 8211; Renato Fucini –. The Amalfi Coast consists of 13 small towns along a rocky peninsula jutting out into the Mediterranean Sea just south of Naples, Italy. Most of these towns are situated in ravines formed by the severe terrain and cascade from the upper hillsides down to the sea in amazingly vertical formations. Cathedral of St. Andrew. Positano, an enclave set into the ...
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Leopards | Chasing the Light
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A Photography Blog – Frank Binder. Africa – The Big Cats. If we play a word association game and I say…. Africa! 8230; many of you will say…… Lions! And I would say Bingo. Lions are the only social species of cats and congregate into Prides of ten-twenty lions. Like elephants, the groupings are matriarchal and most hunting is done by females. Needing a cleanup after Lunch. This young male and two brothers killed a Cape Buffalo (weighing roughly 2,000 lbs.) and feasted on the carcass for several hours...
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The Maasai | Chasing the Light
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A Photography Blog – Frank Binder. The Maasai are a semi-nomadic people inhabiting portions of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. During my recent photographic trip to Kenya I visited several Maasai villages and had the opportunity to photograph traditional Maasai ceremonies as well as make candid portraits of these regal people. Warriors in the morning. Or “jumping dance” which we were able to photograph. Many of these women are stunning and would be at home on a Vogue cover! The young men apply each...
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June | 2014 | Chasing the Light
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A Photography Blog – Frank Binder. Monthly Archives: June 2014. 8220;Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy.”. 8212; Bertrand Russell. Italy….a land of spectacular contrasts! 8230;…the Alps and the rolling hills of Tuscany; the Borgia’s 30 year reign of murder, debauchery and treason and the legendary artistic talent of Michelangelo, Leonardo, Dante and Cher. Just wanted to see if you were paying attention. Light on Rolling Hills. Tuscany is fi...
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July | 2014 | Chasing the Light
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A Photography Blog – Frank Binder. Monthly Archives: July 2014. The day of judgment, for the Amalfi people who will go to heaven, will be a day like any other. 8211; Renato Fucini –. The Amalfi Coast consists of 13 small towns along a rocky peninsula jutting out into the Mediterranean Sea just south of Naples, Italy. Most of these towns are situated in ravines formed by the severe terrain and cascade from the upper hillsides down to the sea in amazingly vertical formations. Cathedral of St. Andrew. Posit...
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October | 2014 | Chasing the Light
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A Photography Blog – Frank Binder. Monthly Archives: October 2014. But perhaps the most important lesson I learned is that there are no walls between humans and the elephants except those that we put up ourselves, and that until we allow not only elephants, but all living creatures their place in the sun, we can never be whole ourselves. Here’s looking at you! Heading for the Swamp. Getting a Trunk Up. I love this image because it captures so many special elements of being in Africa…the wonderful s...
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Amboseli | Chasing the Light
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A Photography Blog – Frank Binder. But perhaps the most important lesson I learned is that there are no walls between humans and the elephants except those that we put up ourselves, and that until we allow not only elephants, but all living creatures their place in the sun, we can never be whole ourselves. Here’s looking at you! The park, at approximately 150 square miles, consists mostly of large open grassy plains and several large swampy areas fed by streams flowing down from Kilimanjaro. I love this ...
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fwbinder | Chasing the Light
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A Photography Blog – Frank Binder. The identifying mark of these wonderful animals is a red heart on their chests which cause some to call them “bleeding heart monkeys”. They are actually monkeys in genus…the last surviving branch of the Gelada ancestral tree. Geladas spend much of their morning grooming each other to make sure that they are looking good as they venture out onto the grasslands to feed. Here a female grooms a sister Gelada as a little one is sheltered. Just back from getting my hair done!
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March | 2015 | Chasing the Light
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A Photography Blog – Frank Binder. Monthly Archives: March 2015. As the capital city of Tuscany, Florence was the center of medieval European trade and finance and is generally considered the birthplace of the Renaissance. Many of the world’s towering artistic giants walked Florentine streets and the city remains a magnet for art lovers the world over. The names are legendary…Michaelangelo, Leonardo, Dante, Lorenzo di Medici, Botticelli, and Filippo Brunelleschi. Neptune and the Palazzo Vecchio. The main...
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April | 2015 | Chasing the Light
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A Photography Blog – Frank Binder. Monthly Archives: April 2015. Here’s a little quiz for you geography geeks….where is the highest and lowest point in the continental United States? Well amazingly, they’re within 100 miles of each other in eastern California. Mt. Whitney is the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states and of course, Death Valley is the lowest spot in the U.S. Their photos and hundreds of others are hanging in many of the town’s restaurants. Eastern Sierras View with the Owens River.
