Eyes of Tanzania

Hi everyone, sorry for not posting much and telling more of the stories of the trip.
I have been really busy after getting back from Japan. I will post more stories soon.

I have found a new process that I will be printing the book, I was very unhappy with the quality of the print and size of the page for the first printing process. Like everything there are trade off’s but I think this will be the best. I have to to do some work, resizing the pages (larger) and reworking some of the images. Hopefully, after that everything will speed up in the next week.

I received the book proof two nights ago.
When from a huge high to a huge low.
The cover image was distorted, blobby and the colour was off. The same image is used on the first page and it looks great. Then inside many of the photos are dark and flat. The depth and colour seems to be sucked out of them.

Next week I hope to find a new action plan for printing these books.

I was speaking with a good friend and mentor today. He was commenting on how great things were looking and coming together for the project. Which I thanked him and commented that I could not have done it without his help.

A few weeks ago he helped me through a mental road block with the book and there are many things that he taught me over the last 20 years that were in every part of this book and photography. His help a few weeks ago and the seeds that he planted years ago helped make this project look the way that it does.

Interestingly, this idea is one that actually got me to Tanzania. When my daughter and I were talking about the donation that she had given to the Tanzania Hope Fund, her feeling was, “if we can change one child’s life, to become like Dr. Sam think of the impact we can make”. Dr. Sam is the head Doctor at Nkoaranga Hospital and by sending a child to school, we can in the future create another Doctor, Teacher, Guide and many other professions that will make Tanzania more self reliant.

We have a profound ability of impacting the future.

It all seems to be coming together. The greeting cards came in this week and they look great.

I have posted them on the “Eyes of Tanzania” Etsy site.

You can see them and order them at http://www.tza2007.etsy.com/ >>>

I am in Kenya,  I am a little closer and have a early morning tommorow. The traffic here is nuts.  So, I think it is time for me to retire. I had a long day. Bad eating day… London here I come!

Hi Everyone, Happy thanksgiving. I had dinner with Dr. Sam and his family last night. It was really nice to be with his family and have a early thanksgiving meal.

Yesterday, I took the dala dala into Arusha market. What a crazy place. I did not take my camera with me, as for the most part it was a camera free day. Tried to soak in the process of life here.

The village at the base of the hill (where I picked up my second dala dala) is called Killala. Very funny to anyone that knows where some of my cousins lives in Ireland.

I leave tomorrow.  I hope to post a few more times and maybe when I get to the London.

Till then, enjoy your thanksgiving with your family’s.

I will be thinking of you all.

Today, I hope to be a down day. I have photographed 16 orphanages or schools in the last week and a half (my tour work is complete). I still want to photograph some of the local people (if they will let me), but for the most part I want to inhale a little.

Tomorrow is thanksgiving. Some of the volunteers have gone off to safari, but I think we might cook a meal in the big house  (the house that I am staying in).

My mind has been trying to process all that I have seen and all the people I have meet.

I need to take care of some laundry. I am all out of socks and shirts.

Thanks everyone for the support, it is great to have the connection to you all when I am here. I look foward everyday to reading them.

Here is the kids praticing there photo skills. I beleave the boy in this photo was able to take the camera home for the night. I can only imagine what that was like. His mom and dad seeing this camera.

I saw two orphanages yesterday, and I say one today. This is me and the kids at St Thaddeaus. We were singing and running around. The kids love seeing there photo on the back of the camera.

i have made it to the uk.

the e-mail system here is cryptic. but all is well.

i am about 1/4 threw my trip to get to tanziania.

i hope everyone is doing well.

This weeks weather

Days away from leaving on my trip, and I think it is a good time to take a look at the weather. It looks like a lot of 8’s

I think I have a warm trip to come, in my reading there was a remark that it sometimes takes a week to get used to the heat. I will let you know!