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April 30, 2012 by Craig

May 2012 Desktop Calendar

Rural Nepal

May 2012 Desktop Calendar

Time for another free desktop calendar, and this month’s edition offers you a rural scene in some dramatic light. Each and every month we offer you a free downloadable desktop calendar so make sure you don’t miss out by subscribing today. Just enter your email address in the box to the right and you’ll never miss a post again.

Just a quick reminder that today is the last day to get the discounted price for next Saturday’s Elements of Composition photo workshop. Only NT$2000 if you sign up today. If you delay, it’ll go up to NT$2500. Now, on with the download links for the calendar and, as usual, the same image without the calendar is below for all your licensing and print needs.

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April 27, 2012 by Craig

A Walk Through The Market

Photo of Fish in a Chinese market.

Fish for sale in Nanmen Market, Taipei.

Traditional markets in Asia are one of my favorite photographic subjects as a travel photographer. The color, the exotic food, the hustle, the smells and sounds. While a photograph can’t really convey smell, it can show the other factors, although sounds needs a little dive into the world of multimedia to pull off. A couple of days ago I found myself with a spare hour or so as I traveled about town to meet with some private photography students and decided to duck into one of Taipei’s oldest markets, Nanmen Market. Generally you need to get to these traditional wet markets early. The best meat and freshest vegetables go quick so if you’re much later than 8am or so, you’ll miss all the excitement. Get down there at dawn if you’re really serious about markets. For me this week, I didn’t specifically set out to photograph the market and when I arrived close to noon, things were very quiet. Which makes it easy to move around but with almost no customers and most of the vendors eating lunch, there wasn’t a lot of people photography to be done. Still, photographing market food is always fun so here’s a little sampling of some of the things you could expect to see.

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April 20, 2012 by Craig

Ba Jia Jiang – Taiwan’s Eight Generals

Taiwan's Ba Jia Jiang or Eight Generals are temple and deity guardians that offer mystical protection during religious ceremonies and events. Bao An Temple, Taipei, Taiwan. (Craig Ferguson)

Taiwan's Ba Jia Jiang or Eight Generals are temple and deity guardians that offer mystical protection durign religious ceremonies and events. Bao An Temple, Taipei, Taiwan. (Craig Ferguson)

Go to any temple festival or religious event in Taiwan and you’re likely to see a group of young men with painted faces who are wearing elaborate costumes. These will most likely be members of a Ba Jia Jiang, or 8 Generals, troupe. I’ve written about them previously and encourage you to click the link if you wish to know some more of the background. They are a favorite subject of travel and culture photographers in Taiwan, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to share a series of recent images of the various troupes. These were all photographed at the recent Bao Sheng Culture Festival held recently at Taipei’s Bao An temple or at last year’s Taipei City God festival at the Xiahai Temple.

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