Well, it’s not the first time I’ve had a photo used in a project, but this is the first time since I started a blog 🙂 I had two photographs printed in the 2010 Calendar for the Guyana National Trust.
Scotiabank (Guyana) did their 2011 Calendars through a firm called KRITI, who approached a number of photographers who had some local scenes with a slight emphasis on the skies above, be it dramatic skies, overcast skies or just beautifully clouded skies. Of the six photographs featured, there were five “local” photographers and one foreign photographer (who lived here for two years, so he’s as local as foreigners get).
Below are some snapshots of the calendar with links to the photographer’s pages that I could get. (Click on the photos to go to the photographer’s pages)
Starting of was Nikhil’s image along the LBI (La Bonne Intention) shore,
Then Dwayne Hackette’s Sunset along the Berbice River,
Phillip William’s Earth Station photograph,
Rustom Seegopaul’s Georgetown from the Harbour Bridge crossing the Demerara River
My Lonesome Tree photograph from the Hamburg (Tiger Island) in the Essequibo River (taken when I shot with a Canon S5 Bridge Camera
and to top it all off with James Broscombe’s Great Balls of Fire, from the Rupununi
To be absolutely frank, the image of James’ Great Balls of Fire in the calendar does not do the original photo Justice, definitely click on the image above for a good look at the photo on his blog.
It should be noted that these cover all three major rivers of Guyana, the Georgetown Coastline and the Interior. If you are a Scotiabank Guyana customer, make sure to collect your copy 🙂
Thanks to Scotiabank and a special thanks to Sita at KRITI.
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Great photo selections 🙂 I’ll definitely get me a copy. Good to see local scenery from mostly local photographers in our calenders 🙂 must note that the pic selected for both Nik and James happen to be my favourites from their personal collections 🙂
Hey Mike, glad to see the local pics – you guys really putting up some great work. Happy people are not just pulling photos off the net and making calendars 🙂
Big up to the photographers –
Thanks Fidal! Sita is very strong on using local talent 🙂
Congrats to all the photographers whose work is featured in the calendar. Great Job Mike and Nik. Check out my link for a site where you can make our own calendars and other products for sale.
Thanks David, we’re Happy with it 🙂
Sweet! Fame and fortune, here we come 🙂 Seriously though, I really have to applaud Sita (apart from having the good taste to use one of my photos 🙂 who not only stuck with local photographers, but also made aesthetically pleasing choices to produce and overall beautiful calendar. Too often you see calendars that are just filled with mediocre photos.
It was definitely a good job, I can’t wait to see what she did for Gafoor 🙂 That one features James’ photos throughout 🙂
As de boys seh in GT, “Big up all the phototakerouterers, Sita of KRITI and Scotiabank!” Hey Mike, thanks for the perspective on all three rivers being featured. Nice! My picture was done from the Berbice river ferryboat – Torani shortly before the bridge opened- well we no longer have a ferryboat there now that there’s a bridge. I gotta start doing more images of Berbice, esp being a Berbician. BTW I have pictues of dolphins playing in the said Berbice River!
Thanks Dwayne, and I think you have probably had more of your photos on Calendars than you remember, right? Dolphins in the Berbice? now that’s should be nice 🙂
Yeah, in January, February when it’s freezing cold up north, dolphins migrate southward. As a little boy I heard of the dolphins in Berbice river until a few years ago, I was fortunate to be on the spot with camera at hand as these guys were playfully swimming not far awy from and moving with the ferryboat. Just don’t tell Odinga!
Hey Michael – Thanks for putting these up – great to see these pics again, and nice for them to be slotted together into a collection! Tell me though – you didn’t shoot the pictures of the glossy calendar with on camera flash did you? Tsk, tsk!!!!
Hope you’re having a great Christmas over there and looking forward to a great new year!
Thanks James, no I didn’t use the flash, but I hurriedly put it on the wall in my office full of flourescent light and snapped the pics, no artistic attempt at all 🙂
And I thought you’d spent hours choosing the rough looking wall as a bit of contrast!
Here’s hoping 2011 is a productive and artistic year for all of us (an maybe I’ll get my camera back from Nikon UK at some point!!!)
B-)
great choice of guyanese pics! i absolutely love the calendar! kudos to the photographers 😉
Thanks for checking it out Monica!
It’s good to see the pictures I had commented made it to the calendar that the public could enjoy. It’s a real blessing that you stumbled upon my photo blog which led to getting in touch with you and Nikhil.
Kudos to you!
Thanks Sasi! your blog is a pleasure to follow! Thanks for all the great photos last year and all the comments and support!
hey mike thatnks for the shout-out, i feel honoured to be named amoung you guys.
Its a collective honour Phil! Thanks for the comment!
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Hi Michael,
My name is Mayya. I am not from Guyana, but have been living here for the past four years. I was really excited to discover your website on the network. Your photographs are really amazing!!!
Thank you
All the best and good luck
Thanks for the nice words 🙂