Posts Tagged ‘photography’

Patrick
Patrick

Wish You Were Here

Watching the Cricket in Anse Le Raye St Lucia

Catching an early morning Cricket match from the street in Anse Le Raye, St. Lucia.

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Steve
Steve

Uncommon Photo-Op: Capturing the Rio Camuy Caves

Empalme Sinkhole/Jose Francisco

Last summer, we told you about the amazing natural wonder that is the Rio Camuy Caves in Puerto Rico. Today, we’re revisiting this most uncommon, awe-inspiring attraction through the lens of José Francisco, PHD.
Among the first photo pros to share his work with us on Flickr.com, José has captured some truly unique images in and around Puerto Rico, and elsewhere. These photos of Rio Camuy are extra special, though, especially considering the conditions. A novice like me might be able to score a few nice images in a beautifully historic location like Old San Juan, but Rio Camuy is made up of a bunch of caves.

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Steve
Steve

Feed The Uncommon Caribbean Flickr Pool

mfm2010 via flickr

There’s a lot to be said for what makes a great beach. For some, it’s a bustling party scene. For others, “clothing optional” are the two magic words. For me, it’s total seclusion, like what we have pictured here in this fantastic image submitted recently by mfm2010 to our photo group on Flickr.com. Ever since the photo showed up in our group, I find myself staring at it a few times each week wishing I could be right there on Blue Beach in Vieques.
No doubt, you’ve got a few great beach shots like this lying around that might inspire some uncommon-type Caribbean travel too, right?

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Steve
Steve

Uncommon Photo-Op: Nine Things to Love About St. Kitts

Rainbow at Cockleshell Beach

It’s not hard to love St. Kitts, especially if you love landscape photography. A scant 65 square miles in size (one or two hairs smaller than Washington, D.C.), this petit island paradise packs enough natural beauty to fill an area at least 10 times larger.
Just consider that St. Kitts has three distinct volcanic peaks - the North West or Mount Misery Range, the Middle or Verchilds Range and the South East or Olivees Range – and you get the sense that the landscape photo opportunities here are endless.
But that’s just part of what makes St. Kitts a photographer’s dream.
Way back in the Ice Age, when the sea level was much lower than it is now, the islands of St.

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Steve
Steve

My ‘For Dummies’ Guide to Taking Pictures in Old San Juan

La Rogativa

I am not a photographer. I’ve loved taking pictures for as long as I can remember, though. Some of them, I’m told, are even pretty good. But unlike my brother Patrick, whose photo essays of New York Carnival, Fort-de-France and people watching planes in St. Maarten are some of my favorite posts we’ve run, I’m no photo pro. This, of course, is another reason why I love Old San Juan.
The ancient city is so beautiful in so many different ways that it’s almost impossible not to come away with at least a few treasured snapshots. I have a ton of pics captured in normal auto settings from my many trips to the city through the years, but this time I decided to try something a little different.

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Steve
Steve

Deal of the Week: Learn Photography from the Pros in St. Lucia

Photo courtesy of Jade Mountain

Photography is obviously a big passion of ours here at Uncommon Caribbean, which partially explains why we’re especially excited to share the news of this great photo workshop package to St. Lucia‘s Anse Chastanet and Jade Mountain resorts.
The other reason: St. Lucia herself.
Just look at the photo above; could there be a more gorgeous place to learn the ins and outs of capturing the perfect image?
Equal to the amazing beauty of the island and the two resorts is the expertise of the photo pros leading the workshops - Joe McNally (check out his blog!), acclaimed American photographer and long-time photojournalist, and Scott Kelby (here’s Scott’s blog), President of NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) and the world’s best-selling Photoshop author.

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Patrick
Patrick

The 43rd Annual West Indian Carnival Festival in Brooklyn

De Bumpah

In the immortal words of The Mighty Sparrow: “Let me tell you something about Labor Day in Brooklyn.”
Yes, since 1967, the West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) has been holding Labor Day parades in New York City. But, believe it or not, the Carnival heritage of the Big Apple goes back even further.
In fact a Miss Jessie Waddle of Trinidad and some of her West Indian friends tried to kick things off all the way back in 1920′s Harlem. Being purists, they celebrated in February, the appropriate pre-Lenten time for jumpin’ up in Trinidad and countries around the world.

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