![\"asia,china,chinese,doorway,elderly,female,friendly,horizontal,old,older,portrait,sitting,staircase,stairs,stairway,stairwell,structure](\"http:\/\/www.kenkoskela.com\/images\/large\/Older-Chinese-Women-on-Stairs.jpg\")
<\/a>Friendship<\/a> : Prints Available<\/a><\/p>\n Older Chinese women sitting on the stairs<\/p>\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n I took the above shot during a trip to Guilin, China in May of 2012. There were actually three ladies in the scene, but this particular composition included just two of them. In May 2015, I was back in China. Exactly 3 years and 1 day from taking this picture, I was walking through the same village, not knowing I had been there before. My guide and I came walking around a corner and there were the three ladies. Each of them was sitting in the exact same location on the stairs as previously and wearing the exact same clothes! They liked looking at the previous picture but had no interest in a follow-up portrait.<\/p>\n Clouds Over the Forest<\/a> : Prints Available<\/a><\/p>\n Clouds over Deadvlei, Namibia’s dead tree forest<\/p>\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n I shot the above image in Deadvlei, which is a dead tree forest in the Namibian desert. For a period of time before sunset, I had the entire place to myself\u2026 not a single person there except me. I was lining up this shot and enjoying the solitude when, out of nowhere, a group of angry bees showed up. I guess I would be angry too if I lived in the Namibian desert. The bees were after my water bottle and, for some reason, liked my camera bag too. They were apparently pretty thirsty and not taking \u201cno\u201d for an answer. I literally could not get into my camera bag to change lenses without getting attacked by the bees. It took me 20 minutes to get the bag away. I finally ended up kicking my water bottle away, swinging my tripod at them, grabbing my backpack and running.<\/p>\n Aurora Over Iceland<\/a> : Prints Available<\/a><\/p>\n The Northern Lights illuminating the sky over southeastern Iceland.<\/p>\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n This image was taken in the middle of the night on the Southeastern coast of Iceland. Earlier that day, we were told by a lady from Hofn (the nearby town) to NOT pay the $4 \u201centrance fee\u201d to get into the park where these mountains can be viewed. She said it was basically a scam. So, when we got to the park, we drove right past the sign demanding payment. Later that evening, we set up tents in the park to shoot the Northern Lights. All of a sudden, we see lights coming up the road. Scam or not, the Icelandic guy had shown up with his car and was now looking for us with a flashlight. This is not a fun situation. My first thought was to fold the tents up and run. My second thought was, “wait… I’m a fully grown adult.” So, I did what any fully grown adult would do in that situation… I played dumb and pretended I did not see the sign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sometimes it is fun to hear the details of what was going on behind the scenes when a picture was taken. With that in mind, I bring to you, “The Stories Behind the Pictures, Part 2”. If you are interested in seeing the first installment, here is a link to that blog from August, 2013: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-just-for-fun"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"africa,african,dead](\"http:\/\/www.kenkoskela.com\/images\/large\/Clouds-Over-Deadvlei-Namibia.jpg\")
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