It’s no surprise to many of you that I enjoy taking photos and making videos. However some of you may be surprised to find out that taking photos and making videos is essentially 50% of my job description; the other 50% involves writing stories about these photos and videos. (No, of course these aren’t the…
Beautiful Senegalese Roads
Always looking for an excuse to make a video. Here are some shots of the road on the way from Dakar to Kaolack.
COVER: Hozier- Cherry Wine
Enjoy this cover of one of my favorite songs!
Dakar #BeautybytheBeach
Using my brand new camera I captured a few slow motion shots of Mamelles beach in Dakar
Senegal. Photography. #landscape #portraits #workphotography
I’ve gotten back into photography and here are some of my favorite shots from the past few days.
So I Bought a New Camera
It was a summer day in 2012 when I decided I would get my first serious camera. I wanted to use it to start a YouTube channel which would feature video’s of myself playing guitar and singing. It was an easy choice deciding between a Nikon or Canon DSLR. I had a few friends with…
“How is it that you don’t speak Yoruba?”- A Day’s Struggles with Long Queues, ID and Identity
The line snaked all the way around the building. This eternal queue and the small talk I inevitably would have to endure were the main reasons why I dreaded this trip. It took a stolen wallet and the realization that my Consular ID Card was within it to initiate one of my rare trips to…
Momentary Embers
It’s true when they say you’ll never see it coming, But even if you could, you would never be able to brace yourself For the full force with which the gusts of this perfect storm will hit you. And herein lies one of life’s most beautiful ironies You can spend years waiting for this feeling you…
3 Steps to Help You Get Through Your Quarter-Life Crisis
It can be quite torturous to transition from adolescence to adulthood. When the time comes, like an unwilling snake shedding its skin, we find ourselves forced to shed the aura of invincibility we wore during the carefree period of our teens/early twenties as we enter the adult world of uncertainty, self-doubt and endless responsibilities. When I…