The Swimmer
The Gambia, West Africa 1998
A lone swimmer enters the water near the mouth of the Gambia River as our ferry docks. We can almost feel the coolness of the water on his skin because I’ve saturated the cool blues and cyans to emphasize how refreshing it is to swim on a hot African day.
Monastery Visit
Two Tibetan men rest between prayer wheels at a monastery in Quinghai, Provence, China. No saturation was needed to enhance the warm reds and golds of the monastery wall or the prayer wheels. The golds and reds radiate warmth because they remind us of the sun or fire. When you post-process your photos of people, use warm colors rather than cool. It’s more flattering.
Although these men live in China’s Quinghai Provence which is next to Tibet, I refer to them as Tibetan. That is the way they would refer to themselves.