Coming home to Anna’s Hoeve, originally uploaded by Mattijn.
A recent flickr discovery of mine is the wonderful photo-stream of Mattijn, whose wonderful photo-montages really transcend much of the rest of what I have seen in the art form. He includes himself in his montages (look out for his adorable cat), granting them a personal quality [...]

Abunä Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, blesses the fountain for the ceremonial re-baptism that is the centre of the ceremony.

At least I assume that the bosses represent the Evangelists, and it is thus the Gospels–I neither asked nor looked too closely. I am not sure of the significance of the red velvet capes–they generally seemed to be worn by those who were directing the choristers and däbtäras–I shall have to ask.

I’m finally getting to the next morning, and the Timkat ceremony proper. I want to present these two portraits together, as one post. 
In retrospect, I wish I had shot these facing different directions.

JoeyL, as he is apparently known, is a wunderkind photographer whom I have been following a bit since he appeared on Strobist (the post is here). He specializes in band photography, and definitely has an edgy, gritty, and urban look. The photo I have linking to him has really stuck in my mind since I saw [...]

Getty Images apparently has a program where they are scouring flickr for images to be included in their stock catalogue. Six of my images have been invited, and I have been looking into it.

I am a little concerned that, especially given the low number of images I have, and the fact that 5 are royalty-free [...]

Abunä Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, watches the Timkat ceremony at Jan Meda Field, Addis Ababa.