Thought I’d take a break from posting (and processing) wedding to put this one up. Took it a couple of months back in Mongolia by the side of the road. If you haven’t been to Mongolia, it really is an experience. You can quite literally take a photograph composed of green grassland, sand dunes and mountains all at the same time. I challenge you to find somewhere like that anywhere else in the world!

Anyway, yes this was taken on the way out west, about 8hrs drive from Ulaanbaatar, we pulled over and Holly actually went for a ride on the Camel. I was planning on stopping her since our medial insurance covered everything except camel rides, but hey how can you stop a girl with an idea in her head? After the ride I asked the nomads who owned them if they’d mind me taking a photo for prosperity. Needless to say this being the land of friendly people it was no problem and they were over-the-moon with the mini Polaroid print I gave them. Wish people around the rest of the world would be seduced by an English accent and a print of them with a camel!

Strobist info: Lit with an Elinchrom Ranger Quadra into an extra small Chimera softbox.

Right well that’s my break taken, back to the world of weddings!

More adventures soon,
Alex

Wow it’s been a long time since I last blogged and good lord has a lot happened! To summarise:

• Went to Mongolia
• Met some Monks
• Got engaged
• Went horse riding
• Tamed my horse
• Woke up with a tick sucking blood out of my stomach
• Got a jeep
• Drove for days with no roads
• Trashed my cameras
• Found some cool people
• Got delayed for 8 hours in Moscow due to Aeroflot
• Holly got Siberian Tick Typhus
• Spent a week in and out of hospital
• Got cameras fixed
• Shot an amazing wedding.

Yep I think that just about sums it up. Needless to say I’m a touch behind with photos but here’s one from Mongolia.

Found this little boy out to the west living in a Ger with his parents. Really great family, very friendly. Found out talking to them though that they lost 30% of their animals over the winter, really heartbreaking to hear and see all the bodies.

More adventures soon though along with a bigger write up of the trip.

Alex