Seeing the Forest for the Trees in the Sahara Desert - Los Angeles Fine Art Photographer

Being a creative, I enjoy the process of appreciating the often-overlooked moments or details and turning them into art. On one morning, after we trekked into the Sahara desert, on camel back, this one fellow insisted on showing me his teeth, with his breakfast stuck in between. He’s not the only quirky one that I met out there and he probably thought the same about me. Thanks to him and his characteristic colleagues, that morning means more than just about Sahara’s (gorgeous) sunrise.

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Thankfully, I did not lose all my footing to each and every cuteness that I encountered. From time to time, I remembered why I was there and this is when I saw the forest, the one of the camels.

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Children Are Shed Special Light - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

I’ve said it before, I love it when children are like children - the ones that play like one, talk like one and think like one. Not the ones that get their way around an iPhone with more dexterity than their parents. Not the ones that talk and behave like a mini-adult stuck in a baby’s body.

I’m touched when I see two boys playing on the window sill in Napoli, Italy, having not a worry in the world. It reminds me of a time when my sister and I would call out people passing by our window and quickly ducked to leave the person befuddled.

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And then there’s this baby girl on the day of Giostra del Saracino in Arezzo, Italy. The whole city came to root for their team of choice. She came in a stroller. It was after the team of Porta del Foro just received its blessings in Church of San Domenico. While adults stood around waiting for the procession of all teams to the competition site, she spends her quiet time, making sure her own scarf was perfect for the big moment.

As if the sun god couldn’t resist such authentic cuteness, he had to give her the special light while everyone else gets their broad light.

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He Said "Beautiful" - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

Despite people’s hostility to camera, my eyes and mind never stopped searching for photography opportunity. In the Sahara desert, my urge to photograph this Amazighs boy overcame my hesitation. He was leading the camels for another group and I couldn’t pass the opportunity to the possible reaction to my proposal to photograph him.

To my surprise, he reluctantly agreed. I quickly got into position and made this image, before he had a chance to change his mind or change his position for what he thought he should look like to a photographer. I wanted him as the way he was.

When he saw himself at the back of the camera, “beautiful” was the word that he said.

That made my day, because I know I’ve got free pass to photograph him from then on.

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