Portrait of the King of Busoga

I just returned from Uganda, where I was working on Part 2 of my story on Dr. Schiff's work for Saving lives in Uganda (which will be the feature in next month's blog).  The final day of this trip was an added bonus, as I got a chance to meet a king and create his portrait.  I can die now. :-)

For more context about how this happened, let's go back in time a little bit.  Last year, while hosting our first photo safari in Kenya, I was showing participants how to shoot dramatic portraits using wireless flash.  Here's an example (as always, click on any image to view larger and sharper):

And the behind-the-scenes shot showing how it was done using only one flash:

The Reward for Waiting for the Right Light

Also in this edition:

• Walt Disney was a Genius
• RX1R III ebook now available in all formats!
• 2023 annual for CameraCraft magazine now available!

So here we were on our honeymoon in Alaska 20 years ago.  I was traveling with my Minolta Maxxum 7D, a six-megapixel DSLR.  I stopped at the side of the road to take a picture of Mt. Denali.

"You know", I said to my new wife, "If we wait about 90 minutes, the sunset light on the mountain will make for a much better shot!"  

And so we waited.