This week I had a slightly different photo shoot from the usual. We had a family come down from Nashville TN to celebrate their grandfather’s 60th birthday, and they decided to hire Tropical Imaging to cover the festivities and produce a commemorative album.

We kicked off with a birthday party on the beach on Monday night, a fishing trip yesterday with local boat charter company Silver Deep, and a cruise around the islands for the whole family on one of Sail Provo’s catamarans today. Read the rest of this entry »

The election results are in (subject to final verification) and it’s been a resounding victory for the PNP - 13 seats in the Legislative Council to 2 for the PDM - giving Dr. Michael Misick an unassailable majority and a very clear mandate.

Since I thought that the result might be close, it just shows how little I know about local politics!

The clear-cut victory for the PNP does at least remove the uncertainty that was in the air and shows that the Turks & Caicos Islanders were happy with the way the islands have been run in the last few years, and the projects and proposals that the PNP have been putting forward.

Well, tomorrow (Friday 9th) is election day here. There are 2 political parties - the PNP (Progressive National Party), who are currently in power and seeking re-election, and the PDM (People’s Democratic Movement), at present in opposition. Read the rest of this entry »

Some of you will know about this comic strip / website already… but for the rest of you, you have a treat in store - especially if you are a photographer by trade - you’ll recognize some of the characters!

(click the thumbnails to see the cartoon strips full size)

What The Duck

Hats off to Mr. Aaron Johnson who created this superb series!!

Turks & Caicos doesn’t have the kind of lush vegetation that most people associate with “Caribbean” islands - geographically we’re part of the Bahamas chain so our climate is drier. Even so we do have some flowering plants that grow wild, and with a bit of irrigation almost anything will grow amazingly well in the sunshine!

So today I though I’d wander around for a bit with the 105mm macro lens on the camera and see what I could find around my house and Andy & Krystin’s next door…

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