Last year on one of my annual trips back home to Nigeria, I travelled to the small community of Awóyaya where I got to document a health education sensitization forum through some photojournalism for the Nigerian-based NGO, C.H.I.E.F. Moving along the periphery of the crowd in silent observation, I was instantly drawn to this toddler who seemed [...]

More tips on travel photography Be sure to check out my latest article titled “The A-B-C-D-E of Travel Photography” over at The Travelers Notebook. In there, I explore the concepts of: Action, Balance, Composition, Depth of Field, and Evocation Hopefully these tips would draw you closer to creating memorable travel photographs. Please stumble if you [...]

[digg=http://digg.com/other_sports/Filling_up_on_rugbyh_in_Sweden_Lola_Akinmade] My heart raced as we neared the pitch. I felt that familiar beat of excitement and pure adrenaline that courses through me every time I’m within close proximity of a rugby pitch. “Would you like to watch some rugby this weekend?“. Those words from him sounded more like an invitation to an exclusive retreat [...]

I recently received a comment from a friend after redesigning this site, asking where my paintings were. In addition to other web-related and creative endeavors, I actually do paint and exhibit a few times a year.

The presiding officer begins the ceremony. He introduces himself. He is very Polish. He’d probably been in this hall before, glaring up at his own presiding officer in eager anticipation. His speech is cookie-cutter and he is running through the motions, but the glint in his eyes is undeniable. He understands what they had all [...]

As a seafood lover, I’d initially been lured to Pam Mandel’s widely popular blog, Nerds Eye View, through her Fish Wednesday series, only to discover the fun-loving, globe-trotting, ukulele-playing, photographer and talented writer behind the blog. So on a recent business trip to Seattle, I connected with Pam and her husband, and we spent the [...]