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National Geographic: My Thailand, My Story

admin — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 00:10:44 +0000

We’re very happy to share good news:

Bernie is one of Seven First Prize winning Photographers who will travel to Thailand visiting Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Phuket with Nat Geo Travel documentary Photographer Alison Wright, author of the best-selling memoir “Learning to Breathe, One Woman’s Journey of Spirit and Survival”.

Alison is profound writer, an extraordinary photographer and two-time winner of the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award, Her work as the founder of the humanitarian organization : “Faces of Hope” is remarkable.

It will be an honor of a lifetime to travel with her ! www.alisonwright.com

All 7 photographers will document their journey and compete for the Ultimate Grand Prize which includes a photography exhibition in New York City in 2013

The photo Contest is being sponsored by The Thailand Tourism Authority.

2011 Nat Geo Photo Contest – 1st Place: Wildlife

admin — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:17:16 +0000

Our photo :” Dream with the Seagulls” was selected by the contest’s judge Jim Richardson, He commented that the photo captured the sense of simple moments lived and enjoyed in a passing ephemeral moment.

Smithsonian Spotlight: Picture Perfect

admin — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 13:55:55 +0000

Shortly after We received the news about winning the first place award in the Travel category of the Smithsonian 7th Photo contest, the producers of the Smithsonian Spotlight TV Show notified us that we were going to be a part of the program which focused on the behind the scenes of the photo contest judging process.

The Producers came to Texas to join us on a photo shoot in the Hill country and we shared our thoughts behind the creative process when looking for opportunities to capture unique photographs, we talked on camera about experiencing the Artfulness of the simple things around us and how photography gives you the tools to envision a final result in your mind’s eye, call it vision, imagination or just “noticing what you see”

We were honored to be a part of the TV show.

Galapagos Trip Aboard the National Geographic Endeavor

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:54:51 +0000

Our trip to The Galapagos Islands with Tomas aboard the Nat Geo Endeavour was Journey of a lifetime !

We spent 3 weeks exploring, hiking and doing photography in one of the most unique places on earth, it was amazing, specially being able to get up close to some of the world’s rarest species.

During our time aboard the ship we went on photo shoots with Nat Geo photographers Tim Laman, Rikki & Jack Swenson, seeing them in action was a wonderful learning experience.

Smithsonian Photo Contest

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:17:50 +0000

Right before the Galapagos trip Bernie received word that his photo “Yulong River” took first place in the Travel Category of the 7th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photography Contest .

With 45 thousand entries from 105 countries, we are proud to have this image selected by such a remarkable institution.
The winning photos will be featured in a Photography exhibition at The Smithsonian Castle in Washington DC, July 1, 2010 – February 28, 2011.
Congratulations to all the other winners and thank you to all for the continued support! The issue is available at stores now, go check it out.

FCC Houston Silent Auction

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:53:31 +0000

FCCHouston (Families with Children from China) is a all volunteer non-profit organization in Houston which provides social, cultural and educational support for families who have adopted or plan to adopt children from China and for children adopted from China. We were asked a while back if we would like to donate some prints of our work towards a silent auction event which was part of a Chinese New Years celebration for the kids. Over the years, we have fallen in love with the beautiful land of China, its people, and its culture. We highly appreciate what this organization represents and what it does for the children adopted from China. We were happy to donate a couple of giclee prints of the award winning shots from the National Geographic contest both taken in China. We very much enjoyed meeting the different people in the organization, the parents, the kids, and and everyone involved in making such a wonderful event possible. We hope that through our photos we can continue to share our stories and images of the beautiful land of China. A special thank you to David Godwin who is the one who invited us to be a part of this great event.

The Shanghai Restoration Project

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:27:59 +0000

The Shanghai Resotaration Project is the creation of Dave Liang, a brilliant musician out of New York. He has created a unique fusion of modern electronic and hip-hop with classical Chinese instruments. Having traveled all over China, we jumped at the opportunity to have our photography to be affiliated with the Shanghai Restoration Project. Over the years as we travel more around China and Shanghai, and as Shanghai Restoration Project grows, we continue to provide creative and unique views of the wonderous city of Shanghai.

Recently, Dave launched a new website at http://shanghairestorationproject.com – check out the music, videos, find show dates, see some of our unseen Shanghai shots, and buy some cool posters! Below are two photos shot by Tomas in Shanghai, 2009 available as SRP posters through imagekind.

Houstonian Lite Photo Exhibit

admin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:27:30 +0000

After the National Geographic award was announced, the Houstonian Lite Health Club in Downtown Houston, contacted us and together we organized an exclusive photo exhibit of 4EyesPhoto images in December 2009. Altogether we selected about 40 images which were printed on giclee canvas at Houston Photo Imaging, which did a fantastic job. It was very exciting for us because it was the first time seeing large prints of our work instead of just on the computer screen or a small print. Thank you to everyone who came out, we met some new friends and had a great time visiting with everyone. In all it was a great success and look forward to doing many more exhibits. A special thank you to Vaughn Marxhausen and Kathryn Jacobs Heller of the Houstonian Lite who were in charge of organzing of the whole exhibit, they did a great job!

National Geographic Winner

admin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:26:06 +0000

A friend of mine had told me about the National Geographic Ultimate Photo Contest, after I checked out the site, I got excited and ended up entering 5 out of the 6 categories they had available. I had almost forgot about the contest when I received an email later letting me know that I had made the finalist in two of the categories. These are the two shots that made it, “Heart of a Lion” and “Once Upon a Time”:

It only seemed like a short time after that they announced my submission of “Heart of a Lion” in the Inspiration/Keep-going category as the Grand Prize Winner, and the rest is history. The other finalist “Once Upon a Time” won First Place in the People & Cultures cateogry. To win this contest and be published in the pages of National Geographic has truly been the honor of a lifetime and i am humbled by the whole experience.

Shortly after the awards were announced, Jim Richardson of Natioal Geographic flew down to spend a couple of days in Houston. We did some radio, newspaper, and even some tv interviews with ABC13 and FOX26, both local channels in Houston. It was a great opportunity for us to get to know Jim and have an insight into the concepts and thought process behind his own photos.

So, when May rolls around I’ll be goin to the Galapagos Islands with Tomas on a 10-day trip on the National Geographic Endeavor. Stay posted for more news as we prep to go in the coming months