Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Daily Photo – Zimbabwe Community When we were over in Zimbabwe for my last photography workshop there, we visited a community near the lodge we were staying at during one of their gatherings. There were a whole bunch of kids there taking part in the various dances and events. Everyone was so friendly and welcoming. […]
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Carnivale is Back
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Daily Photo – Carnivale is Back I saw on the news that Carnivale is back in Venice following a couple of years gap due to Covid. I loved my time there in 2016, so many amazing costumes and events. Hopefully everyone stays safe and has fun. 🙂 Carnivale is Back Photo Information Date Taken2016-02-01 15:13:14 […]
My Most Viewed Images of 2021
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
My Most Viewed Images of 2021 and an overall review of the year can be found in the latest newsletter over here. If you haven’t signed up for the newsletter, then you can do so here. Here’s a little teaser of one image that was close to the top of the list but didn’t quite […]
Airport in Zimbabwe
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Daily Photo – Airport in Zimbabwe Yep, this is just how people hang out at the airport. It’s really fun to see these anachronisms that abound all around Africa. And the best part is, everyone is super nice. People in Africa (at least in my experience) are some of the kindest and most lovely and […]
Tane in the Pool
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Daily Photo – Tane in the Pool While we were in Langkawi, each of us had our own pool for our rooms. How cool is that? We would always have arguments… like he said, why don’t you come to my pool. And I was like no way man. I’m not getting in your filthy pool. […]
Venice Carnivale in front of the Vaporettos
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Daily Photo – Venice Carnivale in front of the Vaporettos People wearing all their Carnivale garb look especially storybook in the night. Before I went to this huge event, I thought that people may not enjoy having their photo taken. Boy, what I wrong. They just stand around posing all day long for the joy […]
Boy in Papua New Guinea
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Daily Photo – Boy in Papua New Guinea I imagine for these special ceremonies that the kids really like getting all dressed up like the adults for the festival. It’s considered a fun right of passage for kids to do this every year. What kids don’t like getting all dressed and gussied up? Well, I […]
Sunglasses for the Headhunter
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Daily Photo – Sunglasses for the Headhunter Well, I don’t know if this guy is an actual headhunter or not, but let’s just pretend he is. I was afraid to ask… But you gotta admit, the addition of the sunglasses makes him seem extra badass! Sunglasses for the Headhunter Photo Information Date Taken2015-09-13 09:43:19 CameraILCE-7R […]
Monni at the Pond
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Daily Photo – Monni at the Pond While we were out on the farm, every day we’d hike to a different spot to grab photos. I thought this mountaintop tarn (is it a tarn?) looked pretty incredible and I asked Monni to go stand over there to give it some scale. I don’t often add […]
Machine Elf 78 – You Are Here | Words by Mooji (and the First Day of the Santiago with Kevin Kelly)
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Here’s the first Machine Elf creation where I layer in a beautiful meditation from Mooji, one of my favorites at the art of a good mind-freeing session. Mooji is always quite relaxing and can help you stay zen when life gets a little too much. This is one of the more organic creations that is […]
Angry Mom
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Daily Photo – Angry Mom Even though elephants are my favorite African animals (btw did you know a group of elephants is called an “intelligence”?), lions come a close second. I thought, for whatever reason, that watching animals would get kind of boring after ten minutes or so (like at the zoo) – I was […]
The Swordsmith
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Daily Photo – The Swordsmith This was like a little Japanese Anime show made real! I ended up at this cool blacksmith’s place in Osaka where this guy was making Japanese knives and swords in the traditional manner. I almost bought one, but I wasn’t sure how I could take a sword home on the […]
Child with Baby
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Daily Photo – Child with Baby I saw quite a bit of this while in Africa and it was always endearing. You would see all kinds of people with babies strapped on their bodies and it was quite adorable. Even better, they love having their photo taken. They must find it unusual that people enjoy […]
Ladies in Papua New Guinea
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Daily Photo – Ladies in Papua New Guinea So this was a rather tense situation… This tribe in PNG has all the women who are the badasses and they outfit them with all the kind of stuff you see here. Not long after I took this, the national military group showed up and started shooting […]
Another Tribe in PNG
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Daily Photo – Another Tribe in PNG Man I could take photos of these tribes all day! The amount of time and effort that goes into them is truly stunning. Plus, they are all such characters and love having their photo taken. I think I used the 50mm Leica 1.4 for almost all these shots! […]
Ticket Delivery
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Daily Photo – Ticket Delivery I was shooting this really cool palace in Venice when, out of the blue, this gal came crawling up the stairs to give me some tickets for a show later that night. This is just the sort of thing that happens in Venice. Ticket Delivery Photo Information Date Taken2015-05-03 19:35:53 […]
Outside the Sauna
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Passport Sunday How To! For Passport Members today you’ll see the How To of today’s photo. It was a fun one to edit from my 50th birthday partay! Sauna Suit In today’s video, you’ll see how I combined three images and then removed the ghosting. In a final step, I do some things to make […]
Dance Party in Zimbabwe
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Daily Photo – Dance Party in Zimbabwe During our amazing gathering in Zimbabwe, this guy came up to me and gave me the most loving smile. There is an amazing energy there in the middle of all the villagers coming together to dance and celebrate. Of my few trips to Africa, this was one of […]
Rainy Evening in Tokyo
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
Daily Photo – Rainy Evening in Tokyo I took this in a relatively “seedy” area of Tokyo near Kabuchiko. It’s not really as dangerous as it used to be. Many years ago, it was pretty rough while I was there with a bunch of Nigerians who were under the control of the Yakuza, so things […]
Passport Sunday Model Shoot!
Written by Stu Davidson @ Stuck in Customs
I did a shoot for the lookbook for Monni and her new Monni.co line of clothes. I don’t know much about fashion photography, and I was probably the worst decision for this job. But, hey, I was a free resource! Anyway, I recorded some fun behind-the-scenes stuff and am sharing them for Passport Sunday Members! […]