Banakas | Photography

  Tha Phae Gate I was hanging out in front of the Starbucks at the Tha Phae Gate in Chiang Mai Thailand, when this young girl showed up and just sat on the sidewalk. I’m not sure where she came from or what she was doing, but she just stood out to me for some   Read More …

Categories: Blog, People, Thailand

Face Changing Face-changing or “bian lian” in Chinese, is an important sub-genre of Chinese Sichuan opera. Performers wear brightly colored costumes and move to a quick, dramatic music. They also wear vividly colored masks, typically depicting well known characters from the opera, which they change from one face to another almost instantaneously with the swipe   Read More …

Categories: People

This shot was taken using a NIKON D5000 at ISO 3200, f/4, for 1/250sec This is a very young Middle School Volleyball team from Knoxville Christian School, and for most on the team, this was their first year playing. One of the lessons that we try to teach our kids with any sport, is communication.   Read More …

Categories: People

This shot was taken using a NIKON D5000 at ISO 3200, f/4.2, for 1/160sec Not in Our House While the girls of the Knoxville Christian School Volleyball team have the determination and desire to play like champs, the score of the game would tell a different story. Over the past few months I have been   Read More …

Categories: People

This shot was taken using a NIKON D5000 at ISO 200, f/8, for 1/400sec The Rower A shot of a rower, rowing on the Potomac River in front of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington DC. Framed Preview All my work is available for purchase, but you may be curious   Read More …

Categories: Other Places, People

This shot was taken using a NIKON D5000 at ISO 1600, f/11, for 1/3200sec The inscription reads “Yeneneh Betru”. This is a name. This is his story. Dr. Yeneneh Betru was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and in 1982 immigrated to the United States with the dream of becoming a physician based on a promise   Read More …

Categories: People

This shot was taken using a NIKON D5000 at ISO 100, f/1.8, for 1/4000sec Kick Flip 20+ years ago, during my high school years, I was big into skateboarding, as was my best friend. Time has moved on for me, but my friend, is still at it. This time though he skates with his son.   Read More …

Categories: People

This shot was taken using a NIKON D5000 at ISO 6400, f/5.6, for 1/100sec During a recent trip to Dollywood, I ended up taking in one of the shows, called The Gazillion Bubble show. During this show, the artist uses bubbles to create different effects. With this particular image, she had just finished creating a   Read More …

Categories: People

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