March 5th, 2010
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March 2nd, 2010
Anyone who knows me, knows of my love for Africa. I got married there and have traveled back and forth now to nine different African countries in the last 4 years. I was so excited to get a call to do an assignment in Kenya! The assignment: Photograph the on-ground efforts of the Global Peace Festival and the Global Peace Service Alliance in Kenya. The non-profits have a very inspirational purpose, to help inspire people to believe that they can make a difference in Kenya future and to help spread the message that we are all one family under God. I will be getting into this a lot more in a future blog post on the project, but for now, I show you some nature pictures I shot along the way.
I added on to my trip a week in Uganda to visit friends and spend some time Gorilla Trekking. I have always dreamed of seeing Gorillas in the wild. The Mountain Gorilla is very endangered having only around 720 left in the world, half of that population is in Bwindi National Park in Uganda. It took around 2 and a half hours of uphill, no path, mountain hiking to find the family. Gotta love hearing the following from guides before a hike “watch out for the Black Mambas and the hissing Cobras” as I had a quick Kill Bill flash back. Luckly no snakes, just lots of non-human primates. The family we found had 2 silverbacks amongst it’s 18 members. The babies played feet from us, beating their chests and playing on some vines. After 25 minutes of running around and playing they all decided they wanted different food and ran, and we ran after then. It was an amazing experience. Below are a few of my favorite images from my very short amount of time I spent with them.
I also did a Chimp hike while in Uganda. The Chimpanzees where crazy active during the hike and despite numerous efforts they where not able to pee or poop on any of us (our guide was not so lucky).
I also want to give a huge thanks to my wonderful friends Andy and Megan for inviting me to stay in their beautiful Ugandan house for my last few days in Africa. You guys are awesome and I had a great time hanging out over Mad Men and Chinese food. It was just what I needed after 10 days of photojournalism in Kenya, then a week trekking in Uganda. Thank you so much!!!
So I am going to leave you guys with a few of my favorite images from my crazy adventures. I hope you like!
The DNA for Gorillas are almost 99% identical to humans, check out the finger prints.
Tags: Gorilla Trekking, Kenya, Kristi Odom, Kristi Odom Photography, Mountain Gorillas, Uganda
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February 8th, 2010
As some of you know, I am off in a few hours to Kenya and Uganda. For the first 10 days I will be working with an exciting non-profit capturing their projects. Then I am off to Uganda to visit some old friends and do some touring (including Gorilla trekking)! Seeing the Gorillas in the wild has always been a dream of mine, and I am so happy that I am going to get the chance.
Here are a few images of my last trip to Kenya and Tanzania from 2006. Soon there will be lots of new images to share!
Kristi
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February 6th, 2010
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January 20th, 2010
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December 28th, 2009
I always try hard to do something special for my family for Christmas. I like to put some thought into their gifts, something that actually means something, and something that they can have forever. This year, I was so happy to find the talented (and beautiful) Quinn (aka the doodle bug)to help me with my Christmas gifts. Not only did I give the perfect gift to my family, but I got to support an amazingly talented local artist.
I got her to doodle some of my favorite images, then I got myphotopipe to make some beautiful plaque mounts. In the last 2 years both me and my sister were married, so my parents got 2 beautiful plaques one from each wedding, my sister got the one of herself, my husband got two of us for our anniversary and I was also able to make New Years cards (which are almost ready to mail out)!
I am so happy with these amazing doodles and I really wish I could have shown Quinn the happiness that my family had when opening the gifts. My mom immediately started talking about where the perfect spot would be in the house to display them so everyone could see. It was great! So thank you Quinn!
Oh and if you are getting married she does Save the Dates, as well as after wedding Thank You cards. The sky is really the limit with Quinn. So make sure you check out her site, http://quinnep.com/theblog/! Oh and did I mention that Quinn also designed this blog. She has also modeled for me, make sure to have a look at the pictures below. A women of many talents!
I forgot to mention my favorite part about these presents. I absolutely LOVE them, and smile every time I see them on my wall! So not only did I give a great present, but I got one for myself that I will cherish forever!
From my wedding in Africa
Some pictures of the plaques made by myphotopipe.com
The talented Quinn!
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December 7th, 2009
Kristi Odom Photography had it’s best year ever, even with moving to the DC area (don’t worry the Atlanta office is still there and thriving). I want to thank all of my wonderful 2009 clients for trusting me to capture such a big day! It was an honor to photograph so many amazing weddings. Now it is my turn to give back…
This year I am going to try something new, Cans for Comments . I will donating one can of food to Food for Others for every comment I get on this blog post from now until Christmas day.
So thank you all for trusting Kristi Odom Photography to capture one of the most important days of your life! Have a wonderful first holiday season and a wonderful first New Years together as husband and wife. Here is a look back at the amazing couples from 2009, oh and there is one more to go!
Becky & Anthony
Collier & Bo
Melissa and Trey
Brittany & Graham
Sydney & Ben
Erin & Scott
Leslie & Bill
Amy & Andrew
Anne & Jeff
Shaundra & Ben
Tiffany & Steven
Jenny & Lawrence
Gretchen & Jacob
Jacqueline & John
Katherine & Charlie
Bridget & Jason
Tonya & Jahmal
Erin & Chris
Amber & Chris
Jean & Matt
Gabby & Ben
Gail & Andrew
In this industry it is very important to have friends and mentors. I am very happy to have both in the talented Michelle Lindsay of Michelle Lindsay photography. She suggested Cans for Comments and is doing the same thing on her site, so after commenting here, make sure to head over to her blog, http://michellelindsayphotography.com/blog/ and comment on her Cans for Comments post. Here are three weddings that I shot this year as Michelle’s second shooter! Thanks again Michelle for being a friend and an inspiration!
Joe and Caroline
See Michelle’s blog post here http://michellelindsayphotography.com/blog/?p=1005
Adam and Rachel
See Michelle’s blog post here http://michellelindsayphotography.com/blog/?p=1229
Scott & Katie
See Michelle’s blog post here http://michellelindsayphotography.com/blog/?p=1305
Thanks again to everyone for an amazing year of love, happiness, parties, cake, and lots and lots of pictures! Make sure you comment for cans!!!
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December 1st, 2009
Gabby & Ben
November 21, 2009
Culpeper Virginia
The Inn at Redwood
Foti’s Restaurant
What a wedding! I loved every minute of Gabby and Ben’s beautiful wedding in Culpeper Virginia. The wedding took place in the middle of a rose garden in front of a fountain with a long row of redwoods in the background. It was unbelievable! Gabby said at the beginning that her motto for the day was “no stress” and truly there was no stress! She is just so laid back and go with the flow, the wedding was really about the guests and the celebrating the strong relationship between Gabby and Ben. Here is an example: Right before the reception Gabby was told that there may not be her music playing (so no first dance music or anything). Gabby responded, well we can just dance to what ever music the restaurant has as background music. No worries! I loved that! They did fix the music, but I was really impressed with Gabby and Ben.
I remember telling Sharon (my awesome second for the night, thank you again for everything) that it was one of the first weddings I have shot where every single guest was laid back. No drama whatsoever from Gabby and Ben’s friends! It was a crazy smart group and I remember on many occasions overhearing conversations on calculus, the world’s energy policies, random phrases in French and Portuguese, oh and Mark Twain. I think my favorite was the best man’s toast. It went something like “I want start by quoting the late Douglas Adams by saying “Don’t Panic”. He may of even mentioned the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. My type of group!
So thank you Ben and Gabby, for having us be part of your day, and thank you Sharon for all the amazing pictures!
Paper airplane exit!!! I love it!
Tags: culpeper Virginia, Culpeper weddings, Foti's Restaurant, Foti's Restaurant Weddings, Kristi Odom, the Inn at Redwood, the Inn at Redwood Weddings, Virginia Wedding Photographer
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