GETTING THERE...

COTW IS A BUSY BUSY BEE!

what do they say...remodeling is stressssssssssssssful???????? it's going on 3 full weeks since the workers started and I'VE HAD IT! can feel my patience is thinning almost by the hour. curtains came today, electrical is getting done, but the glass brick and flagstone shower is taking for-ev-ver and the painting still isn't 100% done. i came back from the encounter mara shoot exhausted and wiped out and wanted some salama mingi (much sleep and peace) but the guys are there 6 days a week. and i've got a deadline for encounter mara peeps for a  travel show in joburg and the power keeps going off, and oh yeah, Citizen Of The World still had to file my USA income tax return at the last minute last night....sooooooooo...overall, i'm kind of amped up and wired trying to pull together all these design and decor loose ends together and finish the stills for the mara brochure and the vid and and and! aghhhhhhhhhhh! but it's all coming together and will be mostly done by friday!! so fingers crossed! salama is on the horizon!

let's get to the pics....these are my iphone pics, but if you wanna see the beauty stills we shot down there on my canon 5D, see the previous blog entry called encounter mara stills. they were posted for the client to preview quickly. some neat stuff but not really an official blog entry...just expediting some work flow.

here are this week's pics. The Stable pics as finished housing will come next time. these pics are in very random order. enjoy and thanks for following my blog!

incredible mara sky coming back from primitive masai village. the air temp was perfect.

julius and lorella posing by the hero tent. nothing says safari like hurricane lanterns! add more!

Team Slingshot

"out in africa" 

video village in the bush! aka...base camp!

the new angle is to show how close the game is to the game vehicle. 

more beauty shots of the camp. 3 beds.

safarilink on the way home in the rain and lightning. hmmm.

nairobi sky.

love these colorful planes.

my UK mate measuring an outdoor teak table we want to knock off!

dorman's coffee at karen crossroads is moving into the is space. i will be there often.

i love these old "Landies". only in NBO. so many old cars here.

yes, i want one.

the newer version...very clean. seriously done up...but not a bush color! prado rules!

i stayed with ben and helen for weeks. their daughter eden warmed up to me. she melted me.

the stable...a work in progress. what was once all white now has no white whatsover.

pretty nice open floor plan. it actually was initially a chicken run. a large chicken coop.

edit bay will be a vertical work station on the right side wall.

goodbye white kitchen. new counters coming.

guest room mayhem.

demo-ed the old bath tub. big mess. but new shower looks poa sana! very cool!

COTW in cooler days.

master bedroom is kubwa sana!  very large!

these tiny old mama's carry this huge loads of grass on their backs. yikes.

one view from the master bedroom.

lorella braving it up for her first flight ever.

COTW in training.

lots of ellies this trip!

being surrounded by 50 ellies is a rush!

male impala.

afternoon tea, but this yank drinks coffee. 

our driver this day is daniel. he ended up being our model for a sunrise shot.

daniel and lo and sticks.

daniel watches playback while lorella shoots the BTS stills.

my DP friend nick rivera taught me to always point when someone takes your picture. it looks more official.

lorella takes a break from set dressing.

Masai Morin.

these guys walked with us in case of lion. never had that in hollywood.

my camera lived on my manfrotto tripod spread across the middle seats i had removed.

my tent. and nap place.

ddm and masai guys at their village.

all for now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!