24-105mm – Son of the Morning Light

Temple of the Water God

March 13, 2023March 12, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

I believe that water is the closest thing to a god we have here on Earth.”

^{_{— Alex Z Moores Living in Water}}

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/3h3a9978.jpg — The Randenigala Reservoir, surrounded by the jungles of the Rantembe Reserve. December 2018. If water is the one true god of our planet, then the reservoirs we’ve built over millennia must be its greatest temples.

^{• 24mm • f/8 • 1/1600 • ISO800 • 5DMkIII & EF24-105/4L •}

When will It be My Turn? #3

March 9, 2023March 8, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/529a0385.jpg — *The Workshop Players rehearse* Akuna at the Lionel Wendt. February 2022.

^{• 53mm • f/4 • 1/50 • ISO12800 • EOS R & RF24-105mm f/4L courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Enslaved in Slave Island #13

February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

One an NSACP* outreach volunteer, the other a single father; both lifelong friends, and recovering addicts. Wekanda Housing Scheme, Stewart Street, Slave Island. *Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund*, *in January 2022.*

^{• 70mm • f/4 • 1/400 • ISO800 • 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

^{*The National STD/AIDS Control Programme is a Sri Lankan Health Ministry initiative to coordinate the country’s response to sexually transmitted diseases.}

COVID wasn’t the Only Disease #3

February 2, 2023February 1, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/1u9a3332e2.jpg — *Buddhika Lakmal*, *a National STD/AIDS Control Programme* (NSACP) outreach worker, poses in full PPE outside his Slave Island clinic, in January 2022. NSACP mobile teams continued to operate throughout the pandemic, and Buddhika is about to head out to nearby Stewart Street to take blood samples, and hand out HIV self-tests, needles, condoms, and educational literature to heroin addicts. *Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund*.

^{• 105mm • f/4 • 1/500 • ISO125 • 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Behind the Beach #4

January 27, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/1u9a3505.jpg — Blood samples collected at clinics in the area await testing at the Mahamodara Hospital, Galle. *Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund, in January 2022.*

^{• 90mm • f/4 • 1/80 • ISO3200 • 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Behind the Beach #3

January 26, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/1u9a4122.jpg — A National STD/AIDS Control Programme (NSACP) outreach worker conducts a mobile clinic for beach boys in the Sri Lankan tourist town of Hikkaduwa, registering sex workers, conducting blood tests, and handing out condoms and educational literature. *Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund*, in January 2022.

^{• 47mm • f/4 • 1/4000 • ISO800 • 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Behind the Beach #2

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/1u9a3370.jpg — Dr Dharshani Wijewickrama, head of the STD Clinic, Mahamodara Hospital, Galle. *Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund, in January 2022.*

^{• 24mm • f/4 • 1/80 • ISO800 • 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Lab Rats

January 23, 2023January 24, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/1u9a4269.jpg — Laboratory testing at the National STD/AIDS Control Programme (NSACP), De Saram Place, Maradana. *Shot on assignment for Panos Pictures and The Global Fund, in January 2022.*

^{• 105mm • f/4 • 1/50 • ISO1600 • 5DMkIV & EF 24-105/f4L courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Someone’s at the Door #2

December 29, 2022December 28, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/4m8a8232b-1.jpg — The Aluth Maligawa Entrance, Temple of the Tooth, Kandy. *Sri Lanka, October 2018.* *Shermaine Willis and Anuradha Perera, for Ashraff Associates and The Radh, Kandy.*

^{• 24mm • f/8 • 1/2000 • ISO800 • 5DMkIV & EF24-105/4L •}

Hunter and Prey

December 27, 2022December 26, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_1356.jpg — *Johann Latiff catches a rehearsing dancer in some dramatic light at the IDW Dance Championship, at the Royal MAS Arena, in Colombo, in February 2020.*

^{• 24mm • f/4 • 1/250 • ISO10000 • 6DMkII & EF 24-105/f4L, courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Amazed as we are today by the effortless low-light capability of modern mirrorless cameras, this is a good demonstration of how the last of the DSLRs stood up to the challenge. This shot was taken at ISO 10,000 and, in fact, the entire shoot was conducted without ever dropping below ISO 8,000.