When it comes to sleep patterns, I have two modes in my life. Assignment mode, when I get up long before the sun to catch the sweet light of the first rays of dawn, and everything else mode, when I prefer to let the day start at a decidedly more leisurely rate paced by a [...]
Driving the red dirt road to Kamakou preserve on Molokai, one could easily mistake the landscape for western Tanzania. Grassy plains surrounded by wind sculpted trees make my eye look for the giraffe that will never walk into my frame. Today we found ourselves bouncing down this road in spite of the rain that insists [...]
This morning it was not the usual cacophony of birds and subtle song of wind chimes that woke me, but rather the melodic drumming of rain on the tin roof above my head. Before I was fully conscious I knew our plans of a field trip to the mesmerizing ancient rainforest had washed away and [...]
As Heraclitus so wisely stated – nothing endures but change. For Photographers, the Image of a Shrinking Path by the New York Times succinctly documents the radical change that has gone on in the stock photography industry over the last few years. Rather than bemoaning this new reality, I happily embrace it — for another adage [...]
One of the biggest problems I run into as a freelancer is managing my cash flow. I might make $10,000 one month and zero the next depending on the timing of jobs. There is a great blog entry on Get Rich Slowly about this exact quandary. I highly recommend the read if you are a [...]
FISH IN THE FILTER The massive cumulonimbus clouds ripe with rain were well over a month away from rolling atop the blue hills of the Western Ghat mountain range in Tamil Nadu and enveloping the region in the mist of monsoon. My pet project for the dry season at the photographic college where I was [...]
Pigeons, known as the Molokai Rainbows, fly on the island of Molokai, Hawaii. The pigeons are colored with food dye and are released at special events on the islands of Molokai and Maui. For more information email Clay. Hear Rikki tell the true story of Bungalow Bill. Recorded on the front porch of the Hui [...]
Halawa valley, Molokai, Hawaii. Hear Rikki read “Seeing Simply.” © Richard A Cooke III. Used with permission. WHY IT CLICKS I’m walking down a dusty street in Madurai, India at midnight with close friends, Paul Liebhardt and Dan & Janine Patitucci. At this point in my life, I had been living in Tamil Nadu for [...]
Musicians performing ‘Kaulana Wailua’ during the annual photographic workshop at the Hui Hoolana on Molokai, Hawaii. Listen to the audio by clicking the play button below. ROCKS AND TREES It wasn’t long ago that I was standing in front of some of the most famous photographs of all time at the Boise, Idaho art museum. On [...]
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