Multi-color Yarn on a Loom Metal Print

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I was on an Ecuador Tour with REI when we visited Artelar Farinango, a textile studio, in the Prefectura de Imbabura. These folks do lovely weaving and demonstrated on their various looms. This loom has multi-colored yarn.

I love to tell stories. About twenty years ago I had my first freelance travel article accepted by a magazine. Much to my surprise, the magazine expected photos along with words. I had not taken any during the preliminary work for my article. I drove back to the site and took the photos for the article with my little Olympus digital camera. The article was published with those very amateur photos. In time, I bought an Olympus OMD-EM5, a great camera for nature and travel photographers and discovered that I enjoyed telling stories with pictures more than I did with words. The last twenty year have been an incredibly exciting time as resources for photographers have exploded. I have been lucky enough to have some great teachers along the way...