Category: Travel
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Effigy Mounds National Monument
Effigy Mounds National Monument is located in North East Iowa along the banks of the Mississippi River. In the centuries before Columbus arrived from Europe, a mysterious native culture built thousands of dirt mounds across the Upper Midwestern Untied States. Often, these mounds took the shape of animals; birds, bears, etc. Effigy Mounds National Monument…
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Streetlights Music Video
In February 2007 I visited Ziway, Ethiopia with Food for the Hungry. We were shooting footage for a music video with the Christian band “Willet“. Here are the results.www.frakesproductions.com Tim Frakes Productions is a full service video production company specializing in single camera, documentary productions for corporate and non-profit clients. www.frakesproductions.com
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Internally Displaced Persons in Kenya
Last month I was in Nairobi, Kenya. My friend George Arende took us to an IDP (Internally Displaced Person) camp outside the Madera Slum. Following the national elections in December, ethnic/tribal violence erupted across Kenya. Typically, it is the poor who suffer the most. The people in this video were forced to flee their slum…
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Roman Ruins, Perge Turkey
Perge, Turkey is a world class archeological site. An important Roman shipping port during its heyday, it was abandoned centuries ago. Now, the only visitors come on tour busses from Side. It must have been a large city. The ruins include a stadium, a theater, public baths that still hold water and a colossal arched…
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Chennai India after the Tsunami
A month after the December 26, 2004 Tsunami that rocked countries bordering the Indian Ocean, I visited Chennai, India. Chennai, formerly known as Madras, is a city in Tamil Nadu. Chennai was hit by the wave, and was just beginning to recover when we arrived. Judging from this footage, it is hard to tell that…
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A Walk from the Mount of Olives to the Old City
Today, some friends and I took a walk from Augusta Victoria Hospital on the Mount of Olives, down through the Kidron Valley and into the Old City of Jerusalem. These are some of the images in no particular order. The music is Ludwig Van Beethoven.www.frakesproductions.com Tim Frakes Productions is a full service video production company…
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Visit with Christians of the Holy Land
My former boss, the Rev. Eric Shafer has asked me to join him and a group of clergy from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on a visit to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. This is my sixth trip to Israel/Palestine. I’ll be documenting the journey and recording some new…
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Bremerton Ferry Seattle, Washington
The Bremerton Ferry takes cars and passengers from Seattle to Kitsap County, Washington. I recorded this footage on the ferry and in Scenic Beach State Park the day after a wind storm swept through the Pacific Northwest, December, 2006. The storm downed trees and power lines. The organ music is composed by J.S. Bach and…
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Tribute to a Passport
My friend and colleague, Stephen Padre wrote this article for his blog “The Middle Buldge.” Stephen is a freelance journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He said it was fine if I posted it here. Any American who travels a lot, will enjoy this. Tribute to a PassportBy Stephen PadreI’m sorry, but I had to replace…
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YouTubeing East Africa
Internet video is changing the world. As developing nations leapfrog old communication technology in favor of new, digital Internet based forms of telling the story, a window of opportunity opens. In the fall of 2006 I was in Kitgum, Northern Uganda shooting footage for a documentary about forgiveness in the aftermath of war. During our…