Faithful Travel with Rick Steves
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Faith Based Production, Travel
My friend Rick Steves is on the cover of the February Christian Century. Check out his interview and then check out the video I did with him a while back titled: Faithful Travel. The video links Rick’s travel philosophy with his faith.
Tags: ELCA, Rick Steves, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video
Heading to Haiti
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Carribean, Pro Bono, Travel
A Haitian boy plays a home-made guitar. This photo was taken several years ago while in Haiti on a shoot.
ELCA Disaster Response, ACT Alliance and the Lutheran World Federation are sending me to Haiti to record images and reflections following the January 2010 earthquake. I will travel via convoy through the Dominican Republic to Port Au Prince.
Your prayers for those affected and for myself as I travel are greatly appreciated! After you pray, support Haiti relief.
Tags: Faith, Haiti, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
Chicago Winter
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
In winter, Chicago’s lakefront beauty is apparent. These shots were recorded on the lakefront trail near North Avenue Beach.
Tags: Chicago, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
Iraqi Voices Amplification Project
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Causes, Education, Faith Based Production, Middle East, News, Peace and Justice, Travel
I am excited to announce that on October 1st, I leave with a group of artists for a three week trip through Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Even better, I want you to come with us!
As part of the Iraqi Voices Amplification Project, Intersections International has brought together a delegation of creative artists, for a trip to meet with Iraqi refugees and various humanitarian agencies. We’ve created the Iraqi Voices Amplification Project Blog (www.intersectionsinternational.org/iraqivoices) to share our daily experiences with you. We will post video clips, audio interview files, photographs and reflections. You will also find complete biographies about the other artists as well as the history of the project to date. Please subscribe, check in daily and share your own reflections with us.
The Iraqi Voices Amplification project will lift up the stories of Iraqi refugees who have been forced to leave their homes and country as a result of the current “Global War on Terror.” The Iraqi refugee crisis is one of the most underreported humanitarian crises in recent history.
An estimated 5 million Iraqis have been displaced from their homes, many living as illegal migrants abroad, unable to work or access health care and other social services.
Intersections International reached out to us and we have all formed a group of story-tellers, dancers, musicians, journalists, playwrights and photographers to gain a more complete understanding of this crisis and then help tell the story. Once we return to New York we’ll craft a multi-media presentation about our experience. We hope you’ll join us for the journey. Sign up for the Intersections newsletter to get updates as we travel and about this project.
You can do even more with us on the trip. To help offset the cost of our travel, room and board you can donate to Intersections International. For donations of $50 or more, we’ll send you a postcard from our trip. For donations of $100 or more, we’ll also give you a shout-out on the blog as a project “Amplifier!” To support the work of Intersections International and the Iraqi Voices Amplification Project go to:
https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5515/t/4928/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=772
P.S. Remember,to join us on the web as we travel through Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. We will be posting audio and video updates along with daily summaries to our blog.
Tags: Intersections International, Iraq, Justice, Middle East, Refugee, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video
The Isle of Arran in HD 720 24p
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Education, Europe, Interesting Places, Nature, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
video management, video solution, video streaming This is an image essay recorded on the Isle of Arran, Western Scotland, July 8-9, 2009. Locations include the ferry crossing from Ardrossan, Blackwaterfoot, King’s Cave and Lochranza. The Isle of Arran is known as “Scotland in miniature.”
Tags: Arran, Europe, Isle, Kings Cave, Lochranza, Scotland, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video
West Texas Sunrise
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Nature, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
This sunrise was recorded just for fun, outside Buffalo Gap, Texas on June 5, 2009.
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Tags: Buffalo Gap, morning, sunrise, Texas, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video
Lilacia Park, Lombard, Illinois
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Culture, Education, Interesting Places, Travel
Lilacia Park is the jewel of Lombard, Illinois. Every May this beautiful 8.5 acre park comes to life as its signature Lilacs bloom.
Tags: Lilacia, Lilacs, Lombard, Nature, park, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video
30 Good Minutes Spiritual Jouney, Rick Steves
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Chicago Sunday Evening Club, Client Production, Education, Faith Based Production, Interesting Places, News, Peace and Justice, Travel
Click on the above picture to view a story I produced about my friend, travel writer and PBS Travel host Rick Steves.
The story was produced for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club’s 30 Good Minutes program. 30 Good Minutes is an award-winning weekly broadcast on WTTW Channel 11 (PBS Chicago) and in syndication in other U.S. cities.
It features many of America’s great religious thinkers, selected from a broad range of denominations and faith traditions. The program explores topics of faith through short meditations (sermons), documentaries, interviews and commentaries.
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Tags: Chicago Sunday Evening Club, Faith, Rick Steves, Spiritual Journey, Travel
Sadarghat Boat Terminal, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Asia, Interesting Places, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
The Buriganga River runs through Dhaka, Bangladesh. Friends and I visited the Sadarghat Boat Terminal. Bangladesh is a nation of rivers. Much of the country is under water. During the monsoon, nearly all of it is under water. Bangladesh has a lot of boats. Thousands of crafts congregate at the Sadarghat Boat Terminal.
Big ships, little ships and tiny dugout canoes ferrying goods and people across a river as wide as the Mississippi. The entrance to the terminal is a simple opening in the fence. Commuters stream through a gate and down a muddy slope to the water?s edge. Men sitting at an old wooden table collect a fee of 10 Taka (5 cents US).
A marching band dressed in full uniforms with green caps and gold epaulets appeared. They carried their instruments as if ready to strike up a tune. I asked them to play, and for a few Taka play they did! Not good, but they sure could make noise. The scene at the waters edge is a bit like a cabstand. Hundreds of hand-paddled gondola similar to those you might see in Venice crams onto the beach.
We climbed aboard and sat on straw mats thrown on the deck as the oarsmen shoved off. His one oar provides the power. It was like bumper cars. The big ships don’t pay much attention to the little ones. Our canoe constantly crashed into other canoes, or dodged the larger ships, which were trying to squeeze in.
It is amazing to see how much stuff they can cram onto their boats. Some vessels were so full of cargo, water nearly came up over the gunwales. Why they don’t sink is a mystery. Larger boats with diesel motors can carry passenger or cargo. After several near collisions we returned to shore.
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Tags: Bangladesh, Boat, Dhaka, Sadarghat, taxi, terminal, Travel
Visit with Christians of the Holy Land
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Middle East, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
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 footage for a program I am producing for the ELCA’s Peace Not Walls project. We will be staying inside the Old City at the Lutheran Guest House near the Holy Sepulchre in the Christian quarter.
The goal of the journey is to support Christians in the Holy Land, worship with them and visit a few of their ministries. Many Americans assume that all Palestinians are Muslim. In fact, Palestinian Christians trace their history back to the day of Pentecost (Acts 2). Look to this site for updates as our journey unfolds, February 1-5, 2008.
Tags: Holy Land, Jerusalem, Middle East, Travel