Branching Out: Del Padre joins forces with alternative travel gurus at GoNomad

Throughout the months of October and November, The GoNomad Cafe in South Deerfield will display Mark's full-color photographs of Tanzania on its gallery walls. All of the photos were taken during the Inspire Me Africa filming.

From quiet portraits of Tanzanian orphans to dynamic captures of zebras, lions, and other wildlife, the exhibit features images taken over a three-week period, during which time Archer shot still photos and video-footage for Inspire Me Africa, a project spearheaded by the Space Science Institute (SSI) in Boulder, Colo.



Together, the team began the three-week journey by climbing Africa's highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro. After descent, the group toured several local orphanages, Masai villages, visited Ngoro Ngoro crater, Oldapi Gorge - widely regarded as 'the birthplace of man' - and went on a week-long safari across the Serengeti.

The GoNomad photo exhibit marks the latest showing of international photographs taken by local photographers and travelers. These exhibits underscore the mission of the cafe's sister company, GoNomad.com, also based in South Deerfield, which publishes alternative travel articles and information for all types of travelers.



About GoNomad.com & GoNomad Cafe

GoNomad.com, owned and operated by Max Hartshorne, is a comprehensive resource center designed to provide independent and alternative travelers with all the information and inspiration they need to plan their travels in the U.S. and abroad. GoNomad is well known among tourism boards, travel writers, and anyone who is well-versed in travel and wants to get the skinny on the unexplored, the unseen and the unwritten about.
The GoNomad Cafe is a breakfast, lunch, coffee, and Internet cafe located on Sugarloaf St., South Deerfield Mass., across from the town common and moments from the Yankee Candle flagship store, Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory, Historic Deerfield, and other attractions. The cafe is open Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 413.665.5005.

RED Demo Now in Progress... catch a sneak peek

This week, we're working on a compilation of RED ONE footage shot over the past few months in several locales stateside and abroad; from Cape Cod to Las Vegas to Africa, and back home to the hills of western Massachusetts.

What you'll see here is very much a work in progress, as much of Mark Archer's footage from Mount Kilimanjaro has not yet been included. Stay tuned for the final version this fall.



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No Turning Back Now, Archer.

Mark's flight information for his trip to Africa to film Mt. Kilmanjaro with the RED ONE camera just came in. There it is, in black and white. Time to go big!

Shooting Mt. Kilimanjaro on the RED Digital Cinema Camera

Mark needs to ski, run, hike, walk, and weight train - not to mention practice doing all of the above while shooting with a 25 pound RED Digital Cinema Camera - for his trip to Mt. Kilimanjaro in June, to shoot footage for Del Padre's ongoing work with the National Science Foundation's STEPS project. As the date of departure approaches, we thought we'd share some of the more entertaining moments from this training journey (which, incidentally, included Mark's last cigarette on Thanksgiving morning).

Here's snippet #1, featuring Mark and Del Padre's communications manager (and Mark's wife) Jaclyn. She's just happy to be here.

More to follow.