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Photographers

Babak A. Tafreshi was born in 1978 in Tehran, Iran. He is a science journalist and educator, an active amateur astronomer, nature and night photographer and editor at astronomy Magazine of Iran (www.nojum.net).
     Babak has also contributed astrophotography featuring Iran's landmarks and night sky to the US magazines, Sky and Telescope, Astronomy and Mercury. Well-versed in the many cultures, geography and archaeology of this complex country, he has led visitors to major tourist destinations but is best known for his trips off the beaten path, From wandering in magnificent forest of Northern Iran to Dry deserts of central areas of the country, from Modern cities of Europe and US to most remote areas of Africa.
     His wife, Shadi, joins him on many of his frequent trips from their Tehran home to the wild and historic places of Iran. Joining Oshin D. Zakarian they have started photography in self guide experience in 1992.
     His deep passion to night sky and spectacular moments such as solar eclipses, guide him to the heavens.

Photo by: david Makepeace

Babak Amin Tafreshi
babaktafreshi@gmail.com

Oshin D. Zakarian was born in 1977 in Tehran, Iran. His career in photography in general and astrophotography in particular began in 1992. His main interest in photography is to capture Nature and History of the country at night along with astronomical events. He thinks that a strong emotional connection with nature helps a photographer to produce much more deep impact in a photograph. He captures different monuments of different cultures all under the same starry sky.

    He loves first light and the last light in nature and waits for the best moment to capture a specific image. He uses two Olympus bodies along a wide selection of lenses from 24mm to 300mm.
    His favorite films are Fuji Superia negatives (100, 400, 800, 1600), Fujichrome Velvia 50 slide and Kodak E100VS .From 1993 he began his contribution to Iranian Astronomy magazine ( NOJUM ). His photos have appeared in America's well known astronomy magazines, Sky&Telescope, Astronomy and Mercury.
     His deep interest in astronomy combined with his love of nature, led him to a world of discovery and adventure; from photographing a lunar eclipse at Pasargad ( the remnants of the first empire of Achemenian empire in Persia back to 2500 years ago ) to shooting star trails in remote hard to access locations in mountains or deserts.
     He loves shooting lonely trees along with star trails. In his imagination, the tree branches are just like the hand of a human, stretched to reach the stars. The root of the tree is connecting the Heaven with earth. When he photographs a historical monument at night along with stars, he can feel the time passage, the time that has passed since that monument was built.
     Photographing the old building at night with starry sky gives a special kind of serene, out of
this world look to earth's cultural heritages. Oshin's photos are published regularly in Iran's different publications and calendars. Most of the time, when the weather is nice for photography, hardly anyone can find him in city.

Oshin D. Zakarian
oshinvelvia@yahoo.com 

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