This week I’ve been spending the most amazing time at a family reunion in Barbados. 

It turns out that I am the great grandson of a sea captain who had a few families in Barbados ( he is reputed to have sired more than 40 children!) and my trip over here has been like none I’ve ever done before.

At a time when I’m getting ready to promote St. Lucia’s tourism by creating a website to showcase "The Best of St. Lucia" I’ve been inspired by the discovery that my great grand father, Captain John Douglas, was also extremely philanthropic and would share out foodstuff to his entire community, both black and white, whenever he returned from a sea voyage…and this at a time when racial prejudice was a greater issue than it is today.

This discovery motivates me even more in my newest venture to use the internet skills I’ve acquired to benefit more people than just myself.

As always your comments are welcome…
 

At St. Lucia’s recent carnival I chanced upon this Beautiful Babe and had a field day with my camera.  Not only was she stunningly beautiful, but she also had a wonderful personality, which was quite simply…the icing on the cake…

OK, so I’ve been missing in action for quite some time now, as I was super busy with so many ideas swimming around in my head, that I needed some time away.

Well I have crystallized some of those thoughts into an action plan that will see me promoting St. Lucia’s tourism in a very focused way online…

Do a google search for "St. Lucia" & I come up #1…even above The St. Lucia Tourist Board…And truth is I now have the skills to come up # 1 for lots of search terms and I will be using these skills to benefit St. Lucia’s Tourism, then next I’m gonna create a training program to share with photographers, the secrets of my techniques…techniques that are netting me bigger paying photo assignments than I ever received before, even in these harsh economic times!!!

Click this link to learn more about my recent seminar in which I showed exactly how I did it…

Kirk Elliott Takes Internet Marketing In St. Lucia To The Next Level

Hot on the heels of this seminar I’ll be on ‘Talk’, St. Lucia’s # 1 TV Talk Show, this Thursday August 5th expounding on the topic some more and I hope that you will tune in to see me and that you will offer your feedback… 

Here’s a picture of the Pitons when the surrounding hills were a lot greener than they are now.  Ah, how we look forward to a return to those days…

Hobie Cats

Over the weekend I hoped to have gotten some kite surfing pictures from a big kite surfing extravaganza that was planned for St. Lucia’s southern end.

Problem though was lack of wind.

So today I thought I’d just feature a different kind of beach scene…

Cruise Ship In Port Castries

This shot harks back to a time when there was more rain and the hillside was a real lush green…

Stunningly Vibrant

I’m always blown away by the vibrance of Tropical flowers, and this lobster’s claw which I shot during a recent wedding is a striking example…

Over yesterday & today I have been experimenting with creating short videos for posting to Video Syndication websites as part of a new marketing thrust.

So I thought I’d share the first video I created with this plan in mind and I’d love you to post a comment to tell me what you think…

Retreats of the Super Rich

This villa under construction in Mustique certainly gives a feel for what the difference is in some people’s world. 

To appreciate the size of this structure check out the pick-up on the left with an arrow pointing towards it!…