The Superabundance of the Smokies
It is amazing how often, as a photographer, you ignore your backyard. I live 90 minutes from the heart of the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee and yet I go so seldom. Most of my photographs are from exotic (to me at least) parts of the…
A short photographic expedition in Lisbon, Portugal
I recently had the pleasure of spending a couple of days in Lisbon, Portugal with my wife and daughter. We were in between a family reunion in Tuscany and some time in London. We couldn’t go directly to London due to some logistical reasons related…
Strada per Monticciello
Strada per Monticciello: This one of the most photographed roads in Tuscany. The village of Monticciello is near Pienza in southern Tuscany. I deliberately chose to photograph this scene into the sun to get a different view of it than the normal tourist shot. Unfortunately…
First experiences in Lisbon, Portugal
I was last in Portugal over 30 years ago. Embarrassing because it gives away my advanced years. But we arrived today from Pisa. There will be posts on our experiences in Tuscany, but I felt I would slip this photo from my iPhone in quickly….
Lake at Queenstown
This was one of my first shots in New Zealand earlier this year. I had arrived the evening before, sneaking in before the curfew at the airport was imposed. After a wonderful dinner at the hotel (as part of the Trey Retcliffe New Zealand photo…
Waking up is hard to do! Despair in Kathmandu, Nepal
We were in a place just outside Kathmandu which had been hit particularly hard by the earthquake. Sitting on the edge of this “porch”, my colleague pointed out this view of the men and the dog sleeping. It was appropriate to the mood of this…
Street photography in Central Asia
Guilty again. I’ve been traveling again but I haven’t posted updates here. Since my New Zealand trip I have been to Hong Kong, Bishkek, Kathmandu, Yangon and Bangkok. I have even been taking photos at home. The parts of Central Asia I was in, didn’t…
The Trey Ratcliff New Zealand Photo Adventure
I have just returned from a fantastic week in Queensland, New Zealand where I participated in the Trey Ratcliff New Zealand Photo Adventure. This was way more that a typical photo workshop. The hotel we stayed at (the Rees Hotel) which was fabulous. We were…
Lima, Peru coastline – Costa Verde?
If you see the last post, it was of Zapallar, a charming little village on the coast of Chile. Green, lush and really interesting. Well the coastline of Lima, Peru is just plain desert, beautiful in its own way. But the interesting thing is that…
Zapallar, Chile.
It was interesting going from Lima, Peru where it is basically a desert to Santiago (and then to Zapallar). Same coast but completely different feel. Zapallar is a small little holiday village just north of Valparaiso. It reminded me so much of two other coastlines….