Cinque Terre: a top destination in Europe
OK!. So I have not posted in a while. I should have because I have been traveling a bit and got a few photos worth sharing. Recently I had the opportunity to sneak off to Cinque Terre in Italy for a couple of days. This…
The Natural Bridge at Santa Cruz
We are on the West Coast (near Monterey) visiting our kids who live out West. I snuck off one afternoon and went up to Santa Cruz to photograph this beach scene. This is an amazing coastline to photograph. I would love to come back here…
Keller Bluff in Knoxville
One of the biggest challenges is to photograph your own backyard! Unless of course you live in a city like Paris. I live in Knoxville, Tennessee and while there are some interesting places nearby in the Smokies, the town itself is actually quite difficult to…
Camps Bay, South Africa
I have had two back to back trips to Africa this year. The first was to Mozambique and the second to Kenya and Ethiopia. While down in Southern Africa, I took a quick trip to Cape Town over the weekend. I figured this was better…
Culturally relevant church
I was recently in Kenya and went to Nairobi Chapel on Sunday. This church took the decision not to invest lots of money on buildings. Instead, they erected these fancy tents that worked really well. Obviously you need to have a mild climate to be…
Kyoto in Cherry season
Earlier this year I was in Japan on a work trip. We managed to take a day to run down to Kyoto and it was peak cherry season. I have learned that it is actually quite difficult to do justice to cherry blossoms….
Cape Town – the best city in the world?
OK so I have been silent for a while. No excuse, just busy. But it hasn’t been a lack of travel. I have been to Japan and China recently and am on my way home from Mozambique and South Africa. In 2 weeks I head…
Ongoing fun with the Sony A7R and 24 – 70mm Zeiss Lens
Today I went out again to shoot with the new Sony A7R camera. So far I am loving it for the type of photography I do. I have been able to configure the camera the way I like to work. The lens feels substantial and…
Sony A7R testing
I just received my new Sony A7R. From the first days the camera came out last year I knew I was going to migrate to it from my Nikon kit (although I will still keep most of my Nikon lenses and one body). But I…
Creative Apres-Ski Location
The skiing out West in the US is excellent, but one thing that the slopes of Switzerland have that is unique is the number of interesting locations to have a drink at the end of the day. From venues like the “Rancher Bar”, an old…