Lifting the heavy things…
Moving from place to place can be both a luxury or a curse, but even the most nomadic needs somewhere to rest every now and then. Since my sister…
The invaluable wisdom…
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” “The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.” “When another blames…
On the day to see a sunset…
What is wrong with the universe? On the same day, a truly massive asteroid passed us by only a couple of ten thousand miles (an extremely small increment in the grand scheme…
When photos fail…
So… my photo of the day for today failed. It was unsatisfactory. And unfortunate. And I don’t want to risk “copying” today’s intended-but-failed image for later when I can more…
Cold places don’t last…
Except in the ridiculous latitudes north and south or around the equator, the changes of the seasons mark the passing of years. It becomes more apparent when another summer has…
In between places…
Through you window That’s one way to see the world Step outside and look back into Look and listen And you decide what to believe Shine your light while you…
Pyramids, traffic, and a misunderstood world…
If you’re just now joining me, I’m in Egypt this week. “Egypt!?!? You’re crazy! It’s so unsafe there!” It couldn’t be further from the truth. I’ve been all over the…
“I don’t really have studios…”
It is the natural tendency of a photojournalist to forget to explore his own world. He delves into the realm of the “others” so much that he forgets to pull…
To a year behind…
The year 2013 will be the first since 1987 to have no duplicate digits. Just saying… But 2012 was a pretty good year, double digits and all. It really was.…
Live well…
“God gave us the gift of life… …it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.” ~Voltaire One of the ways I prefer to live: “I`ve learned…
Do you have a couple thousand hours to spare?
A while back, my dad read a book called “This is Your Brain on Music”. In the book, the authors cites a whole bunch of studies concerning “mastery” and becoming…
For those of you just now joining…
There are a number of you who have been following my progress as the “Fledgling Photographer” for a few months now. Uber has been simply amazing as an outlet for…