Concerning landscape photographs…
They concern me. Greatly. For most black & white conversions, I do simple things. Silver Efex is really great for fine-tuning black and white for large prints, but it’s kind…
The trouble with the sky…
The trouble with the sky comes from the fact that no matter how big I build or craft my world to suit only my honorable needs, there is always one…
It is solved by walking…
“Solvitur ambulando.” ~St. Jerome This quote was on Steve McCurry’s blog a few weeks ago. It embodies my experience in most cities. Especially when traveling alone, I walk. I walk…
Because, Venice…
Is it possible to sum up a place? These are the photos from one day in Venice: 8:27am – 8:52pm. . . . Venice. As the tours pour in, people…
Cold, wet, snowy streets of Vienna…
Kinda self-explanatory post today. Just some wanderings around Vienna. It snowed a good portion of the night and morning leaving the world quite wet and slushy. I had to pack for…
Continuation of travel…
My first experience with “unsupported” travel – that is, without anyone making my reservations or travel bookings – was back in February of 2008 while I was studying abroad. I…
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…
Pyramid on the distant horizon…
“The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson It is only natural to…
For days in the bright north…
Egypt is easy to misunderstand. Even the geography is inverted. The Nile runs south to north, so down is up and up is down. The events of these photographs will…
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…
Awake in the dusk of living…
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls…
On the road to the air…
I’m on the road again. Racking up more mileage. No new countries this time, but a return to one I haven’t been to since 2008. I don’t say this enough,…