Invited by photographers Scott Kelby and Mimo Meidany, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to be among a small group shooting in Venice, despite the 12-hour time difference and the fact that I spent as much time getting there and back as being there.
Read MoreI flew to Aspen, Colorado hoping to catch some great autumnal colors over the last weekend in September. I was not disappointed.
Read MoreWe joined a group of nine other travelers and two guides on a five-day trip on e-bikes through the towns, vineyards, and farmlands of the Alsace region of France, starting out in Strasbourg (near the border with Germany).
Read MoreDriving into Copenhagen from the airport, we saw instantly why this is the most bicycle-friendly capital in the world. The investment in infrastructure has payed off handsomely, since they created the first bike lane in 1892! Today, year-round, 50% of all trips to work and school in Copenhagen are taken by bike.
Read MoreWhen I joined seven other photographers for a four-day experience in New Mexico led by Muench Workshop expert instructors Wayne Suggs and Pam Dorner, it was January and the temperature was in the teens.
Read MoreOff to another photo workshop, I figured Santorini would be spectacular. It exceeded my expectations in every way.
Read MoreRecently, I was summoned to Italy by Scott Kelby and Mimo Meidany – both well-known shooters and excellent instructors – to attend their 10-person travel photography workshop. Toscana was, in a word, bellissima.
Read MoreWe spent eight glorious days in Japan with Ari and Hannah exploring Tokyo, Hakone, and Kyoto by foot, e-bike, bus, subway, taxi, and bullet train.
Read MoreGrey skies created some opportunities for dramatic light and color in my photos during a week-long visit to Paris in October 2022. The place was extremely crowded due, in part, to the strength of the U.S. dollar and pent-up demand for travel post-Covid. I did my best to avoid the tourists and tried not to shoot them.
Read MoreWe started our adventure in Lausanne, staying in the tower of a lakeside castle at Château d'Ouchy with spectacular views of Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) and the Alps.
Read MoreIt was the movie "In Bruges," made in 2008 with Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes, that prompted us to say, “Let’s go there some day.”
Read MoreFive of my black+white fine art architectural travel photographs were selected by jurors for a show called “Architects as Artists” at Honolulu’s Downtown Art Center.
Read MoreLaissez les bons temps rouler!
Assignment: Capture the carnivalesque essence of the city – its places and faces – in a few short days.
Camera of choice: Mirrorless Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III with a 12-100mm zoom lens.
I arrived at the Festival Capital of the World in time to catch the Annual Gay Easter Parade, stayed through the French Quarter Fest, and left before even bigger crowds descended for the Jazz Festival.
Read MoreOn a pre-Covid-19 trip with my wife to Turkey, our departing flight to Cappadocia through Istanbul (the world’s largest airport) was delayed for over an hour. So… despite running breathlessly through IST from one terminal to the next, we missed our connection. The good news: we got rebooked a few hours later on a flight departing at 1:15 in the morning.
Read MoreOn this trip sponsored by “The Nation” magazine, my wife and I traveled by bus over eight days to four states we had never visited before, didn’t sleep much, learned a ton, ate mostly fried food, got to know 27 traveling companions, and met with individuals at each stop who told us very personal stories about their experiences with racism. What we saw was unforgettable and unforgivable.
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