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Tales from the road – Bovine Bells Ringing in the Alps
I’m confused. To be as accurate as possible, I looked up the definitions for various members of the bovine family and now I am really not sure what is what. Cattle, bulls, steer, oxen, yearlings and heifers – I can’t keep them all straight now. I am not sure what this guys situation is but [...]
Tales from the road – Switzerland Teaser
As I sit in the guesthouse here in Murren Switzerland with the Alps filling the view out of the window, I wanted to take a moment to share a picture from the road. For those that have not been to Switzerland, I have to say that the scenery is beyond description. Words cannot do it [...]
Carlsbad Lifeguard Stand
This lifeguard stand is perched on the Pacific Coast Highway on a small cliff just above a beach in Carlsbad, California. I had to stand in the middle of the highway to get the shot. Fortunately for me, there were not many cars out at 6:00am. I stay right across the street from the beach [...]
St. Patrick’s Cathedral Pipe Organ
I have decided that the resolution of my new camera and lens is insane! It can actually take in more detail than my eye can comprehend in the field. I can’t tell you how much fun it is to bring these photos home and explore them. It’s like unrolling a map full of hidden treasures. [...]
Hell’s Kitchen Brownstone
I shot this brownstone on 44th Street in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood at about 6:30am last Friday. There weren’t many people out at that time except at a Yellow Taxi depot about two blocks to the right toward the Hudson River. There must have been fifty of them parked all over the place [...]
A Quick Bite of Philadelphia
On my East Coast jaunt last week I spent Tuesday night and the following day in downtown Philadelphia. I arrived by air from Minneapolis late so I was not able to see much and I am not too keen on venturing out in a new city unless I have done my homework about potential locations [...]
The Splendor of St. Patrick’s Cathedral
While in New York City this week, I had a small window to shoot. My goal was to get inside Saint Patrick’s Cathedral to shoot a few HDR frames before heading home today. I was able to carve a little bit of time out late Thursday afternoon, so I made my way from the Intercontinental [...]
Adventures in Vacation Packing #3
This picture makes me happy. Here I am writing about the weight and size of this that and the other and I almost forgot to mention the most important thing to remember to take on vacation. A loyal travel companion. I don’t post a lot of personal pictures here but I mention Donna so much [...]
Adventures in Vacation Packing #2
Shoes are always a problem. They take up a ton of room and given the way we travel, one pair usually will not cut it. For some reason, I don’t like wearing shiny new running shoes on vacation. I feel like they say “tourist” almost as loudly as a Hawaiian print shirts and seer sucker [...]
Adventures in Vacation Packing #1
Call me crazy but I thought it would be fun to do a series on packing for overseas vacations. I am always amazed when I see huge bags being hauled around by tourists when I go on trips. I like to think of packing as a science. I even have Donna thinking this way and [...]
