Views of Japan
Hokusai, the famous Japanese woodblock print artist of the Edo period, created many views of Japan that included Mt Fuji, but the one shown here was probably not in his…
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June 2, 2015
Monterey Cypress Row on Point Reyes
On my way to teach a weekend Seascapes and Wildflowers workshop at the western tip of Point Reyes, California I stopped to photograph the well-known row of Monterey Cypress trees…
May 18, 2015
Review: Domke Next Generation Chronicle Camera Bag
If you are like me---and most other professional photographers that I know---you will have acquired over time an extensive collection of camera bags. Some bags fit some gear, but not other gear. Some are…
March 26, 2015
Castelo Marvao
Late on a frigid November afternoon I checked into the Pousada Santa Maria---a converted convent---in the eagle-nest town of Marvao, Portugal. I was the only guest at the hotel. I…
January 8, 2015
Terraces in Portugal
In the Upper Douro Valley of Portugal the grapes are grown that become the famous port wine that has made Oporto, Portugal's second city on the banks of the Douro River where…
December 10, 2014
The end of the Berkeley Pier
The Berkeley Municipal Pier stretches almost a half a mile out into San Francisco Bay. Along the way out to the end there are views of San Francisco, the Golden…
October 11, 2014
Ghosts in the Enchanted Garden
On May Day, a national holiday in France, the fountains were going full force in the Parc de Sceaux. Of course, on a holiday weekend, the park was full of…
October 3, 2014
Valentre Bridge
In an earlier story illustrated with iPhone captures, I wrote: The city of Cahors in the southwest of France is a slightly gritty provincial capital—but back in the middle ages it was…
September 1, 2014
When two rivers woo
I've been playing with poetry, puns and stories in my mind about two rivers coming together, hence "when two rivers woo" and "a tale of two rivers," and so on.…
August 31, 2014
Morning on the Lot River
Meandering by slow roads, I crossed and recrossed the Lot River in the southwest of France. Parking by the river, a trail led me back along cliffs for about a…
August 27, 2014
Riders on the Storm meets Christina’s World
In the surprising uplands of Dordogne and Lot in the southwest of France high alkaline plateaus are bisected by deep river valleys. You'll find medieval towns and castles, with markers…
August 6, 2014
Sainte Croixe de Beaumont
Way off the beaten track in the southwest of France, I stopped to photograph the ancient church at Sainte Croixe de Beaumont. This complex belonged to the Knights Templar, and…
August 1, 2014
Overlooking the Dordogne River
I got to talking about photography with the couple who ran the B&B where I was staying in the ancient monastery town of Cadouin, France, and they suggested I check…
May 18, 2014
Double Rainbow over Paris
In the afternoon the rain started to come down hard, with a lush, almost tropical sound as it fell hard on the rooftops of Paris. I went upstairs because I…
April 26, 2014
Sunday in the Park with George
Sunday in the Park with George. "George" in this case was my Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 lens. The park is Square Jean XXIII, just behind Notre Dame in Paris, on a…
April 1, 2014
Sunrise in the rice fields
Waking up just before dawn in the small Japanese village of Chikatsuyu (see bottom image), I threw my clothes on and hurried out with my camera. There were pockets of…
February 3, 2014
Distant Japanese Landscape
About half a mile before reaching Hyakken-gura, I paused in the steady rain. Peering out from beneath my umbrella, I could see through the pine trees to a distant landscape…
December 6, 2013
Playing with my boys on Point Reyes
On the Friday of the Thanksgiving weekend I drove out with my boys---Julian, Nicky and Mathew---to Point Reyes. Nicky's friend Tamen came along too. It was a balmy, almost summer-like…
December 2, 2013