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New Delhi: Morning At Chandni Chowk

This morning I had the unique opportunity to spend some time photographing in New Delhi with my good friend and former Jim Cline Photo Tour participant, US Ambassador to India, Nancy Powell. Nancy chose Chandni Chowk for this morning’s shoot. Chandni Chowk is one of Delhi’s busiest and oldest marketplaces. Located within the walled city […]

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Myanmar Photo Tour Sept 2013: Post #5 Mandalay to Bagan

From Mandalay we traveled to Bagan, a 30 square-mile plain, part-covered in palm trees and tamarind with the mighty Irrawaddy river slicing through it; framed by distant mountains. Rising from the plain are more than 2000 temples that were built by the kings of Bagan between 1057  and 1287. In addition to the opportunity to […]

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Myanmar Photo Tour Sept 2013: Post #4 Mandalay & Around

Mandalay was established by the highly admired King named Mindon, for his new capital and the focal point for Buddhist teachings, in 1857AD to fulfill an ancient Buddhist prophecy. There were only two kings ruled over on this last Burmese Capital, King Mindon (1852 to 1878) and King Thibaw (1879 to 1885). When the British […]

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Myanmar Photo Tour 2013: Post #3 Mostly Monks

Buddhism in Burma (Myanmar) is predominantly of the Theravada tradition, practiced by 89% of the country’s population. It is the most religious Buddhist country in terms of the proportion of monks in the population and proportion of income spent on religion. Adherents are most likely found among the dominant ethnic Bamar (or Burmans), Shan, Rakhine […]

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Myanmar Photo Tour 2013: Post #2 Mandalay

Sorry for the delay, I’m still struggling with the internet connections here in Myanmar. Now, back in Yangon, the internet connection is fast enough for me to post some images. The following images are from Mandalay. Mandalay is the modern center of Buddhism and Myanmar arts, but was once the old royal city. Mandalay, 670 […]

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Philippines Photo Tour 2013: Wrapping Things Up

It’s been over two weeks since I left the Philippines and I still have some nagging, unanswered questions…. can someone please explain to me how it is that just about everywhere, San Miguels are served at the exact temperature at which ice forms in the neck of the bottle after you take the first sip? […]

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Thoughts On Being An Innovator

Do you remember your first girlfriend/boyfriend, your first car, motorcycle or camera?  I’m guessing you do.  Now try to remember your second, third or fourth?  Hmmm….not so easy, eh? Now, think about all the brands that have become synonymous with their function: Scotch tape, Kleenex, Xerox.  It’s no accident they were also the first. When […]

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Vietnam Photo Tour: Hoi An To Hanoi

Reaching the mid point of the Vietnam photo tour, we continued our journey, leaving Hoi An to fly north to explore Vietnam’s bustling capitol, Hanoi and then further afield to beautiful, Halong Bay. Hanoi is the current capital of Vietnam and the country’s second largest city. Hanoi was the most important political center of Vietnam […]

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Vietnam Photo Tour: Hoi An In Sepia Tone

Well what the hell, it’s April Fools’ Day, what better time to post something out of the ordinary. Having read some recent blog posts about the need to experiment and push the bounds of one’s typical style, I was inspired to post some images that are a departure from my “normal” type of photography. So […]

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From The Cutting Room Floor

Sorting through and editing images while traveling, in order to create blog posts, is a fast, furious and often “messy” process, given the fact that there’s such limited time to work with. From my days working as a stringer for newspapers in Southern California, I’ve learned to be somewhat “brutal” in my selection of photos […]

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Republic of Guinea: Education Development Center, 2004

The Republic of Guinea lies on the West coast of Africa between Guinea Bissau to the north and Sierra Leone to […]

2017 India: Three Festivals Photo Tour in Black & White

While in Ahmedabad, we visited an old section of town, where conditions and backdrops for street photography are at their […]

World Malaria Day, April 25, 2016

Today, April 25th is World Malaria Day, but in reality, for half the world, every day is malaria day. Statistics show us […]

Reserve Your Spot on the 2016 Angkor Photo Workshop

The Sixth Annual Angkor Photo Workshop is coming this July and as of today, March 14th, there are still spots […]

Ghana: Seven Years Ago

In 2008 I traveled to Ghana to do an NGO shoot for Freedom From Hunger. A few days ago, while […]

Papua New Guinea Photo Tour #4

With more than 1,000 different tribes, Papua New Guinea is, to put it mildly, a people photographer’s paradise.  As if […]