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July 3, 2014
Neuenheim
I am told that Neuenheim was originally a small and somewhat impoverished fishing village across the Neckar River from Heidelberg, Germany. Today it has been incorporated into Heidelberg, connected with…
June 29, 2014
Giverny Waterlogue Watercolor
I shot this image at Monet's Garden, Giverny, about an hour outside of Paris. I used my iPhone camera app. I used my bracket to place the iPhone on my…
June 21, 2014
Models
I shot this in the studio with my iPhone camera while I was experimenting with multiple exposures on the DSLR, some of which are shown in Solace for the Wild Rest…
June 5, 2014
Shadow of the Glass
For me, one of the nice things about traveling with my iPhone is that I have a camera always with me---and a post-production digital darkroom always with me too. So…
May 15, 2014
Room in Bourges
The old city of Bourges, France is known for its cathedral. This structure, a World Heritage Site, is probably the largest Gothic cathedral ever built. I think five Notre Dames…
May 13, 2014
Impregnable
Today the city of Cahors in the southwest of France is a slightly gritty provincial capital---but back in the middle ages it was fabulously wealthy. Protected on three sides by…
May 7, 2014
What’s new is old again in Paris
Paris is a city with a tremendous and varied historical legacy from many eras. But after you are here for a while you realize that it is also constantly changing.…
May 4, 2014
Giverny via iPhone
I shot this image of Monet's water gardens at Giverny with my iPhone camera, and processed it into three versions on the spot. Instant gratification is sweet! But I'm also…
April 30, 2014
Spirals at the Hotel D’Orsay
If you know me, you know that I am nuts about photographing spiral staircases. The Hotel D'Orsay in Paris has two, one with an elevator running up the middle, and…
April 29, 2014
Spoonerismo
Who says you can't play with your food? Or at least your fork and spoon... A well-polished breakfast service at the hotel makes for iPhone fun when playing with my…
April 27, 2014
Metamorphosis
The assignment I gave out on the second day of the Achieving Your Potential as a Digital Photographer workshop was to make a photo of something so that it looks…
March 17, 2014
Working with my mobile “fun” camera
Saturday was a gray and moist day in Berkeley, California. I took the kids out to a playground up higher in the coastal range, and all of a sudden we…
January 13, 2014
Kate Rose is doing fine!
From time to time I get asked for a follow up on the story of Katie Rose from people---both strangers and those I know---who remember how she was born. Katie…
January 4, 2014
Tokyo Stairs
Before heading to Kyoto on the bullet train, I spent a little time in the morning wandering around Tokyo. These stairs were to a pedestrian walkway over Chuo-dori in the…
November 27, 2013
Noriko tries to poison me
Well, not really. In actual fact, Noriko took me to a wonderful, varied and seasonal dinner at a restaurant with no external signage in the Gion district of Kyoto. The…
November 4, 2013
Fly Day
What day is it today? For many of us it is "Fly Day"---no matter what the calendar says. And while flying, what better way to while away the time than…
September 25, 2013