Mirror Selfie
I took advantage of the mirrors in my dressing room in the hotel in Trieste to create a "recursive" image along the lines of the Droste effect (immediately below). This…
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November 25, 2022
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The Second Creepiest Hotel Room on My Visit to Italy
Well, the "first creepiest" room was definitely the one in Orvieto that had a large reproduction of a painting of Death playing chess with his dying victim hung right over…
November 24, 2022
Sailing Yacht A
Sailing Yacht A ("Sy A") is a super yacht belonging to a Russian oligarch that was seized by Italian authorities in Trieste harbor in March, 2022. Sy A remains anchored…
November 23, 2022
Florence Rainbow
A few days ago, my friend Julian and I walked up to the Michelangelo Piazza for a view above Florence. We were welcomed with a display of sun, clouds, rain---and…
November 22, 2022
Duomo in the Clearing Fog
The day dawned with a white-out fog blanketing the Umbrian hill town of Orvieto. I wandered through the maze of ancient, deserted streets and alleys with my camera on the…
November 18, 2022
Dahlia X-Ray
This image is a pretty straightforward x-ray of a rather small Dahlia blossom. Julian and I made the exposure last week at his radiology practice near Heidelberg. In post-production, I…
November 6, 2022
The Curve at the End of the Country Lane
I photographed Country Lane (shown below) adjacent to a castle that is fairly close by. The overall lighting, mood, and feeling of the image reminds me of Road Less Traveled (shown…
November 4, 2022
Himbachel Viaduct
Today I photographed a marvelous train viaduct, built in the 1800s using the same engineering principles that the Romans used. The Himbachel Viaduct is still in use by trains today.…
November 2, 2022
Just Call Me Angel
Baden-Baden is a prosperous spa town at the edge of the Black Forest and near Germany's border with France. A famous place to try to recuperate from tuberculosis in the…
October 31, 2022
The Three Castles
A short trail through the woods leads to the ruins of the Three Castles---more like three towers, really---that are perched on a ridge above Eguisheim, Alsace, France. The structures date…
October 28, 2022
Arriving in Strasbourg
I got some decent sleep on the long-haul flight over to Paris, and at the airport caught the train to Strasbourg. Strasbourg is the capital of Alsace, a region of…
October 25, 2022
Dreaming of Venice
I'm beyond excited about heading back to Europe in a few days for an extensive photography trip that will include one of my favorite cities, Venice. May the photographic stars,…
October 20, 2022
2023 | Off-the-Beaten Track Japan Photography Journey with Harold Davis
What: Step into the fabled Japan of myth and legend. Journey back in time to a Japan that few westerners are familiar with. Join a small group of compatible photographers led…
October 19, 2022
(Digital) Darkroom Prowess
The two very different images shown in this story have something in common: digital darkroom prowess. In other words, both images make extensive use of post-production tools and techniques to…
October 12, 2022
Taos Pueblo
Taos Pueblo is a World Heritage Site, and believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited structure in North America. The core of the present adobe complex was probably initially built…
October 9, 2022
Victor, Colorado
Victor is a gold mining town in Colorado. Partially depopulated, located at an altitude of almost 10,000 feet on the southwest shoulder of Pikes Peak, it is part of a…
October 5, 2022
Maine and Colorado
Here are two images from my recent trip to Maine and Colorado. The first image is of a stairway in Fort Knox, Maine. That's right: there is a Fort Knox…
September 28, 2022
Steam Train
I was photographing some derelict factory buildings in La Jara, Colorado, when a natty gentleman came out of the mostly disused train station beside the overgrown train tracks. He was…
September 21, 2022