My Several Worlds

Here’s something a little different.  The same subject shot from a slightly different angle against two completely different backdrops.  The first photo is shot against the pale sky and I used the dark forest as a dark backdrop for the second photo.  Two completely different effects and a completely different look for each.  My personal [...]

Danshui’s Fisherman’s Wharf is usually teeming with people. In fact, it’s very rare to find a place to be alone if you’re not in the comfort of your own home. I’m sure you can imagine my surprise at seeing an entire area of space completely void of humans on a busy Sunday afternoon. I just [...]

Verdant green valleys and mountains were the first thing I noticed on our first morning in Xieng Khuang Province.  The numerous bomb craters dotting the land were a close second. Traveling through this northern province of Laos, it was easy to see how it was utterly devastated by the Vietnam War. Between 1964 and 1973, almost every [...]

 
Creative juices are flowing this month.  I’m snapping photos like crazy and have spent the last two weekends wandering through textile markets and bead stores.  I’m revisiting my old design days in anticipation of having some truly knock-out jewelery for the wedding. I’m tackling my own veil as well, which should prove to have some [...]

Surprise surprise.  We’re stuck indoors this weekend because another typhoon has hit Taiwan.  Typhoon Jangmi came knocking around 9pm last night.  Yet another weekend down the drain, and we really don’t have all that many left before we head home.  I was hoping to get out this weekend to find some material for my veil [...]

This photo was taken just before sunset in Halong Bay, Vietnam.  We had just dropped anchor for the evening to spend our first night on a traditional junk boat.  Obviously, I’ve had a bit of photo-processing fun with this image.  I’ve inverted some of the colors to make it look more like a painting.  What [...]

A lazy day of football in Taipei, Taiwan turns into a moment of pure magic when a rainbow appears out of nowhere and baths the players under its pale colors of light.

Dreams really are made of this…

One of my favorite photos from Japan is of these colorful little temple dolls. We found them at the last station in a temple 6.3km from the top of Mt. Fuji.  Although the weather refused to cooperate with us that day, we still had a great time exploring the area despite the fact that the [...]