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Guest Editorial: Europe is Taking Over NYC

Guest Editorial: Europe is Taking Over NYC

I’ve always been fascinated by how other cultures view the USA. In this post, a Catalan woman writes in with her opinion on how the US is catching on to some great European trends.
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Reflections on My Visit to Goa, India

Reflections on My Visit to Goa, India

After more than a month of nonstop travel around India Carrie and I came upon the beach town of Arambol, Goa, ready to relax.
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Hotel Rooms For $3 per Night – You Get What You Pay For!

Hotel Rooms For $3 per Night – You Get What You Pay For!

Early on while backpacking through India and SouthEast Asia, my wife Carrie and I realized that there really wasn’t that much of a difference between a $3 hotel room and a $13 hotel room.
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Quiero Ir a Cuba

Quiero Ir a Cuba

I miss the old days – you know, the ones decades before I was born – when Cuba was a hotspot for dancing, nightlife and living the good life.
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Top Tourist Attractions in Canada

Top Tourist Attractions in Canada

A guide to the best places to visit in the part of Canada closest to New York State. Highlights include Toronto and Niagara Falls.
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James Bond in Turkey – the Maiden’s Tower

James Bond in Turkey – the Maiden’s Tower

In the 1999 James Bond movie The World is Not Enough – yes, the same one that featured Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist – 007 spends some time chasing the bad guys through Turkey: a place that I have never been but would love to visit.
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Lighthouse Sunset on the Pacific Coast Highway – Montera, California

Lighthouse Sunset on the Pacific Coast Highway – Montera, California

Point Montera Lighthouse is a working lighthouse AND a hostel. Plus, it has pretty amazing sunsets!
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Indian Desert Sunset + Silhouetted Camel

Indian Desert Sunset + Silhouetted Camel

Imagine riding on a camel. Bouncing along the hot hard desert floor. With a raging case of Delhi Belly. But at least I got some great sunset photographs featuring sand dunes, camels and other iconic scenes.

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An Indian Tree: Photo of the Day

An Indian Tree: Photo of the Day

Nature and tree photography from my trek through the Peryiar National Forest in Kumili, India.
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5 Posts I’m Really Proud Of About San Francisco

5 Posts I’m Really Proud Of About San Francisco

The works I’ve selected for my top 5 consist of my absolute favorite photos and stories from my two years of living in San Francisco, California.
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Seven Years of this Site’s Evolution: Told Through Screenshots

Seven Years of this Site’s Evolution: Told Through Screenshots

Screenshots and long-lost details of the 4 different versions of this site over the years plus all the various lessons I learned along the way.
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Incredible Lightning Storm Photography Over New York City Bridges

Incredible Lightning Storm Photography Over New York City Bridges

Incredible photographs of lightning bolts crashing over the Queensboro Bridge and a Con Edison power plant in New York City. Plus, stories of the experience and how I got the shots.
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Photographing A Wild Leopard Two Feet From My Face

Photographing A Wild Leopard Two Feet From My Face

While on a nature safari in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, I came face to camera lens with several leopards.This particular one seemed to have no fear as he walked right up next to our jeep, sniffed around and went about his business.
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Electric Wires in the Sky & Trolleybuses in San Francisco

Electric Wires in the Sky & Trolleybuses in San Francisco

When I first moved to San Francisco in 2009, I was very bothered by the “ugly wires” that ran above the streets. Teeming with a strong electric current, these wires power a fleet of zero emission MUNI trolleybuses. Now, I consider them a part of the City’s charm.
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Rolling Green Hills & Hidden Humanity

Rolling Green Hills & Hidden Humanity

While driving through Petaluma on my way back from The Sea Ranch, I stumbled across this green and tranquil scene in the mountains.
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Visiting Egypt at 13: An Ode to my Parents

Visiting Egypt at 13: An Ode to my Parents

I was 13 and in the middle of a boyhood obsession with everything mummies, pyramids and Egypt. If it happened to the pharaohs, it was pretty much the coolest thing ever. So you can imagine how psyched I was when my parents planned a summer vacation there.
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What to Do in Hawaii With Senior Citizens?

What to Do in Hawaii With Senior Citizens?

I spent my honeymoon-ish in Maui, Hawaii, with my wife’s 90 year old grandparents! Along the way we did some stuff, didn’t do other things and fought 6 foot waves to try and board a sunset cruise from the beach. Photography and storytelling tell the tales of this unique adventure.
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My Hawaiian Honeymoon With 90 Year Olds

My Hawaiian Honeymoon With 90 Year Olds

My wife and I lovingly joked that taking her 89 year old grandmother Mary and her 91 year old husband Ron on our first trip after our wedding was like our honeymoon-ish.
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Abstract Bright White Light

Abstract Bright White Light

What does one say about an almost abstract photograph of a light with really neat curves and lines. Um, that’s about it, actually.
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A Warped Tunnel For a Bicyclist

A Warped Tunnel For a Bicyclist

While driving home from my wedding in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern California, my wife and I stopped for a few minutes on a tree-lined road to take some photos of our lush and tranquil surroundings.
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* Photography by Theme

Hotel Rooms For $3 per Night – You Get What You Pay For!

Hotel Rooms For $3 per Night – You Get What You Pay For!

Early on while backpacking through India and SouthEast Asia, my wife Carrie and I realized that there really wasn’t that much of a difference between a $3 hotel room and a $13 hotel room.
read more >>

Lighthouse Sunset on the Pacific Coast Highway – Montera, California

Lighthouse Sunset on the Pacific Coast Highway – Montera, California

Point Montera Lighthouse is a working lighthouse AND a hostel. Plus, it has pretty amazing sunsets!
read more >>

Indian Desert Sunset + Silhouetted Camel

Indian Desert Sunset + Silhouetted Camel

Imagine riding on a camel. Bouncing along the hot hard desert floor. With a raging case of Delhi Belly. But at least I got some great sunset photographs featuring sand dunes, camels and other iconic scenes.

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Photos With Stories

Guest Editorial: Europe is Taking Over NYC

Guest Editorial: Europe is Taking Over NYC

I’ve always been fascinated by how other cultures view the USA. In this post, a Catalan woman writes in with her opinion on how the US is catching on to some great European trends.
read more >>

Top Tourist Attractions in Canada

Top Tourist Attractions in Canada

A guide to the best places to visit in the part of Canada closest to New York State. Highlights include Toronto and Niagara Falls.
read more >>

James Bond in Turkey – the Maiden’s Tower

James Bond in Turkey – the Maiden’s Tower

In the 1999 James Bond movie The World is Not Enough – yes, the same one that featured Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist – 007 spends some time chasing the bad guys through Turkey: a place that I have never been but would love to visit.
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Route 66

Driving America by McDonalds, Subway, Best Buy, Costco & More

Driving America by McDonalds, Subway, Best Buy, Costco & More

I drove across America via Route 66 to see classic diners, motels, and kitschy stores. However, along the way it was impossible to ignore the never-ending views of McDonalds, Subways, Best Buys and other chain stores.
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Neon, Fuel, Pavement and Americana on Route 66: A Photographic Series

Neon, Fuel, Pavement and Americana on Route 66: A Photographic Series

For 13 days, I drove across Route 66 from East to West armed with my camera and laptop to record the whole adventure. Neon, Fuel, Pavement and Americana on Route 66, chronicles the people, places, gas stations, kitschy roadside attractions and feeling of having stepped into a time machine that made it the most memorable road trip of my life.
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Giant Blue Whales in Oklahoma on Route 66

Giant Blue Whales in Oklahoma on Route 66

Referred to as Blue by those who maintain him, Catoosa’s most famous whale is a must-see on Route 66 in Oklahoma. Situated on the shore of a pond, the wooden structure has a water slide and a pair of ladders so visitors can climb up and view the vista from the whale’s head or tail.
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