It’s OK to Draw on the Walls at 5 Pointz in New York City

With wall-to-wall graffiti art, 5 Pointz attracts the world’s best spray paint artists to its hallowed halls in Long Island City, New York. Take a photographic tour of the site, complete with info on the past, present, and future of the site.
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I Love My Wife, Carrie, With All My Heart… Want to Know Why?

I’m in love with my wife, Carrie, and I want to shout it from every corner of the world! This Valentine’s Day, I’m doing that with my favorite photos of her from around the world.
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Explore the Ancient Lost City of Wiang Kum Kam, near Chiang Mai, Thailand

Explore the ancient lost city of Wiang Kum Kam near Chiang Mai, Thailand with photography and a detailed history of the site. It’s the stuff legends are made of.
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My 12 Favorite Photos from 12 Months of 2012

Explore my 12 favorite photos from 2012: a year of life and travel. Location highlights include India, Thailand, San Francisco, and New York City.
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Glowing Hot Air Balloons & Gangnam Style at Night

Photos and videos of hot air balloons, fireworks, marching bands, and abstract colors from the 2012 Thailand International Balloon Festival in Chiang Mai.
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RA Dickey Wins 20 Games & the Cy Young Award

Photos and stories from Cy Young winner RA Dickey’s 20th win of the season at Citi Field: home of the New York Mets. Learn all about how a 37 year old journeyman knuckleballer was the best pitcher in baseball in 2012.
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A Thrilling Win for the San Francisco Giants! Game 7 NLCS Photos & Videos

I was there when the San Francisco Giants won Game 7 of the 2012 NLCS in the middle of a thunderstorm and in front of 44,000 screaming fans. Photos and videos galore!
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A Photographic Tour of Camden Yards — Home of the Baltimore Orioles

Home Runs, Playoff Games & more at Camden Yards, the home of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team. Join me on a virtual trip around the stadium, as seen on a great day!
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To Postprocess or Not to Postprocess? That is the Question!

Just because I can postprocess an image, does that mean that I should? In this post, I explore that question by taking a look at 4 versions of the same image and letting you decide.
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Say Cheese :) … a Happy Piece of the Symmetry Project

To me, any smile is beautiful. From birth, it’s a core part of who we all are. So rather than trying to hide it, I say: Say Cheese! Which, in the Symmetry Project… looks like this.
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Painting With Travel Photography // the Symmetry Project

Learn how I use collections of images to paint a new style of graphic art collage that demonstrates how our whole world is same same, but different.
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Ponds on Fire, a Full Moon & Buddhist Lent (Asalaha Bucha Day)

Asalaha Bucha Day is one of the most important holidays on the Buddhist calendar and a wonderful time to be in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Learn the history of Buddhist Lent, complete with vibrant night photography
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A Local’s Guide to Bhagsu: a Small Hillside Village in McLeod Ganj, India

Waterfalls, Yoga, Israelis, Backpackers, Hell and more fill the streets and mountainsides of Bhagsu, India. Check out my favorite things to do and places to see.
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Placemat // a Graphic Art Exploration of Food Around the World

What do kitchens, food, restaurants and street stalls look like all around the world? That’s what Placemat explores through travel photography and graphic art.
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What is the Symmetry Project? (it’s my life’s work!)

the Symmetry Project is my life’s work and a new way of exploring the universal needs of humanity through travel photography and digital art. Learn more and see samples.
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22 of the Weirdest & Grossest Chip Flavors in Thai 7-Elevens

7-Elevens in Thailand have a wide assortment of strange and gross (to some) chip flavors. Here are 22 of the oddest ones I’ve encountered, including Lobster Hot Plate, Peking Duck w/Sauce, Buttered Corn and Crab Fried Rice.
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Nature’s Intersection With Humanity :: Skylines on Mountainsides

In McLeod Ganj, lush green hills hug rows of colorful buildings while single farmhouses dot the nearby forest. Houses are horizontally and vertically staggered and everyone has a view of the mountainside and Himalayas.
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FIRE! ^^ and How I Saved a Thai Bungalow Village at 3am

As a towering inferno billowed smoke, flames and sparks into the night sky, our bucket brigade was hard at work trying to save the bungalow village we were staying in.
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Torture Feels So Good(ish) ::: 5 Days of Iyengar Yoga Training

I’m not a particularly flexible person and the concept of yoga is pretty scary to me. So why did I take a 5-day Iyengar Yoga course? Read about the experience, see some photos and have a few laughs…
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Eating on the Floor in Comfort // Touristic Restaurants in India

All over India, travelers on the floor, sit knee to knee, sipping chai all day. It’s a national phenomenon: continental restaurants with tables a mere foot off the floor, packed daily with happy customers.
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