Lightning Storm Over the Himalayas // Long Exposures at Night

Lightning Storm Over the Himalayas // Long Exposures at Night

One stormy night in Rishikesh, India, I headed to the rooftop of my guesthouse with a tripod and timer. Later, some friends joined me with headlamps and we had fun with light trails. These are the highlights.
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Sunny & Stormy Himalayas // Pix of the Day

Sunny & Stormy Himalayas // Pix of the Day

PHOTO OF THE DAY // Naddi is a small little community located high in the foothills of the Himalayas in India. From there, visitors are treated to sweeping vistas of the snow peaks.
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Photo of the Day: Confusion Hill in a Redwood Forest

Photo of the Day: Confusion Hill in a Redwood Forest

This photo of the day features the entrance to Confusion Hill: a curiosity alongside Highway 101in Northern California. I came across Confusion Hill while driving 101, also known as the Redwood Highway, en-route to the Avenue of the Giants redwood forest. Along the way, I had the thrill of driving …
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New York City’s Met Life Building at Night

New York City’s Met Life Building at Night

Growing up it was called the Pan Am building. Today the sign says Met Life. Either way, one of my favorite drives in New York City has always been through it’s ground-level tunnel.
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Bird Notes – A Musical Photo of the Day

Bird Notes – A Musical Photo of the Day

Any musicians out there who can read these bird notes?
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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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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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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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Behind the Lines With Thai Red Shirt Protestors

Behind the Lines With Thai Red Shirt Protestors

Today’s photo of the day comes from my trip to Thailand in 2009, when I went behind the protest lines and got to know the Red Shirts in their Bangkok encampment.
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A Tribute to Hazel

A Tribute to Hazel

Vanessa, my Sister-in-Law, recently lost her friend. Hazel was a a feisty, excitable and loving pitbull mix.   I’ll always cherish this pair of photos I took of Hazel (the one with her nose in the camera). In them, she was accompanied by Vanessa and her other dog, Xena, during …
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“Baaahr, It’s Cold” – said the Goat in India

“Baaahr, It’s Cold” – said the Goat in India

In India – the land of “now there’s something you don’t see every day back home,” – this goat sporting a burlap coat and a neck-full of bling got me to do a double-take.
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The Curviest Street in the World: San Francisco’s Lombard Street

The Curviest Street in the World: San Francisco’s Lombard Street

I still remember driving down Lombard Street – the crookedest street in the World – on a family vacation to California and San Francisco when I was 7.
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Zen, Tranquility and Fog at Yosemite National Park

Zen, Tranquility and Fog at Yosemite National Park

High up on Glacier’s Point in Yosemite National Park, the fog rolls across the landscape like an eternal wave and brings with it a tranquil silence.
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Chicken Chicken. Chicken Head!

Chicken Chicken. Chicken Head!

I found this bowl of Chicken Head Soup at the night market of Luang Prabang, Laos, for less than a dollar. And no, I wasn’t brave enough to even consider eating it!
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I’m Heading to Hawaii as This Post Goes Live

I’m Heading to Hawaii as This Post Goes Live

Today’s photo of the day is a fisheye shot of the shores of the Hana Highway on Maui, Hawaii, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
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Childhood in a Drawer of Disney Tapes

Childhood in a Drawer of Disney Tapes

This could easily have been a drawer from my youth. I always remember that the Disney VHS tapes had the giant clam-shell cases that stood out amongst all the rest of the films.
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Now That’s an Old School Camera!

Now That’s an Old School Camera!

I have the pleasure of working at Dickerman Prints Photo Lab in San Francisco and for events we sometimes bring in an old Korona View accordion-style camera to use in a demo.
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Window to the Skyline From the New York City Subway

Window to the Skyline From the New York City Subway

The subway station’s modern and large windows show off the Midtown Manhattan skyline from below as well as a offering a god’s eye view of people walking from above.
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Tepees, Drum Circles & Full Moons in India

Tepees, Drum Circles & Full Moons in India

Carrie and I spent a week living at the Arba Mistika guesthouse in Hampi, India, next to a giant teepee that some travelers slept in. On the night of the full moon, a giant drum circle and bonfire happened just outside it.
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