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Umbrella Pines

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Rome 2015 The Umbrella Pine grows in all the European Mediterranean countries and some of North Africa where it is a transplant from Europe. Not only is it one of the most graceful looking trees, it provides food as well. Pine … Continue reading

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Fog on the Mountain

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Longjii, China 2005 I was shooting film in 2005. And I don’t think I had ever shot on a foggy day. I think I got lucky here because the fog didn’t cover this hill which was right below my hotel … Continue reading

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Eye To Eye

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Gujarat, India 2009 A young man stares into my lens. He holds a few stalks of sugar cane. I used Alien Skin’s Exposure 7 to get this stark look.

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Padaung Weaver

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Burma 2011 Portrait of a Padaung girl weaving. Her mother owned or ran a shop selling their weavings among other items. The entire family willingly posed for us. The problem was that our guide dictated the poses and I never got … Continue reading

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Life on a Canal

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China 2003 I always liked this photo. The man’s curved arms look rather as if he is doing ballet. I’ve got a good reflection and I think it is sharp. A friend told me recently that reflections should be sharp. I … Continue reading

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Barbary Apes

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Morocco 2006 The dense forest of cedar trees hid the bright sunlight. The apes moved like greased lightening. I thought I had to keep my ISO at 400 or below, otherwise I’d get noise. As a result, I got nothing … Continue reading

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Americana

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Lancaster, PA 1992 Norman Rockwell comes to mind when I see this photo. It’s one of my early shots taken when I was in my first  year of photo classes. My teacher wasn’t interested in this subject matter. He preferred pretty … Continue reading

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Ponte Vecchio

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Florence, Italy 2015 The light was perfect when I shot this scene, but somehow the colors of my photo were wrong, wrong, wrong. Looking at my RAW file, I see a blue haze that I didn’t notice when I was in … Continue reading

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The Bookseller

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Rome, Italy 2015 Another “save” of a photograph that lacked punch. Bright sun entered the shop from the window on the man’s right. As I looked at this portrait, I thought “Rembrandt light”…something I often tried in the darkroom. It’s … Continue reading

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Woman Reading

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Rome, Italy 2015 A digital painting rendered through the use of many plug-ing…and not just once, either. I use them several times. I might use  Topaz Simplify, then Alien Skin’s Exposure 7 and back to Topaz, but this time Impression or … Continue reading

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