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Bokhara Transformed

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A few days ago I received an email from Alien Skin software describing one man’s technique using Snap Art 3. (Snap Art 3 turns your photo into a digital painting with a few keystrokes and some analysis on your part … Continue reading

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Cool Colors or Warm Colors?

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The Gambia, West Africa 1998 A lone swimmer enters the water near the mouth of the Gambia River as our ferry docks. We can almost feel the coolness of the water on his skin because I’ve saturated the cool blues and cyans … Continue reading

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Monument Valley Panorama

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Utah, USA 2013: Monument Valley as seen from the highway to Bluff, Utah We noticed a tour bus and several cars parked along the highway as we drove north to Bluff. I glanced in the rearview mirror and saw this … Continue reading

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Faces in the Crowd

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Uzbekistan 2013…Market Portraits I bet you’ve never heard the word “costermonger”. I hadn’t either until I read a Masie Dobbs mystery. It’s an old-fashioned term once used in England. It means a vegetable seller. This handsome woman sold her cauliflower in … Continue reading

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Happy Father’s Day!

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Beijing, China 2007: Outside McDonald’s What better way to celebrate Father’s Day than to take your Dad out for an ice cream cone? Is there a man or boy anywhere who doesn’t love ice cream? I know I bought some … Continue reading

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Blue Silk

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Northern Russia 2009 The days were cold and often misty. The cloud filled sky reflected the blue water of the glassy lake.  Everywhere I looked it was the color blue.  We were in a cocoon of blue. Light shimmered in … Continue reading

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Essaouira

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Essaouira, Morocco 2000 The man approaching wears typical Moroccan clothing. On his head is a strip of cloth called a chech, the long gown like garment is a djellaba and on his feet he wears the heelless slippers called babouche.  Many … Continue reading

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Interpretation

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USA, 2013,  Monument Valley, on the Navajo Reservation Large prints of Monument Valley decorated the halls and rooms of our hotel in Kayenta, Arizona. I used them to get some ideas on photographing the Valley, just the way I sometimes … Continue reading

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Drama in the Desert

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USA 2013: Looking toward the Navajo Reservation from Cedar Mesa, Utah. Recently, I met one of my old photography classmates for coffee. We both had a darkroom at home, back in the day. We used to meet to show and discuss … Continue reading

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Landscape Lesson at Monument Valley

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USA, Monument Valley on the Navajo Reservation… 2013 Clifford, my Navajo guide, gave me a choice of locations for my dawn shots. Either the famous Mittens or the Totem Pole. I chose the Totem Pole because everyone has a good shot of … Continue reading

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