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Burmese Marionettes

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Inle Lake, Burma 2011 Sometimes I could kick myself for being so half-hearted when I am shooting. Here I was in a small shop on Inle Lake.  We had gone there to photograph the Padaung women who ran the shop. They had … Continue reading

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Fortress on the Neva

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St. Petersberg, Russia Another shot from the tour bus window. But with Photoshop, I can make it look as if I were standing on the bridge as another day dawns. I used Nik filters and Alien Skin’s Exposure X. I … Continue reading

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Fez, Morocco: Water Seller

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Fez, Morocco 1995 I love this vintage travel poster look! If only I could get all my photos to work the way this one does. But they won’t. I used Alien Skin’s Snap Art to get this effect. It wasn’t … Continue reading

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Caucasus Village

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Caucasus Mountains, Georgia 2016 You can tell we were at about 8000ft because of the lack of trees. It is cold in Ushguli. For six months of the  year the village is blanketed with snow. The people were hardy. The men were … Continue reading

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Coppersmith in Damascus Souk

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Damascus, Syria 2010 This is the last of my coppersmiths from the Hamadiya souk. It was dark in there and this man’s workshop had the least light. But I saved it! I used my plug-ins: Exposure from Alien Skin to … Continue reading

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The Czech Grandmother

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Czechoslovakia 1989 Four women formed the brigade from the collective farm. Apparently they were good workers because there were no weeds among the long, green rows of potato plants. I’ve shown the other women on a previous blog. I never could … Continue reading

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Falconry in Kazakhstan

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Near Almaty, Kazakhstan 2016 Bird trainer holds a  hawk at a facility near Almaty, Kazakhstan. Sorry. I can’t tell you what kind of hawk this is. I was too busy getting my shot. I look for drama, not documentation, and … Continue reading

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Fairy Landscape

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Kazakhstan 2016 The plan that afternoon was to photograph a sand dune at Altyn Emel Park.  I knew I didn’t have the strength to carry my gear up the dune so I while I waited for the few people who did have the … Continue reading

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Towers of Ushguli

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Caucasus Mountains, Georgia 2016 Ushguli is actually four small villages lying at the foot of Georgia’s highest mountain, Shkhara at 17037 feet. Each village is dotted with “defensive towers” which are places of safety during blood feuds. By making the photo black … Continue reading

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Pre-Visualization

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Turkistan 2016 We stood on the side of a huge field where the men of the village played Kokpar or Buzhkazi…a form of polo played in Asia. I wanted to get some up close shots of the expressions on the … Continue reading

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