Category Archives: Travel

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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Istanbul Neighborhood

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Istanbul Turkey-2008 Old wooden houses painted in pastels lined a neighborhood street near the Kyrie Mosque. Black chador clad women struggled up the steep hills with loaded shopping bags. Pushcarts parked on corners displayed luscious fruits and vegetables. A handsome Kurdish … Continue reading

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Black and White Landscape

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Northern Russia 2009 A black and white photograph contains shades of gray called a gray scale. These are graded from 0 to 10 with 0 representing black and 10 representing white. A low key image consists of tones of gray from the … Continue reading

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Bokhara Architecture

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 Bokhara, Uzbekistan 2012 The domes and madrassas of Bokhara are bathed in the sun’s gold light. I was happy to see the touch of blue in the shadow on the large dome and I intensified it in Photoshop. I substituted a … Continue reading

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Kizhi Island

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Kizhi Island 2009 Kishi Island, in the center of Lake Onega, showing chapel and home typical of Karelian architecture. It looks typically Scandinavian because the Karelians inhabit areas of Sweden, Finland and part of Russia north of St. Petersburg.  

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Portrait of a Busker

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Gujarat, India 2009 Here’s a tip: always get out of the vehicle whenever or wherever it stops. You never know what you will see. This man, in his outlandish costume, sauntered up the main road of the town. Whenever he had a … Continue reading

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Looking Toward Pakistan

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Gujarat, India 2009 I emphasized these soft, sherbet-like colors with Topaz Impression, a plug-in that turns your photographs into digital paintings. What I remember about this day is that the local people call this desert, “the place where the swallows … Continue reading

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Tower of Hassan

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Rabat, Morocco 1995 He was tall and handsome. The light from the open portico glowed golden, highlighting the edges of his exotic uniform. He assumed an expression suitable for a man who guards royalty. It was bound to be one of … Continue reading

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True or Not

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India 2009 Contrast gives meaning to your photographs. It can give a true meaning or it can act like propaganda. Here it is propaganda. You’d think these men were suffering or imprisoned, but they aren’t. They were reading the paper … Continue reading

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Daydreams

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Burma 2011 A portrait of a tribal girl enhanced with Topaz Impressions. I chose the Edward Hopper filter. Edward always included a lot of background. If I’d known, I’d have shot wider.

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