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Children at Play
A few years ago I was a member of a motorcycle gang called “The Caps“. We had motorcycles, a couple of motorcycle mammas and a few of us even wore kerchiefs. We tried to be bad, but Hell’s Angels we were not. I think our name gave it away. Cap stood for Children at Play which…
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Ruby, don’t take your love to town
“You’ve painted up your lips an rolled and curled your tinted hair Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere? The Shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down Oh Ruby, don’t take your love to town” Song lyrics by Mel Tillis (Kenny Rogers song) These are the opening…
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Eat More Kale
Where does a superstar antioxidant vegetable intersect with a wacky winter costume party in northern Maine? Why at the National Toboggan Championship in Camden, Maine of course. My team, The Blind Squirrels, competed in the event for the first time a few weeks ago and it was a blast. I would point out that this is…
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2012 Top Ten Landscape Images
As I noted in my previous post, 2012 Top Ten People & Animals, 2012 was a busy travel year for me with trips to Patagonia, Galapagos Islands, Acadia and the American Southwest on my itinerary. Photography travel can be a crapshoot since weather and light are such impactful variables on our quest for wonderful images…
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2012 Top Ten People & Animals
It’s the season for top ten lists. I know I’ve read at least five top ten 2012 movie lists in addition to all the other lists that have been featured on-line and in newspapers in the last month. Last year was a signature photographic travel year for me with journeys to the Galapagos islands, Patagonia,…
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A New York Christmas
“Next stop Grand Central Terminal” announced the Metro North train’s driver. We were on our way into Manhattan to meet our friends Katie and Greg to see the sights in the worlds most famously decked out holiday city. We weren’t alone. Each winter, New York City draws millions of tourists who admire the exquisite Christmas…
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Valley of Fire
Puffs of smoke and the screech of tires from touchdown dissipated into the darkness as my late night Jetblue flight taxied to the gate. “Welcome to Las Vegas. Your checked bags will be at carousel five” announced our flight attendant. After gathering my camera bag I shuffled off the plane with my fellow passengers and…
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Flautas
I was seated at a booth in Escobar’s Mexican Restaurant in Kanab, Utah, when Camille approached me with her name tag and pad and pencil in hand. “What’ll you have?”, she asked. She didn’t approach me with the ingenuous greeting of so many servers….”Hi, my name is Camille and I’ll be your server today”. Nope, Camille…
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Autumn Leaves
“Can I help you?” The question floated through the car window from the speaker of my local Dunkin Donuts drive through. I was on my way north for five days to photograph New England’s autumn splendor. The Vermont state website map showed peak colors for my southern Vermont destination. It was going to be great.…
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Waiting for the Light
A few years ago, on one of my first photographic journeys, I found myself, a photographer I had hired as a guide and my wife, Cathy all gathered on a ledge in Patagonia waiting for the sky to illuminate a great scene before us. We waited one hour; two hours; three hours; finally dusk came…
Chasing the Light 