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Santa Fe, New Mexico – Pt. 8
Just north of Santa Fe near the skiing area is a huge Aspen forest! Too bad it was early spring and there weren’t any leaves just yet. I bet around Oct it would look gorgeous for all types of photography, or just to marvel at the yellow and sunlight streaming through the trees. It truly […]
Continue readingGrand Canyon, Arizona – Pt. 7
It was pretty cold and windy that day at the Grand Canyon. On the drive there I couldn’t help but wonder about the people living on the outskirts of the park in modest homes. You drive for hours and come across a lone Burger King or a gas station. Here we have to take into […]
Continue readingSedona, Arizona – Pt. 6
The light in Sedona, Arizona is just different. So nice, so colorful. It’s like a built in buff to any camera that you bring. I think it was a good call on only bringing the X100 and A7 and 50mm. It was pretty cold and windy up at the airport overlook the first day but […]
Continue readingMeteor Crater, Arizona – Pt. 5
It was crazy windy at Meteor Crater–close to hurricane force winds and it was really hard to even stand upright, much less focus on photos. But what an amazing sight. This entire desert area is like a movie. From small towns that celebrate the golden and silver age of alien tropes, to real craters bigger […]
Continue readingChang Thai Restaurant + Winslow, AZ – Pt. 4
There’s this really great Thai restaurant off the exit in Winslow Arizona! The very same Winslow in the Eagles’ song! After all these years of having that song pop up in my random playlist, it never occurred to me that they were talking about a real town. A town that has built its tourism industry […]
Continue readingLos Alamos + Caldera, New Mexico – Pt. 3
Santa Fe, New Mexico has some wild things, like this Tibetan temple not far from the Wal-Mart and main strip! Really reminded of the Lao temples around the US. A few hours drive north of Santa Fe is Los Alamos, the once secret home of the Manhattan project. You can see the rest area bathroom […]
Continue readingAlbuquerque, New Mexico – Pt. 1
Atlanta, GA to Albuquerque, New Mexico The sunlight out there is no joke! But luckily the heat is far drier than the humidity that we have here in the Southeast US. Here are some photos from Albuquerque, NM, including a Lao restaurant, a Lao temple, and Sandia Peak. I only took two cameras and kept […]
Continue readingEverything Out West in the Desert Reminded Me of a Videogame
Hello everyone, I just got back from a trip out in the American West and I couldn’t help but compare it to the video games I’ve played in my life. This amazing ancient land was first held by the indigenous peoples (Navajo, Hopi, Zuni and others), and then came Spanish conquerors, and then the Atomic […]
Continue readingVivitar Retro Keychain Camera Review!
Vivitar “Vintage” Keychain Camera Review 5. Five. Cinco. Ha. $5 was what this camera cost. (Thanks Jonathan) 5 bucks will barely get you a Wendy’s meal, but it might not even get you one banh mi in Atlanta these days. For a brief time last week, this camera was on sale for $5 on Wal-Mart. […]
Continue readingFujifilm X100 Review – Portraits & Random Life from 10+ Years
Fujifilm X100 Review – Portraits & Random Life from 10+ Years PART II Hello, here’s Part II of my Fujifilm X100 Retrospective. Part I was all about Wedding Photography and can be read Here. This one is all about random portraits, BTS shots from some of our photo hangout dates, and just ordinary scenes in […]
Continue readingFujifilm X100 Review – Wedding Photos from 10+ Years
Hello everyone, in thinking of my series of posts about all the lovely cameras and lenses I have, I forgot that like many of my tools, I buy them, use them and never really got around to “reviewing” them. That’s how much I love taking pictures and editing. Much better than arguing online with random […]
Continue readingNikon 85mm 1.4D + GFX 50S
Last week I thought I would give this combo another try–a now “vintage” Nikon 85mm 1.4D adapted to the GFX with the simple dummy adapter. Last year I wasn’t too keen on the 67mm “equivalent” focal length when mounted on the medium format GFX sensor, but for this colorful spring I thought it would be […]
Continue readingWhat’s Blooming at Chattooga Belle Farm – Late March 2024
It was a lovely brisk morning at Chattooga Belle farm. The peach blossoms here were almost peak, but the ones back in Georgia are pretty much fading and turning into green leaves. So cool to see the flowering Asian pears too. Will have to try all these fruits, including the blueberries and crispy apples during […]
Continue readingRoad Trip – Day 7 – Springdale + St George + Vegas
St. George is definitely a great city to stop by and explore. There’s a free botanical garden with amazing colorful desert plants, and a high vantage point overlooking the city. There’s Utah Tech, a lovely white church, AND an Asian grocery store/restaurant! They have bamboo and pork buns too, along with the normal assortment of […]
Continue readingUtah Day 5 – Tropic + Kanab + Zion
It was time to say goodbye to Tropic and its awesome hoodie weather, with another quick morning photo walk. Sunrise wasn’t as nice as yesterday, but the light right afterwards was pretty amazing. Tropic to Zion is only like less than an hour, but a worthy detour is the town of Kanab, near the Arizona […]
Continue readingUtah Day 4 – Tropic and Bryce Canyon Sunset
The night before actually had some moisture in the air, so it made for a very nice sunrise in Tropic. Just like back home, photo worthy sunrises and sunsets usually come after some type of weather. I startled this little black cat as I was filming in the morning. I guess its home was nestled […]
Continue readingUtah Day 3 – Tropic + Escalante + Panguitch
The weather in Tropic this morning was once again cool and refreshing. In the back of the cabin area is a barn for chickens and they are pretty much the alarm clock. The whole time I couldn’t help but find parallels to this place and Samneua Laos. The first stop of the day was Mossy […]
Continue readingUtah Day 2 – Tropic + Bryce Canyon + Kodachrome Basin
One of the best things about the town of Tropic Utah is the weather. In June it was an amazing 58 degrees in the morning and a high of about 74 degrees when we were there. All thanks to the high elevation of 6,000+ ft. There’s a lot of wind and tons of UV light […]
Continue readingUtah Road Trip – Day 1 – Las Vegas, NV to Tropic, UT
Hello everyone here’s the first post of my trip out to lovely/lonely Utah. It was definitely a landscape photographer’s dream. I didn’t pack too much in terms of gear, I only brought along a Fuji X100, Sony A7 and 3 lenses, and a Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera (original one), and of course my iPhone […]
Continue readingBonus Lao New Year Photos: Ricoh Theta 360°
Hello everyone, here are some bonus photos from my non standard gear loadout at LNY this past Sunday. One of the oddball cameras I brought was the Ricoh Theta 360° camera. Thanks to Lyela for getting some 360 shots from atop the nang songkarn float for a different pov that most of us will never […]
Continue readingYonah Mountain
Even with the pollen I thought it would be fun to walk up Yonah Mountain. When we got to the top, it started hailing, which was actually refreshing since the forest was a bit warm in the sun and all the bugs were out in full force.
Continue readingNew Orleans: Street Photography
Street Photography from the Saturday and Sunday before Mardi Gras 2012. Fujifilm X100 to keep it light and simple. ...However this little Fuji has been exhibiting the "sticky aperture blade" problem for quite some time now. Erratic exposures caused by the lens not being able to stop down correctly. Fujifilm USA, I hope this can be fixed for the cost of shipping only... :(
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