While upgrading my computer, I figured it was a good opportunity to start fresh with my browser bookmarks and get rid of the masses of links that I had that no longer went anywhere. Clean house, you know? Of course, there are still bookmarks that I need — things I look at every day or [...]

After an ugly week in Bangkok, the protests have been dismantled and everyone seems to be waiting to see what happens next. This has been a tough time for Thailand. For a country that thrives on tourism, more tough times will likely be ahead. But this is a resilient region and hopefully the situation will [...]

In the afternoon of my second day in Thailand, I visited some highland villages north of Chiang Mai. The people who live in this area migrated to Thailand over the last few centuries from China and Tibet. My first stop was a working village that was largely agricultural but had a couple of small stands [...]

Post-processing images from a trip is like replaying the experience in slow motion. A heavy day’s worth of images can easily take more time to process than to shoot. I don’t tend to review my shots on the road that much. I’ll chimp a bit to make sure everything is working properly but I’m a [...]

I shot this with special permission at the Thai Puppet Show in The Aksra Theater in Bangkok last night. It was a fantastic performance and capped an amazing day of photographing temples in the ruins of Ayutthaya. So many images to share and so little time at the moment.
More to come…

Sorry for my recent absence… I’ve been in the penitentiary.
Don’t worry — just touring. After a few days in St. Louis last week, we stopped in Jefferson City, Missouri, to tour the recently decommissioned Missouri State Penitentiary with our guide Mark Schreiber (above). Mark was the Deputy Warden when the site closed and has [...]

It’s been a busy week and I’ve had no internet access for days but the touring of Egypt has been great. I’ll have to catch up with more images after I get home, but here are a couple from the icons of Egypt: the pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx.
Having seen so many great [...]

A few shots from Suzhou, China. Above is the Master-of-Nets garden and below are a couple of images from the Shan Tang Street area.

I attended an evening performance in Zhouzhuang, China, not really knowing what to expect. I’ve been to a lot of community shows that depict their history through dance and song before and I hate to say that most had done nothing to get my hopes up for this one. Upon arrival at the outdoor performance [...]

Canal boats being put away for the night in Zhouzhuang, China. This town is very popular with tourists for its historic area criss-crossed by canals. Walk the sidewalks and narrow streets or take a boat ride. If you’re lucky, you might see a wedding boat like this one go by:

Even thick with tourists, it’s hard [...]