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Sun, Sea, and Boats

Sun, Sea, and Boats

Kralendijk, Bonaire N.A. Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. Nancy and I had gone with some friends on a diving holiday at Bonaire, the divers’ “Mecca” in the southern Caribbean. After two dives each day (sometimes three), our habit was to return to our lodgings, clean and hang the dive […]


Golden Sunset

Golden Sunset

Amman, Jordan Click here to share this image. The sun was setting at the end of a long, hot day and I found myself at the Citadel, atop a one of the seven hills at the historic center of Amman, Jordan. The view at this high point was astounding. The Citadel has structures and ruins […]


Focusing …

(sort of a mission statement) (Revised on 16 July 2009) This blog has changed as I have changed. Recently I deleted some of the entries and rewrote others. Now I am preparing to resume posting and feel a need for a “mission statement” to focus this thing. In the last few months, I have finally […]


Equipment: SLR Lenses

(about lenses) For underwater, I use a pretty static setup without much variability. To me, the underwater choice is all about the most flexible camera setup; No lens changing happens underwater. But in air, I use a range of gear. My photo opportunities typically range from closeups to people to city scenes to broad landscapes […]


About My Cameras

(about cameras) If I am going to write about photography, I should start with equipment. Every “serious” photography article starts with equipment, right? My main camera is a Nikon D300digital single-lens reflex (DSLR). By now, using Nikon is as much by habit as by choice. I have had a number of Nikon digital and film […]