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Arriving

Arriving

Petra, Jordan Click here to share this image. I always wanted to go there. I wanted to take this photo from the first time I saw one like it. This is Petra. Iconic star of tourism posters for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, burial ground and former capital of the Biblical kingdom of Nabatea, visual […]


Cleaning Station

Cleaning Station

The Pacific: Oahu, Hawaii, USA Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. This is probably my favorite underwater photo, so let’s get it out of the way. I would say it isn’t my best, but it is one of my first digital underwater shots and is still among my favorites. During […]


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 […]