I’ve never sweat as much in my life as I did while exploring the remote parts of Cambodia. This temple was about an hour by sketchy motorbike outside of Siem Reap. There was absolutely no shade anywhere, since the only parts of the temple that remained standing offered no cover at all!

This basilica in Kiev has this wonderful black base that really lets the gold and trimmings pop and shine. There is also that little tiny chandalier there, which you may not have noticed!

This was shot in downtown Austin on a cool day (not like today!)

Deep inside one of the temples, I found this secret tiny doorway and arch, stained with a deep red dye.

I am trying out this new thing called DocStoc that allows you to upload any kind of document (Office docs, etc) and then embed them into a blog posting. I went ahead and made a little PPT with 10 of my most recent favorite. Enjoy!

You can click that little play button there to cycle through the slides.

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I thought this was a perfect little stage, beautifully lit in the evening. This was shot on the night of the Pirates and Princesses Party at Disneyworld, where all the kids would come dressed as one or the other. This is a little area where the little girls come to listen to stories read by Cinderella and Snow White… 

While driving back from northern Iceland, I came across this river as an evening storm was rolling in. I took some quick shots as little pellets of ice started to fall in my face.

Here we have another beautiful and exotic temple in Delhi in the height of the afternoon, shot from another nearby beautiful and exotic temple.

Here I am in the middle of Times Square in New York on a perfect night. The sky was this strange blue color of a cool dusk night and every light in the city was in full burn. Enjoy!

So there is this Flickr-sensation gal named Miss Aniela.  She’s very creative and has ended up with a swarm of viewers who normally leave between 100 and 300 comments on each one of her pictures.  She started out doing these creative clone shots, and now she does a little bit of everything.  If I had to take a picture of myself each day, I think I might run out of ideas on day number 2.

She has been working with my textures a bit, and has been doing a nice job of it! I usually don’t post other photographer’s work on my blog, but I guess this is an exception because it was an amazing picture, and it uses my texture tutorial.  Also, there is a new coupon code of “NEWTRICKS” to get you 15% off on either the Basic Package or the Premium Package!

You can find out more about Miss Aniela here on her profile page, or check out her photo stream on Flickr.  She’s got a few semi and double-semi-nudes on there, so avert your eyes if easily offended.  Also avert your eyes of you are offended by British women.

Below is a shot of hers that she modified using my textures and tutorial:

While walking through the streets of Delhi, I spotted this guy soldiering on, carrying just a small load through the packed streets.

I went back to Borobudur a second day in a row for a morning sunrise and stayed for about five hours. I would mostly sit in the shade, listen to my music, and do some reading. Of course, I’d take regular breaks as the clouds changed and the light moved around.

Inside each of those little “bell cages” is a buddha statue facing out towards the countryside.

There, in the distance, you can see the volcano poking through the fog…

This was shot in the docks of Reykjavik in Iceland… some ropes for mooring the icebreakers and fishing boats.

BTW, regular blog readers may or may not know you can click on any picture to go to my Flickr site where you can get the ultra-large versions…

This was shot on a warm afternoon on a lovely ranch in Montana, just inside the border of Yellowstone.

This is the top floor of the Hilton in Kuala Lumpur.

The club floor lounge area has all this really cool furniture and decor. They serve breakfast in the morning and drinks in the evening. The view is amazing too (as you can tell)!

Hiltons in Asia are typically 100x nicer than most others for some reason. Why this is, I have no idea.

It was a perfectly beautiful day on my first visit to the Rodin museum in the heart of Paris. I’ve always liked his sculptures, and the way they were spread among the lush grounds of the chateau was rather… French. It was a good day of exploration!