I had an amazing and rather hot time in the Sahara. To get this photo, I had to go up a huge dune on foot. I gave my own camel a break and decided to walk up. How hard could it be, I figured. Even with my past troublesome dune experiences. I figured wrong. And that night, I got so dizzy and sick, then realized it was probably because I hardly had any water… even though I’ve seen thousands and thousands of shows and movies about people not drinking enough water in the desert, I was so excited that I forgot to drink water!

Crossing the Sahara

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• Date Taken2014-03-08 06:48:55
• CameraILCE-7R
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/160
• Aperture5
• ISO100
• Focal Length70.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

On my first day in Antarctica, I was shipped off to survival training. This was a great idea because I’m not much of a survivalist and I could do with a bit of training. We spent most of the day building an ice-block kitchen to block the wind so we could cook some food, set up some blizzard-proof tents, and digging out an ice-cave to sleep in. Now, I didn’t dig out most of this cave, but I definitely got down inside to enjoy its benefits. By the way, in the winter it never gets dark there, so this is what it looks like around midnight.

Sleeping in an Ice Cave

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• Date Taken2015-01-08 10:16:05
• CameraILCE-7R
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/1600
• Aperture4
• ISO50
• Focal Length16.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias+0.7

I can’t believe this thing has somehow evaded the principals of Newtonian physics! When I pulled into a small kasbah called Aït Benhaddou in the desert to take some photos, I saw this huge truck full of hay rumbling past. I barely kept my wits about me to take a photo just after it passed.

Hay!

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• Date Taken2014-03-10 23:42:06
• CameraILCE-7R
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/200
• Aperture9
• ISO200
• Focal Length15.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias+1.3

I had an incredible day up with Aspiring Helicopters right before a trip to the USA. We first went up to an amazing cabin way up in the mountains for a wine and cheese party, then we took off again to circle around this mountain at sunset. It was like a dream! I put on my earphones underneath my heli-big-boy-earphones and listened to all kinds of strange music as we flew around. It was very dreamy!

Tititea / Mount Aspiring, New Zealand

Incredible Mount Aspiring

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• Date Taken2015-08-28 17:49:34
• CameraILCE-7R
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/400
• Aperture6.3
• ISO1250
• Focal Length24.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

Of all the crazy things I did for the month I was in Antarctica, probably one of my favorite nightly rituals was a hike out on the ice fields. Sometimes those nights would go all the way into the morning. It’s hard to tell since it’s bright all the time and my watch was often under layers of coats! But it’s a good place to let time drift away and take photos forever.

Morning in the Ice Folds in Antarctica

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• Date Taken2015-01-12 02:47:50
• CameraILCE-7R
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/750
• Aperture11
• ISO160
• Focal Length18.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

Some nights the water comes up so high that St. Mark’s square starts to flood. While unfortunate, it’s actually mega awesome for photography! Rene and I would swing by this square every single night to see if there was a flood…

This is one of those situations where my shoes and socks are soaked while I am squatting down with my tripod. In order to get a good reflection shot in these situations, you have to get really low and close to the ground. I always watch people’s reactions to my strange positions. The muggles think I am crazy but I know when I may eye contact with another photographer because they give me a knowing nod.

Venice Sinking Into a Flood

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• Date Taken2015-05-03 04:58:29
• CameraILCE-7R
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time2
• Aperture4
• ISO320
• Focal Length13.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias-0.3

Here’s another one of the images from my 1000 Stories from 1000 Places NFT drop. It sold out in minutes, but they are now available to trade on OpenSea and X2Y2, etc so be sure to check them out.

This is a Aït Benhaddou, an incredible kasbah near Ouarzazate, Morocco. I’ve always wanted to visit this place ever since I saw it in Gladiator. It’s the place where Russell Crowe was taken on a stretcher and where he learned to become a gladiator. You may also remember it if you watch Game of Thrones. It’s one of the spots where Daenerys took her dragons with the unsullied.

I don’t set up for a lot of selfies because I’m not a vapid Instagram influencer that tries to sell you a special tea that helps your chakras. However, this is a rare selfie.

Where Daenerys Targaryen Dragon-Roasted The Slavers

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• Date Taken2014-03-11 00:03:01
• CameraILCE-7R
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/750
• Aperture9.5
• ISO250
• Focal Length16.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

After massive immigration problems (and literally getting Stuck In Customs in Botswana), I finally made it to Cape Town. We had a ton of fun there together! On my first full day, my friend Neville had planned an amazing trip through the wine country. I went to probably one of the most awesome wineries in the world there… I’ve forgotten the name now. It was so good I forgot a lot, in fact. But, I didn’t forget to take this sunset photo as we were leaving.

A Wine and Sunset Adventure in Cape Town

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• Date Taken2014-10-09 04:57:54
• CameraILCE-7R
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/4000
• Aperture4
• ISO200
• Focal Length70.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias-0.7

Here’s another one of the images from my 1000 Stories from 1000 Places NFT drop. It sold out in minutes, but they are now available to trade on OpenSea and X2Y2, etc so be sure to check them out.

This particular location in The Shard doesn’t really have a very easy way to take this photo, or at least from the area I found myself in. The direction the sun was facing required some rather difficult window-maneuvering. They don’t really have any windows that face this direction except for one little bit that juts out.

Incredible London at Sunset

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• Date Taken2015-02-18 01:15:48
• CameraILCE-7R
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/320
• Aperture4
• ISO200
• Focal Length32.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

Here’s another one of the images from my 1000 Stories from 1000 Places NFT drop. It sold out in minutes, but they are now available to trade on OpenSea and X2Y2, etc so be sure to check them out.

This is the first city I visited in the UAE before going to Abu Dhabi. Both were great, but Dubai is better for city photography because it feels very sci-fi. I took this on the way to Italy for Carnivale.

Side note… I was almost arrested twice here. One time, it was quite late and my friend Rene and I got back to the hotel. A pretty girl came up and started talking to us because we had cameras. She was Iranian and very nice and fun, possibly because she was quite drunk. And, out of nowhere, private security pounced on us and whisked us away to a little interrogation, Turns out she was some Iranian princess or something and we had no idea.

The Edges Of Dubai

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• Date Taken2015-04-28 04:23:41
• CameraILCE-7R
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time2.5
• Aperture4.5
• ISO200
• Focal Length52.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias