Stuck In Customs

This is kind of an interesting place, I think! This is part of the old “French Concession” in Shanghai. This particular apartment complex had five different units. As you can see, each unit had it’s own set of water pipes so that the government officials could keep track and make sure one person did use too much of the shared water. It’s the same way up in the bathrooms, where you have to choose one of the five valves for the shower and toilet.

Communist Housing in Shanghai

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• Date Taken2018-06-18 14:20:16
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/50
• Aperture2.8
• ISO1600
• Focal Length16.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

It’s not a short drive to get from Paris to London, but we decided to make it a little longer by stopping here in Normandy. We actually had our bus overnight here at the castle and in the morning we drove over to the famous beaches from World War II. If you click up there on the “France” category, you can see one of the amazing sculptures on the beach there.

Mont St. Michel at Dusk

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• Date Taken2017-05-10 21:46:38
• CameraX1D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time8
• Aperture8
• ISO400
• Focal Length30.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

I only had one quick day in this awesome city. I tried to make the most of it by taking as many people photos as possible. Some of these Russians had the grumpiest faces I’ve ever seen. I think they were so confused while I was taking the photos… it doesn’t seem like a hobby over there at all. I hardly saw anyone else carrying around cameras for street photography. My theory is that the older generation that lived in Communism for so long are just generally distrusting of others… especially others with cameras. But that didn’t stop me.

Happy Woman in St. Petersberg

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• Date Taken2017-06-05 11:24:24
• CameraILCE-7RM2
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/8000
• Aperture
• ISO400
• Focal Length
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias-0.7

I’m excited to get Tane back on tour with us again! If you’ve joined me at any of my USA or Canada art talks, maybe you’ve seen him around. Go ahead, take pictures of him. He loves it. And he has about 1,000 smoldering poses he’s ready to dish out to you.

Tane on a Bench

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• Date Taken2017-06-01 19:22:34
• CameraILCE-7RM2
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/8000
• Aperture
• ISO400
• Focal Length
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

The kind of art that was in this museum was not incredibly exciting to me, but the museum itself was beautiful. This one is the easy-to-pronounce Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. You know how sometimes you’re in a city for a while and you keep saying the same word over and over again. And then, you FINALLY figure out what the word means just as soon as you leave the city? Yeah, well I saw that word “Wien” everywhere. I then felt dumb when I figured out that’s the Austrian name for Vienna.

Exploring Vienna

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• Date Taken2017-05-28 10:37:31
• CameraILCE-7RM2
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1.3
• Aperture7.1
• ISO100
• Focal Length11.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

It’s been a few years since I have been to Matamata on the North Island and seeing these photos make me want to return. The farmers that originally owned (and still manage) the Hobbiton Movie Set have always been very generous and kind to me, so I try to repay them with as many photos as possible. In a way, this is an easy task, since it’s impossible to take a bad photo there.

The Party Tree in Hobbiton

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• Date Taken2016-05-25 09:12:46
• CameraFC330
• Camera MakeDJI
• Exposure Time1/400
• Aperture2.8
• ISO100
• Focal Length
• FlashNo flash function
• Exposure ProgramUnknown (58655)
• Exposure Bias+0.656

Who would have ever guessed this is the Moscow skyline? Not me! I took this from the balcony of the famous White Rabbit restaurant. Even well-traveled people rarely visit Moscow for a variety of reasons. It’s hard to get there. Visas are difficult. It seems a bit “scary” to most travelers. However, I know a few Russians and they are all a bit crazy in a fun way… so I was excited to go there and experience thousands of crazy Russians. I was not disappointed!

Downtown Moscow

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• Date Taken2017-06-04 21:40:11
• CameraILCE-7RM2
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time4
• Aperture5
• ISO160
• Focal Length57.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias-0.3

This was on the must-visit list in Lisbon, Portugal. I went here with Rene, and it was another time that he fell in the water. He doesn’t actually do it that much, but 2/3 times have been with me. One time was in a Venice canal just after we had parted ways. Another time was when he stepped on a sea urchin in front of a girl and jumped randomly into the ocean. This reminds me that I need to get to more water-based locations with Rene.

Belem Tower in Lisbon

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• Date Taken2017-04-20 21:08:17
• CameraX1D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time8
• Aperture8
• ISO100
• Focal Length30.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

What an amazing cathedral! I’ve been to A LOT of these sorts of places, and this probably has the most beautiful backdrop of any I’ve seen. I hope you find it just as beautiful as I did!

Notre-Dame in Montreal

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• Date Taken2019-07-27 08:11:51
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time0.5
• Aperture5
• ISO250
• Focal Length24.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias