What do you get when you cross an out of control BDSM scene with a cello? You get Tina Guo.

Anyway, what’s so cool about this gal (where do I start?) is that she’s a total badass on stage. She looks angry and she’s about to rip the face off the first man she sees. Anyway, that’s what I see. Maybe you see something different. But then, off stage, she might be the nicest and sweetest person on the planet.

Tina Guo Ripping Up String Instruments

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• Date Taken2017-06-09 22:27:59
• CameraILCE-7RM2
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/200
• Aperture6.3
• ISO1600
• Focal Length240.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

Here’s another crazy sunset I saw while in Krabi, Thailand at the Ritz-Carlton Reserve. To be totally honest, I felt like a very lazy photographer when I was there. It was just too easy to waltz out of my room, get my bare feet in the sand, and then set up to take a photo. Here’s a fun word for you… Crepescular. That kind of light that is shooting out from the clouds is called “crepuscular” light. I don’t really know why that is interesting other than me enjoying the texture of that word.

Sunset in Krabi

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• Date Taken2018-06-29 23:36:22
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/400
• Aperture7.1
• ISO200
• Focal Length105.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

This was one of my favorite trips to the Great Wall. Maybe because it was my first time! Anyway, I got a room at this place north of Beijing called “The Commune.” It was a very strange hotel, I must say, but kind of cool in its strangeness. I stayed here specifically because they had access to this old, classic part of the wall. It was a very lonely trip; that was for sure. But I quite enjoyed being the only one on the way for hours and hours.

The Abandoned part of the Great Wall of China

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• Date Taken2011-09-24 04:51:20
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/15
• Aperture11
• ISO160
• Focal Length16.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

Ahhh, beautiful Kyoto! It’s one of my favorite cities in the world, so going back to re-master this one, seven years later, was still as much of a joy as the first time. It was also great to use better tools like Aurora HDR. to give it a better “look.” Before, I think I might have just used the sliders in Photomatix and not even done any touchup in Photoshop. I’ve also learned a lot more about color theory and this sort of thing in the time betwixt.

The Treetop Temple in Kyoto of Kiyomizu-dera

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• Date Taken2009-09-29 03:54:08
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time8
• Aperture8
• ISO100
• Focal Length19.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

When I went back to re-edit this one, I had to fix up more than I first thought. Something happened with some of the fringing, which was very very difficult to fix. If you watch the video, you’ll see all the trouble I went through. It reminds me not to move the sliders too far in one position because it can cause tiny little niggling problems that you can’t solve later.

The Knife

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• Date Taken2009-03-31 06:10:16
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/15
• Aperture8
• ISO100
• Focal Length28.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

On the European Tour, we stopped in Monte Carlo one day to take photos and have a dinner before getting back on the bus to drive overnight to Cinque Terre. I had been to Monte Carlo a long time ago with my dad and I remembered being down by the marina. When I looked at the map, I saw there were two marinas, and I was not sure which one to be dropped off at. I chose the wrong one! And there were no taxis or Ubers around, so we had to walk up this mountain… when we got to the top, I turned around to take this picture of the scene below. Yeah, it’s a cool marina, but not as cool as the one on the other side!

Over Monte Carlo

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• Date Taken2017-05-01 19:46:32
• CameraX1D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time1/15
• Aperture4
• ISO200
• Focal Length30.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

How cute is this little tyke? I saw her running in the deep playa with her parents. I asked if I could take a photo and they said, “Yes, Please do!” And so I ran beside her for a few minutes until I got the shot… Wow, I tell ya, it was exhausting. These kids have so much energy! Anyway, I used one of my new Festival Presets to get this shot.

Little Girl Running at Burning Man

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• Date Taken2017-08-31 17:56:30
• CameraX-T2
• Camera MakeFuji
• Exposure Time1/8000
• Aperture2.8
• ISO250
• Focal Length16.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

There is a big auction soon in San Francisco to raise money for Burning Man artists. I might end up going out there for the big event. I believe I have four pieces going into the auction, and I guess we’ll see how they do. I don’t currently offer any of my BM work in our Fine Art series at www.TreyRatcliff.com – so this would be a good way to snag one of them, There’s more information about the event at the Artumnal Website.

Lost at Burning Man

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• Date Taken2013-08-27 08:31:39
• CameraNEX-6
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/1000
• Aperture5.6
• ISO100
• Focal Length18.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias+1

Here is one of my Burning Man photo that uses the technique I shared in the expanded Passport part of this post.

Out by the Temple

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• Date Taken2012-08-31 13:45:13
• CameraNIKON D3S
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/500
• Aperture2.8
• ISO400
• Focal Length23.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias+1