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I keep coming back to this idea of posting every day. Still working on making it stick. I tend to have two posting seasons: flood season and dry season. Ha. But, after discovering the journal entries from my first trip abroad in Italy (which I just published in Unearthing Firsts), I am once again inspired [...]

*This photo is the rare example that falls under the classification of photo art rather than a pure photograph. Normally, I adhere to strict editing standards with my photography, merely fine tuning (no pun intended) details such as contrast and the occasional lens dust. However, sometimes a subject I’ve photographed inspires me to experiment further. [...]

Sometimes it is simplicity that speaks loudest. One Maya woman and a simple yellow wall says it all.
I consider this capture to be my signature photograph for Guatemala. It most certainly represents much of what drew me back to the “Land of Eternal Spring” after that first visit in November and December of 2008. I [...]

I caught up with a couple friends in Kansas City yesterday. We all ventured out in the frigid winter air to take some photos around downtown KC…

Click here to see the entire photo set.

Antigua Guatemala Blog:
Craving Corn: Elote
Art in La Antigua Guatemala
Pilas: An Antigueño Tradition
Escape to Monterrico
Mangroves in Monterrico
Antigua Daily Photo:
La Colina: Little Getaway from LAG
Gran Courtyards of Espacioce!
Wandering Around Mesón Panza Verde
Best View: Arguable, Best Michelada: Hands Down

I was camped out at La Esquina completely absorbed in working on my new project, www.arteantigua.com, when Yves Maurer’s remarks could no longer be ignored. I’m glad I pulled myself out of the computer/internet swamp to engage the young Swiss traveler as he proved to be most interesting.
Yves was delighting in the wonderful pleasures of [...]

Monterrico has became a favorite weekend-destination for me. In the past several months, I’ve shuffled back to the lazy, Latin beach town at least four times, maybe more. There are several ways to get there, but hands down, the best way is to include “una lancha” or a small, motorized boat in your route. For [...]

Right now there’s a series of posts appearing on AntiguaDailyPhoto.com about Antigua Canopy Tours. The series, completed by me, began Thursday of this week and will continue through Thursday of next week. Thanks to Rudy Giron of ADP and Pascu Robredo of Antigua Canopy Tours I was able to enjoy the treetop “flying” experience for [...]

Continued from Enlivened by the Underground…
(Note: My camera became terminally ill at the beginning of my stay in Barcelona. Thus, my photos of the city and my experiences are uncharacteristically sparse.)

Barcelona. Barcelona. Barcelona. She is ruthless. She is fiery. She is an enchantress that has both charmed me and ravaged me. Her perfumes linger on [...]

Continued from You’re So Vain…

The ground above Hitler’s old bunker, where he shot himself after his fall from power, is a parking lot. Good to know. The tour guide joked that Germans now bring their dogs to poo in that lot. Nothing more than a sign flags the historical space. The tour guide informed our [...]