China – Suzhou Faces

China – Suzhou Faces

This group of portraits is from the city of Suzhou in China, just northwest of Shanghai. Suzhou has ancient classical gardens and canals that draw people in, but what I love about the place are the pathways and intimate neighborhoods of its old center. In 

Portraits in B&W

Portraits in B&W

This week I’m sharing B&W versions of color photographs that I’ve used in various posts over the last six months. During that time period I shared just one post of B&W photographs, even though B&W is a medium that I often gravitate to. Color, though, 

Costa Rica – Iglesia Rìo Seco

Costa Rica – Iglesia Rìo Seco

Rìo Seco is a small community not far from where I stayed on the coast of Costa Rica. The name translates to dry river, and it’s in the midst of golden pastures surrounded by small ridges. Its modest houses stretch for a short distance along 

Costa Rica – Pasture Landscapes

Costa Rica – Pasture Landscapes

In last week’s post I shared photographs of remote beaches in Guanacaste Province, along the Pacific coast of northwestern Costa Rica. In this post I’m sharing images of pastures and fields just inland from the coast. The area is primarily low and flat, with modest 

Costa Rica – Coast

Costa Rica – Coast

Last week I shared photographs that I took of Volcán Poás early one morning at the beginning of a recent trip to Costa Rica. After taking my look at Poás I made my way from the mountainous region in the central part of the country 

Costa Rica – Volcán Poás

Costa Rica – Volcán Poás

I traveled to Costa Rica for a short trip earlier this month. Early one morning at the beginning of the trip I drove to Parque Nacional Volcán Poás, in central Costa Rica – not far from where I stayed in Alajuela for a couple of 

Himalayas – Above Nako

Himalayas – Above Nako

In my previous two posts I shared photographs from the small Himalayan village of Nako on the border of India and Tibet – one of our stops in a motorcycle tour through the Spiti Valley, high in the Himalayas in the Indian state of Himachal 

Himalayas – Nako Scenes

Himalayas – Nako Scenes

This is my second post with photographs from Nako, a small Himalayan village perched at 12,000 feet (3,700 meters), just below the Indian-Tibet border.  I had joined Ride Expeditions for ten days of touring by motorcycle in northern India, mostly through Spiti Valley, high in 

Himalayas – Nako Faces

Himalayas – Nako Faces

I joined Ride Expeditions for ten days of riding by motorcycle in northern India, mostly through Spiti Valley, high in the Himalayas.  The remote area is in the state of Himachal Pradesh, bordered by Tibet to the east and the disputed Kashmir region to the 

Labuan Bajo – Wharf Sunset, Scenes at Dusk

Labuan Bajo – Wharf Sunset, Scenes at Dusk

In Labuan Bajo most days we were out on the dive boat.  There weren’t many opportunities to take photographs at the end of the day, when the sun was setting in the west and its strong warm light was angling low toward the port’s wharf,