Saturday, December 26, 2009

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!!

I hope you all had a great day today!!

I will be taking a few days off from blogging...going to New York City for a few days...

I will be back NEXT year ( a couple of days...)

See you soon....!!

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Photo Walk

Whenever I travel, I always look for a nice place to take a "Photo Walk". I have a couple of ideas for the area where my parents live, and hope to get out in the next couple of days to take a walk and take some photos....it's just too cold for my blood now. This is my buddy, Dave, below taking a photo of some kids on our photowalk in Jakarta...I just happened to have a copy of this photo with me...as you can tell, I am hurting for photos to post on the blog as I don't have my library of photos with me...I have close to 4 Terabytes of photos...not easy to just bring them along with me when I travel...ha ha...

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Kayla Takes A Walk in The Frost

My daughter has never been in temps less than 80 degrees F...so when we took a walk this morning on the golf course behind my Dad's house, she was amazed by the cold...she actually liked it...I did too...a nice change from the constant HOT in Indonesia...

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Back In The States For The Holidays

Well, after 5 flights, and over 20 hours sitting in airplanes, I have made it to Virginia. We flew from Jakarta to Taipei, then Taipei to Los Angeles, spent the night at my mom's cousin's house In Santa Monica, flew from LA to Phoenix, Phoenix to Chicago, and finally Chicago to Norfolk. Needless to say, I am dead tired, and my body clock is turned around...but, it is nice to be back in America again...it has been a couple of years since I have been back. It has been almost five years since I have spent Christmas here.

The weather is COLD, but luckily, we missed the big snow storm that hit DC and other areas near here big time with snow. Not a flake on the ground here.

I will try my best to still post photos daily on this blog, but it will be tough as I don't have my library of images here with me...I will do the best I can...but no guarantees...

Friday, December 18, 2009

Skywatch Friday - Typical Papuan Sunset

Happy Friday!!

Be sure to check out all the gorgeous skies from around the world....

(CLICK HERE)


Have a great weekend!!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Men Waiting...For Something

Each deep in their own thoughts...each waiting for something...each a mystery to me...

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Mount Tangkuban Perahu

The hike to this point was strenuous....I am kidding...we actually were able to drive almost to the top, and it was an easy walk from the parking lot to this point....only in Indonesia.

The volcano itself is pretty cool, but I was more impressed with the trees growing around the rim. I don't know what kind of trees these are, but I think they are really unique...reminds of the trees you see on the northern coast of California...

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Unearthing Asia

Forgot to mention that I was published in the magazine, Unearthing Asia. It is a new magazine, and this is the inaugural issue. I have a nice spread of photos in the story about Raja Ampat. The photo below is the title photo for the story. You can check out the magazine on-line...

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Go to page 34 under "spotlight", and there is a photo of me and my wife, Tika...

Then go to pages 48-58 (The guide - Eco Paradise) for my photos in the story...

Kayla On The Swing

Obviously, I used some textures with this photo. There is a good link to a tutorial on how to use these textures just to your right...they are fun to experiment with, and only your imagination limits what you can do with textures...

Monday, December 14, 2009

Between Sales

This past weekend, four of us "Dads" took our daughters up to Bandung for the weekend...we visited a volcano while there...at the top were many vendors trying to sell their wares...these guys were taking a break...

Friday, December 11, 2009

Three Men In A Shop

Sorry about yesterday....had a busy day, and ran out of time to post a photo...I don't do that very often as I always try to post a new photo every day. Life sometimes gets in the way, though.

I don't usually do black and white as I really like lots of colors in my photographs, but sometimes a photo just screams to be in black and white...like this one below...

Have a great weekend....see ya on Monday!!

Yangshuo, China...Nikon D300, 70-200mm at 70mm 1/80 sec f/4.5

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

The JIS Rugby Team

Because I do a lot of photography, I am often asked to take team photos...I usually add a nice background or texture to make the team photos look better. I liked this one I made for the rugby team...I of course, added the sky and lightning as the normal skies here in Jakarta are usually plain white or gray. I created the lightning in Photoshop...

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Left Over From Old Batavia Days

There still exists the old warehouses that the Dutch built during the spice trade in the old part of Jakarta which used to be called Batavia. This is an old door to one of those warehouses...I am sure it has seen some interesting things pass by through the years...

Monday, December 07, 2009

Pretty Much How I Feel Today

Not a great two days...

First off, the Florida Gators (my university football team) lost the SEC Championship against Alabama...The Gators were ranked number one in the country, and Alabama was ranked number two...one us had to lose...just wish it was Alabama...oh well...

Then, last night, I had NO internet connection....arrrrrrrgh!!

Then, the traffic to work this morning was a complete nightmare...!! More arrrrrrgh!!

Therefore, see the lady's expression on her face below?....that is how I feel today...

Friday, December 04, 2009

Skywatch Friday - Sunset in Cambodia

Happy Friday!!

Be sure to check out skies from all around the world HERE...

Have a great weekend!!

Thursday, December 03, 2009

Walkin' The Plank

These guys make it look easy walking down this narrow, wobbly plank of wood carrying bags of cement...I tried it, and it is NOT easy...I nearly fell into the water, and that water is not something you want to fall into...

I used some textures in this photo...there is a good tutorial on how to use textures in your photographs, and some great textures to download as well...just click on the link at the right on this blog...

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Scaffolding In Ayasofya

Apparently, the scaffolding inside Ayasofya (in Istanbul) has been there a long time, and will remain for some time to come...it is actually a site in itself...

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Afternoon Light At Its Best

This girl was selling bananas from her small row boat in Cambodia...the sun was low in the sky casting that gorgeous golden light on her face...couldn't resist taking a photo...

Bangkok Traffic

The traffic in Bangkok reminded me of the traffic in Jakarta. I still think it is worse in Jakarta, but Bangkok used to rule before they introduced the sky way and the sub way...