Showing more than just your lunch — I must admit, I haven’t been cruising around Facebook and Instagram as much lately as I have been caught up in several great books and my garden is screaming for attention. However, in spite of their many evils, I do love social media platforms as a way to share what…

Photographing the little things — I was talking to a photographer friend of mine who specializes in landscapes when I first came across the term “intimate landscape”. Although I was unfamiliar with the term, I have certainly looked at thousands of them. In fact, one of his intimate landscapes hangs above my bed. It is…

The hills are alive and so are the cities, the oceans and the skies! — You are standing on the edge of the world looking out on the most beautiful sight you have ever seen and you can’t help but feel the expansiveness of it all. You are connected to the world around you are both a part of it and it is a part…

Photographing people going about their lives — Street photography is a bit tricky to pin down and a bit tricky to do, but basically, street photography is about taking candid shots that show something about humanity. It is different than portraiture because it is usually not posed. Street photographers don’t orchestrate a scene, they document what is…

Advice from a kinda, sorta introverted photographer — One of the things I love most about traveling is seeing and experiencing how other people live. Landscapes are wonderful, buildings can be truly magical and nature is amazing but what really brings a place alive for me is the people. …

Finding something original in the over-photographed — There are certain obligatory places in every country/city that you must visit when you go there, the famous places like Central Park in New York, Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Anything Gaudi in Barcelona, and the Big Buddha in Japan. Most people gather their traveling companions, everyone smiles and a picture…

Even though much of the rest of the world thinks so — The world has a lot of stereotypes about Americans and justifiably so. We export our culture like no one else in the world with our blockbuster movies, music, television series, and books. Because The United States is so big, it is easy for its citizens to ignore the rest of…

According to a study by the Lancet Medical Journal, Spain is expected to have the world's highest longevity rate by the year 2040 — If you want to live forever but the idea of constantly having to drink someone’s blood seems unappealing, Spain can help. According to the World Population Review, Spain currently is number 6 in the world for life expectancy in spite of being hit particularly hard by the pandemic. According to…

Stop stressing yourself out over the details! My student and I were exploring the concept of reading like a writer and because he is a high school student I chose an article about if school start times should be later so kids have a chance to sleep longer. …