| 17 Aug 10 |
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Check out the Tallinn Photos by clicking this imageHere is a gallery of some of the photos I took while in Tallinn, Estonia.The two cameras I used were the aging, yet still very capable Sigma DP2, and...
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| 09 Aug 10 |
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Not much to write about todays events, mainly because there weren’t many. After waking up we walked to the market for some breakfast. I had a plate of sausage and potatoes. Saori had a wonderf...
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| 04 Aug 10 |
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OK, I must admit it. This is more than a little bit strange. I am in a place where everyone looks like me, yet I can hardly understand a word they are saying. At first anyway, everyone I have ...
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| 03 Aug 10 |
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Woke up at 05:00 this morning to the sound of Saori trying to be quiet as she made herself a cup of coffee. In truth I was not really woken up by her, I was fully rested and kind of half awake at th...
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| 02 Aug 10 |
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It is just after midnight.Saori is sacked out after taking a shower, and I did a little wandering after we checked in to the hotel. The Old Town area of Tallinn looks to be beautiful. I took some ...
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| 01 Aug 10 |
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Woke up to howling rain this morning after getting only about 3 hours of sleep. Was up late last night making hotel reservations for Tallinn and Helsinki (The first two destinations on our trip) as ...
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| 12 Jul 10 |
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click here for todays photosToday I woke up a little later than usual for a weekend. between 4 a.m. conference calls, and splitting my time between two jobs for the months I have begun to feel a bit...
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| 16 Jun 10 |
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Click here for todays photosAt the end of May Saori and I took advantage of a beautiful day and spent a few hours exploring Sarushima, or “Monkey Island” which is about a mile off shore from my ap...
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| 03 May 10 |
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click here for todays photosFinally.Spring has arrived in Japan.According to the news, this has been the coldest spring in Japan since 1961. Think about that! It has not been this cold in the spri...
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| 02 Apl 10 |
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Cherry Blossom Festival in DCCherry blossoms near the Jefferson memorialSpringtime, perfect for having picnics, wearing shorts and admiring the Cherry Blossom in DC. The National Cherry Blossom Festiv...
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| 04 Mar 10 |
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Click here for todays photosIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, i...
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| 28 Feb 10 |
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click here for todays photosTomorrow I will be running the Tokyo Marathon.The longest race I have previously run is a half marathon, but thanks to a 12-week marathon training plan that I found on ...
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| 10 Feb 10 |
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click here for todays photosFrom time to time there are some stories that make the national news here in Japan that mystify me.Sometimes the stories are sad, sometimes they are strange, and other time...
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| 12 Jan 10 |
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“Finely orchestrated chaos”, or as I like to call it, “Tsukiji Fish Market”.Click here for todays photosOn Saturday I woke up at O’ dark-thirty, packed my Nikon D700 and four primes in a bag...
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| 31 Dec 09 |
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Click here for todays photosWhy do we take pictures?It’s a simple question. But I think that the answers to this question are as many and varied as there are people on this planet. We each hav...
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| 11 Dec 09 |
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Koi - Click the image to see todays photosI apologize to you all for the delay in posting an update that includes some of my more recent Kyoto photos. Right after I returned from Kyoto I had to (got...
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| 20 Nov 09 |
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Click here for todays photosHaving lived in Japan for about 10 years now, I’ve been to Kyoto quite a few times, each time with a camera and set of lenses at hand.My most recent trip starts this comi...
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| 15 Nov 09 |
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CLick the image for todays photosThis past Wednesday, being Veterans day, was a day off for me.I had planned to go out taking photos. But when I woke up to torrential rains, I checked the weather to s...
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| 06 Nov 09 |
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After nearly ten years in Japan, I finally made it to my first Metropolis Halloween Party. I wish I had started attending them sooner, because it was a BLAST! Although, I’m not completely stupid...
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| 21 Oct 09 |
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Last Sunday I met up with about 30 of my closest friends. On the third Sunday of every month the Tokyo Cameras club gets together to shoot pictures, and last Sundays location was Rikugien Park in To...
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