In the high eastern corner of the United States the state of Maine hugs the North Atlantic. Rocky rugged coasts, roaring rivers with thrilling rapids, dense hardwood forests and tranquil lakes were carved by the slow descent of ancient glaciers. Today...
In November 2009 I was living and working in the Arabian Gulf State of Qatar. My wife and I had travelled to various parts of the Middle East and we had very good reports from others who had visited Syria. The Middle East is a vast area; just as an example,...
Bill, Attached is my selfie. I took this with Kodachrome 64. I was flying an F-4E Phantom in cruise back from a bombing mission (in Hawaii, believe it or not!). I set the camera on the gun camera housing on top of the glare shield in the front seat....
The Olympic Peninsula in Washington State is the furthermost northwest tip of the continental United States. Nearly one million acres of this wilderness are protected lands, 95% of which are within Olympic National Park. Dense old growth, multi-layered...
I lucked out when Will Wright accepted my invitation to drive up in October for an overnight at our home here in the New Hampshire outback. Dick Gilcreast was on board to join Will and me for a Leica shoot of fall foliage colors, covered bridges and anything...
In preparation for a 3-week long photographic tour of Japan, we immersed ourselves in haiku and the Tale of Genji, studied political history, embraced the aesthetic of Japanese garden design, and ate a lot of sushi. Albert packed his two Leica...
My husband, Chuck, is a romantic sort of guy. He’s also a car guy and a camera guy, which explains why he decided several months ago that we should run his Morgan roadster up the Pacific coast from the San Francisco Bay Area to Vancouver Island...
The recently released Summicron-S 100mm f/2 ASPH lens is reputed to create extraordinarily sharp images, capably resist the effects of flare and reliably produce both accurate skin tone gradations along with a subtle and pleasing bokeh. It equates to an 80mm...
The Far North has captured the imagination since ancient times – uncharted for millennia, believed to be at once an icy cold barren place and a paradise of sorts. As exploration and discovery unveiled the Arctic, the richness of the land and sea became...
How many love affairs begin with a piece of junk mail? Can you imagine a catalog changing your photography? A catalog from Maine Photographic Workshops did all that and more in the spring of 2007. After getting home from talking with a car salesman...
