Only about 500 people lived at Machu Picchu at its peak. That’s incredible, considering the built-out area is about one million square feet.
Yep, that’s me doing the iconic tourist shot of Machu Picchu. (You have no idea how many tries it took this professional photographer to actually get it right!)
I’m sitting in a courtyard 11,000 feet up in the mountains. Breathing is difficult, especially since our tour guide pressed us to climb even higher into the Andes to see the impressive stonework of Incan ruins. I’ve sucked in several minutes of hotel oxygen, provided in the lobby. And I’ve downed cups and cups of coca and mint teas to combat altitude sickness. Every website warns against alcohol consumption.
I order a drink.
We squeezed the last drops out of summer at a dear family friend’s cottage on the shores of Lake Michigan this past week. Here are some of my favorite images; cold plunges, beach buddies, fashionable headwear, chilling out and vibing on the ridiculously unbelievable colors — day and night.
Marci emerges victoriously from a cold plunge.
In Michigan, pretty much everywhere you go is “Up North.” I’ve even jokingly said sometimes going south is considered “Up North.” But when you hop in your buddy Farina’s car and travel three hours up the righthand side of Michigan’s mitten, you’re definitely Up North — no air quotes needed.
I took this amazing and beautiful sky photo — appropriately — exactly 30 years after our amazing and beautiful daughter Skye was born.
We had a great opportunity to photograph a wedding in Vermont, so we traveled to New England and spent a beautiful, long weekend with all the family’s kith and kin.
The bride and flower girl relax before the ceremony.Read More
Notes From Down Under
My wife, Marci, holds reasonably still for a 30-second-long time exposure on my iPhone, kinda/sorta secured to a selfie stick with a plastic tripod bottom. That’s the Milky Way as seen from Down Under in Collingwood, NZ.
“My dad would’ve LOVED these views.”
That’s one of the thoughts, emotions really, that ran through my head each time I looked up at the New Zealand heavens.
Notes From Down Under
Be afraid; be very afraid!
If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk. Likewise, if you go into a cave with a photographer, he’s going to ask you to pose. And you’ll likely be trapped underground indefinitely.
Notes from Down Under
After snapping this photo, I went up to the family who were wondering why I was taking pictures of a puddle on the beach. They loved the photo and I happily emailed it to them. A week later, this beach town was devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle.