Articles - 2016

Tančící Dům at Twilight

Apologies for my lack of updates over the last few months.  I have not been shooting much at all.  I have shot a few images, and published some older images which were worth a visit.  In the mean time, here is a new image from a mid-year shoot.  A view of Tančící Dům (the Dancing [ continue reading ]

Views of Prague at Twilight

It is hard to believe, but it has been over a month since our trip to Prague.  While it was a short European getaway for only a few days, photographically, it was very productive and rewarding, and I certainly landed a few pleasing images in that short time.  Life has been quite busy since then [ continue reading ]

Travel and Tripod Tales of Woe

Last week we flew into Tel Aviv via Hong Kong.  The airlines unfortunately left half the HGK-TLV flight's luggage in Hong Kong, including all our clothes, and my tripod — a Manfrotto MT293A4 and 494RC2 travel tripod combo I had specifically bought for this trip.  The morning after we arrived, we had to go buy [ continue reading ]

Dancing House, Prague

Prague's famous Dancing House was one of sights I wanted to see and photograph.  I planned to photograph the Dancing House on our last night in Prague, so we headed 1.2km south of our hotel, where I positioned myself for the image I wanted, once the light was right.  Here is the image I sought out [ continue reading ]

Vítejte v Praze (Welcome to Prague)

We have arrived in Prague, and spent our first day wandering around.  The day began with a 5am awakening as usual.  We decided to take advantage of the serenity of the dawn hours in a European city and wander out to the Charles Bridge, which is a five-minute walk from the Charles Bridge Palace, where [ continue reading ]

New Backpack and Tripod

It is not very often that I discuss photography gear, but given that I purchased a few new items of gear today, I figured it was worth relating the story.  Soon enough, we are heading overseas on a trip to Israel, followed by a small soujorn to Czechia for a few days.  As is always [ continue reading ]