Italy Workshop Announcement

Introduction to Design/Composition in Street Photography Workshop Venice & Verona ( ITALY )   A Secret Tradition Come explore the sun drenched side streets of Venice & Verona in a truly unique photography workshop.  We will retrace the footsteps of the “Grand Tour” which was the foundation for any serious artist in the last three [more...]

Back on Tuesday

Man Over Board The last two weeks felt like a blur.  Up and down have traded themselves for left and right.  Day to day life has been nothing short of an MC Esher drawing.  But the sky is clearing and I will be back tomorrow with the Part VI of the Surrealist Manifesto, followed by [more...]

Leica Akademie with Adam Marelli

  | LEICA AKADEMIE | Today I have some very exciting news for everyone.  Leica invited me to be an instructor at the Leica Akademie NYC workshops.  The first Weekend Workshop will be this April 20th-22nd.  Amazingly the workshop has already sold out and Leica is considering adding additional workshops to the 2012 Spring calendar [more...]

Matera [ ITALY ]

Inside the Sassi The city of Matera is a hilltop town in Southern Italy.  An area known for its agricultural history maintains a culture that predates the Greeks. There is a graceful age to the city, its people and its architecture. Findings The moment I stepped out of the car I could smell that Matera [more...]

Halloween Workshop

Finding Calm In Chaos I am not sure why this did not come to me  earlier, but Halloween is the perfect time for a Street Photography Workshop.  Its  one of the few holidays where everyone  wants to have their pictures taken.  This  makes it a perfect time to hit the streets  and work on spotting [more...]

Leicatime Half Case

My New Case Today the FedEx lady surprised  me.  I was not expecting any  packages today, but much to  my surprise there was a delivery from Rome.  It could mean only one thing… Leica M9 Half Case Last month while in Rome, my girlfriend and I dropped in on Luigi Crescenzi (the story is here).  [more...]

Out of Town

Flight To Tanna Hey Everyone, The bags are packed, check lists completed and the batteries are charged.  This afternoon I am flying out to Tanna, in the Pacific island chain of Vanuatu.  Its going to be a long 30 hours before I touch down in Port Vila.  After a little rest, I will be taking [more...]

India ( Part I )

[ Kanyakumari ] The last time I went to India was on a return flight from Egypt.  I was in Chennai for just over two days.  The city was so overwhelming, I left my camera in the bag and never took a single picture. Eight months later I was on my way back and ready to [more...]

Back In Town

24 Hours of Flying I flew in from India at about 1:30 this morning.  The jet lag has barely set in.  I am still on India time, but just wanted to give you all an quick update. Tomorrow morning I will post my interview with writer/photographer Jeff Johnson and I will start posting some of [more...]

Leaving Home Behind

Portugal Where did everyone go?  This was a recurring question as I walked through the city of Porto.  It felt like a war went through the city, leaving behind fatherless children and grandparents. Portugal surprised me and when I asked “Where were the young people?”, everyone gave the same response, “When they get old enough, they leave.” Equipment [more...]