A 60-second simple crib sheet for people wanting to take photos on the street, particularly in foreign places.

So there's been some talk recently about "bokeh" or ぼけ as the Japanese would have it, which in English means "blurring."   The two camps, "full frame" and "micro four-thirds," are jostling and elbowing.

Saigon Cycle Socialism. A gallery about being on the bike.

The TurnStyle slings across your back, snug but out of the way until you need it; sling it across to the front so you can grab a camera and also make quick lens changes on the run.

This time of year, the Olympic Peninsula and Puget Sound just get more and more beautiful.

It's the end of summer. Well, almost. People are on the outside decks of the ferry. Friends are everywhere. Life is good.

Ok, you've heard of paddle boarding. This one is new.  Notice the guy in the background. Near the Fauntleroy ferry dock, West Seattle

Earth to mother ship, I'm beaming up my weekly report of strange things that humans do... this weekend was more strange than normal because of the heat wave...

Sometimes it just nice to stare up at the sky and think about the wonders of our planet.

Well there isn't a ferry anymore but here's where it used to be, back when the Harper Brick Factory was producing the bricks of Pioneer Square.

Imagine a city of 12 million people, all on bicycles.

You learn to travel light if you have a distain for checking luggage. I do. 

I probably shouldn't be advertising this because I don't want to create undue expectations, but I was impressed with the repair service I received when I sent in my OM-D E-M1.

I've just posted a new gallery to Qamera called "Vietnam." Those of you who follow me know that I travel there very frequently. It contains some of my favorite photos over the past few years.

Ok I know this is just another 'food selfie' but seriously, how can you compare caphe sữa đá (slow-dripped iced coffee with condensed milk) and Bun Bo Hue (spicy noodles with deep broth, from Hue) with - uhm - Wheaties? Seriously?