6 days in Tokyo In many ways it is a modern metropolis yet it maintains many Japanese attitudes. A clean city without garbage cans, a busy but quiet city, a crowded city with no security issues, in short Japanese attitudes, engrained over generations, make themselves … Continue readingJapan
Fog and snow do a wonderful job isolating trees resulting in rather minimalist, quiet and contemplative scenes. Their Zen like quality reminded me of Chinese landscape paintings. Reason enough to reactivate my old name stamp from my days in Taiwan.
Once again the forecast was way off. The warming promised to us turned out to be much delayed and instead the snow turned harsh and will stay around for a while. The sun came out and turned the whole village and valley into a living … Continue readingPost Cards from Les Avants
Another day, another snow and more fog. Perfect conditions to get great shots of subjects isolated by white. The mood reminded me of Michael Kenna`s winter images from Hokkaido. Something to aspire to. My dog figured skis are not necessary for a good time in … Continue readingA winter walk
First snow, just about a foot or so. I am afraid for my four legged friend it was not so much a walk as it was one hour of jumping and disappearing in the snow again. An exhausting exercise to be sure but endless fun … Continue readingWinters first showing
Its omni presence is hard to beat. Even though I love my camera equipment it is not always readily available. Yesterday nature sent me another beautiful and at the same time painful reminder to bring my equipment all the time and everywhere. The dog walk … Continue readingPraise to the phone
