Guest Post: Instant Gratification

Today’s guest post is by Stephanie Watkins. Stephanie has a creative eye and an artist spirit and it shows though in her work. I met Steph through her husband Nate, who you can see lurking in the back of my latest Vlog post (vlog #6). Her Polaroid work is stunning and I wanted to [...]
Nov 25, 2011 | Categories: Blog, Guest Authors, Photographers, Photography | Tags: Instant camera, Polaroid, Polaroid SX-70, stephanie watkins | 6 Comments »
Guest Post: Richard Tulloch

When I first started this blog my intent was to write about photography as well as culture and travel. I admit that the majority of the postings have been about photography. But, if you are one of my regulars you know that I often write about how the photographer interacts with the culture they are [...]
Feb 18, 2011 | Categories: Blog, Guest Authors, Opinion, Travel | Tags: bananas in pyjamas, culture, Life on the Road, richard tulloch | 6 Comments »
Guest Blog: Marco Ryan

I’m going to go down a bit of a rat hole. I’m even going to give it a name: value. You’ll already be wondering why a post that begins “I’m going down a bit of a rat hole” might have anything to do with Focus for Humanity – a newly launched foundation aimed at giving [...]
Jun 11, 2010 | Categories: Blog, Guest Authors, News, Opinion, Photographers, Photography | Tags: ami vitale, aspiring photographers, David DuChemin, Edoardo Agresti, Focus for Humanity, Gavin Gough, grants, Jeffrey Chapman, Karl Grobl, Marco Ryan, Matt Brandon, NGO, Non-governmental organization, Philanthropy, world class photographers | 13 Comments »
Damn the elephants! Full speed ahead!

By Shiloh Lane I almost got torpedoed on the way to work today. True story – sort of. To be completely accurate, a pile of torpedoes almost sideswiped my friends and I as our car vied for on-ramp space with a flatbed truck carrying said weapons and an army jeep. Strapped to the truck with [...]
Mar 19, 2010 | Categories: Blog, Guest Authors, Humor, Opinion, Shiloh Lane | Tags: army jeep, Culture adjustments, Driving, Elephant, Right- and left-hand traffic | 5 Comments »
A Culture of Strangers

by Shiloh Lane I grew up in a very small town in Kentucky; I went to college in another very small town in Kentucky; and when I went to “the big city” to go shopping, I really just went to a slightly larger small town in Kentucky. It suffices to say that I didn’t meet [...]
Mar 05, 2010 | Categories: Blog, Guest Authors, Shiloh Lane | Tags: Asia, dignity, Kentucky, Richard Simmons, social grace, sweatin to the oldies, Travel | 13 Comments »
A Whiff of Progress and Pad Thai

MB: I want to introduce to you a young lady who will be guest blogging here every so often; Shiloh Lane. I started reading her blog and realized this young lady had a talent and passion for words. I think you will become a fan of hers as I have. A Whiff of Progress and [...]
Feb 19, 2010 | Categories: Blog, Guest Authors, Shiloh Lane | Tags: Chaco, cinnamon candles, Shiloh Lane, Southeast Asia, Travel | 32 Comments »









