THE GENESEE RIVER RUNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF ROCHESTER, and while there are plenty of cities with a river or two, few of them have a spectacular waterfall in the center of town. I’ve wanted to photograph the High Falls …
7 Tips for Better Travel Photos
FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE NO RULES TO TAKING A GREAT TRAVEL PHOTO besides making sure the lens cap is off the camera. Just like there’s no way to learn to take better photos besides taking more photos. Some people …
Spain, 2000: Churches and Ruins and Gallons of Wine
NEARLY TWENTY YEARS AGO I WENT ON MY FIRST TRAVEL JUNKET – to the north of Spain in a bus full of writers and photographers on the trail of Cervantes and the Spanish language. I had never done any professional …
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Instagramable: Elora and its Gorge
ELORA FIRST HIT MY RADAR YEARS AGO, when the Elora Quarry (above) became a popular day trip for hipsters in my town – a spectacular local swimming hole with steep cliff walls and a tidy little beach at the end, …
Packing List: My 19 travel essentials
LIKE MOST PEOPLE I OVER PACK WHEN I TRAVEL. But hauling my bags onto buses and trains and through airports got me cutting back. If I can avoid checking baggage I will, so I’ve had to distill my essential items …
Away We Go! A travel photographer strikes out on his own
LAST YEAR I LOST THE SWEETEST GIG EVER. It’s not a long story – newspapers, cutbacks, editors getting packaged out and freelancers dumped on the desolate shores of the jobless islands. It didn’t take me long to realize that I …
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