Bringing Down the White Picket Fence
A Couple's Quest to Live Globally
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Impermanence Part Two This was Shea Stadium. My wife and I took a subway ride out to see it as it was being torn down. My father and I took that same subway line to see the Mets play when I was a child. As an adult, I got to return the favor and travelled the 7 line with Dad to see many ball games. The stadium was another place holder of… Read More
Impermanence Part One I lost my father in 2002. Fort Monmouth, my Dad’s workplace, was the military base near my hometown. In 2005 it was slated for closure by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Many of the buildings are being torn down including this one. The Hexagon, as it was known, was a place shrouded in mystery for me. My Dad’s work was classified and thus I was never allowed… Read More
Street photography has been a genre with which I have become more and more fascinated recently. It is very different from landscape photography in a variety of ways. When I shoot landscapes, I am very methodical in the way I set the shot up. I usually have my camera on a tripod. I set my aperture and shutter speed and check my ISO setting. Then I make my exposures. I have the… Read More
I remember sitting on the edge of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon one early July morning, coffee in hand, while the sun made its way above the jagged rocks and ledges, falling in love with the colors, the deep reds and oranges, the beautiful glow of the American West. With the elk grazing nearby, I couldn’t imagine a more peaceful place on Earth. In a setting like this, it is easy to… Read More
Bringing Down the White Picket Fence 