Ah, The Bronx

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I love the subways in the outer boroughs because you're like seven times more likely to be above ground.

Shooting people

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I've been trying to shoot people lately. Shooting strangers is a weird thing. I don't know how photographers get away with it. I've always tried to stay away from it. I think New Yorkers are more used to being photographed than most people. Still, I don't feel very comfortable sticking my huge camera in people's faces and capturing their soul. I'd still rather try to talk it out of them.

A-a-a-atacama

I went to the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile a few weeks ago. It is the driest place on earth, about 1000 miles north of Santiago, on the Bolivian border.



Photo-wise, the trip was a little disappointing but a learning experience nonetheless. After all of these sunrise and sunset city photography, trying to shoot in the desert on the tropic of cancer in the middle of the day was something else. I didn't have a polarizer, and I tried to compensate by converting some of the glaring daytime shots into black and whites.

This is one of my favorites, in the Valle de la Luna. I'm told there are Valleys of the Moon all over the world.

Malaysia and Singapore

I didn't shoot photos in Malaysia and Singapore. All I did was eat.

Food court at night in Singapore.


Noodle man in Ipoh.