Soft breezes flutter across my bare skin in the serene outdoor sanctuary where a masseuse expertly dissolves knots from my neck. Faint smells of floral petals and essential oils linger in the air as I deeply inhale and exhale even longer, relaxing tensed muscles. Ahhhh. And this was just the beginning of a 3 hour […]

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  • Kris Koeller - I can see how that would be hard to come back from. Looks wonderful.

  • fred - That’s really great experience you faced during Sri-Lanka travel…
    I will look forward to it and face same during my future vacations…

  Camera settings: f9.5, SS 1/90, ISO 200 How can he sit there so calmly with two ton elephants roaming about? Well, he’s actually a mahout. He spends his days caring for these elephants at the Pinnewela Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka, a tiny island south of the Indian Ocean. I was afraid this might […]

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  • Kris Koeller - That’s awesome. Fits the title perfectly.

  Okay, so not exactly a difficult destination to guess…but who’s first to see this blog entry? Griping shock, sadness, terror, hope…the site represents all this and more. Our hearts go out to all those affected, the victims, their friends, co-workers and loved ones still adjusting to the aftermath of this act. Maybe you’ve seen the devastation in […]

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While in Dominica this past July, I came across this man fishing on a riverbank. We struck up a conversation, and he invited me to see his pineapple farm… This shot of Jerome was taken with my favorite portrait lens, a Ziess 85mm/f1.4 lens. Since it was midday and we under a bright direct sun, I […]

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  • Kris Koeller - This is a great series. I like the third photo personally, because as you noted I think the filter or the humidity (or both) really flatten the vegetation. The third is a bit warm, but I like the detail. Nice work.

I’ve always been a sucker for juxtaposition, especially beauty among ruins. This time, the beauty was Bianca, a gorgeous model I had the pleasure to work with in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. I spent the previous day wandering around looking for backgrounds for the shoot. There were several great places–but I loved the arches, […]

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