Travel Photography: Tucson Train Station
June 22nd, 2009For a long time, the Amtrak station was a Downtown Tucson afterthought. There wasn't much reason for going there unless you had to catch a train or you were meeting someone arriving by rail. And did I mention that rail service to Tucson is not a daily thing?
The station was renovated not too long ago, and it's now home to a pretty good restaurant and convenience mart called Maynards Market and Kitchen. Restaurant patrons can enjoy patio dining while watching the trains go by. Or they can watch each other...
The people shown above are part of the crowd that turns out for the weekly Meet Me at Maynards Social Run/Walk through Downtown Tucson.
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Travel Photography: Discovering Where You Live
June 19th, 2009My preferred mode of travel is the bicycle. As wonderful as it is, the bicycle isn't ideal. Especially for really, truly getting to know a place. For that, you need to get off your bike and walk around.
This Downtown Tucson photo is a classic example. Had I been bicycling along Cushing Street, I would have thought, "Nice sunset." But I would have kept on riding. On foot, I was forced to study the light and notice how unusual it was...
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Travel Photography: Ever been a tourist in your hometown?
February 25th, 2009Ever been a tourist in your hometown? I decided to take that idea for a little test-ride this past weekend. My itinerary included the Pima Community College West Campus, Sentinel Peak (aka A Mountain), and Tucson's oldest tree. This eucalyptus hangs in there at the edge of Congress Road, just west of Downtown...
Then there was the Interstate 10 obstacle course...
I've heard that this multi-year construction project is almost over, but I'll believe it when I see it.
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Travel Photography: Take the Long Way Home
January 5th, 2009My holiday plans were simple: Go back to Pennsylvania to visit the family for Christmas and New Year. Since I live in Arizona, such a plan involves air travel. And, to put it mildly, the 2008-2009 holiday travel season has been hellacious.
My flight from Tucson to Chicago reached Chicago airspace as a major snowstorm was raging. We circled for so long that the plane ran low on fuel and had to be diverted to Omaha. And ours wasn't the only flight that was so affected...
Other than watching the ground crew refuel, there wasn't much to do...
So, I decided to get up and go for a walk. But, alas, I was barred from going outside for a stretch on the jet stairs. Safety reasons, said Gary the flight attendant...
Oh, well.
After the refueling was done, we headed up to Chicago. Where it was still snowing...
Which led to a mandatory de-icing session before my Philadelphia flight could take off...
My arrival in Philadelphia was five hours later than scheduled. But the family was waiting to greet me. Much fun and more photography followed.
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Travel Photography: Military Flags
October 14th, 2008These flags are part of a Southwest Airlines/Chicago Midway Airport effort to honor active duty military serving overseas...
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Travel Photography: University of Michigan Diag
October 13th, 2008Although the University of Michigan campus has grown since my student days, the Diag is still the heart of it all. The Diag consists of two diagonal walkways that intersect outside the Graduate Library. It's long been a hotbed of activity, including this outdoor yoga class...
The student's feet are tantalizingly close to the Block M, which has special meaning for U-M freshmen. Campus lore says that if you step on the Block M before your first exam, you'll flunk it.
I don't recall if my feet touched the Block M before my first exam, but I do remember slipping on the ice-covered Block M a few months later. Lesson learned: The Diag hurts when you fall on it.
Having passed by the Block M, let's head southwest along the Diag, into the late afternoon sun...
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Travel Photography: Airport Monuments
August 1st, 2008Changed planes in Houston a couple of weeks ago. While I walked from one terminal to another, I encountered this statue of former President George Herbert Walker Bush...
Among other things, I told the statue that the elder Bush was no John Adams, and that the son certainly doesn't measure up to John Quincy Adams. (Did you know that the teenaged John Quincy acted as a diplomat on behalf of the United States? Could you see a youthful version of our current President doing anything like that?)
After having words with the statue, I boarded the tram...
In my not-so-humble opinion, the Houston airport tram gives a smoother, more reliable ride than its DFW counterpart.
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Travel Photography: Southern Cemeteries
July 30th, 2008Looking for something interesting to do while visiting a small Southern town? Well, how about a walk around the cemetery?
Yes, it will be quiet, and you may well be the only live person there, but, oh, the stories. Some people's lives just read like a good book. Take, for example, this rockin' Army veteran who served with the local sheriff's department...
You'll also find yourself asking a lot of questions. You'll see a headstone with birth and death dates in the same week and wonder what happened to that baby. Then there's that headstone with a photo of a smiling teenager. Was it a car crash? Drugs? Or something else?
You'll also see the impromptu memorials next to the headstones -- lots of them...
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Graphic Design Using My Stock Photography
June 13th, 2008My stock photography collection covers a wide variety of topics – everything from the back roads of rural America to urban street scenes. They are available for use in your print and Web design projects.
The photo on the front of this postcard is of an abandoned gas station that I encountered in Washington State back in 1986. That's my bike leaning against the pump.
The image was used on a postcard that promoted a Longmont, Colorado bicycle shop's tax-free sale. The card was sent to the shop's customer mailing list.
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Travel Photography: An Ode to Airports
June 11th, 2008I have a confession to make: I like airports. Even in these days of flight delays, lost luggage, overpriced food, and surly service.
Among my favorites is Dallas Fort Worth International, aka DFW. Like its home state of Texas, DFW is huge. So huge that it once took me an hour to walk from one terminal to the other. Yes, I know I could have hitched a ride on the Skylink train…
…but I’d just gotten trapped in a train that wouldn’t move. Fortunately, this entrapment happened in one of the stations, so all I had to do was activate the emergency door opener. Nothing like an air travel adventure without leaving the ground.
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