Miami Beach Cigar Shop

Got out of the hotel late for dinner this past week and walked along the shops in Miami Beach. Got drawn to this colorful shot like a moth to a flame. Don't like the Hookah, but they make a nice colorful shot.

Jeff Beck at Bonnaroo, near Nashville

Got to go to Bonnaroo with Stephanie this past summer. Brought her and 7 of her friends. Although I was supposed to drive them in and get lost, I had a blast listening to all of the bands. Hope to go back in 2011. Bonnaroo is a week long music festival in central Tennessee in a farm field a couple of hours from Nashville. Very hot and if it rains, a big pile of mud but a great opportunity to see old bands and new. This is a shot of Jeff Beck who put on a heck of a show. Lots of fun.

Strange Address -- Seattle

Wandering around earlier in the year and came across this strange address in Seattle near the Public Market area. Thought it was a Harry Potter-esque kinda thing. Anyway, struck my fancy....

Grassy Knoll -- Dealey Plaza, Dallas

Strange shot of a very effecting place. There are somewhat semi-homeless people hanging around giving "authorized" tours of the area. Kinda creepy that they have an "x" on the street where the shot occurred. Tough to see, but it is right in the center of this shot. You think you don't want to do take a tour, but it turns out, the tour guides are pretty knowledgeable about the area and what happened in 1963. The thing you notice right away is how close everything is and how unlikely anyone could be on the "grassy knoll" where I was standing when I took this picture and be unnoticed.

Colored Lights

Happened to take this shot in Beijing but it could have been anywhere. Just a string of colorful lights at night and a shutter set to open as I moved the camera to create this interesting effect. Nothing fancy, but fits the theme of looking for color in the world.....

Beautiful Details Beijing Summer Palace

Any house that the Emperor occupied had designations on the corner of the building representing what that building was for. These made for interesting and colorful shots.

Tourist Boats at the Summer Palace

These wonderful boats take the tourists who visit the Summer Palace near Beijing out for a ride in this man-made lake that was original created for the Empress Dowager in the mid-1800's. Beijing is an extremely hot place in the summer and the breezes off of this lake were wonderful to feel. I love how the trees in the background can be seen to be swaying in the wind. So happy that I had a chance to take Stephi there in 2009.