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With Photoshop you can change the atmosphere of a photograph, just by using curves or levels. Here, I’ve darkened the shadows until they are black. This makes the whites whiter. Of course the monk’s robes went black as well, but … Continue reading
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The Main Square in Sibiu Sibiu was our first stop after leaving Bucharest. These wonderful buildings were built by the Saxons. They began building in the 13th century although the area has had a settlement since the Stone Age. The Saxons … Continue reading
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2007 Yunnan Province The farmer’s market was our destination on a rainy day in Yunnan. I call it the farmer’s market, but for the Chinese homemaker or cook, it is the only market. They would shop nowhere else. They demand fresh. … Continue reading
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Yunnan Province, China 2005 Almost every town in China has a population of at least a million, at least the towns that tourists see. I don’t know if this was Dongchuan or Yuanyang or another place. Before I started my … Continue reading
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This is an old slide that I scanned. It’s horribly contrasty and in order to get some detail I had to saturate it to death plus add some colored filters. I often think of Jay Maisel’s dictum, “only show your … Continue reading
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My guide, Daniel Gheorghita, (www.covinnus.com) and I left our hotel rooms early on many mornings. This morning was the hardest as we knew the temperature would be below freezing. For once I was ready with woolen hunting sox, long underware, Patagonia ski tops, wool … Continue reading
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This is a Viet Namese girl whose family has entered Cambodia illegally. These Viet Namese work the tourists boats in Tonle Lake. They come alongside to sell cold drinks or bananas. The tourists are glad to photograph them and to … Continue reading
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A Uigar boy holds the horses at Kasghar market while his dad is othewise occupied. You can see the pride in the boy’s face. He has been trusted by his dad to take care of the horses and wagon and to guard whatever they have … Continue reading
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This was a lane in my favorite Romanian village of Biertan. The long lens compresses the houses making the roof lines and gables geometric. Of course, the horse and wagon adds the human element. I loved those horses and wagons that … Continue reading
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A lotus pond on Inle Lake. Here lotus stems are harvested. This was painstaking work. She had to cut the stem but not sever the fibers. Then she laid them on her table and rolled them into one thread using … Continue reading
