One of the highlights of my recent trip to Egypt was an early morning visit to the Temple of Ramsses II and the Temple of Nefertari at Abu Simbel. Sure, it required a 2:30 am check out from my Cairo hotel and a pre-dawn flight to Abu Simbel, but it was worth it. Even the [...]

An explosion rocked the Khan al-Khalili bazaar in Cairo today near the Hussein mosque killing at least one — a French tourist. From the best I can tell from the varied reports online, it may have happened in the sidewalk cafe seating area seen in the background at the right of this image I took [...]

Back in the days of film, I shot only transparency — and in the latter days, primarily Fuji Velvia which was very contrasty and had rich, almost unnaturally saturated color. Transparency film was unforgiving and had very little dynamic range, meaning that it could only record a small portion of the range of lights and [...]

On my last night in Luxor, Egypt, I attended the sound and light show at Karnak Temple. I had heard that it would be crowded and that we’d be on the move, walking through the temple as it was illuminated, so I left the tripod at the hotel and hoped that the low noise of [...]

It’s day three of my three-day trip home from Egypt. The day before yesterday I flew from Luxor, Egypt to Cairo where I overnighted before continuing on to New York and then Chicago where I stayed last night. One more leg to Kansas City this afternoon and then I’ll be home. Lots more stories and [...]

A press trip can be a whirlwind. On my recent trip to China my host describe it as “admiring the blossom from a galloping horse”. No truer words have been spoken. Yesterday I was on a bus with several other photographers and riders for over seven hours. Sometime in the mid-morning, a friendly competition began [...]

It’s been a busy week and I’ve had no internet access for days but the touring of Egypt has been great. I’ll have to catch up with more images after I get home, but here are a couple from the icons of Egypt: the pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx. Having seen so many [...]

Landed in Cairo, Egypt yesterday afternoon and have been busy exploring since. Not much time to write now but here are a few photos from today — the Cairo Museum, an early morning felucca ride on the Nile and a couple of market shots.