While on tour in Europe, we stayed at 10 different hotels. The tour was ostensibly for the Ritz-Carlton, but they didn’t have their hotels in every city we stopped in. However, because they are part of Marriott Luxury, they hooked us up with all sorts of other partner hotels. The Bvlgari in Milan, The Edition in London, and here, in the Hotel Arts in Barcelona!

The Hotel Arts in Barcelona

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• Date Taken2017-04-29 20:06:27
• CameraX1D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time0.5
• Aperture3.2
• ISO100
• Focal Length90.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

I have no idea what this guy was saying to Seth while we were in Lisbon, but you can tell it was pretty intense. We were doing a bit of filming on the way to the photo walk and we came across the band down by the shore. They saw all of our equipment and started really engaging with us. Seth is such a nice guy that everyone talks to him about everything – he must find it exhausting at some point!

A Hippie and a Seth

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• Date Taken2017-04-23 02:16:26
• CameraILCE-7RM2
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/8000
• Aperture
• ISO3200
• Focal Length
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias+1.7

I’ve never been in this rainforest area of Singapore at night before. I thought it looked amazing and moody with all the lights + the mist that comes down from the upper walkways. I was walking around here with Dotz Soh and a few other people. We just slowly wandered around, taking photos, and drinking in all the sights and sounds. Even though this place is quite touristy, I think it is worth it!

Take Me to Your Leader

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• Date Taken2018-03-27 01:12:45
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time0.4
• Aperture5.6
• ISO160
• Focal Length20.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

There were great views from the rooftop bar in at the Ritz-Carlton there in Moscow. It was pretty easy to pop up there at different times of the day to get different light situations. I took this right before our photo walk, when rain was threatening. This was the final city of our 10-city European tour, and we had not had rain at all. I was afraid our luck was about to run out!

Moscow on a Moody Day

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• Date Taken2017-06-03 12:39:45
• CameraILCE-7RM2
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/640
• Aperture9
• ISO100
• Focal Length223.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias-2

Thanks again everyone for meeting me at the Shanghai Photo Walk. What a fun event that was! It’s great to meet so many enthusiastic photographers of all levels. Wow, I can’t believe how crowded the Bund was on this evening. We almost lost one another a few times… If I had known it was gonna be that crowded, I never would have chosen that spot… but it still worked out great. Thanks again!

Shanghai Photo Walk!

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• Date Taken2018-06-17 22:34:03
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/125
• Aperture9
• ISO500
• Focal Length20.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

This was my first trip to Chengdu, China, and I was surprised to find they had this giant bamboo forest near a temple complex. There are these cool red-walled tunnels that weave all around and through the forest. This area is also known for their giant pandas. I was kind of hoping to see one swinging around the trees, but no such luck. But there were a lot of festive people out walking around, like these two girls.

Two Girls Wander Through a Bamboo Forest in China

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• Date Taken2018-06-15 19:01:02
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/100
• Aperture2.8
• ISO1000
• Focal Length16.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

I know I’m getting old and everything, but when I was at KL Tower seven years ago, I don’t remember an “outside” area. I remember shooting through a window and having a terrible time with the glare. Now, of course, I use a Lens Skirt, but I didn’t know about it back then. Anyway, this time I went to a new level that had an outside area where you could get unobscured shots of the city.

Kuala Lumpur from KL Tower

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• Date Taken2018-03-31 00:39:44
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time0.5
• Aperture4
• ISO200
• Focal Length28.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

It was fun to spend some time with Liz out of New Zealand! She joined me as part of the #80Stays tour in Kuala Lumpur. Boy, was it hot while we were there! It was probably over 90 degrees when we went into this mosque where we had to put on these heavy robes. Outside, there was a little bit of a breeze, at least. It had recently rained and left a thin layer of water on the marble… so it made for a nice reflection shot. Find out more about Liz’s story from her visit on her blog.

Young Adventuress in Kuala Lumpur

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• Date Taken2018-03-31 23:16:39
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/250
• Aperture7.1
• ISO100
• Focal Length26.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

How beautiful is Hong Kong? I took this from the bar atop the Ritz-Carlton there on the other side of the bay. I tried to not just get the obvious wide-angle shots, but instead to zoom in and get some interesting details here and there. Naturally, there are all sorts of different apartments for different income levels. These are some of the nicer ones over on the Hong Kong side.

The Complexity of Hong Kong

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• Date Taken2018-03-13 00:01:59
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time2.5
• Aperture4
• ISO250
• Focal Length105.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

Well, all of Fez is old, but the oldest part is the labyrinth-like bazaar. There are a few entrances to this place, and this is one of the grand gates. It’s unbelievable how lost you can get inside the old bazaar! But there’s really nothing to worry about. Whenever I had four hours to go out and shoot, I would wander randomly for three hours and then leave myself the last hour to find my way out. Sometimes I’d end up at a completely different gate, completely turned around. But that was part of the fun! And, I typically have a Very Good Sense of direction… I think this is because I play so many first-person shooter games!

Entering the old bits of Fez, Morocco

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• Date Taken2014-03-03 23:46:52
• CameraILCE-7R
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/1000
• Aperture8
• ISO200
• Focal Length16.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias