Because the world is photogenic.
After a pandemic-induced hiatus last year, Fleet Week was back in San Francisco. The last time I attended Fleet Week was all the way back in 2010, so I was really looking forward to seeing the Blue Angels again. In past years, I’d always watched the Blue Angels from Pier 39. This year, I was…
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In preparation for our upcoming trip to the Antarctic, I wanted to test out my new FE 100-400mm GM lens on some real wildlife. As I needed a dependable source of subjects, we headed to the San Francisco Zoo and spent a few hours visiting most of the exhibits. The FE 100-400mm GM was mounted…
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Dársenas Square is a quiet waterfront park in Old San Juan. After a rainy morning of walking through cobblestone streets, we found this little plaza on the southwestern shore of the old city. Some street vendors and food trucks set up here, but the morning was mostly quiet, and we had the views of San…
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The largest in the world by volume, the Georgia Aquarium houses a few specimens of the largest fish in the world—the whale shark, Rhincodon typus. In fact, the Ocean Voyager exhibit was designed to house these docile giants. Despite being a shark, these creatures are gentle, slow swimmers; and it’s because of this that I…
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This is one of the most visited bridges in the world, but you wouldn’t know it in the wee hours of the morning. It was the second time on this trip when I would wake up a few hours before dawn, meander through the Old Town—tripod in hand—hoping to arrive in time to catch the…
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