I took the opportunity during this year’s Baltimore Marathon to experiment with motion-blur photography.

I captured most of these images of Buddhist temples on O’ahu in 2012-2013, and recently decided to revisit (and reprocess/edit) them to organize in a single post. Most are Japanese Shinto or Hongwanji but the the multi-color mostly blue one is Korean, and the red/yellow/green one is Chinese.

The Iberian Peninsula is where I’ve spent most of my European travel time. Having a working knowledge of both languages helps and makes it easier to get around. The photos here from L to R are: In Spain; The Alhambra in Granada; the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba; the Roman Aquaduct and Real Alcazar in Segovia; the...

Mallards ducks in and around the duck pond at the lovely Patterson Park in northeast Baltimore.

After a 3 hour rain delay the game finally started. I had the telephoto lens on my camera to get these shots from way up in the 300 level.

Fun times at this past Saturday’s Kinetic Sculpture Race. They went up Aliceanna Street to Canton Waterfront Park, then up to the mud obstacle at Patterson Park, and finally down Lombard Street to get back to the American Visionary Art Museum.

This was the 52nd year for the Washington Monument Lighting up at Mt. Vernon Place in Baltimore. In Addition to the lighting an intense fireworks there were food vendors and music performances.

I’ve yet to see a Baltimore Oriole in the wild, but did see this male of the species high up in a tree in the newly renovated birdhouse at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in DC.

This past October 21st I was the photographer on the Gutierrez Memorial Walk. In addition to the walk, the held a silent auction at the Gutierrez studio. Woodberry Kitchen provided breakfast and lunch for the participants.The John K. Gutierrez Memorial Walk is an annual event held to commemorate the legacy of John Gutierrez. Friends, family...

Interiors of buildings starting with the Library of Congress in Washington DC. Then the throne room in the Queluz National Palace and the library, a sitting room (almost completely Trompe-l’œil painting!), and a hall in the Mafra National Palace, both palaces in Portugal. Followed by the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, PA.