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A one-day guide to photographing London

jon and tina reed year in london project

Tweet I not exactly sure how I stumbled across Jon and Tina Reed’s photography, but the moment I did I realized that it was a stroke of good fortune. If I remember correctly, the first place I saw their photography might have been via their Facebook Fan page, A Year of London. Their blog is [...]

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Chilling in Camden

Tweet A quick aside about the U.K., a country I like quite a lot. The juxtaposition of the original British place names versus their American equivalents fascinates me. Camden was the hometown of my former boss, Senator David Pryor, down in South Arkansas and it bears absolutely no resemblance to the Camden in London, though [...]

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London, World Travel Market, and the Future

old red double decker London bus

Tweet Just a brief post today explaining what I have been up to in the last few weeks, which goes hand-in-hand as an explanation for why I haven’t been doing any posting here for the last few weeks. I am back in London, which as you may recall is a comfortable place for me. Although [...]

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My Comfortable Country

london olympic rings at train station

Tweet I simply love the U.K. And just to be sure that I don’t offend my many friends from nearby, let me also say – I love Ireland as well. The set of islands in this area (and I hope to do some of the smaller ones, like the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, [...]

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Heathrow Airport

Tweet Heathrow is a hellish experience once you get there and getting to Heathrow is no picnic either. On signs and flat screen monitors throughout the various terminals it bills itself as “the busiest airport in the world.” While that might be great for whoever owns it, it certainly isn’t that great for anyone that [...]

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Street art with meaning

Graffiti and I have a true love/hate relationship. Although I love Italy dearly, each and every time I go back, [...]

Dog Sledding in Finland

dog sled finland huskies

I absolutely love dogs, but I never would have guessed how much I’d immediately take to dog sledding during my [...]

A big day for someone and my serendipity

Resting my feet after an afternoon’s worth of walking the hills of Girona in the middle of one of my [...]

A quick guide to tapas

tapas in costa brava spain

If you are headed to Spain, get your taste buds ready to enjoy one of the great culinary treats in [...]

Instagram Favorites, Alex Ogle, a.k.a. @Alex_Ogle

I am thinking about possibly adding a new feature to this site — great Instagram photographers that I like and [...]

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