This single click of the shutter resulted in the most lucrative photograph I ever made. It’s not the best photo I’ve ever taken, but it’s...

For this final post about our trip to France, I’d like to treat you to some random bonus photos – a lagniappe, if you will. Lagniappe...

To say that it rained while we were in France would be a serious understatement. It's like saying Mount Everest is a nice little hill. So...

Walking through the sprawling old cemetery as rain clouds gathered, we finally found the grave we were looking for. A tall cross marks...

My wife and I stood on the shore at Omaha Beach, the site of the most brutal fighting during the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day. As...

Bonjour, my friends. We’re back from our trip to the Normandy and Brittany regions of France. I’m happy to report that despite the...

There’s a reason why today's better cameras give us precision autofocus tracking, not just on the face in general, but smack dab on the...

Everything in this picture is a cause for profound thankfulness. The vintage leather cover on the notebook came from an antique shop in...

It was early morning, before sunrise. When I walked downstairs, I looked through the glass doors of our den and saw my brother Steve. He...

You may have noticed that I don’t have the “Likes” feature activated on my blog – which means you can’t give my posts a thumbs-up to show...

If it’s true that your life flashes before your eyes in your final moments, then I’m sure this vivid memory will be included in my...

Suppose you had one year to live. What would you do with that time? What places would you want to visit? What would you want to say to...

This old photo from 1979 has special meaning for me. It’s not significant because it has any great technical or artistic merit; I took it...

The phrase "Be Here Now" is like spiritual kudzu, sprouting up everywhere. This expression, which was the title of the 1971 book by Ram...

Have you ever found yourself pulled like a magnet to certain things in life? Maybe it’s a career path that beckoned, or a destination you...

What do you see in this picture? A heart? A face? Can you tell what this object is? Is it large like a tree trunk? Is it small like a...

My sister Pat has loved horses for as long as I can remember. When we were kids, she would set up a classroom in our basement and she’d...

In 1994, when our daughter Jade was three years old, she made this Christmas decoration for us in preschool. She dipped her little hand...

We all have a beacon that we follow — something that guides us on our life journey and helps us reach our chosen destination, just as...

Quick flashback: in my previous post, I wrote about not being able to get the sunrise photo I’d planned and shooting a Zen-like boats...