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After a lifetime of mainly expressing myself with words, my postings here will mainly rely on images. They will speak for themselves to some extent, but I'll usually add a few comments of explanation. I've taken photographs for decades, since the 1950's, inspired in part by my father's photographic skill. Four years of photo assignments and quality darkroom time eventually gave way to decades of casual and family picture-taking. I re-immersed myself when I left film and turned to digital.

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Japan Examined: Form, Design, Style Japan Examined, 2025: A Preview Theater Alaska: Cry It Out, 2026 A Few More Whales Whales on Display 2026 Douglas Fourth of July Parade and Footraces Juneau Fireworks, 2026: Fire, cloud, and smoke put on a show The Romance of Magno Rubio: Theater Alaska 2026 Gold Rush Days June 21, 2026: Logging Highlights Alaskan Dreaming: Requiem for Dream Cruises

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Welcome to my blog site, where I'll semi-daily post some images I like and a few comments of greater or lesser relevance to the images and the context. Sometimes the comments will explain why I took a photo and what I see in it that makes me think, or hope, others will find it interesting.

Let me know what you think. Please don't assume I think every image will be interesting to everyone. Photographers are like ravens, collecting bright, shiny objects. Tastes differ, wildly. To some, only action is interesting. To others, only portraits or landscapes are worthy. This will be an eclectic display; everything I photograph is fair game for posting.

Thank you for dropping by. I look forward to your comments and will post them only with your prior approval. I would rather have candid private comments than hear nothing. And I don't publicize or trade on my contact or client list.

Japan Examined: Form, Design, Style

September 20, 2026

Form, design, and style seem endemic in Japan. They appear to be pervasive, historically and culturally and in daily life. Perhaps they arose out of sensitivity to the na...

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Japan Examined, 2025: A Preview

September 15, 2026

Three weeks in Japan unavoidably reveal all kinds of novelties to first-time visitors, unavoidably resulting in many thousands of photos exposed during daily attempts to...

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Theater Alaska: Cry It Out, 2026

September 01, 2026

A totally engaged Theater Alaska cast recently put on a fine performance of Cry It Out. There were many photogenic moments in a dramatical sense, and these images try to...

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A Few More Whales

August 28, 2026

Whales weren’t really the point of our final outing for the season. We had scheduled a late-afternoon Allen Marine cruise to Colt Island for dinner at Orca Point Lodge, b...

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Whales on Display

August 07, 2026

Everyone likes whales. But their popularity can be problematic, given the density of whale boat traffic and, often, undue proximity. Nonetheless, two recent trips were...

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