The Traveling Photographer

Chaco Canyon and Bisti Wilderness

Photograph: Rock formations at Bisti Wilderness in New Mexico.

Photograph: Sunset at Fajita Butte in Chaco Canyon Historic Park in New Mexico.

Photograph: Bluff and clouds outside of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico.

Photograph: Camping under the stars at Chaco Canyon in New Mexico.

Vieux Carré

Photograph: Pike Street Market at dawn in Seattle, Washington.

Photograph: View of Puget Sound at dawn in Seattle, Washington

Photograph: Jefferson Memorial, Washington D.C.

Prairie

Back on the prairie in the Sand Hills of Nebraska and the Badlands in South Dakota.

Photograph: In the Sand Hills of Nebraska

Photograph: The Badlands in South Dakota

Photograph: Hay bails and railroad in South Dakota.

Photograph: Bison in the Badlands of South Dakota

Two Washingtons

Two Washingtons in one week.

Photograph: The Tidal Basin in Washington D.C.

Road Trip

Along the Colorado and New Mexico Border.

Photograph: Billboard near Saguach, Colorado.

Photograph: Found in Questa, New Mexico.

Photograph: Trees near San Luis, Colorado.

Boston

Various religious experiences in the North End.

Oregon

Photograph: Oregon Ecola State Park Crescent Beach.

Newfoundland

Photograph: Newfoundland bay.

Photograph: Newfoundland cairnes.

Photograph: Newfoundland.

San Jose Found Objects

Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.

-Bill and Ted

Photograph: Found shoe in San Jose.

Photograph: Found scarf in San Jose.

Photograph: Found hardware in San Jose.

Goodbye ASMP

Sure was a good idea
'Til greed got in the way

-Bob Dillon

I've been a member of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) since 2003, but I won't be renewing my membership this year.

ASMP supports the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) which would destroy the internet as we know it if enacted. This short sighted bill (H.R. 3261) is supported by virtually all of the big media corporations and would give them the ability to effectively censor the internet through government intervention. While I'm in favor of protecting the rights of the creator, this ham-fisted bill goes far beyond that, giving control of the internet to these huge media corporations. Worse, it's set up to be fast-tracked through congress. My problem is that Columbia may decide to come after me for using the opening quote, or they might decide to shut my hosting company down. And there are the security issues around DNS blocking that this bill requires.

The innovation we've come to expect as a result of the openness of the internet is at stake. ASMP supports SOPA. I will not fund an organization that supports this misguided legislation.

Do something about it here.

Midwest United States

Photograph: Field flowers in Nebraska.

Photograph: Dragonfly near Lake Erie in Ohio.

Photograph: Water flowers near Lake Erie in Ohio.

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh has a wealth of great old buildings from the first half of the 20th century, largely financed through the steel, oil, and rail industries. I spent a very hot and humid series of days in Pittsburgh ducking into these buildings to escape the heat. They simply don't make building like this today.