Travel Photography: Scenes from Greater Phoenix, Arizona

On my Phoenix trip last month I met a bighorn sheep, chilled in a wonderful donut shop, and didn't cry over spilt milk.

Travel Photography: Sanski Most, Bosnia, by night

Travel Photography: People of Sanski Most, Bosnia

Here are some pictures of people I saw and met in Sanski Most, a town in northwest Bosnia and Herzegovina. It's friendly and lively and full of beauty and good humor mixed with grief and lingering frustration from the recent war. Beautiful and complicated, full of photojournalistic fodder. I hope to go back someday. I'm jealous of my host, who works as sort of a cultural ambassador there. I recently contributed photos for him to use in a website promoting tourism and cultural opportunities in the region. It seemed like a good excuse to share some of them here, all shot during my visit in August.

You might also be interested in this photo post from our hike to a waterfall near Sanski Most.

Greasewood Flat, Scottsdale, Arizona

Some images from Greasewood Flat and Reata Pass, a bar and restaurant nestled in an old stagecoach stop in Scottsdale, Arizona. It's a lovely local gem with no frills-- just great atmosphere, live music, good beers and spicy chili. We hear the place is for sale, but I hope it ain't so.

Summer Nights

"Will you please pull over on this two-lane rural highway in Croatia so I can take a picture of some people making full-body shadow puppets on the side of a church?"
"Okay."

"And will you hang out just a minute longer while I also photograph this woman selling fruit by the side of the road?"
"Sure."

Everyone should have friends and travel companions who are as supportive and accommodating as mine from last summer. Thanks again, ladies.

Scenes from Arizona

Here are some photos from my recent trip to Phoenix and Scottsdale. It's amazing what a couple of good assignments and a new (to me) city filled with beautiful light can do for my photographic inspiration. I can't wait to go back.

Kotor, Montenegro (Travel Photography)

Here are some scenes from Kotor, a lovely little town in Montenegro on the Bay of Kotor.

Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, Croatia

We spent a cloudy summer day wandering in Mirogoj Cemetery, on the outskirts of Zagreb, Croatia. Our guidebook called it one of the most beautiful cemeteries in Europe. We decided to make a detour since the weather wasn't cooperating with our original plan (mostly beach-basting). We were struck by its beauty, by the ornateness and variety of the grave-sites there, and also by the variety of religion and ethnicity of those buried there.

Hike to a Waterfall near Sanski Most, Bosnia

Here are some snaps from a wonderful summer day of hiking with new friends to a waterfall near Sanski Most, Bosnia. If I ever decide to publish a calendar called Waterfalls of the Balkans, this one will certainly be a strong contender. Thanks for looking.

Plitvic Lakes (Plitvička jezera) National Park, Croatia

When we visited Plitvic Lakes National Park in Croatia, I still couldn't get my tourism project from Istanbul out of my mind. I'd seen the waterfalls before, so this trip I decided to spend some time focusing on their visitors.

Snapshots from Slovenia

Here are a few more photos from our adventures through Slovenia last summer. We asked for directions as we rented a car and a man told us, "It is such a small country. You cannot lose yourself." We did our best. Thanks for looking.