Xepong, Laos (July 2004).
Photo by Peter Rimar.

"Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it."
~ Henry David Thoreau

Xepon, Laos (July 2004).

‎...note to self...

‎"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." 
~ Thomas Jefferson
State of the Union Address (Paperback)





Bad Political Joke of the Week:
I am sure that Herman Cain will be in the White House in 2012.
Somebody has to deliver the pizza.

[ih-lip-sis]

"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." ~ Confucius

Changsha, PRC (May 2009).

Wiki-Publishing

Last year (2010), this blogger Googled my name to see where my photographs were being used on the internet. I discovered that the following image ended up on a book cover:

This photograph was taken at the Misawa, Japan train station in October 2004. I waited almost thirty minutes before asking this gentleman to snap his picture.

If you look closely at the photograph's overall composition, you'll notice all the primary vanishing-point lines converge at the end of the platform (i.e. located directly behind the man's eyes). I was able to give the left side of his face some key lighting by positioning him to the right of the small gap between the train cars. It was late in the afternoon, so the sun was low on the horizon. 

Anyhow, the main reason I allow the FREE USE of my images is because I enjoy sharing my art. I've never considered myself a professional photographer. My visual approach to capturing a single moment in time is as a doc·u·men·tar·i·an.

After contacting Mr. Welch on Facebook, the author was kind enough to send me a free, autographed copy of the book.
MISAWA: A Song of the Machi (Paperback)

"To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth." ~ Pearl S. Buck

Beijing, P.R.C. (June 2008)

Good Morning Saigon?

NOTEPAD: This quick sequence of images were taken on a street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City (formally Saigon) back in 2005, this blogger stumbled upon this old women selling packets of chewing gum to passing tourists. Perspective? Yes please. I'll take another helping.