Title: Mong La By Moonlight II Location: Mong La, Solukhumbu, Nepal, Asia Description: A different feel than the previous posting about Mong La at night (see below for related posts). Camera Canon Continue Reading →
Title: Helicopter At Syangboche Airport Location: Above Namche Bazaar, Solukhumbu, Nepal, Asia (27°48?40.4?N 086°42?44.2?E) Description: One of the highest airstrips in the world, Syangboche is little more than a dirt strip Continue Reading →
Title: Mani Stones On The Trail Location: Namche Bazaar, Solukhumbu, Nepal, Asia (27°48’14” N 86°42’24” E) Description: Written on the rocks, over and over, Om Mani Padme Hum. Camera Canon 7D Lens Continue Reading →
Title: Nepali Still Life Location: All over Nepal Description: If you can’t see the images, click on the title text above to be taken to the website. Or click here. Various and Continue Reading →
Title: Kathmandu Sunset #5 Location: Dharahara Tower, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia (27°42’2.02″N 85°18’42.86″E) Description: Destroyed in the earthquake of 2015, Dharahara Tower was the tallest building in Kathmandu at the time. It had Continue Reading →
Title: Swayambhunath Shadows Before Dawn Location: Swayambhunath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia (27°42’53” N 85°17’25” E) Description: Before the sun comes up, the shadows of Swayambhunath Stupa can be seen on low Continue Reading →
Title: Stars Over Dingboche Location: Dingboche, Solukhumbu, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal, Asia (27°53’38” N 86°49’51” E) Description: Night photography in the Himalayas can be very special because of the clearness of the Continue Reading →
Title: Cho Oyu In Evening Light Location: Gokyo, Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu Region, Nepal, Asia (27°57’14” N 86°41’37” E) Description: Cho Oyu is the 6th highest mountain in the world and like Mt. Everest, Continue Reading →
Title: Morning Panorama From Mong La Location: Mong La, Khumbu Region, Nepal ( 27°50’21” N 86°44’8″ E) Description: Welcome to a new year! I’ve been lax with the updates on this site and Continue Reading →
Title: Kathmandu Chaos Location: Kathamandu, Nepal, Asia ( 27°42’13” N 85°18’50” E) Description: I’m missing Nepal just a little today but not the congestion. This image was shot during a Continue Reading →
Title: Nepal’s High Places Location: Khumjung, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal, Asia (27°49’30” N 86°43’12” E) Description: Missing the high places today. ——————- Camera Canon 7D Lens Canon 10-22mm ISO 100 Continue Reading →
Title: Deserted Namche Location: Namche Bazaar, Khumbu, Nepal, Asia Description: Up before the crowds, tour of Namche has a totally different feel. The streets are wider and the calm of Continue Reading →
Title: Cho Oyu, Front And Center Location: Gokyo, Solukhumbu, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal, Asia Description: For my money, I’d rather stare at Cho Oyu from this vantage point than at Continue Reading →
Disaster happens and we react. Then we tend to forget about it if it is not in our backyard. Such is the case with the Nepal earthquake and aftershocks in Continue Reading →
Title: Mong La Morning Panorama Location: Mong La, Solukhumbu, Nepal, Asia Description: This image is stitched together from 117 images shot just as the sun was breaking over the Himalayas in Continue Reading →
Title: Afternoon Chat Location: Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia Description: It was a calm spot out of the way. Around the corner there was, I kid you not, a Continue Reading →
Title: Working Out Body, Mind, Soul Location: Swayambhanath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia Description: Before the sun comes up a crowd starts to gather at Swayambunath Stupa in Kathmandu. Situated on Continue Reading →
Title: High Above The Dudh Kosi Location: Below Namche Bazaar, Solukhumbu, Nepal, Asia Description: The Dudh Kosi, or Milk River, gains its color from the high amounts of glacial Continue Reading →
Title: Buddha On The Mountain Location: Gokyo Ri, Solukhumbu, Nepal, Asia Description: At 17,500′ above sea level, this is surely one of the highest Buddhas in the world. Gokyo Continue Reading →
Title: Wandering Above The Glacier Location: Above Gokyo, Solukhumbu, Nepal, Asia Description: Two trekkers wander above the Ngozumpa Glacier, Nepal’s largest. It is the part on the left that looks Continue Reading →
Title: Reflection of Khumbu Yül-Lha Location: Above Thame, Solukhumbu, Nepal, Asia Description: A sacred Sherpa mountain high in the Himalayas, believed to the be the home of a powerful god, Khumbila Continue Reading →
Title: Boudhanath Stupa Under Blue Skies Location: Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia Description: In need of a regular cleaning most likely after an occasion called for draping the sides of the Buddhist Continue Reading →
Title: The Chorten That Was Location: Above Syangboche Airstrip, Solukhumbu Region, Nepal, Asia Description: What you see above is a stupa (chorten) that once was. This is the view looking Continue Reading →
Title: Moon Over Mong La Location: Mong La, Solukhumbu Region, Nepal, Asia Description: As a photographer I find it hard to decide to plan a trip to the Himalayas to Continue Reading →
As another major quake and aftershocks hit Nepal today, I have five charities who are already on the ground in Kathmandu and other locations. These are groups I have either Continue Reading →
Title: Night Market At Tyora Temple Location: Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia Description: The markets that spring up at night are both a bonanza and a curse for traveling photographers. The colors Continue Reading →
Title: Ama Dablam and Stupa Location: The trail to Pengboche, Solukhumbu, Nepal, Asia Description: I miss life on the trail for its simplicity. For most of us that simplicity comes Continue Reading →
Title: A View Of Kathmandu That No Longer Exists Location: Dharahara Tower, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia Description: This view no longer exists. It was shot from the top of the Dharahara Continue Reading →
Title: The View From Basecamp Location: Above Mende, Solukhumbu, Himalayas, Nepal, Aisa Description: Back in 2010 I spent a few weeks trying to climb a peak called Kyajo Ri in Continue Reading →
Title: The Tiny Photographer Location: Gokyo, Solukhumbu, Himalayas, Nepal, Aisa Description: Against the sixth tallest mountain in the world, even a large lens can seem so small. Like the photo? Join Continue Reading →
Title: Trekking in Nepal Location: Solukhumbu, Nepal, Asia Description: Two porters carry a load up toward the base camp for Mount Everest (not pictured) in the Khumbu region of Nepal. Continue Reading →
Title: Khumjung And The Himalayas Location: Khumjung, Solukhumbu, Nepal, Asia Description: A good way to play down the less than optimal atmospheric conditions is to switch over to black and Continue Reading →
Title: Prayer Flags Before Sagarmatha Location: Gokyo Ri, Nepal, Asia Description: Yes, I am that Western guy using the local name for Mt. Everest. It sure is a pretty peak Continue Reading →
Title: Water Delivery Location: Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia Description: Clean water for residence is not always the easiest to come by. Most houses have some running water, but when the Continue Reading →
Title: Ominous Himalayan Shadow Location: Phakding, Solukhumbu, Nepal, Asia Description: We can’t always see what’s there. Most of the world is hidden from view. In the valleys of the Khumbu Continue Reading →