In the middle of May, I got to travel back to the Midwest to shoot a wedding in Chicago. I was only there for a couple days, but I got to catch up with some friends and indulge in some good eats while I was there. Below are just a few frames from the trip:…
Trying to time your arrival in Washington, D.C. to coincide with the peak bloom of the cherry blossoms is no small task. Each year, thousands of these beautiful trees bloom for just a couple weeks, with “peak bloom” lasting as short as a couple days. In the weeks leading up to my trip, the cherry…
Following my posts on Manhattan and our excursion to Blue Hill at Stone Barns, we continue the New York love with more ventures across the boroughs in search for good food. In fact, this post revolves almost entirely around food, so if you are very hungry or hate looking at food, consider yourself warned. Join…
What an honor it is to photograph the Gardner family year after year after year. This is the fourth time I’ve had the privilege, and the first time (officially) that I got to photograph them at their home in Ojai. What made this portrait session extra special was that it was a gift from Aaron’s father….
It turns out that one of the best dining experiences in all of New York lies not in the city but 45 minutes north at a little farm in the Pocantico Hills. On a Sunday afternoon, we left Manhattan to spend a day at Blue Hill at Stone Barns where they take farm-to-table to its…
What is there to say about New York City that hasn’t already been said? Perhaps the more you come to New York or the longer you live here, the more the city envelops you. Those who are less optimistic might say it swallows you whole. I usually set my own pace on trips, no matter…
In this last post of my Taiwan trip, we start in Taroko Gorge, a beautiful national park on the eastern side of Taiwan, and finish with my last few days in Taipei for Lunar New Year. With a hike through a waterfall tunnel and a soak in a natural hot spring at the base of the…
We were walking through Kaohsiung’s Central Park at night, the park mostly empty but for a few young couples strolling through and the constant hum of cars and motorbikes on the surrounding streets. Alice and I were talking about her last couple months since moving from the U.S. to Taiwan, and she brought up an…
It’s hard to know where to begin when it comes to Taiwan. It’s my history, my family. It’s political. It’s personal. It had been six years since my last visit, but since I was traveling to Japan, I had to seize the opportunity to take an extra side trip to Taiwan. My first impressions were…
And now, part three of three, completing my posts on Japan! If you’ve missed out on the previous posts, just scroll to the bottom for the recap. For the last five nights of the trip we finally stayed in the same place instead of city-hopping, and we got to see a bit more of Tokyo…
We were to begin the day in Kyoto and end it in Tokyo. What happened in between was still up for debate. My original plan was to sneak in a side trip to Hiroshima and Miyajima, but the substantial detour southward was enough to make us think twice. Instead, we headed to the little town…
A special kind of magic happened as I sat down and first started going through these photos. Indeed, it was as if I had acquired a tiny new superpower. Just by looking at the pictures, I could taste each of the foods that I had photographed. I mean, it’s one thing to generally remember things…