On this page I will share some stories behind the images, thoughts on upcoming trips and art fairs, as well as some trip reports, and random thoughts. If you are interested in more details about the things on this page, feel free to contact me.

I have to admit that I stole the title of this page from George R. R. Martin. If you don’t know who that is, all I can say “Drakharis”.

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Drinking from a Hose and Playing the World’s Tiniest Violin

Life has been very busy for me this fall (hence part of the title of this “definitely not a blog”). In fact, I got so busy with things ranging from business travel to participating in multiple art fairs that I barely had time to take new images and edit older ones (yes, I am still severely behind in my editing process, and that’s all I am going to say about that).

The second part of the title, is just to remind myself that despite being so busy, I am also very lucky to be able to do all these things, and I shouldn’t complain. In fact, I had a pretty good fair season so far, and also managed to combine some business travel with capturing some great images (more on that later).

All that being said, I finally got a little breather now, and am able to get ready for new art fairs and photographic adventures.

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The Year that Was 2022 — Stories Behind My Favorite Images of 2022 (Part 3 — New England Fall)

As 2022 draws to a close, I went back to choose my favorite images taken this year. Because there were just so many of them, I had trouble narrowing down the list and I decide to break down this “definitely not a blog” post into several installments. This third installment in the series brings the stories behind my favorite images from New England I took this Fall. Enjoy!

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The Year that Was 2022 — Stories Behind My Favorite Images of 2022 (Part 2 — Quintessentially British)

As 2022 draws to a close, I went back to choose my favorite images taken this year. Because there were just so many of them, I had trouble narrowing down the list and I decide to break down this “definitely not a blog” post into several installments. This second installment in the series brings the stories behind my favorite images from my trip to England coutryside at the end of May. Enjoy!

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