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Shot with my FujiFilm X-T1 here in western MD. I’ve never done much with black and white but this shot seemed to fit so much better that way.

I took this shot during a great sunset here in Maryland. Miatas are great little (and cheap) cars that's a ton of fun to drive. Shot with my Fujifile X-T1

My brother-in-law Thomas and his fiancee Emma asked me if I could shoot engagement pics for them. As a general rule I don't do paid portrait or wedding gigs, but if it's family I make exceptions. We went

I got this shot of my brother doing a RAD skate trick last night. I kept my shutter speed a little slow on purpose to show the movement and go along with the hungry look of the warehouse. Shot with a Fujifilm

Well after a long hiatus I'm back to posting my own content here on Steemit. My semester is finally over so I have the time and energy to actually take and edit pictures! Tonight Carrie and I went to Rush

I've been on Steemit for several months now. I did it on my own for a while before mentioning it to @yumyumseth and @aweber. I knew they would be great fits for the site because they're constantly putting

My brother-in-law Thomas and his fiancée Emma got engaged this week and Thomas asked if I could snap a few photos of the action. It was around 5*F so there wasn't much to do outside together besides ice

Here is the first part of the post if you want to check that out. We piled into trucks and cars and left bride's family's house to head to a flatter area more suitable for dancing, an activity Kurds always

Last night I took this shot of Will Heron who runs the @johnabbott steemit page. The sunset was looking great and making some great colors and shadows, so we went out into the cold for a quick photo shoot.

I was looking back through my blog and realized that I forgot to post this picture in my post about the Yazidi refugee camp. You can see that post here. I wanted to talk a little more about the lives of

I took this shot hang out the window of a moving Toyota Land Cruiser while driving through rural Kurdistan- near Soran. The bright white mosque really stood out against the black mountains. This mosque

I took this shot to enter into the photo contest put on by @cryptoctopus. I missed the deadline though so I’ll just post it here on my blog. I’m here at my wife’s extended family’s farm here in Mutual

Our host took us on a sightseeing trip around the Soran area in Iraqi Kurdistan. It was a little disappointing because all day overcast from a dusty haze caused by high winds. The dry season was just beginning

While visiting Kurdistan my brothers roomate Hêriş told us that he was planning on getting engaged in a few days and that we were invited to the party. In this part of the world the engagement party

In the two weeks we were there I think we made it out to this Yazidi refugee camp three or four times. The main purpose of the visits was to give English lessons to the Yazidi girls, many of whom couldn't

Click Here to See Part One Picnics in Kurdistan are no joke, and our first day there we were able to go to one. In Islam, Fridays are somewhat analogous to a Christian Sunday. In Kurdistan, Friday is the

This summer my wife and I traveled to Soran, in Iraqi Kurdistan to visit my brother who was living there helping with refugee resettlement. We flew into Erbil around 10:30 PM and took a 2 hour taxi trip

Last November my wife and I got the travel deal of a lifetime: $20 tickets (each way) from Columbus, Ohio to Denver, Colorado. If you live in Europe $20 may not seem like an amazing deal, but here in the

I took this shot in the small city of Amedi, in northern Iraqi Kurdistan. Amedi is said to be the home of the three wise men from the east who visited the young Jesus Christ as described in the Bible.