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"Prayers for Thailand" - Ayutthaya, Thailand -- (June 1st, 2014)
- Recently Thailand has been in the news for a military coup, and I know the enduring culture and wonderful people will prevail over the political turmoil, but a little prayer never hurts.
These clasped hands are covered in little squares of gold leaf bought by visitors and applied by hand in buddhist prayer in front of this rebuilt temple amid many ruins in the former political capital city of the ancient Ayutthaya Thai Kingdom from 1351 to 1767. (photograph taken in December 2013).
Camera & Film: Canon EOS 40D - Digital RAW
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"Memorial Day 2014" - Boston, MA -- (May 25th, 2014)
- Boston Commons has a memorial of 37,000 flags planted this year (and every year) in memory of every fallen Massachusetts service member from the Revolutionary War (1776-1783) to the present. I tried to capture Karina marching in memory of all our fallen veterans.
Camera & Film: Canon EOS 40D - Digital RAW
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"The Unisphere Turns 50" - Queens, NY -- (May 18th, 2014)
- Today my family participated in the AIDS walk in Central Park and then ended our day celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1964 NY (Queens) Worlds Fair. This is the iconic ÒUnisphereÓ from that exhibition. (Photograph by Mina).
Camera & Film: Canon EOS 40D - Digital jpeg
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"Airplane!" - Jackson Heights, NJ -- (May 11th, 2014)
- In honor of MotherÕs Day Ð here is a capture of a joyful shared experience between grandmother ÒObaachanÓ and Karina in our local park. (Photograph taken in March 2014).
Camera & Film: Canon EOS 40D - Digital RAW
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"O is for Owl and for Oppenheim" - Scottsdale, Arizona -- (May 4th, 2014)
- The final in my series of Owl shots. This is the main reason I was photographing the Oppenheim resident owls- they had a nest with two owlets in a saguaro. (Photograph taken April 2014)
Camera & Film: Canon EOS 40D - Digital RAW
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"Owl Flight" - Scottsdale, Arizona -- (April 27th, 2014)
- A quick series of shots taken of a local owl taking flight from a saguaro in my parents backyard.
Camera & Film: Canon EOS 40D - Digital RAW
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"Vigilant Owl" - Scottsdale, Arizona -- (April 20th, 2014)
- There is a family of owls that live and nest on my parents' property. This one enjoys perching, ever vigilant, atop a saguaro, ready for the hunt! (Photograph taken April 2014)
Camera & Film: Canon EOS 40D - Digital RAW
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"Happy Songkran" - Elmhurst, Queens -- (April 13th, 2014)
- Today is Songkran, the Thai New Year holiday. A short walk from my home is a local Thai Buddhist Temple where they had blocked off the street and were having a day-long party with rock music, food, flowers, buddhas, candles, incense, and, yes, the water guns! I turned my camera heavenward. (Photograph Taken April 2014)
Camera & Film: Canon EOS 40D - Digital RAW
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"Slide into Spring!" - Jackson Heights, Queens -- (April 6th, 2014)
- As my brother says, sunshine and warm air put a spring in your step! Today I played paparazzo again at the local park with Karina. The skies were bright blue, and the quality of light much different than last week, lending a gleam to my shots.
Camera & Film: Canon EOS 40D - Digital RAW
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"Karina and Obaachan in the Park" - Jackson Heights, Queens -- (March 30th, 2014)
- Today I was inspired to be a paparazzo and follow Karina around the park while she played with her Obaachan Ð grandmother in Japanese. (Photograph taken March 30, 2014)
Camera & Film: Canon EOS 40D - Digital RAW
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"Face of Ayutthaya" - Ayutthaya, Thailand -- (March 23rd, 2014)
- Like many UNESCO World Heritage Sites, there are remaining debates about leaving them in ruins or reconstructing the original design. Here, in part of Ayutthaya, the park department has left many fragments of Buddhas everywhere, placed for visitors to appreciate, but not reconstructed. (Photograph taken in December 2013)
Camera & Film: Canon EOS 40D - Digital RAW
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"18 Months" - Queens, NY -- (March 16th, 2014)
- Continuing the traditional posed portrait with animal motif, here is Karina at 18 months. Look for another when she turns 2!
Camera & Film: Canon EOS 40D - Digital RAW
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"Takoyaki on New Year's Eve" - Narita, Japan -- (March 2nd, 2014)
- On December 31st I had an 18-hour layover in Narita Japan, and went to Narita-San, the Narita Buddhist Temple. Thousands of people line up awaiting the bells which ring at midnight, and people enter the temple to receive blessings for the New Year. On the closed-to-traffic roadway to the temple, many stalls set up colorful places to eat. This one serves ÒTako-YakiÓ a goey fried (yaki) savory ball that includes bits of octopus (tako). Yum!
Camera & Film: Canon PowerShot S120 - Digital RAW
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"Buddha's Window" - Ayutthaya, Thailand -- (February 16th, 2014)
- Another portal from the ancient Thai capitol of Ayutthaya. This is a window through a dilapidated wall of an ancient monastery with views of memorial stupa (towers) constructed to focus prayer and help achieve Nirvana for those in whose memory stupa are built. (Photograph taken December 2013)
Camera & Film: Canon EOS 40D - Digital RAW
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"Wat Chai Wattanaram Portal" - Ayutthaya, Thailand -- (February 9th, 2014)
- On our last day in Thailand this visit, we bicycled through the famous ruins of Ayutthaya, one of ThailandÕs ancient capital cities which has many ruins of temples (Wat) and monasteries. This was one of the final shots I took before we headed home, from inside a covered corridor in one of the largest temple complexes. (Photograph taken in December 2013)
Camera & Film: Canon PS90 - Digital RAW
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"M is for Married" - Bangkok, Thailand -- (February 2nd, 2014)
- Mike & Michelle, Married December 29th, 2013. This candid was taken when they symbolically cut a gigantic towering decorative cake-object with a shiny sword. Although neither cake, nor sword were real, they are really married. Weddings are full of pomp and symbolism, and this wedding included the bouquet toss as well as a traditional tea ceremony, and much more, but I thought this image especially showcased their joy, cooperation, and love for each other!
Camera & Film: Canon EOS 40D - Digital RAW
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"Heirloom Wedding Bands" - Bangkok, Thailand -- (January 20th, 2014)
- Three weeks ago I had the blessing of attending my brotherÕs wedding in his wifeÕs familyÕs country, Thailand. While this is your standard Òpre-weddingÓ shot of the rings, I think the Thai gold pedestal bowl is an excellent site-specific touch to complement the rings.
The rings themselves are heirlooms from my maternal grandparents. My brother now wears our grandfatherÕs ring, the one that was kept at home during WWII for safe keeping, and I wear the ring our grandfather wore while serving our country, as a reminder of his vows back home. (Photograph Taken December 2013)
Camera & Film: Canon EOS 40D - Digital RAW
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"Dilapidated Pier Home" - Koh Chang, Thailand -- (January 12th, 2014)
- Koh Chang (Island) has a famous long pier (almost a kilometer long) filled with shopping and restaurants Ð even a health clinic! Many of the businesses are also residences, some more picturesque or well-kept than others. This one at the end of a sub-pier caught my eye. (Photograph taken in December 2013)
Camera & Film: Canon EOS 40D - Digital RAW
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"Sunrise Walk on the Beach" - Koh Chang, Thailand -- (January 4th, 2014)
- magine the warm water and smooth wet crunch of wave-washed sand under bare feet. This image evokes the feeling we had on a mini-vacation for 3 days on the Thai island of Koh Chang, just near the Cambodian border. May you walk well into the future- Happy New Year 2014! (Photograph Taken December 2013)
Camera & Film: Canon EOS 40D - Digital RAW
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