Today the word “devotion” keeps echoing in my thoughts.  Devotion to a higher power.  Devotion to loved ones.  Devotion to the passion that has all of us in this photography group traveling with National Geographic Photography Expeditions, lens in hand.  At this moment though, my camera hangs on my shoulder as I stand in the […]

I’ve reached the end of my second day exploring the colorful city of Marrakech, and I’m waiting in line to ride a horse and buggy back to the hotel.  My mind and lens have been saturated with unique symbols of this country that are around every corner and in every narrow alleyway I walk through.  […]

OK, I’m not looking over the edge, not looking…  still not looking…  Just look out, not down…  Wait…  What am I thinking?  In this fog, I can’t see down anyway…  “Anyone feeling motion sick?” someone asks.  “If you do, you should be sitting up front.”  I watch as one of the women in my group […]

  Burning wood is one of my favorite aromas, and that’s what I’m smelling now.  Is it coming from the meeting room?  I walk into the room and look from left to right.  I’m surprised to see Moroccan rugs, throw pillows and a crackling fire burning in the corner of the room.  This hotel meeting […]

My senses are overloaded, and being here feels surreal — wherever “here” is.  I know I’m about 30 miles from the Algerian border, somewhere in the Sahara Desert, but I’ve lost my sense of direction with all of the sand hills around me.  It doesn’t really matter, though.  The handsome man who is dressed in […]

I’m feeling hypersensitive today.  Everything I’ve seen and photographed over the last nine days feels like it’s hitting me very deeply all at once.  I thought my first energy shift a number of days ago was going to be it for this journey, but I was wrong.  Today I’m much more sensitive to my environment, […]

7. Artisan

Posted on December 25, 2015

This morning I’m on another walking tour with Momo, but it’s a private group with four new friends from Chile who were part of the National Geographic Photography Expedition.  Last night we had a farewell dinner and our final class with Massimo.  As part of that, we were asked to submit our ten best images […]