In March, 2019, Bob Restivo and I took an Antelope Canyon Photography Tour, with a Navahoe guide. The day was cloudy which provided diffuse light in the canyon. It was too early in the year for shafts of light to penetrate the canyon, so what we saw were tableaus of earth-tone colors on canyon walls sculpted by run off water during centuries of monsoon seasons. I include in this gallery my best shots from the canyon along with a few others from Arizona. The photography was challenging because we had to work quickly and in low light. Hope you enjoy the images. Most of the photos in the canyon are HDR images composed of three bracketed shots.

These photos were taken during July and August of 2017 at Cleland Wildlife Park in Adelaide and at the Botanic Gardens in Adelaide, Cairns, and Sydney.

These photos were taken in early morning along the Poet's Walk on the grounds of the Ayr Mont house in Hillsborough, NC. A section of Poet's Walk is along the Eno River.

Larry Winslett led a photo workshop on the Blue Ridge Parkway in October 2014. There were some very nice sun rises and sunsets although colors had peaked earlier.

In May 2022, Ari and I and my sister and Brother-in-law Mary and Dennis spend 1.5 weeks in British Columbia. We flew to Calgary and then drove through the mountains to Vancouver spending a couple of nights each in Revelstoke and Kamloops. We then spent five days exploring Vancouver. The photos here show some of the things we saw.

Cabo St. Lucas in January 2014

Ari and I participated in a Outback Spirit tour of the Cape York peninsula in July, 2017. The photos in this gallery show some of the highlights of this amazing tour.

Christmas in 2013 was unusually cold in Chicago. Snow had fallen, temperatures reached zero, and lake harbors froze.

In September 2024, John Siegfried participated in the Stephen Ambrose tour "D Day to the Rhine." We began in London where we visited the Churchill War Room and the Imperial War Museum. We visited Bletchley Park where the British code crackers worked and Southwick House which was Eisenhower's headquarters. We traveled by ferry from Poole to Cherbourg. While in Normandy, we visited the landing beaches, Pointe du Hoc, Sainte Mere Eglise and many other sites and memorials. We next traveled Hell's Highway as we learned about Market-Garden and the Bridge to Far at Arnheim. We then returned to Belgium to learn about the German initiative which led to the encirclement of airborne troops and Bastogne. Finally, we visited the American Cemetery in Luxembourg and enjoyed a lunch cruise on the Rhine. We ended the tour at Frankfurt.

Photographs from a Road Scholar Tour on the Danube from Budapest to Istanbul

In June 2017, John Siegfried and I took Great Rail Journeys' Arctic Circle Tour. The Tour began in Stockholm and then proceeded to Ostersund, Jokkmokk, Narvik, Trondheim, Geirangerfjord, and Oslo. Please enjoy the photos.

The photos in this gallery were taken on the north shore of Oahu and on the Big Island of Hawaii.

In May 2024, Ari and I traveled to Hawaii spending time on the Big Island, Kauai and Maui. These photos show the beauty of all three islands.

On the way back home from the UK in July 2023, Ari and I stopped in Iceland for several days.

John Siegfried and I took an Overseas Adventure Tour to Iceland and Greenland in July/August of 2018. We began in Reykjavik and traveled by bus to the Snaefellsnes Peninsula and on to the North Coast of Iceland near the City of Akureyri. After flying back to Reykjavik, we explored the Golden Circle and then traveled along the south Coast of Iceland to the area around Selfoss and then back to Reykjavik via the Reykjanes Peninsula. John and I elected the post-trip extension to Greenland and there visited the towns of Tasiilaq and Kulusuk. The trip included two boat adventures--one to see whales out of the village of Dalvik and the other to see icebergs out of Tasiilaq. The photos in the gallery are a chronological accounting of what we saw.

In October 2017, I joined my fellow members of the Chapel Hill Woodturners on a tour of Ireland. We traveled from Dublin clockwise around the Island and ended in Maynooth where we attended the Irish Woodturneers Guild Annual Symposium.

These photos were taken during on October 2017 tour of Ireland. I find that doors and windows capture the sense of a place.

In October 2021, Michael and Ari joined Bob and Carol Restivo for a trip that included Padova, several towns in Emilio Romano and the countryside around Alba in Piemonte.

In September 2023, Ari and I took the Overseas Adventure Travel Tour called Japan's Cultural Treasures. Here is a selection of photos illustrating what we saw and did.

These photos were taken in Kure Beach, Fort Fisher and Southport, North Carolina and on the ferry across the Cape Fear River between Fort Fisher and Southport.

In 2022, Ari and I took the OAT tour of Morocco. We visited Chefchaouen, Tetouan, Tangier, Rabat, Fez, Volubilis, Meknes, Erfoud, the Sahara, Ouarzazate, Marrakech, and Casablanca. The photos are in chronological order. Enjoy.

In late summer 2014, my wife and I traveled to Las Vegas so that she could attend a conference. I headed first for the Valley of Five and then for Red Rocks Conservation Area. I also walked through downtown Las Vegas and took a few photos there.

In May, 2021, Ari and I took our first post-Covid trip--destination New Mexico. For four days, we traveled with Tom and Kate Joswick from Albuquerque to Chimayo to Cuba and Chaco Canyon and then to Santa Fe. We then spent five days in Santa Fe with Bob and Carol Restivo and Bob and Di DiOrio. The photos begin with a visit to El Malpais and end at the Botanical Garden in Santa Fe. Enjoy.

These photos were taken as I walked around New York with Bob Restivo and Caitlin Salemi in late October and early November 0f 2013. Most days were cloudy..

There are seven photo groups. The first are street shots including ones from the High Line. The second are photos of street inspired by a visit to the Museum of the City of New York. The third contains shots of Guaradino's tile work. The fourth are macro photos of spring blooms. The fifth are shots from Kara Walker's "Sugar Babies" installation at the old Domino facotry in Williamsburg. The sixth group has photos of Coney Island. The last group are shots from the Naguchi Sculpture Museum.

I love photographing in New Orleans. I took these photos in late November of 2012 at a variety of locations.

I returned to New Orleans in November of 2013 to visit old places and explore some new ones. The skies were mostly cloudy but I visited City Park on a sunny day.

My son Ben and I traveled to New Orleans for Jazz Fest and to absorb the local culture.

Ari and I visited the Olympic Peninsula in early September, 2014. We made a circuit of the National Park from the Northeast to the Southwest.

In January 2018, Ari and I participated in a Road Scholar Trip that explored southern Patagonia. The trip began in Buenos Aires and ended in Santiago. In between, we visited Ushuaia, traveled by the Ventus Australis between Ushuaia and Punta Arenas, and explored Torres del Paine National Park. Ari and I stayed in Santiago for several additional days and took tours of Cajon del Maipo, Valparaiso and Vina del Mar. The photos in this gallery are mostly in chronological order.

In August, 2024, Tom and Kate Joswick, Ari and I visited Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. Here are a selection of photos from our visit.

In March, 2024, I took an OAT tour to Peru. We visited Lima, Urubamba, Agua Caliente (the jumping off point for Machu Picchu) and Cuzco. The photos illustrate some of what we saw.

In august of 2018, after visiting Umbria with the Pancaldo Family, I visited Rome for three days. This is what I saw.

Ari and I visited Seattle and Vashon Island in September 2014 and particularly enjoyed the exhibition of Chihuly glass.

Sunset Beach and its sister beach Bird Island are the southern most beaches in North Carolina. Both face south so that sunsets occur across the saltwater marshes that separate the beaches from the Inter-coastal Waterway and the mainland. July, 2013.

The photos in this gallery were taken during a photo workshop organized by Larry Winslett in May of 2013.

In June of 2019, Michael and Ari partnered with John and Tricia Siegfried in a do-it-yourself tour of the Pyrenees. We began in Toulouse and then traveled to Carcassonne. Next we drove into the mountains to visit Andorra. We then descended into Spain and visited Barcelona, Zaragoza, and San Sebastian. We then reentered France stopping briefly at Biarritz and lastly visiting the area around Lourdes before returning to Toulouse.

In June 2023, Ari and Michael visited London, Cambridge, Devon and Cornwall. We saw Xoe in Cambridge just before her graduation and stayed with Mike and Susi in London. We then traveled inn Devon and Cornwall and were joined for part of the trip by Mike, Susi and Leo.

In August of 2018, the Pancaldo Family celebrated Sonya's birthday by spending a week visiting many of the hill towns of Umbria, Italy. This gallery shows some of what we saw and shared.

During March 2014, I participated in the Stephen Ambrose War in the Pacific Tour. The tour began in Honolulu and then traveled to Saipan, Tinian, Guam and Iwo Jima. Tour participants were present for the 69th commemoration Iwo Jima battle. The photos in this gallery are presented in order of the five tour sites.

The photos in this gallery were taken in early October 2013 on a trip to Davis West Virginia with Milbren Thomas.

In Fall of 2019, John Siegfried and I took the Stephen Ambrose World War I Tour. The photos are of sites visited during the tour.

In October 2022. John Siegfried and I took the Stephen Ambrose Tour: The Italian Campaign. The tour began at Catania Sicily and covered battle sites in southeast Sicily. The tour then crossed the straits of Messina and visited sites associated with the landings at Salerno, Nettuno and Anzio and finished with a day in Rome. The photos here depict highlights of the tour.