Westminster Presbyterian Church (Portland, Oregon – February 2019)

Posted on September 6th, 2026 under Oregon. Tags: buildings, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, portland, snow, winter. Comments Off on Happy Sunday

Beacon Grand Hotel from Cartwright Hotel (August 2026)

We just returned from a two-night visit to San Francisco. The Cartwright Hotel was our lodging place, and they had us on the top floor in the fire escape room, which meant we could go out onto the fire escape for this view.

This brought back a ton of memories as I used to go to the Sir Francis Drake Hotel (now called the Beacon Grand Hotel) in the 1980s to obtain autographs of the Cincinnati Reds players.

Posted on August 29th, 2026 under Other. Tags: buildings, california, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z50ii, san francisco. Comments Off on View from Cartwright Hotel

St. Petersburg, Russia (August 2019)

Political prisoners in Russia? For more than 200 years, this fortress was one of the country’s most notorious prisons. Since 1924, it’s been a museum.

Posted on August 14th, 2026 under Saint Petersburg. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, buildings, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Trubetskoy Bastion Prison

AKA Overlook Hotel (for exterior shots in the The Shining) July 2026

Speaking of The Shining, Fire in the Mountains is doing a winter version at The Stanley Hotel in January. Do you know about the interpretations dealing with Native Americans and The Shining?

Posted on August 6th, 2026 under Oregon. Tags: buildings, Fire in the Mountains, landscape, mt. hood, NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8 VR lens, Nikon Z6 III Mirrorless Camera 6iii, rookie. Comments Off on Timberline Lodge from the PCT

Hradec Králové, Czech Republic (August 2019)

This was the (distant) view from my hotel (Hotel Alessandria) in Hradec Králové while I stayed there during the 2019 Brutal Assault Festival. Those spires intrigued me, but I didn’t have a car, or extra time, to go explore.

When I did have a car, and a bit of time, in 2021, I checked out the Hradec Králové Old Town. It wasn’t as impressive as the photo below as at some point in history, someone thought it would be a good idea to turn the Old Town square into a parking lot.

1836 painting of Hradec Králové Old Town

Posted on August 2nd, 2026 under czech republic. Tags: buildings, Hradec Králové, Nikon 300mm f/4 VR ED-IF AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Hradec Králové Spires