Modern Malagasy woman.

A modern woman sports some artistically-applied traditional makeup/sun protection.

Location: Near Diego Suarez (Antisiranana), Madagascar

Lens used: Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS

If you were all ready for a riot but nobody showed up, would it still be a riot?

Location: Iquitos, Peru

Lens used: Canon EOS M w/16-35mm f4.0 IS

Kids and a mototaxi.

Location: Isla Santa Rosa, Peru

Lens used: Canon EOS M w/16-35mm f4.0 IS

Celine and myself took a 3-hour horse trek through some truly wild-west countryside outside of town.

Location: Tupiza, Bolivia

Lens used: Canon 17-55mm f2.8 IS

Taken while standing in the queue to board this ship.

The foreground light on the rocks is coming from fluorescents overhead hanging from a covered walkway that isn't in the shot. The ship illumination is from the parking lot lights behind me. And the sunset...well, I think we all know where that comes from.

This is one of my favorites from this trip.

Location: Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela

Lens used: 10-22mm f3.5-4.5

Mango seller.

A Wauro Indian girl sells mangos from a makeshift dock along a side channel of the river.

Location: Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela

Lens used: Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS

By using a narrow aperture, I was able to slow down the shutter enough to blur the passing car. I thought that made for a nice foreground for the Hugo Chavez political banner behind.

Location: Coro, Venezuela

Lens used: 10-22mm f3.5-4.5

These French kids helped me load up (and carry!) the bucket of baby Leatherback turtles we found hatching on the beach back to the turtle center.

Location: Grande Riviere, Trinidad

Lens used: 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS

Meat.

Location: Barinas, Venezuela

Lens used: 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS

European tourists encountering the jungle. (Left to right, these pairs are Dutch, Norwegian and Flemish). We were all in a small boat trawling narrow waterways at night looking for critters. We found a small snake on a branch. As I was sitting up front, cross-legged on the bow, I was in position to click the looks on everybody's face when we brought the snake on board.

Technically, one could pick this picture apart. I know that I need to work on my pitch-black/flash photography. But I posted it 'cause it's fun and it's the type of photo I probably wouldn't have ever shot had the circumstances been different.

Location: Lago de Maracaibo, Venezuela

Lens used: 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS

Boys on the Beach.

Location: Tanna island, Vanuatu

Lens used: Canon 17-55mm f2.8 IS

Sam.

Our park ranger.

Location: Kidepo Valley National Park, Uganda

Lens used: Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS

Mother and Child.

Location: Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Lens used: Canon 24-105mm f4.0 IS

Young Boy.

Location: As Eyla, Djibouti

Lens used: Canon 24-105mm f4.0 IS

Hotel Staffer.

Location: Joshimath, India

Lens used: Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS

Namba.

A kastom (i.e. traditional) man wearing a namba leans against a banyan tree.

Location: Tanna island, Vanuatu

Lens used: Canon 70-200mm f2.8 IS

Oral Care.

Playing with string or flossing?

Location: Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Lens used: Canon 24-105mm f4.0 IS

Moneychanger.

One effect of not being recognized as a sovereign nation is not having any banks or access to traditional loans that the rest of the world does. This makes it a cash-only economy. Buying food at the market? Cash. Need to see a doctor? Cash. Purchasing a car? Cash. Building a multi-story building in town? Cash. As someone whom relies on their credit card for day-to-day expenses while at home, my mind reels at how that would work in my own life.

In the center of the capital within a couple-block radius there are dozens of men sitting behind mountains of the local currency, the Somaliland schilling, wheeling-and-dealing 24 hours a day. At roughly 6000 schillings to a dollar and with a 500 note the largest schilling bill printed, anything more than a small daily purchase may result in you needing to lug around a brick or two (or ten) of bills.

Location: Hargeisa, Somaliland (Somalia)

Lens used: Canon 24-105mm f4.0 IS

Boy.

Location: Quito, Ecuador

Lens used: Canon 17-55mm f2.8 IS

Reflection.

Most people in this region were generally not down with having their pictures taken, so I tried a little reverse-psychology on this guy and had my guide ask if I could take MY OWN picture reflected in his sunglasses. He agreed.

Location: As Eyla, Djibouti

Lens used: Canon 24-105mm f4.0 IS

Hotel Staff.

Location: Ghangaria village (Valley of the Flowers), India

Lens used: Canon 24-105mm f4.0 IS

Gate Keeper.

This young man was the head guy at the main entrance gate to the Mt. Yasur volcano.

Location: Tanna island, Vanuatu

Lens used: Canon 70-200mm f2.8 IS

Drivin'.

A boy in a village with his 'driving stick' - a common toy for the slightly older male set.

Location: Santo island, Vanuatu

Lens used: Canon 17-55mm f2.8 IS

Market Vendor.

Location: Mysore, India

Lens used: Canon 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS

Marketeer.

Woman selling a modest mix of food items at the town market.

Location: Aksum, Ethiopia

Lens used: Canon 24-105mm f4.0 IS

Villager.

Portrait of a villager; he was the only one I saw with ritual scaring.

Location: Orom village, Uganda

Lens used: Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS

Child in the River.

Location: Along the Rio Beni, Bolivia

Lens used: Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS

Qat.

The green stuff on his lip is qat, the stimulant-of-choice in the region.

Location: As Eyla, Djibouti

Lens used: Canon 24-105mm f4.0 IS

Village Boy.

Location: Santo island, Vanuatu

Lens used: Canon 17-55mm f2.8 IS

Elder.

Location: Orom village, Uganda

Lens used: Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS

Drivin'.

Location: Ambrym island, Vanuatu

Lens used: Canon 70-200mm f2.8 IS

Little Girl.

A little girl drags along her sandal as a makeshift toy.

Location: Dhubato village, Somaliland (Somalia)

Lens used: Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS

Resting.

Family members take a rest on a mat under their table at the Luganville vegetable market.

Location: Santo island, Vanuatu

Lens used: Canon 17-55mm f2.8 IS

Hotel Staff.

Location: Kolkata, India

Lens used: Canon 24-105mm f4.0 IS

Child Behind Chainlink.

Location: As Eyla, Djibouti

Lens used: Canon 24-105mm f4.0 IS

Like Mother Like Daughter.

A young groundskeeper apprentice mimics her mother.

Location: Tanna island, Vanuatu

Lens used: Canon 70-200mm f2.8 IS

Strolling.

Location: Zanzibar, Tanzania

Lens used: n/a (Canon S1 IS point-and-shoot)

Boys.

Boys crowd around in the back of a truck to give me a cool group shot.

Location: Ambrym island, Vanuatu

Lens used: Canon 17-55mm f2.8 IS

Truck stop Betty with grub.

Location: Los Llanos, Venezuela

Lens used: Canon 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS

Crabers.

Men sort out live Blue Crabs caught and hauled in from Maracaibo lake.

Location: Concha, Venezuela

Lens used: Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS

Watermelon Seller.

Location: Hargeisa, Somaliland (Somalia)

Lens used: Canon 24-105mm f4.0 IS

Beggar Woman.

This beggar woman was crawling around the train station platform asking for change.

Before someone goes to India for the first time, I strongly suggest they settle with themselves the issue of whether or not to give money to beggars. Believe me, it'll come up a lot and sometimes it's really really hard not to empathize with the person begging - I still remember the young girl I saw in Kashmir on my first Indian trip with the (healed) 2nd degree burns over her face begging with me through my taxi window.

This woman wasn't nearly so hard to refuse as that girl. Still, I gave her a couple coins. But not because she was begging, but rather for her letting me take her picture.

Location: Varanasi, India

Lens used: Canon 24-105mm f4.0 IS

Man on a Bicycle.

Location: Rural Northern Madagascar

Lens used: Canon EOS M w/22mm f2.0

Girlfriends, Hangin' Out.

Location: Diego Suarez, Madagascar

Lens used: Canon 24-105mm f4.0 IS

Weaver.

Location: Ambrym island, Vanuatu

Lens used: Canon 70-200mm f2.8 IS

Rickshaw Driver.

An inescapable part of the India experience is dealing with the auto rickshaw drivers. Some are aggressive, lying bastards. Others are straight up-and-down and pleasant. This guy was the latter - I hired him for the day to drive me to the Ellora caves and Daulatabad.

Location: Daulatabad, India

Lens used: Canon 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS

Onions, Garlic and Potatoes.

Location: Mysore, India

Lens used: Canon 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS

Seamster.

Location: Kolkata, India

Lens used: Canon 24-105mm f4.0 IS