Unorthodox Religion Here is a good church picture from Kievo-Pecherskaya Larva for Sunday in the bible belt.I am not sure how people were able to photograph the interior of churches before the HDR technique came along.  Well, actually I do - since I used to do it too, but now I am ashamed of all my old pictures.  There is no other way, in my opinion, to capture the richness, details, and colors of these massive works of art.You can see a heiromonk there on the right in his morning ghostly ritual.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Ghost in the Cathedral The Byzantine gold glowed hot when I got inside, a divine signal to me that God was mad because I brought my camera inside.  However, I reasoned with God, the sign read "No Cameras" in a Cyrillic lettering, a lettering style I do not recognize since the Jesuits trained me in the Romance languages and not these Slavic uncials.Besides, I was inside Saint Michael's Cathedral, and I was holding a camera, and, as the saying goes, when in Rome, shoot interiors of churches in Rome, and when in Kiev, break Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Councils.While God was busy figuring out my flawless reasoning, I spotted a cloaked HeiroMonk in is post-Matins chanting, moving in a pattern indecipherable by my camera, thus the ghostly visage in this seeming partial transcendence.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
This is Vespucci I'm leaving Italy today...  Between meetings I had time to explore around with my camera and iPod in overdrive.  I saw a lot of interesting faces, so I collected a series of portraits that I have collected into a little portfolio set on Flickr called "What they Dream and What they Do".  If I ever saw someone with an interesting face, I thought perhaps they might have an interesting story too, so I've organized the set by the motif of what people do with their lives.  Here are the first eight pictures from the series.  I will probably add to this collection in the future, or at least until I ask to take someone's picture and they punch me in the face.Vespucci's dream is to find his son and tell him important things.  He twists his head quickly at me with a lost and quizzical look, and then he returns to a thoughtful gaze.Vespucci is currently homeless and cannot remember where his son is.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Underground Peoplemover to the International Terminal I found this on the way to Hong Kong… so I stopped for a quick shot while security eyed me with suspicion… But they have those cool TSA badges that makes them look all official and everything, but I just ignored them.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Haunting Interior of the Basilica I visited the Basilica of San Lorenzo, which was built in the 4th and 5th centuries from material from the leftover Roman amphitheater.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Blowtorch I understand from my mom that Kuala Lumpur was also one of my grandfather's favorite cities.  He used to work for Exxon, back in the middle of the 20th century.  It's hard for me to imagine what it looked like back then.  It's too bad I wasn't ever able to show him this photo to see his reaction.KL is called one of the Asian "small tigers" because of its booming economy in the last 20 years or so.  Many Asian cities are very pretty with unique architecture.  Since many of them are so "new", the architecture is often much more modern than their Western counterparts. In this one, you can see the gargantuan twin Petronas towers looming high over the city, poking up into some clouds.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Red Hiney, Presenting One of the phattest rear tires I've seen.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.

Unorthodox Religion


Here is a good church picture from Kievo-Pecherskaya Larva for Sunday in the bible belt.

I am not sure how people were able to photograph the interior of churches before the HDR technique came along. Well, actually I do - since I used to do it too, but now I am ashamed of all my old pictures. There is no other way, in my opinion, to capture the richness, details, and colors of these massive works of art.

You can see a heiromonk there on the right in his morning ghostly ritual.

- Trey Ratcliff

Click here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Click here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog." href="javascript:openLB(742622374,'',XLarge,'',1024,698);">Unorthodox Religion Here is a good church picture from Kievo-Pecherskaya Larva for Sunday in the bible belt.I am not sure how people were able to photograph the interior of churches before the HDR technique came along.  Well, actually I do - since I used to do it too, but now I am ashamed of all my old pictures.  There is no other way, in my opinion, to capture the richness, details, and colors of these massive works of art.You can see a heiromonk there on the right in his morning ghostly ritual.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.

Unorthodox Religion


Here is a good church picture from Kievo-Pecherskaya Larva for Sunday in the bible belt.

I am not sure how people were able to photograph the interior of churches before the HDR technique came along. Well, actually I do - since I used to do it too, but now I am ashamed of all my old pictures. There is no other way, in my opinion, to capture the richness, details, and colors of these massive works of art.

You can see a heiromonk there on the right in his morning ghostly ritual.

- Trey Ratcliff

Click here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
See photo in original gallery.