Travel Photography — Field Notes
Notes from
the road.
I'm an engineer who travels with a camera. This is a growing archive of trips across Japan, Central Asia, and a dozen countries in between.
The Gallery
A contact sheet from the road. Filter by where a photo was taken, or by what's in it.
Landscapes
Mount Fuji, blue hour
001Mount Fuji, blue hour
Mount Fuji, Japan
002Fuji in cloud
Mount Fuji, Japan
003Osaka Castle in autumn
Osaka, Japan
004Torii gates, Fushimi Inari
Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan
005Matsumoto in autumn
Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
006Matsumoto Castle
Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
007Fuji under cloud
Mount Fuji, Japan
008Back street, Kyoto
Kyoto, Japan
009Departure board
Japan
010Quiet street
Japan
011Takakura Street, Kyoto
Kyoto, Japan
012Thatched farmhouse, Shirakawa-go
Shirakawa-go, Japan
013Zenko-ji pagoda
Nagano, Japan
014Jizo statues
Japan
015Shirakawa-go in autumn
Shirakawa-go, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
016Matsumoto Castle and moat
Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
017Light in Batu Caves
Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia
018Cave mouth, Batu Caves
Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia
019The painted stairs, Batu Caves
Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia
020Macaque, Batu Caves
Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia
021Traffic, Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
022Boulevard, Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
023Ho Chi Minh City rooftops
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
024Motorbikes, Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
The Atlas
Every country I've pointed a camera at. Drag to pan, scroll to zoom, or pick one from the index below.
An engineer
with a camera
By trade I'm a software engineer — I spend my days on backend systems and architecture. Photography is the other half of how I think: the part that slows down and actually looks at things.
Travel is where the two meet. I plan trips like systems and then let them fall apart in the best way — temple lanes in Kyoto, an early start for Mount Fuji, the old Silk Road cities of Central Asia.
This site is the field notebook — the frames worth keeping. No client work, no pitch. Just places I wanted to remember.
14
Countries
76
Frames
Asia +
Regions
● somewhere on the road
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you liked?
I love talking about where these were taken, swapping travel notes, or figuring out a print. And if you want to nerd out about software while you're at it — even better. Drop a line; I read everything.
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