Thanks for taking a look at the site. It’s a mixture of a photography site, travel blog, personal photo album, and other random foolishness. I hope you enjoy the photography and the sometimes-amusing stories. The subtitle up there is an oft-quoted bit of photographic advice for making more interesting (or more-interesting) images. It has apparently become my quest. — Jeff Cotner
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Crown of Palaces: The Taj Mahal in Agra, India If you get up early in Agra, skip the most popular viewpoints near the reflecting pools, and hurry around to the west side by the Yamuna River, you can find yourself mostly alone, watching the sun rise over the More...Istanbul (Not Constantinople)* Here's the first of a handful of posts from a recent visit to Istanbul, Turkey. Napoleon once said that if the world had just one capital, it would be Constantinople – the city now known as Istanbul, Turkey. Apparently lots of More... →New Zealand Roadtrip Of course New Zealand has plenty of famously beautiful spots, but maybe the most striking thing about it is just how pretty the 'ordinary' roadsides and countrysides are. I wound up with several images that hadn't found a 'home' in More... →Cuba (Part 3) Classic Cars Number 3 in a series. Many more to come. Among the quirky ramifications of the Cuban Revolution and the fifty-year trade embargo by the U.S. is the fact that about the only American cars you’ll see in Cuba More... →Colombia 2015: Libertad y Orden Let's start with the first thing that comes to every American's mind when you mention the South American nation of Colombia. When I told people I was planning to spend a week or two driving around Colombia, virtually everyone expressed More... →