Travellin’ Man

Photos from Mark’s trips and vacations.

Make your photos shine with easy, gorgeous color enhancement

  Sometimes the beautiful color you see with your eyes doesn’t appear that way in your photographs. Why settle for dull, boring photos when you can make your photos shine with gorgeous color enhancement? Most people take photos with their camera set on “automatic.” While that setting does an “okay” job capturing a picture, it […]

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Mocha Monkey meets newlyweds at the Golden Gate Bridge

The Mocha Monkey met Vlad and Tanya while visiting the Golden Gate Bridge on a recent trip to San Francisco. They became “fast friends” as they ran along the shoreline together. Seems like everywhere MM goes, people want to hang out with the little guy!

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How to get your camera back if you lose it

  Back in 1984, I left a bag loaded with thousands of dollars of camera equipment along side a country road in Austria. I had just photographed some amazing views of the Austrian Alps before moving on to photograph some castles in Germany. About an hour later (and 50 miles of treacherous, mountainous roads) I realized

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The Mocha Monkey tries to meet President Obama

The Mocha Monkey has been doing some serious travelling lately. After visiting San Francisco and then Cleveland for my daughter’s wedding – he took off for Washington, D.C. for a visit with President Obama. Unfortunately, the President didn’t know that MM was coming. MM sat outside the White House for two days before giving up.

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Hangin’ around in China Town

Saturday in San Francisco included a stop in China Town. The Mocha Monkey found a store offering the most “heavenly” of foods and immediately made himself at home. Check back often to read about other San Francisco adventures of the Mocha Monkey.

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Mocha Monkey enjoyed breakfast in Santa Cruz

The Mocha Monkey scarfed down half my Grand Slam at Denny’s (at 5 a.m.!) before heading out toward San Francisco on Saturday. We then burned a lot of “shoe leather” hiking up-and-down the streets (hills) of San Francisco. I knew the city was built on hills but I never knew how STEEP they were! Check

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The Mocha Monkey nearly falls off a cliff

  Late Friday, the Mocha Monkey nearly fell off a cliff along California Highway 1 between San Francisco and Santa Cruz. Apparently trying to get a closer look at the Pacific Ocean, he got too close to the edge of the rocks and slipped. After he called out that he was in trouble, I immediately pulled him to safety.

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The Mocha Monkey jets off to San Francisco

The Mocha Monkey and I took in some sites at Chicago O’Hare International Airport enroute to San Francisco on Friday. Check back often to see what the Mocha Monkey gets into while visiting the San Francisco area.

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Zoom, zoom!

Architecture can lend itself to striking photographs. While a full view of a building shows the overall appearance; it is the detailed close-ups that can present a whole different “feel.” The photo on the far left was the first view that caught my attention. I then utilized my zoom lense to bring out many of the

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A Visit to the Rose Bowl Parade 2010

Here’s a photo of me getting up close and personal at the Rose Bowl Parade. The red arrow is pointing at my face with a camera up to my eye. See more of more photos in my Pasadena and the Rose Bowl album on Facebook. So what do YOU think? Please click the “No Comments” link

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