Destination Unknown

20 years ago, I started a second career as a motorcycle journalist, and I’ve been lucky enough to see many of the beautiful places in the world and publishing stories and photos of my adventures. I’ve started documenting my bicycle adventures in a similar fashion, and will be sharing those stories here. Please join me.

“The idea is to die young as late as possible

Ashley Montagu

The Latest Stuff…


  • Gregg and Mike, originally uploaded by john m flores. Via Flickr:Nikon V1, 10mm, 1/30s @ F4.0, ISO400 First night out with the Nikon V1. I was contemplating bringing the Pentax Q since it’s smaller, but I really wanted to play around with the 10mm F2.8 lens and figured that it’s wider FOV (27mm eq) would…


  • Nate. Again., originally uploaded by john m flores. Nikon 1 V1, 110mm (297mm EQ), F5.6, 1/20s. And so it begins anew. The Pentax Q is nice, but I want faster AF. What drove me to the V1 was the intervalometer, HD video with external mic input and high speed capture (10FPS and faster at lower…


  • Icarus in Lycra, originally uploaded by john m flores. Lance Armstrong, 2004-07-21 on L’Alpe D’Huez If Lance Armstrong was as clean as he claims, he was one step away from complete and total vindication. One. Step. Away. For a man that beat cancer and fought his way to victory in the Tour de France seven…


  • Curiosity didn’t have to fly all the way to Mars, Southern Utah would have been far enough.


  • Two angry Italian birds (a 2012 Ducati Multistrada 1200S Touring and a 2012 Moto Guzzi Stelvio NTX) sit in the tall grass on the Kancamangus highway and stalk their prey. I’m going a little Snapseed crazy. I just love the simplicity of the interface; it’s such a refreshing break from complexity. This was originally shot…


  • Pentax Q + Moto Guzzi Stelvio NTX + Mount Washington Auto Road + iPad + Snapseed = Awesome. Took the Q on its second big trip, this time to the mountains and countryside of Vermont and New Hampshire. It’s second nature to hang it around my neck and snap photos while on the road. The…


  • Heading up to Vermont for my next story, this time with a trio of Pentaxes (K-5 with DA70mm F2.4, K-01 with DA21mm F3.2, Q with 01 Prime and 03 Fish Eye) as well as a couple of POV video cameras (Contour ROAM and the new CamOne.) And you thought the Q was the smallest camera…


  • It’s not like I plan on using the Q as my low light camera of choice, but it’s comforting to know that it’s mildly ok. And that’s not damning with faint praise. Not in the least.


  • Where’s moto?


  • Dear Pentax, back when I owned a Ricoh GX100 one of the cool little features that the camera had (and proved to me that the camera was designed by photographers and for photographers) is the play button. If the camera was off and you wanted to show your photos to someone, you did not have…