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
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Corning Glass Museum, Corning NY, originally uploaded by john m flores. Winter is…bringing long-forgotten photos into the light…
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L’Alpe D’Huez, 2004 Tour de France, originally uploaded by john m flores.
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Moto Guzzi Norge relaxes by the campfire, originally uploaded by john m flores.
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Gifts from a Good Samaratin, originally uploaded by john m flores. Working on my next motorcycle travel story for RoadRUNNER Magazine. I’ve got my GPS tracks and my copious notes, but very often it’s the photographs that trigger memories and ideas. Via Flickr:“There was a gusting and a lashing and a generally perturbed wind last…
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Oh Escher Where Art Thou?, originally uploaded by john m flores. Via Flickr:Dresden. For many, the name of this city conjures up vivid images of the Allied bombing of this “Florence of the Elbe” and the hell-on-earth firestorms that followed. Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five gives a vivid, first-hand account of this dark point in the history…
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The low winter sun takes the edge off the chill. In the background is my Moby Dick, a sign and building that I will hunt down until I get a photo that I am happy with. This gentleman on the bicycle has no clue that he stands between and my enemy.
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The low winter sun takes the edge off the chill. In the background is my Moby Dick, a sign and building that I will hunt down until I get a photo that I am happy with. This gentleman on the bicycle has no clue that he stands between and my enemy.
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Mother and Child, originally uploaded by john m flores. Don’t let all of this Internet talk of the latest and greatest cameras deter you. Use what you’ve got and make pictures. Dial up the ISO if you have to. Convert to BW if you must. But get the shot.
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Prague (Praha) is a city of spires and statues., originally uploaded by john m flores.
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Goodman’s Restaurant & Deli, originally uploaded by john m flores. Bring a camera with you. Always. Throw it in the corner of your bag, stuff it into your pants pocket, buy clothes that are small camera friendly. Do what you must. Because you never know when the light’s going to be just right and a…
