This area along Spain’s northern coast has amazingly flown under the radar of photographers, but it is a true natural wonder. It reaches its peak at Zumaia Beach, part of a UNESCO Geopark. An excellent hotel sits right above the amazing formations which are somewhat like The Wave in Arizona but on steroids. These sedimentary […]

Kyrgyzstan is hard to spell, but easy to get into. At the time of this writing, no visa is required for Americans. Though known for its amazing mountains, this country’s deserts are world class. Several great sites surround the Issyk-Kul Lake, starting with the red rock Seven Bulls. I first saw these formations in a […]

My first suggestion for Cartagena is to be on a cruise ship or boat entering the city at dawn since Cartagena has one of the most amazing city vistas in the world, and makes for a great panoramic shot. After that, head for the old town of the city, which is a UNESCO World Heritage […]

Lighthouses are scenic in their coastal niches, symbolic of earlier times, and beacons for hope and deliverance from mortal danger. As photo subjects, they are in constant demand and allow me to visit some of the most scenic coastal areas of America and the world. Certainly Maine has a number of the best anywhere, and […]

When I wrote my original bucket list book “Photographing the World” a few years ago (available from the Tom Till Gallery Website), I definitely short changed Spain. I hadn’t been there a lot, and hadn’t seen evidence of a lot of great landscapes there. After a recent visit, I’m ready to correct this slight, starting […]

I featured Peggy’s Cove in my book “Photographing the World,” but here I’m including other sites in the Canadian Maritimes, namely New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. New Brunswick is very New Englandesque, right down to the covered bridges and great lobster. The Bay of Fundy is a good place to start with […]

The Rhineland region of Germany is home to a number of castles, many of which stand hundreds of feet above the Rhine River as it essentially flows through a canyon—actually called the Upper Middle Rhine Valley. These castles are high points for visitors taking European river cruises, but they also can be reached by car […]

El Questro Wilderness Park is unique to Australia. It’s a former 700,000 acre cattle station filled with so many natural wonders and so much ancient Pleistocene rock art, that it could easily be a national park, and is managed as one. The park is located in the Kimberley region of the Western Australia near the […]

My love for this area goes back to early childhood. Starting at age four, I remember visiting relatives in the Black Hills and the Badlands and seeing my first mountain stream and hiking forest trails unlike anyplace in my home in Iowa. I shot there as recently as last summer, and I always find something […]

Visiting the Silk Road and photographing the amazing remains of its glory and the landscapes it passes through is best done on a tour. Two countries in particular harbor the most photogenic sites: Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Just getting in to Turkmenistan is almost impossible except on a tour. I went there to work for the […]