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…


  • Recently went to Philly for day with his kit. The Q was for me, and the K-01 was for my wife. Truth told, the K-01 didn’t see the light of day as the purpose of the trip was not photography and the Q was used when walking about and playing around. Yes, the Q is…


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  • The Q is proving to be a challenging street shooting camera, primarily due to its slowness. Startup is kind of slow, AF is kind of slow, shot-to-shot time is kind of slow, shutter release is kind of slow. Still, it’s hard to leave behind at the moment, and I always try to make do with…


  • The Q is proving to be a challenging street shooting camera, primarily due to its slowness. Startup is kind of slow, AF is kind of slow, shot-to-shot time is kind of slow, shutter release is kind of slow. Still, it’s hard to leave behind at the moment, and I always try to make do with…


  • Sometimes you’ve got to say, “screw the megapickles, screw the sharpness, screw FPS, screw noise, screw all of those things. Just take aim and play.”


  • Sometimes you’ve got to say, “screw the megapickles, screw the sharpness, screw FPS, screw noise, screw all of those things. Just take aim and play.”


  • Finally, a camera I can hang around my neck again as I ride. Pentax Q FTW. I’ve added a small lens hood to the 01 Standard Prime lens to help control flare as well as protect the objective element from being scratched as it is jostled around. On a road like this, there’s little risk…


  • Finally, a camera I can hang around my neck again as I ride. Pentax Q FTW. I’ve added a small lens hood to the 01 Standard Prime lens to help control flare as well as protect the objective element from being scratched as it is jostled around. On a road like this, there’s little risk…


  • We were heading towards those nasty clouds, so we knew that we had to take pictures now instead of later. We were right, on the other side of the tunnel it was raining mountain lions and prairie dogs. The K-01 continues to provide excellent IQ for the $, with RAW files that withstand the pushing…


  • We were heading towards those nasty clouds, so we knew that we had to take pictures now instead of later. We were right, on the other side of the tunnel it was raining mountain lions and prairie dogs.The K-01 continues to provide excellent IQ for the $, with RAW files that withstand the pushing and…