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…


  • Logan plays with an iPhone from john flores on Vimeo.Logan and I went to the River Star Diner for dinner the other night. He’s an active little bugger – has a hard time sitting still. So after imploring him several times to use his inside voice and sit, I gave him my iPhone to play…


  • Logan plays on the iPhone, originally uploaded by john m flores. A still from a quick video I shot last night at dinner with my nephew. Panasonic GH2 with the 20mm F1.7 @ (IIRC) ISO800, F2.0, 1/50s, 24FPS. Manual mode. This result blows me away. The thin DOF is excellent, WB is spot on (look…


  • Logan plays on the iPhone, originally uploaded by john m flores. A still from a quick video I shot last night at dinner with my nephew. Panasonic GH2 with the 20mm F1.7 @ (IIRC) ISO800, F2.0, 1/50s, 24FPS. Manual mode. This result blows me away. The thin DOF is excellent, WB is spot on (look…


  • Welcome to the World, Ila., originally uploaded by john m flores. A gratuitous cute newborn baby shot. Makes this cold winter just that much warmer… Panasonic GH2 with 20mm F1.7 @ ISO800, F1.8, 1/50s


  • Pentax’s missed marketing opportunity…, originally uploaded by john m flores. Ahhh, what might have been…


  • They say that imitation is the highest form of flattery., originally uploaded by john m flores. A quick departure from my recent focus on photography…saw this when I opened up the Google Chrome web store. Looks strangely familiar…hmmm


  • Panasonic GH2 20mm F1.7 vs. Canon G10, originally uploaded by john m flores. When you by a new camera, you inevitably use the new toy a lot. And some of your other cameras – the ones that used to be the shiny new toys and the favorites – get jealous. They remember when they were…


  • Macro Comparison – Panasonic GH2 vs Pentax K20, both with the DA35 F2.8 Macro Limited, originally uploaded by john m flores. Here’s one of those rare circumstances when you can test two cameras using the same lens. The effective focal length changes of course when you move the lens from one camera to the next,…


  • Orange you glad you’re not a green apple?, originally uploaded by john m flores. One interesting aspect of M43 for me has been the use of zooms vs. primes. I’ve got the Panasonic 20mm F1.7 which is a fine lens that provides decently thin DOF when I want it and create a nice 3d effect…


  • Checking out the V-dub, originally uploaded by john m flores. “Where’s the GH2?” you might ask, to which I would respond, “where’s the sun and the grass and color in this world?” Haven’t taken a lot of photos with the GH2 recently due to general business with work, life, and the complete lack of color…