I recently spent two weeks in Northern Ireland with my wife. Our first week was spent in the small town of Dunfanaghy, in Donegal County. My wife spent the week horse back riding and I out shooting and exploring. On one of my drives, I came across this small stream near the Bridge of Tears.

Early one morning I headed North on the “Wild Atlantic Way” highway to The Fanad Head Lighthouse. I was greeted with light rain and gentle breezes. With a bit of post processing, I added the light in the lighthouse as it is not functional. In the photo below, I was able to add a bit of glow behind the lighthouse.

Nikon Z6, ISO100, 17mm, f/8.0, 1/100 sec.

Another mornings drive found me at a Oyster farming operation. I brought my drone with me on this trip which allowed me to capture the following image.

Just above the hillside behind the Oyster farm, I found this wonderful tree standing alone in this field.

I had an opportunity to visit Glenveagh National Park one morning. I took a short walk around the a lake in the park and found these nice grasses. I shifted my WB to incandescent to move the color toward the blue side.

Nikon Z6, ISO 100, 300mm, f/8.0, 1/100 sec.

My wife had one day off from riding during the week, we took that day off to sight see together. We drove North to see the Giants Causeway. The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption.

From the causeway, we drove to see the Dark Hedges. The Dark Hedges is an avenue of beech trees along Bregagh Road between Armoy and Stranocum in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Nikon Z6 ISO 800, 145mm, f/8.0, 1/160 sec.

Below you will find some additional images shot wandering around the beautiful country of Ireland.

I've recently returned from a trip to Vietnam with Popular Photography Magazine's Mentor Series Treks. This was my 27th trek guiding for the Mentor Series, I had a wonderful time and I've made many new friends. A Mentor Series trek is a great way to visit wonderful locations with photography in mind. The treks are very well organized and you have wonderful instructors or mentors there to assist you with improving your photographic skills.

We started in the north, Hanoi City. We photographed early morning at the local vegetable and flower markets where farmers from the countryside bring their produce and flowers to the city for sale. Later in the day we wandered through Hanoi's narrow streets shooting local life. We even fit in a pedi-cab ride in the evening.

The following day we headed to Ninh Binh Province, about a 2 hour drive across beautiful landscapes and rice paddies. Ninh Binh is often referred to as 'Ha Long Bay on Land' because of the impressive limestone formations. Later that day we took a second boat ride into a "Preserved Nature Area" of Ninh Binh, Wow! The landscape was fantastic, as a matter of fact a film crew of about 500 were filming "King Kong and Skull Island move. Coming out in March of 2017.

We next took an overnight train ride on the "Victoria Train" to Lao Cai, an 8 1/2 hour trip. When we arrived in Lao Cai we drove to Sapa, here we photographed the local ethnic Hmong and Dao people in nearby villages. I also managed to fit in an hour message for $7.00 USD.

From Sapa we headed back to Lao Cai for the train ride back to Hanoi for an early morning flight to Can Tho City in the southwest of Saigon. Can Tho City is in the Mekong Delta know as the rice-bowl of the Mekong. The rich fertile region allows for 3 crops per year, rice paddies everywhere!

From here we drove about 2 1/2 hours to Saigon, stopping to photograph where every we pleased. Here are a few more images of the region.

We ended our trip in Saigon where we had Vespa rides in the city and we photographed the skyline from a popular terrace top bar called the Chill Bar.

I love these treks! Getting to make new friends and sharing my love of photography with the participants of the trek. If you enjoy traveling and taking pictures, you might want to think about joining me on a Mentor Series trek. My next overseas trip will be in September to Spain and Portugal. For more information regarding that trek and other locations, visit the Mentor Series site.