I went hiking around in the Chilean Andes… it looked a lot like like the American Southwest in some respects. There were cactuses aplenty.

Cactus

I like chess…I suppose that’s because I’m not lucky, and chess is not a game of luck. I was staying at a resort and they had a giant chess board. After playing a game or two, I took some shots. Here’s a few.

Set To Play

White

Pawns

I was the (un)official photographer for the Christmas Service. Here’s a few shots of the song leader playing some familiar carols.

Christmas Service

Christmas Service

This has probably been done 100o’s of times before, but I wanted to do the long-exposure-tree-lights-making-lines shot myself.

Tree

This little pooch decided to pose for a second while I took this shot.

Gizmo