Windows Luminar News! The beta is now available at http://www.stuckincustoms.com/links/Luminar-WinBeta - grab it (for free) now. This photo above is from a trip to visit Shuri Castle in Naha, Okinawa. Each of those lines is where visitors to the castle would sit in attention.

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Okinawa, Japan! We had a great day on the beach here yesterday. The water was like a warm bath and we could not get the kids out of there! Not far from here, there was a giant floating inflatable obstacle course - it was like that Japanese game show Wipeout. We all climbed and slid, jumped over stuff, fell of trampolines... it was fun but you would not imagine how exhausting. I'm putting a few Instagram stories up if you wanna go look over there at some of the stuff between the photos! 🙂 #okinawa #japan #rcmemories

Dying and drying skins in Fes, Morocco.

A view from driving through amazing Utah (I picked a random group of photos to process while on the plane).

Worked on some photos from Antarctica set in some of the abandoned shacks from missions there over 100 years ago. Not far from here, the bones of a poor dead dog remained. This photo is a little deceptive because it looks warm, but it wasn't. If I wasn't in all my emergency protective clothing, I would not have been able to take the photo. I have no idea how they did it 100 years ago.

The view downward when flying away from the south island of NZ. Next stops are some new cities in Japan - Okinawa, Osaka, and more!

Here's the amazing hot tub at Aro-Ha near Glenorchy, New Zealand. After a long day of hiking and working out, this is the best place to relax and soak in the beautiful landscape.

Here's a scene from Lake Hayes a few days ago near Arrowtown. I got the X1D to take out for a spin and set it up! 🙂

Off to Japan to visit my snow monkey friends! I'm taking the whole family this time! I think it's gonna be great. When we get to Nagano, we're going to stay in a traditional ryokan. You know, one of those places with the sliding rice-paper doors, thermal baths, sleeping on futons, traditional Japanese food served on a low table, etc etc. It's where traveling samurais used to crash. Really excited!

Before we go to the snow monkeys though, we're going to Okinawa. I've never been there before... it's quite tropical and looks a bit like the Caribbean from photos. I have no idea, really! I'll put some stuff up in my Instagram stories if you want to see behind the scenes. I know the kids are as excited as I am!