Judy Bellah's recent Highlights

Looking down on the Rice Paddies

Biking through Vietnam

Beauty and the Bubble

San Francisco boasts the largest Chinese New Year's Festival outside of China. Held annually in February, it's not to be missed if you'll be visiting the Bay Area during that time.

Despite being dressed for the occasion in traditional clothing,...

Gion Maiko and Amateur Paparazzi

While wandering around the Gion district of Kyoto at dusk, when geisha (known as geiko in Kyoto dialect) are sometimes seen walking to their appointments, I spied a maiko (apprentice geisha) clad in kimono. Within seconds a group of foreigners and...

The French-Quarter Kiss

I was lucky enough to be in New Orleans just before Halloween last year and was doing some street-shooting in the French Quarter. This young couple ran into the middle of Bourbon Street, assumed the classic kiss pose, and held it long enough for...

Where the Wild Things Are: Costa Rica

Recently returned from a trip to Costa Rica where I was lucky enough to see an amazing array of wild things including howler monkeys, bats, snakes, basilisk lizards, alligators, spiders, iguana, peccary, turtles, poison-dart frogs, toads, caiman,...