Traveling through Turkey and Israel in December 2008, I managed to take roughly 1500 photos with my brand new Canon G10. The new camera was great, and the wide angle 28mm lens, ND filter, and full manual control were great to have in the field. I started the trip with 8gb and 2gb memory cards, and, shooting on JPEG fine, managed to start filling up the 8gb card way too early in the trip. Although I hate to do it, I actually did edit photos while I was traveling. In the end, I ended up with about 1200 photos. Out of those, I’ve edited them down to the top 100 or so. These photos I feel best represent the trip, and should give a good feel of the varying environments and sites of both Turkey and Israel.

I also took about 45 minutes of video, which I’m in the process of editing down to a presentable reel.

Freighter ships on the Bosphorus

Catholic church courtyard in Antakya

Kirk with the windfarm in the background

Looking off into Syria, on the border between Turkey and Syria

Stephanie and I inside the cave in Antakya

The Cisterns in Istanbul

Steph and the Euphrates river

Walking at night in Antakya. THe street had a movie set like feeling from the yellow, flat streetlights.

Inside the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Local kids in Vaikifle

Arriving in Sanliurfa

Arriving to rain in Antakya

Ruins of a castle in Kozan

Olive vendors on the corner in Gaziantep

Driving through the mountains near the Med

Dilapidated houses in Adana

Sunday night dinner at Kirk’s House

Me driving through flood waters in Samandag

Goats in Harran

Kirk negotiation for homegrown tobacco in Sanliurfa

Hiking the ridge above St. Peters in Antakya

Fishermen in Istanbul

Evening in Sanliurfa

Steph in the doorway of the Armenian Church

The Mosque in Kilis

Steph and I riding a motorcycle with a sidecar in Sanliurfa

Fruitstand in Istanbul

Beehive houses in Harran

Broken Turkish Pottery

Blizzard conditions landing back in Istanbul

A backhoe coming down Kirk’s street in Istanbul

An antique Zenith watch for sale at the market in Istanbul

More dolmush rides

Juggling oranges on a street side fruit stand.

Looking out to the horizon from the mountains in Vaikifle

Early morning walk to go to the Istanbul airport.

Roof of the Aya Sophia

Hassan, a local resident

Turkish Delight

Pegasus Airlines

Climbing the ridge above St. Peters

Riding the dolmush through Belen, Tureky

Small produce market near Kirk’s house in Istanbul

Candle lanterns at the market in Istanbul

Taking the dolmush from Adana to Antakya

Our dusk tour of the Hittite rock garden in Yesemek

Local kid holding a lamb in Antakya. On this mountainside we met a shepard tending to hish flock. This kid hiked with us for a bit up onto the side of the mountain.

Sketching and sailing up the Euphrates river

Getting a concensus on directions

Dinner boat on the Bosphorus

Me, Steph and Kirk standing on ruined pilars at St. Simeon

Street food in Adana

Green spices at the market in Antakya

Our sketchy hotel in Sanliurfa

Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

The ruins of St. Simeon

Driving at night back to Antakya

Having tea on the banks of the Euphrates with locals

Small town on the side of the Euphrates. Their mosque was flooded when the damn was build.

Dried Eggplant shells in Antakya

Ataturk in Adana

Sundown in Yesemek, Turkey

Steph looking at photos with a local kid in Harran

A chef distributing pestashio on to baklava at Chadas in Gaziantep

Sunset in Samandagi

Doerta cooking up a delicious German dinner.

St. Peters hidden Catholic church in Antakya – built into a natural cave

The Hittite rock musieum in Yesemek

Steph standing on the beach

Street food in Istanbul

Medusa Head in the Cistern

Me, Steph and Kirk about to split up in Istanbul

Looking into the cut from the Roman Tunnels in Samandagi

Street feeling in Kilis

The cave restaurant in Sanliurfa

The inside of the church in the cave

Local schoolkids clamoring to say hello to us in Kilis

Faces carved into the rock above St. Peters church in Antakya

A local shepard and his flock on the side of the road in Yolbasi

Looking out onto the Euphrates.

Kirk and Steph checking the guidebooks in Adana

Sitting on the ledge watching the sun set on the Euphrates in Kasaba.

Grasses at sunset in Samandagi

Sunset in Samandagi

Looking off into the mountains from Antakya

Finding our hotel room

The archway and observation tower in Harran

Driving west, then north out of Antakya

Us with our Turkish friends in Yesemek

Talking to the hotel staff in Adana

Kirk looking at the surviving arched cieling of the castle ruins at Kasaba

Surveying the dramatic scenery as we drive to Bierecheck, in the canyons carved by the Euphrates

An orange vendor in Harran

Researching for our next day’s adventures in our hotel room in Antakya

Steph and Kirk with our dinner the first night in Istanbul.

Taxsim Square, Istanbul

Getting Sahlep in Antakya

Buying clementines in Antakya

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Israel Photos Slide Show on Flickr