CP Photoblog: My favorite 50 photos I have taken to date

Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, NY.

Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY.

Medieval wall constructed around the city of Avila, Spain.

Avila, Spain: town and country.

Dense, lowrise neighborhoods suddenly give to unaltered countryside in Avila, Spain.

Madrid, Spain: a small street in Barrio de las Letras runs downhill to the fabled Retiro park.

Madrid, Spain: a typical street in the city's colorful historic center.

Madrid, Spain: a sunny day in the La Latina district.

Madrid, Spain: two new, modern towers frame a historic residence in the Chamartin neighborhood.

Madrid's Calle de Atocha with four landmarks appearing from left to right: the Puerta de Alcala arch, the Christopher Columbus fountain, the Palace of Communications, and the Bank of Spain.

Madrid, Spain: a cablecar runs from the central city's Arguelles neighborhood to a scenic viewpoint in the middle of the Parque del Oeste (Park of the West).

Madrid, Spain: view from the Puente de Segovia bridge toward the city's historic center.

Monaco: tourists ascend the hill toward the royal compound.

Pompei, Italy: young visitors tour Pompei's ancient ruins .

Boston, MA: a man crosses the bridge over The Fens.

Boston, MA: this brownstone stands alone in a sea of urban renewal projects constructed after the decimation of the city's former West End neighborhood.

Boston, MA: the fourth floor stairwell window of Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences frames this photo of Bay State Road's brownstones in the foreground and a partial view of Boston's skyline in the background.

Boston, MA: a seemingly endless row of yellow "brownstones" runs along Commonwealth Avenue in the Allston neighborhood.

Boston, MA: quintessential Allston, Boston's incredibly diverse "college ghetto."

Boston, MA: Louisburg Square, an address favored by Boston's politicians and old money elite.

Bahia Honda, FL: the receding sunlight still manages to illuminate gentle waves.

Bahia Honda, FL: blue, green, and grey show themselves in many shades, making it hard to discern the exact point at which the sand becomes water and the water becomes the horizon.

Bahia Honda, FL: low tide exposes sandbars in the foreground and the dusk turns the broken span of the former Overseas Railroad into a shadow in the background.

Bahia Honda, FL: looking through the broken span of the former Overseas Railroad - with the old two-lane Overseas Highway running above it - toward Big Pine Key. Notice the new Overseas Highway (US-1) in the upper righthand corner of the photo.

Florida Keys, FL: Socks, my now-deceased cat, pictured at 13 years of age.

Brookline, MA: a church's steeple rises above brownstones and a passing trolley near Saint Mary's Street at the Boston city limit.

Spectacular scenery outside of Segovia, Spain.

Segovia, Spain: visitors to a cathedral look outside to countryside dampened by rainfall.

Rome, Italy: a bustling evening on the famous Spanish Steps is illuminated by a brilliant blue dusk.

Rome, Italy: looking over the Tiber river at dusk toward the Vatican.

Rome, Italy: a beautiful vista over the city from a park in the Vatican.

Amalfi, Italy: a late afternoon view of the stunning Amalfi coast.

The bright, afternoon sun illuminates the cliffside town of Amalfi, Italy.

Sorrento, Italy: a flowering vine covers a pergola overlooking the sea.

Sorrento, Italy: a young couple kiss under the springtime sun.

Naples, Italy: a clocktower rises over a street market.

Venice, Italy: a ray of light from the Grand Canal shoots through the entrance of a much narrower canal.

Venice, Italy: canalside buildings take on the colors of the impending sunset.

Venice, Italy: multiple clothesline span over a canal.

Venice's Grand Canal.

Venice, Italy: a waiter bends to serve his table at a dockside restaurant.

Venice, Italy: a gondola driver parts the calm waters of a canal over which the ornamental Bridge of Sighs spans. The mob of tourists in the background have come from the nearby Piazza San Marco to photograph the bridge, and the gondola driver will likely have to pick up a client among the mob.

Eze, France: a foggy view of the French Riviera between Nice and Monaco. In order to take this photograph, I hiked up the Friedrich Nietzsche path to a spot where the author is rumored to have composed the ending of his book, "Thus Spoke Zarathustra."