Ken Rockwell and I, with the help of Larry Krauter, and a group of talented photographers, spent a few pleasant days exploring the literary landscape of California's Central Coast. We toured the landmarks and landscapes made famous by author John Steinbeck in the first half of the 20th Century. Here are some of my efforts.

For the first time on a photo trip, I relied very heavily on my point-and-shoot camera, the Panasonic Lumix LX5. I uploaded all the photographs shown here onto my iPad, and made some basic – and a few advanced – changes to the images, solely using apps on the iPad. (I also used my DSLR, for telephoto images and when I got serious about macro photographs.)