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Photography has been a joy of mine since childhood. Developing B&W negatives in a poorly ventilated basement and burning light sensitive sheets of photo paper with the enlarger...well, we've come a long way. Now digital photography has opened much greater (and cleaner!) avenues of creativity.

Whether I'm at home in the Ozarks or on one of my semi-annual mission trips I enjoy taking photographs of nature or people or a variety of other subjects.

This website enables me to share some of these photographs with you. I hope you enjoy looking at them. If you can take the time, I would value your comments.

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Beauty of Croatia : In June 2008 we enjoyed a lovely vacation along the coast of Croatia. The tranquil beauty contained gorgeous scenes amidst ancient historical landmarks. Many of the churches and other buildings were over 700 years old, and Diocletian's palace in Split was 1700 years old! This young country proclaims a great deal of exciting patriotism. We traveled in a small ship from port to port, each place having a history and flavor of its own. I took over 5000 photos. Shown here are just a few. I hope you enjoy viewing them.

Beauty of Croatia

In June 2008 we enjoyed a lovely vacation along the coast of Croatia. ...

Updated: Jul 18, 2008 9:07pm PST

Missouri Ozarks : This is a collection of some of my own favorite photographs that I have taken in the Missouri Ozarks where I live.

Missouri Ozarks

This is a collection of some of my own favorite photographs that I hav ...

Updated: May 11, 2008 7:38am PST

Favorite Photos by Paul Rains : This is a collection of some of my own favorite photographs that I have taken at various locations around the world.

Favorite Photos by Paul Rains

This is a collection of some of my own favorite photographs that I hav ...

Updated: Jan 16, 2008 10:26pm PST

Faces of Africa. : People of Africa. These are photographs I have taken of people in Africa during the several trips I have made there since November 2000.

Faces of Africa.

People of Africa. These are photographs I have taken of people in Afri ...

Updated: Jan 18, 2008 7:33pm PST

Galleries

Flowers of the Missouri Ozarks :

Flowers of the Missouri Ozarks

Updated: May 11, 2008 12:17am PST

Infrared in Color :

Infrared in Color

Updated: Apr 10, 2008 4:00pm PST

Glimpses of Europe :

Glimpses of Europe

Updated: Feb 21, 2008 4:39pm PST

Wild Animals :

Wild Animals

Updated: Jul 19, 2008 2:42am PST

Various Captures : Various Photos I've Taken from Around the World

Various Captures

Various Photos I've Taken from Around the World

Updated: Jul 19, 2008 2:12am PST

Kenya 2007 : In October 2007 I visited Kenya in East Africa for a church related trip. These photos begin with friends and scenes in Nairobi, the capital. These photos include many friends we visited in and around Nairobi, including a small church. Nairobi is the largest city in East Africa, and photos include our trip there to one of the world's largest slums, Kibera. We took a night bus ride to the coastal city of Mombasa where there are photos of many places and friends we visited. There are photos of church services, day and night. Finally we flew from Mombase back to Nairobi where we took a flight home.

Kenya 2007

In October 2007 I visited Kenya in East Africa for a church related tr ...

Updated: Jan 18, 2008 7:20pm PST

Nairobi National Park : On October 9, 2007 some of my new African friends and I took a day off to visit the Nairobi National Park. This wildlife sanctuary is just outside the city limits of the capital of Kenya. What a joy to live for a few hours among the wild beasts of zebras, giraffes, exotic birds and even lions! These are the photos I took that day.

Nairobi National Park

On October 9, 2007 some of my new African friends and I took a day off ...

Updated: Jan 18, 2008 9:50pm PST

Uganda 2007 : In October 2007 I visited Uganda in East Africa for a church related trip. These photos begin with friends and scenes in Kampala, the capital, and continue as we cross the equator to the city of Mbarara in west Uganda. Then we visited the UN Refugee Camp in SW Uganda where we spent some time with Congolese and Rwandan refugees. Church worship services, day and night, are photographed. Finally we return to Kampala for a flight to Nairobi, which will be in another gallery of Kenya.

Uganda 2007

In October 2007 I visited Uganda in East Africa for a church related t ...

Updated: Jan 18, 2008 7:32pm PST

England 2006 : In December 2006 Julie and I visited London for a week. We met up with our son Micah who was working there. Here are some photos of our trip without commentary. These photos include our trip to the airport, flying, sights of London (British Museum, Towers, the Towers Bridge, Kensington Palace, Buckingham Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, etc. etc.!) and one day visiting the city of Bath. The history was amazing, the people quite friendly. This being our first time to England, we felt a certain kidship in like culture and language. I've been all over Europe but never before England. Why did I wait so long? So much of our cultural roots are there. We had a fantastic time!

England 2006

In December 2006 Julie and I visited London for a week. We met up with ...

Updated: Sep 07, 2007 8:09pm PST

Kyrgyzstan Medical Mission Trip : Kyrgyzstan Mission TripOn April 14-26, 1999 I was the only physician going with a team of Americans on an outreach to Kyrgyzstan. This outreach included medical treatment in various remote villages, including a United Nations refugee camp on the Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan border. Over 1000 years ago they migrated from Mongolia to their present location. Ethnically they resemble the Mongolia people more than the Russian or Chinese. About 57% of Kyrgyzstan consists of the Kyrgyz people; the rest are Russian, Uzbeks, Turks, Chinese and other ethnic groups. I traveled to some villages high in the Kyrgyzstan mountains and encountered many sick people. There were many diseases that would be so easily treated in any clinic in the US. Much anemia, goiters from hypothyroidism, children dehydrated and undernourished. These photographs may give you a feel for the lovely people we met in rural Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyzstan Medical Mission Trip

Kyrgyzstan Mission TripOn April 14-26, 1999 I was the only physician g ...

Updated: May 24, 2003 11:40am PST

Faces of India Part 1 : Photos from earlier trips to India. Many are taken by film camera. India is a country of paradox. From the grandiose glimpses of its history to the grave desperation of the present, the country grabs your heart with a range of passions and fills your senses to overload. India is home to the obscenely rich and the obscurely poor; to the well educated (the world's largest group of scientists is in India) and the illiterate; to a polytheistic majority and to a dedicated Christian minority. India has such diversity. No one can point to a group or city or region and say "this is India." The country is too complex. It is a modern day fusion of scores of kingdoms with over 150 different languages. These photos serve only as a glimpse.

Faces of India Part 1

Photos from earlier trips to India. Many are taken by film camera. ...

Updated: May 13, 2003 1:09am PST

Faces of India Part 2 : Photos from trips to India. These are all taken with a digital camera. India is a country of paradox. From the grandiose glimpses of its history to the grave desperation of the present, the country grabs your heart with a range of passions and fills your senses to overload. India is home to the obscenely rich and the obscurely poor; to the well educated (the world's largest group of scientists is in India) and the illiterate; to a polytheistic majority and to a dedicated Christian minority. India has such diversity. No one can point to a group or city or region and say "this is India." The country is too complex. It is a modern day fusion of scores of kingdoms with over 150 different languages. These photos serve only as a glimpse.

Faces of India Part 2

Photos from trips to India. These are all taken with a digital camera. ...

Updated: Aug 22, 2005 1:58pm PST

Faces of Punjab Part I : In March 2003 my son Micah and I went on a trip to Punjab in northwest India. The people were delightful and very photogenic. These are some of the photos I took, mostly of people

Faces of Punjab Part I

In March 2003 my son Micah and I went on a trip to Punjab in northwest ...

Updated: Aug 25, 2003 4:40pm PST

Faces of Punjab Part II : In September 2003 I visited Punjab in north India, including Ferozpur on the Pakistan border. The people were very friendly and photogenic. Here are some of the photographs I took on that trip.

Faces of Punjab Part II

In September 2003 I visited Punjab in north India, including Ferozpur ...

Updated: Nov 27, 2003 2:49pm PST

Faces of Punjab Part III : Photographs I took during a trip to Punjab, northern India, in April 2004

Faces of Punjab Part III

Photographs I took during a trip to Punjab, northern India, in April 2 ...

Updated: Sep 09, 2007 7:57pm PST

In the Mountains Around Nainital, North India : These are photographs I have taken in the mountains of north India in and around the city of Nainital. April 2004.

In the Mountains Around Nainital, North India

These are photographs I have taken in the mountains of north India in ...

Updated: Jan 10, 2005 11:15pm PST

Faces of Africa. : People of Africa. These are photographs I have taken of people in Africa during the several trips I have made there since November 2000.

Faces of Africa.

People of Africa. These are photographs I have taken of people in Afri ...

Updated: Jan 18, 2008 7:33pm PST

Favorite Photos by Paul Rains : This is a collection of some of my own favorite photographs that I have taken at various locations around the world.

Favorite Photos by Paul Rains

This is a collection of some of my own favorite photographs that I hav ...

Updated: Jan 16, 2008 10:26pm PST

Black and White Photographs : Black and White Photographs by Paul Rains

Black and White Photographs

Black and White Photographs by Paul Rains

Updated: Dec 03, 2007 6:09am PST

Missouri Ozarks : This is a collection of some of my own favorite photographs that I have taken in the Missouri Ozarks where I live.

Missouri Ozarks

This is a collection of some of my own favorite photographs that I hav ...

Updated: May 11, 2008 7:38am PST

Butterflies : This is a collection of photographs of butterflies that I have taken in the Missouri Ozarks where I live.

Butterflies

This is a collection of photographs of butterflies that I have taken ...

Updated: Apr 29, 2008 9:51pm PST

Dauphin Island, Alabama : This is a collection of photographs I have taken on Dauphin Island, Alabama.

Dauphin Island, Alabama

This is a collection of photographs I have taken on Dauphin Island, Al ...

Updated: May 09, 2003 9:38pm PST

Beauty of Croatia : In June 2008 we enjoyed a lovely vacation along the coast of Croatia. The tranquil beauty contained gorgeous scenes amidst ancient historical landmarks. Many of the churches and other buildings were over 700 years old, and Diocletian's palace in Split was 1700 years old! This young country proclaims a great deal of exciting patriotism. We traveled in a small ship from port to port, each place having a history and flavor of its own. I took over 5000 photos. Shown here are just a few. I hope you enjoy viewing them.

Beauty of Croatia

In June 2008 we enjoyed a lovely vacation along the coast of Croatia. ...

Updated: Jul 18, 2008 9:07pm PST