Welcome to Rick’s Café Noir – a blog and virtual cafe for all things relating to photography, travel … and coffee.
©2025 Rick Piper Photography. View a hi-res version of this image at rpphotoz.com
As the tagline above says – photography and coffee – aiming for the perfect shot! – so the main emphasis of this website is travel-related photography, but it also includes topics such as general photography tips and techniques, technical articles, camera gear lists and reviews, and coffee tips and minutiae.
Please note that the images on this website are low resolution and sometimes cropped, to allow faster page loading. I have included a link below each image to a high-res JPG version (up to 25Mb).
All images featured at the top of this homepage – which I change every two or three days – can be viewed in galleries arranged by country or subject. Click the “Galleries” menu above to select a gallery to view. I am constantly adding to these galleries, so check back often.
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