International People is more of an idea and an ongoing collection of photos than it is a single entry about my travels. My preferred travel style is to go alone and then connect with someone in that country to show me the sites and help me get familiar with the place. Get the Local Perspective, is a short post about …
Cuba – City or Countryside?
Cuba’s cities are very diverse. Life in a big city like Havana is different in many ways from life in the rural communities such as Viñales. I didn’t get to any extremely rural corners of the island nation, but the differences I saw were something that could also be felt. Not that this is unique to Cuba. Every country has …
Photos for a Yoga Studio?
What kind of photos would I select from my library to hang in a yoga studio? Hmm, good question. I used to do a lot of studio/product work but that was all food and jewelry. I don’t have stock type photos of dew on grass or a balanced stack of rocks. That’s what comes to mind when I think yoga …
Location Planning – Mar Saba Monastery
Not every location I set out to photograph will be a winner, and every day of travel photography won’t come up sunshine and rainbows. When the weather or circumstances don’t cooperate, there are other ways to make the most of travel photography days. My goals are to find interesting places, events, people and things to photograph, and then to be …
A Walk in Bethlehem
Bethlehem was not a researched stop where I had a list of shots and places I wanted to see, but I knew I wanted to spend a few days in Bethlehem. Everything in Israel has some religious and historical significance so I knew I would find some sites for those purposes and come away with some photos. My standard procedure is to …
Developing the Travel Experience
Developing the experience of travel through photos isn’t all that difficult but it is something that has to be learned. I prefer to tell stories in photos and it’s just as easy to be lazy when composing a story with photos as when doing it with words. When I started sharing photos I had no plan other than to use …
Solo Travel – Lessons From my First Experience
I did my first solo travel in July 2011. It’s not uncommon for professional explorers, writers, photographers, or permanent nomads to do this, but it is uncommon for those taking precious vacation days away from their normal day job. I have a family that I like to be home with, and I don’t make a lifestyle as a permanent traveler. …
Moving the Site to WordPress – Why?
When I started the website it was prompted by a friend who wanted to share some images on her blog, and she asked where she could link back to. My response? “Well, uh, I don’t have a website and I uh…”. This was the image Kay Lynn Gabaldon shared in her Voice on the Porch Blog So I scrambled to …
Cuba – A Day in the Life
This first trip to Cuba is the first time I have attempted video while traveling mostly because I haven’t wanted to carry extra equipment and deal with the luggage. Well, an iPhone is a pretty amazing tool to have in your pocket. I didn’t clear space on the phone before the trip to record in 4K so I left it on 1080p at …
Photo Management – Import travel images into a Master Library
Photo management is a big deal. My photos don’t do me any good sitting on hard drives, so anything that makes it easier to organize, edit and publish them is something that makes me happy. On a recent trip to Cuba I created a library just for the trip, made my selections and did some general editing while I was …
Photo Management – Storage and Backups
While I don’t shoot a ton of images daily right now I am making several thousand photos a year that I want to keep safe from the point of capture through to working with them and then saving them to long term backups. These processes; and no doubt the hardware, will change over time. As of January 2016, this is …
Where the Heck are all Your Photos?
Own your media so you can streamline your workflow. This video covers is about my frustration with all of the backup services trying to own my cloud storage, and how I retrieve edits and originals from social services and online backups. Beginning Photo Management is something any photographer should get a handle on before taking thousands of photos. Modern cameras …