Tag: photography
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Alaska here we come day 1-3 “Ramblings from the road”
DAY 1:I don’t think it’s sunk in where we are going yet. The trip has been planned for over a year, Itineraries have been done for weeks. Yet, it still does not seem real, but we are retracing some of our original trip to Alaska back in “77 while exploring some new areas. We drove…
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Alaska Here we come!
“Alaska isn’t about who you were when you headed this way. It’s about who you become.” Alaska, the last frontier, is our next destination. And excitement and thrilled does not even begin to cover the emotions we are feeling over this trip Having lived there from 1977 to 1980, we are excited to relive some…
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Photography Gear for a Long Journey
Now for the cool stuff: Packing Photography Gear for a Road Trip! By: JM. We’ll start by listing/showing some of the ancillary items I am taking on this journey starting with the more mundane items such as hard drives, cables, pouches, etc. I promise to make it short and sweet. These are two Samsung T5’s…
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“Some of your best ideas come when you’re on vacation.“
Though in actuality, some of my best ideas have come from planning vacations. We travel quite a bit, whether it is just a day or weeks. Traveling in the car sometimes keeps us on tight schedules and stopping frequently for snacks can get expensive and time consuming. Here are some of the ideas that we…
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St Augustine. “It’s as if some Little Spanish town had broken loose and floated over here and got stranded on a sand bank”
.St. Augustine has it all. Fun. Flair. Food. My favorites while visiting St. Augustine (in reverse order) 6. The weather: I put this last because we were there during spring break in April and the weather was nothing short of spectacular. Temperatures ranged from the low 60’s to the low 80’s; the humidity was no higher than 56%. The…
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Anastasia Island, Florida
“At the beach, life is different. A day moves not from hour to hour but leaps from mood to moment. We go with the currents, plan around the tides, follow the sun.” White sandy beaches spanning 14 miles along clear, blue water of the Atlantic Ocean awaits you on Florida’s Anastasia Island located about an…
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“Just in case, is the curse of packing.”
Vacations. They offer us a respite from the challenges of everyday life. A much-needed rest. Getting away for a day or a weekend requires one to tackle that dreaded step: packing. I do not consider myself an expert, but I will share some tips that have worked for us. Hopefully, you can use or adapt some of…
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“The pictures are there, and you just take them.”
By: JM. But in order to take the pictures, I need to have the correct gear so I ask myself four basic questions before any trip: 1. “Where are we going?” 2. “How are we getting there?” 3. “What’s the purpose of the trip?” 4. “What will I pack?” Where are we going? In this…
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“Nothing is better for your soul than to visit Puerto Rico” Lin-Manuel Miranda
Isla del Encanto. Island of charm. And this enchanting, tropical island paradise located between the Dominican Republic and the Virgin Islands will not disappoint. Geographically it is identified as an archipelago, made up of the main island and over 140 islands, small islets, and cays of which only 3 are inhabited. With the Caribbean Sea to the south…
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