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Tag Archives: photography
Professional family vacation photos
Who hires a professional photographer to document their family reunion? Our daughter, Kirsten, hired a photographer for our first family reunion eight years ago in Santa Barbara, California, and it was a great success. These photos were the best gift … Continue reading
What can happen to your camera in the rain
We take lots and lots of photos as we travel, and our cameras may be our most essential travel “tools”. We also take them for granted. When we hiked in blowing sand in Nevada or pouring rain in Iceland, we … Continue reading
A first trip to Cape Cod: photographed in watercolor
In our extensive travels there are still lots and lots of places we haven’t been to – some by design and others because it just wasn’t on our way to anywhere else. It was high time, we thought, to make … Continue reading
Photography: Let’s Change the Subject
We followed the highway from Grand Marais, Minnesota aiming for Thunder Bay, Ontario when we took a turn off onto a narrow, rough road in the middle of nowhere. These are the times on our trip that we wonder: have … Continue reading
Posted in Canada - Ontario
Tagged Canada, fungus, Hurkett Cove Conservation Area, Lake Superior, lichen, photography, travel, wild mushrooms
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Variations on a Theme
We often take an evening walk, and, when we travel, the scenery on our walks varies a lot. Some nights what we see is frankly a bit boring, but other nights (like the one in Minnesota’s Grand Marais) it’s pure … Continue reading
Posted in photography, US - miscellaneous
Tagged Grand Marais, Mangy Moose Motel, Minnesota, photography, road trip across the US, travel
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Photography in Steamboat Springs
Last time we visited Steamboat Springs, Colorado we skied and played in the snow. What would we do on a summer visit by ourselves? We counted on wonderful hiking… We visited three times during our week in Steamboat Springs – … Continue reading
Oltrarno orphans
Every day in Florence seemed like a special day. Our last days in the Oltrarno (the Florence neighborhood south of the Arno River), we rambled through the neighborhood as if we were trying to walk every street and take in … Continue reading
