Archives for April 2007

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Travel Photography Tips

Darren Rowse, Digital Photography School,  shares his tips for improving your travel photographs and his description of tour photo stops exactly matched my experience. My guiding principle:Take as many photos as possible at each location using various techniques and settings.

In China I used more Kodachrome a day than most of my tour companions used the whole trip but I have one great photo of every place we visited. With digital there is no excuse to not take those extra frames, just remember to put the camera away and experience the place as well.

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Carnival of Cities – April 2nd

The Seattle Traveler is hosting the Carnival of Cities this week and presents a wide variety of stories from around the world. I enjoyed Agra Snapshot, Deepak Jeswal’s description of the Agra traffic reminded me of the fearless trishaw drivers in Penang.

The two California stories about The California Surf Museum and the end of the housing bubble juxtapose the surf culture and wealth of the Golden State.

My own article about Brisbane, and Colin Campbell‘s story about Adelaide highlight two of Australia’s less well known cities.

Thanks to Mary Jo for hosting the carnival.

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Travel Photographs – Vernazza, Italy

Each week I post a few of my personal travel photos to inspire your travel dreams. This week I chose my favourite shots of Vernazza on the Cinque Terre:

Vernazza, Italy

Church Bells

The Sublime and Ridiculous

Fishing Fleet