One of the perks of having a compact lightweight camera ( I have a mirroless)is the portability and the ease it is to travel with. In fact, my camera plus all my gear still weights less or about the same as a DSLR alone. It’s definitely a benefit on long excursions as I’m not carrying…
Tag: travel
The Fall of Tunnel Tree
With great sadness, I learned that the “Pioneer Cabin” tunnel tree over at Sequoia National Park was brought down by the storm over the weekend. It’s a little upsetting to hear. For one, it is such an iconic part of Sequoia. I remember seeing it as kid when I went on a road trip with…
Road Trip on the Volt
I’m not one to plug for cars, but I did a photography road trip to Arizona last week with my friends Chevy Volt (see his pic and link to his blog below). We had quite a robust agenda: Zion, Bryce Canyon, Horseshoe Bend. So, prior to our trip and unaware that the Volt has a…
Firsts
I’m dedicating this posts to “firsts”. To clarify, I’m talking about that very first shot you took with your first “real”camera. I got a new camera recently, the Sony a6300 and I thought it would be a nice gesture to feature a floral shot as my very first picture because my very first picture I…
Weekend Warrior
Here’s a flashback shot to when I went on an impromptu weekend trip to Arizona. Who would have thought me asking a friend “what are you up to this weekend?” would end up in me joining him on a two day road trip? I’m way too old for this….or am I? I know how some…
Channeling Ansel
Going to Yosemite made me think a lot about Ansel Adams and his stunning black and white photography of the Yosemite Valley. He is right: there is something about black and white that captures the beauty and detail of a photograph that color sometimes distracts us from. So here is my attempt at channeling Ansel:…
Looking down
I spontaneously joined in on a friends road trip out to AZ this weekend to the Grand Canyon. While I’ve been to the Grand Canyon a few times before, I’ve never seen it from the North rim before, and when he invited me, I jumped at the opportunity. The Grand Canyon isn’t for someone with…
Santorini Sunrises
It’s Throwback Thursday! Here is one of my favorite “throwbacks” to a sunrise from my visit to Santorni last month. While I am up for sunrise occasionally, I rarely photograph it because coastal sunrises near me are usually not that noteworthy. Sunrises in Santorini are definitely worth waking up for though: even if you only had…
Mandy On Earth 