Fodors.com: Taking Landscape Photographs
Over at Fodors.com, I offer up 5 tips for shooting landscapes like a professional: from trying vertical shots to dabbling in black and white photography like Ansel Adams.
Postcard: Lazy Days
This was how I spent my fourth of July holiday – Sailing with some new friends. Today was spent splayed out on the sands of one of 28,000 islands in Stockholm’s archipelago. An island I also call home. Spending an entire day doing nothing can be quite refreshing……Wait! why am I online posting this?
Presenting Ccaccaccollo on World Hum
Head over to Travel Channel’s World Hum to check out my latest photo essay – The Alpaca Weavers of Ccaccaccollo. Visited this tiny community last year while in Peru. A lot of our porters live in Ccaccaccollo and their wives weave some of the most stunningly vibrant cloaks out of alpaca fibers.
Postcard: Lighten Up, Buddy!
Shot in Warsaw, till this day, I wonder what the Polish officer on the right was thinking when his face took on that irritated look. Plain disgust at me [the pesky traveler] that I’d dare pull out my camera in front of him? Something much deeper? He wasn’t having any of it, but what makes …
Postcard: Fresh Fruit
Ha. Succulent Nigerian oranges. Stacked on trays and peeled on the spot just for you. Those of you who have traveled around Africa (or even South America and Asia) would recognize this familiar sight. Fruit vendors walk through markets and other public spaces balancing trays of fruit on their heads. I think her heartwarming smile …
Stinkiest Foods on Fodor’s and Other Musings
Recently rounded up the stinkiest, smelliest foods on earth for Fodors.com. It was a fun piece to put together, and it took me from Southeast Asia – a prime breeding ground for retching foods – to the UK and South Pacific – for some foul smelling cheeses and fruits. Here’s an excerpt: Along with the …