Photographic artist offers tips, traveling experiences shared
Life is one great adventure
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“Do not go where the path will lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
So, I was surprised to see that my last post was only 2 weeks ago and a lifetime ago. I've been to a memorial service in South Carolina, shot school photos in New Rochelle, did an engagement shoot,
a Ribbon Cutting at a Conveyor Belt company, and visited Austin for our granddaughter's first Halloween.
My little lobster with her carniverous Mommy and Daddy.
Oh, and we sold our house in New York and are buying one in Austin. This is more of a shock to me than to anyone. I never WANTED to move to Texas. I am the Hudson Valley Gal. I wrote tourism articles for years boasting about all of the amenities the Hudson Valley has to offer. I have a website, www.HudsonValleyScenes.com! And yet, we experimented this past summer and rented a condo in Austin and fell in love with it. There is relatively no snow in Austin, the price of living is cheaper than NY and our beautiful little Granddaughter is there and we so want to be a part of her life.
Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans – John Lennon
And so we are starting a new adventure in life. One that I hope is filled with family and friends coming to visit, lots of new travel experiences and a new perspective on the Southwest. A photographer buddy told me yesterday that the color balance we get used to here is very different than the color balance that is accurate there. Interesting.
One thing I know for sure, I will always enjoy coming home to this view from the airplane.
Happy shooting, friends, and may you encounter many fabulous new adventures, too.
Between Covid 19 and moving from Texas to Maryland, I really haven't seen much of the world this year and that is hard on this travel-loving girl. Here I am living an hour away from Baltimore and Washington, DC and we are stuck in an unending state of quarantine. I needed to break out so I asked my daughter if she'd take an early morning trip to Annapolis with me. "How early?" she wanted to know. She is not normally a photographer and, with two young children, unaccustomed to our "pre-dawn" starts. "As early as you can," I tried and she and the kids showed up slightly after 7 am. Popsie stayed with the kids who grumbled that they just wanted to go back to sleep, but Nova was game for a new adventure and we happily drove 35 minute southeast to the beautiful city of Annapolis. Court house showed some signs of life. Mask covered guards stood at the door. Maryland's capital city, located on the Chesapeake Bay is a lovely, his...
My husband and I recently had the opportunity to join a group of photographers, led by Joe Brady and his wife, Diane Bollen , to visit five different cities in Switzerland - Zurich, St. Moritz, Zermatt, Grindelwald and Lucern. Despite never hearing of these places before now, we had such an enjoyable trip that I want to share this experience with you. I plan to write 5 blogs, one for each city, to show some of the beauty we encountered and remember this wonderful trip. We arrived in Zurich very early on a Saturday morning in June. We chose to go straight to sleep in an airport hotel, to ward off jet lag. When we woke in early afternoon, we were right near the trains which were in a giant "mall" building with all kinds of shops. We asked which stop we needed to get off, and proceeded to navigate the train system to see some of Zurich's sites. The streets were festive with vendors and people shopping. After walking around and trying to figure out where we needed to meet...
Our tour began on a Monday at the Zurich train station where we boarded a first class train to St. Moritz. The scenery that we passed was spectacular, however very challenging to photograph since we dealt with windows and speed. The group of us, 15 photographers including spouses, ran from window to window, enjoying the charming European landscape. Someone located a half raised window and someone else found a car that seemed to be meant for photographers since you could manage the windows more easily, but we still had the speed of the train to contend with, not to mention constant posts we passed and, although things looked beautiful to our eyes, there remained a lot of power lines that were disappointing to see on our images. And one of our group lost her cell phone as the train sped by. We were excited to see the many clocktowers and church steeples and every now and then the strain stopped for a minute or two and we were able to grab a nice shot. Looking back ...
Chris all the best in Texas.
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Thanks Bill. Good to hear from you!
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