What I Did On My Summer Vacation – Part 2

Just got back from a great vacation in Canada. We drove to Quebec City for four days then to Montreal for another four days. We stayed in hotels in the “old” towns of both cities. These old towns are quite walkable and we were able to leave our car in the hotel garages for the entire stay. We really enjoyed ourselves – lots of friendly people, great...

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What I Did On My Summer Vacation – Part 1

I’m baaaack…. Just a quick post with photos of our vacation to Mystic, Connecticut and Freeport, Maine. I traveled light on this trip. Took the new vacation lens (28-300) and a 20mm prime. Did some artsy post processing on a few of the photos. If you’re interested in how they were done, submit a post or send me an...

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Mystic and Maine – Photographing Snow

Vacation! Yay! We took a few days off last week for a quick trip up to Mystic, Connecticut and Freeport, Maine. It was more of a shopping trip than anything else but I managed to squeeze in a few photos here and there. I had covered this area in a previous post but this time we had a lot of snow on the ground, which makes exposure settings a bit more challenging but...

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Cinque Terre, Italy – Harvest Films

Photograph by Uta Theile. Recently I had the opportunity to provide some limited photography-related tech support for some friends at Harvest Films. They just returned from a trip to Italy to produce a fascinating documentary film on the Cinque Terre region. It’s an amazing story and you really need to check out their website. They have a good description of the...

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Mystic and Maine

These are shots taken during our summer vacation “down east”. They were taken primarily at Mystic Seaport in Mystic Connecticut and Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine. You could spend your entire life photographing stuff in either of these places. Mystic Seaport is a popular place for vacationers, educational groups, and tours so it can get pretty...

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