TravelSupermarket.com's annual Capture the Color contest is back, which is a great opportunity for me to watch other bloggers with much nicer photos than mine win some prizes. I actually wasn't going to bother entering at all, mainly due to laziness, but when Corrinne from Reflections Enroute nominated me, I resolved to go out and shoot five photos specifically for the contest. … [Read more...]
How to Enjoy, but Not Visit, the Taj Mahal in Agra
The difference between the words 'enjoy' and 'visit' in that title is very important. This is not a guide on how to visit the Taj Mahal, but one on how to enjoy it despite not visiting at all. Why would anyone go all the way to Agra and not visit the Taj Mahal, you ask? Well, they probably wouldn't. Most people I know visited and some of them even felt they got their money's … [Read more...]
Laughing At and Learning From my Terrible Photos
All photographers take bad photos. It's inevitable. Luckily, in the digital age, you just delete them and move on. Looking through some of my earlier images recently, I realized I didn't delete any of the bad ones, mainly because doing so would have left me with no photos whatsoever. Instead I've got thousands of poor pictures from my early travels, each of which seems to have … [Read more...]
Winter Photos of Berlin and the Hell I Endured to Get Them
I'm going to do something different this week and put up a post of photos. This is generally only done by good photographers, but I'm going to buck that trend. Besides, as the author of a post on how to take crappy pictures, I feel I should demonstrate just how qualified I am to be giving out such advice. I've been in Berlin for the past few months and have … [Read more...]