Photography
Big Sur: Natural Beauty on the California Coast
Rocky cliffs with long, luscious views of the Pacific Ocean, magnificent mountains cloaked in fog and covered in evergreens, and nature in perfect harmony with itself. I sincerely can’t think of a more visually captivating place than this stunning stretch of the California coast between San Simeon and Carmel.
Hearst Castle: Scenes from San Simeon’s Shangri-La
This is Hearst Castle: opulent, obsessive, and almost obscene. It’s a must-see stop in San Simeon along California’s Pacific Coast Highway.
Summer 2012, Instagramm’d
Autumn’s always been my favorite season and I’m excited for cooler weather and the changing of the leaves but the memories of this summer are still so sweet and fresh in my heart and mind. These twelve Instagram images encapsulate the summer that was.
Capturing the Colors of San Francisco
Travel Supermarket is hosting Capture the Colour, a photoblogging contest in which travel bloggers are asked to produce a post sharing photos from their travels that highlight or represent five colors (blue, green, yellow, white, and red).
A Single Snapshot: St. Michael’s Parish Church, Linlithgow
Halfway through my two weeks in Scotland, I found myself in the burgh of Linlithgow, a little town I probably would never have visited except it was the locus for the whole reason I’d visited Scotland in the first place. A wedding.
Up, Down, and Around Edinburgh’s Old Town
It’s been said that Edinburgh is the most beautiful city in Europe but until I got there, I didn’t believe it. It’s not that I expected Edinburgh to be unimpressive. It’s just that cities like Paris and Rome are usually on the receiving end of such accolades and, well, I hadn’t even heard of Edinburgh being beautiful until I started… [Keep reading...]
