Tours and Travel Category Archive - Page 8

What to Photograph in Greece

Greece is one of those countries one must visit in their lifetime, thanks to its rich historic and cultural heritage, stunning landmarks and its natural beauty. Although there are many spots to check out in Greece, I will guide you through some of the most ancient and beautiful parts of...

Postcards From Toronto

It would have been titled Why Technical Stuff Doesn’t Matter but I figured this kind of fluff speaks for itself. A little embarrassed to be sharing my travel snapshots but we all need occasional reminders to stop reading and actually go out and shoot. Toronto was admittedly not a city high...

Postcards From Vilnius

Don’t groan! I’ll try to be brief. I had some time to kill the other week so I decided to spend a couple of days of it in Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania. I have no idea why I chose Vilnius; maybe I closed my eyes and landed my...

Photographing Iceland Using Ultra Wide-Angle Lenses

It is no secret that I love using ultra wide-angle lenses for my landscape photography. I was especially excited when I received the new Sigma 12-24mm f/4 DG HSM Art lens just before I departed for my winter Iceland workshop. It has an amazing 122-degree angle of view at 12mm....

A Trip to Zion National Park

Utah has never been high on my list of places to visit. Having grown up in an arid, dusty landscape (northern Pakistan), I always gravitated towards greenery and the ocean. A couple of things happened that gradually changed that sentiment. First, as my interest in landscape photography grew, I kept...

Street Scenes from Islamabad

Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan. Contrary to some negative media depictions, it is a clean, beautiful and well-planned city nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas. I was born and raised there. I left at the age of 20, when I immigrated to the US. Like all displaced...

The Joy of Travel Photography

As I write, I’m looking back on my 36 years as a professional photographer with fondness and gratitude. I chose this profession because I wanted to travel and earn a living while doing so. It’s been an amazing three and a half decades and I’m still excited every time I...

How I Learned to Separate Details

A few weeks ago, I visited Casa Mila, also known as La Pedrera in Barcelona Spain, which in 1984 was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO. It was the last civil work designed by renowned architect Antoni Gaudi, who was the best-known practitioner of Catalan Modernism. When visiting La...

Shooting in the Moment

This article will very likely be my last one for 2016 here at Photography Life due to an enormous workload I'm under right now preparing images and writing text for five photography related e-books I have planned for 2017. I'd like to extend a special 'thank you' to Photography Life reader,...

New Zealand Marine Birds and Mammals

My apologies for being silent here at Photography Life for over a month! I've been away on an extended holiday/field trip in New Zealand with my wife, and our busy schedule didn't allow time to prepare any new articles for Photography Life. While the vast majority of our New Zealand photography focused...