This week, I'm going to be traveling again -- and I decided that I finally had it with my cheap little roller bag that I've been using as a carry-on and carry-all for my camera equipment. To date, every time I've gotten on a plane, I have shamefully packed my laptop into a ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Through the Gadling Lens: picking a good travel camera bag
This week, I'm going to be traveling again -- and I decided that I finally had it with my cheap little roller bag that I've been using as a carry-on and carry-all for my camera equipment. To date, every time I've gotten on a plane, I have shamefully packed my laptop into a ...Through the Gadling Lens: The best summer photographs from the Gadling Flickr pool
It's so hard to believe that July's over -- how did this summer pass so quickly? I know, I know -- it's still August, and here in Texas, this means that we're really entering the blistering heat of the summertime, but I can't help it: historically, August has always meant ...Through the Gadling Lens: 5 of the best travel photographers of all time
I'm in the middle of a crazy travel time: I've been to both New York and Chicago in the past two weeks, and there doesn't seem to be much relief in sight in the upcoming 2 or 3 months: Portland, Atlanta, London and Paris are all distinct possibilities. And while being away ...Through the Gadling Lens: The 7 most common questions from new photographers
Last week, I mentioned that i was in New York City on a holiday. Part of the reason we chose New York is because my cousin got married their last weekend. Whenever I'm invited to a wedding, my standard wedding gift is an album of photographs that I take of the event, so as ...Through the Gadling Lens: how I manage my photographs while I'm on vacation
Last week, I received an e-mail from Gadling reader Nick: Can you spend some time discussing what happens after you get home from vacation - photographic workflows, etc? That's one thing that seems to be missing. As it happens, I'm currently on vacation: last week, we had ...Through the Gadling Lens: enhancing vacation shots with macro photography
This week, I received an email from Gadling reader, Brenda: I read your post on choosing lenses and I was curious as to how big exactly a macro lens is because all the other lenses were identified by their length in mm and I couldn't find a precise range for the size of a ...Through the Gadling Lens: taking photographs at night
Recently, I received a note from a friend of mine who'd just returned from a vacation: I just returned from a vacation in which much of our activity was at night. I didn't carry a tripod, and I was dissatisfied with using either the auto setting on the camera (the flash ...Through the Gadling Lens: photo gifts for Father's Day
About a month ago, I shared some ideas for some last-minute gifts for Mother's Day. Well, Father's Day fast approaches (this Sunday, for those of you taking notes), and so this week, I thought I'd share some of the best gifts you can get Dad this special day. Now, I admit: ...Through the Gadling Lens: seeing the light
When you're first starting out in photography, you're likely to read, or hear, or have told to you: "See the light. When you can see the light, you'll be a great photographer. You just have to see the light." Many times, I've had new photographers retort with exasperation: ...Through the Gadling Lens: the latest, greatest shots from the Gadling Flickr pool
It's been a little over three months since the last time we waded through all the amazing images shared in our Gadling Flickr pool, and it seems like it's time to do so, again: after all, schools have closed (or are about to close) for the summer break all over the world, ...Through the Gadling Lens: buying your first SLR camera
So. It's the beginning of the summer, and maybe you have a fabulous trip planned. And maybe up until now, every time you've traveled, you've taken your trusty point-and-shoot camera. It's served you well: you've figured out all the presets, you've captured some amazing ...Through the Gadling Lens: planning a staycation? Here's how to do it, and shoot it right
Well, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, we're fast approaching Memorial Day weekend here in the United States, or what is otherwise known as the Unofficial Start of Vacation Season. For some of us, this means that we're ever closer to that fabulous trip we've been ...Through the Gadling Lens: shooting with something other than a $5000 digital SLR
Yesterday morning, I received the following e-mail: Hello Karen, I have been experiencing quite a bit of "camera envy" lately. Maybe you could write something about that. How you don't necessarily need a fancy Canon 5D to take great photos ... Just an idea... Have a great ...Through the Gadling Lens: photo gifts for Mother's Day
Last week, my friend Willy pinged me via instant message: "Hey, do you have any ideas on how I can share photos? I have a ton of them sitting on my hard drive doing nothing." I know the problem: if it weren't for the fact that I had a photoblog, I'm sure most of my ...Through the Gadling Lens: self-portraits!
A confession: I hate having my picture taken. Hate it. When someone offers to take my photograph, I immediately respond, "Oh, no. No, no, no. I was designed to be behind the camera, not in front of it." You can imagine what a joy I am to travel with. The result, of course, ...Through the Gadling Lens: the most overrated photography-related items take on a trip
Every now and then, while I'm out in public, I'll see someone who clearly was seduced by the "coolness" of a camera-related item or gadget, but who clearly has no idea what it does. (A most recent case in point: at my daughter's Christmas recital, a man with an expensive SLR ...Through the Gadling Lens: taking photographs of strangers
Yesterday afternoon, I received a message from my friend, Jennifer: "Okay, this may be way off base, but what about the etiquette of photographing interesting looking strangers while traveling? Do you ask permission first? (What if you don't speak the language?) Do you take ...Through the Gadling Lens: what's in my day pack?
Reader Nancy e-mailed me this week:
Hi Karen!
I was just looking at the 'in my camera bag' sidebar on Chookooloonks, and wondered how you go about things when you're out taking photos...particularly when you're traveling. Say you're in a new city and decide to walk about ...Through the Gadling Lens: adding some oomph to your landscape shots
I was recently talking to a friend of mine, and he was lamenting the fact that his landscape photographs seemed a bit "boring." "I look at all these other landscapes in the Gadling flickr pool," he said, "and they're so much more exciting than mine. What can I do to make my ...Through the Gadling Lens: colour!
I mentioned before that when I was a new photographer, a photographer friend made me shoot only in black and white for my first few rolls of film. His reasoning, rightly or wrongly, was that "colour film hides a multitude of sins," and only by shooting in black and white ...
