Through the Gadling Lens

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
It occurred to me the other day that we've officially been together for a year here at Through the Gadling Lens -- how great is that? So it seems a little bit of a retrospective on the past year is in order, because seriously, we have talked about a lot here on the column. ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
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I've mentioned before that one of my favourite pastimes while traveling is eating. Oh my heavens, how I love to eat. There's ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
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I just got back this week from a quick trip to a spa.
It sounds luxurious, doesn't it? Well, actually, it wasn't. Don't get me wrong -- the ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
As you know by now, today we're bringing attention to climate change and ecotravel here on Gadling. Personally, climate change and taking care of the environment is an issue that I've thought about a whole lot since becoming a parent -- and to be honest, my daughter has ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (4 months ago)
This week, I received the following rather detailed email from reader Jason: I love your columns and have learned so much from them, thank you! I do have a couple of questions that I hope you may be able to help me with please. I am bouncing-off-the-walls excited to be ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (4 months ago)
Oh, how I'd love to regale you with my brilliant photographic skills in capturing the sky's majesty!
I'd love to, but I can't.
For some reason, I'm really, really horrid when it comes to shooting skies. Oh, I can manage to get a good sunset photo here and there, and ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (4 months ago)
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Over the last year or so, I've become really intrigued with photographing water -- I love how organically it moves, I love all the ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (4 months ago)
I was recently instant-messaging a friend of mine, asking him if he had any suggestions for what we could talk about this week here on Through the Gadling Lens. "Why don't you talk about taking photographs of kids?" he asked. I demurred. "Umm, I really try to keep this ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (5 months ago)
Here in the United States, Labor Day is now over, and all of the kids are back in school -- sure signs that, despite the actual calendar date, summer is gone and fall is right around the corner. This makes me happy: while spring has those beautiful blue skies, winter is ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (5 months ago)
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In my family, I'm definitely the saver, while my husband is definitely the spender. I'm always the one who can "make do" with ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (5 months ago)
Do you remember those Where the hell is Matt? videos that were taking the internet by storm in recent years? I was thinking about those videos the other day, and wondering why they affected so many people, causing the videos to go so wildly viral. And then it dawned on me: ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (5 months ago)
I just got back from a long weekend in Oregon. This was the second year that I joined 13 friends in a beautiful coastal town, where we rented this huge rustic beach house, and spent the entire time resting, relaxing, and generally making art. As it happens, all of us make ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (6 months ago)
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 ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (6 months ago)
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 ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (6 months ago)
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 ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (6 months ago)
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 ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (7 months ago)
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 ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (7 months ago)
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 ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (7 months ago)
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 ...

by Karen Walrond (RSS feed) (7 months ago)
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: ...
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