Tagged: photography

Hanoi Removing Cafes from Narrow “Train Street” Due to Safety Concerns

What magical tourist attraction is Instagram ruining this week? The photogenic "train street" in Hanoi, where a single-track railway squeezes between makeshift cafes and other…

British Columbia's Rugged Northern Coast: Seeing Bears, Whales, and Wilderness

The west coast of Canada doesn’t come to a full stop—it’s more like an ellipsis . . . Innumerable islets, many of them just uninhabited rocks with some trees on top, dot the Pacific…

2017's Most Instagrammed Locations

Instagram released its year in review this week, looking back at 2017's top trends on the popular photo-sharing social network.Among the not-so-surprising revelations that Beyoncé's…

Selfie Sticks Banned in Milan

The selfies you take in Milan this summer will have to be kept at arm's length.You certainly can't extend your reach with a selfie stick. Those devices have been officially banned…

Scaffolding to Cover Taj Mahal During Yearlong Restoration

The Taj Mahal in India is undergoing a large-scale restoration that officials say will ultimately leave the marble beauty a brighter shade of white.In the meantime, however, the…

Virtual Dives at Marine Sanctuaries, A Second Seattle Airport?, and America's Best Beaches: Today's Travel Briefing

MAY 31, 2017 — Good morning, everybody! Here's the latest from the world's airports, beaches, and dive sites. A SECOND AIRPORT FOR SEATTLE? (USA Today)The Seattle area could soon get a…

How to Shoot Better Pictures with Your Smartphone

Remember the days when you had to lug around a DSLR camera during vacation so you could get that perfect shot of the Eiffel Tower or Golden Gate Bridge? Or maybe you had to grab a…

The World's Top Travel Destination, National Public Lands Day, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Good morning! Here's the latest from the world's cities, savannas, and public lands.* THE WORLD'S MOST VISITED CITY (Reuters). Bangkok is the world's most popular travel destination…

Snapping Photos, Watching Bears, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Here's what's happening today in the world of travel.* EIGHT AIRLINES GRANTED TENTATIVE APPROVAL FOR FLIGHTS TO HAVANA (New York Times). Seems like there's a fresh piece of…

New App Deletes Photobombers From Snapshots

Software giant Adobe recently unveiled a new smartphone application that should appeal to amateur photographers on vacation. Called Monument Mode, it eliminates photobombers and…

Two New Travel Products—As Unusual As They Come—Are Exciting Interest from Americans About to Make An International Trip. Are You One of Them?

In travel, as in all else, wonders will never cease.  The single most widely-discussed topic in travel is currently a clothing product called the “Swiss Army Jacket”.…

Say "American Cheese": The White House Lifts Its Ban on Selfies

This past December, I had the priviledge of visiting the White House as part of a convocation of travel writers, brought together by the Obama Administration to get out the word that…

World's Best Museums Ban Selfie Sticks

Leave the selfie stick at home. Attractions across the world are banishing the selfie stick for being so awful.Britain's Telegraph reports that institutions everywhere are…

Getting Crafty in North Carolina: Meet the John C. Campbell Folk School

The day began with Whisky for Breakfast. Which made sense, since we were in North Carolina. But this wasn’t a meeting of the “Moonshine Society.” Instead, a fiddler and a banjo…

Travel Troubleshooter: Can You Trust a Vacation Rental?

The two-bedroom apartment in the trendy Tunali neighborhood of Ankara, Turkey, that Richard and Ellen Lacroix rented through Airbnb fell dramatically short of their expectations. It…

That's Ridiculous! Exchange Rate Rip-offs & How to Avoid Them

As Jay Berman and his wife were checking out of the Henley House in London last month, a clerk asked if they wanted to pay their bill in dollars. It seemed like a good idea at the…

Best Non-Travel Apps for Travelers

There are so many city guides and hotel- and airline- booking apps to help you navigate your travels, but what about some essential non-travel apps or websites to make your vacation…

How to Use Facebook Safely On Vacation

It's hard to open Facebook (www.facebook.com) during the summer without seeing a slew of vacation photos in your daily feed. These days, part of the fun of a modern vacation includes…

Travel Troubleshooter: But I Asked Them to Hold My Ticket

Lizelle Figueroa calls Expedia to hold her ticket to California. But shortly after that, she's rushed to the hospital, where she spends five weeks. When she's released, she finds out…

The Honest Guest's Guide to Free Hotel Amenities

Where's the line?When you're staying at a hotel, is it OK to pocket the bottles of shampoo and lotion? How about the magazines? Bathrobes? Furniture?It depends on the traveler.…

Digital Travel Photography: Planning Your Trip from a Photo Perspective

One of the most enjoyable parts of any trip is the anticipation. The days and weeks leading up to your departure can be delightful, especially if you spend some of that time planning…

Digital Travel Photography: Recommended Resources

This article offers suggestions of various websites, magazines, and books that I believe are good resources for digital photographers. I hope you will find them to be good resources as…

Digital Travel Photography: Backing Up and Sharing Your Images

One of the best things about travel is the chance to get away from it all -- meaning a temporary replacement of the elements of your everyday life with new sights, sounds, foods,…

Digital Travel Photography: Sharing Images While Traveling

If you have access to a computer while traveling, you have several ways of backing up your photos and sharing them using the Internet. You can send them by e-mail, upload them to your…

How Free Wi-Fi Can Help Cure the Holiday Travel Delay Blues

Face it: you're going to get stuck somewhere this holiday season. That's already happening to friends of mine, who are (at this writing) waiting for an alternative flight to New…