Join us as we return to London to hit a few spots we missed on our last trip including “Much Ado About Nothing” at the Shakespeare Globe, the Tower of London, Leadenhall Market, and Wimbledon. Stay tuned!
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Since joining the North American Travel Journalism Association in 2016, I have looked forward to the announcement of the winners in its annual awards competition for excellence in travel journalism. Each year, the competition honors the best in travel journalism, photography and destination marketing in the industry. I was thrilled to learn that I had received honors in three categories when the winners in the 29th annual competition were announced today. I received an Honorable Mention in the category of “Photography – Landscape, Seascape, Nature” with my image, “Meads Bay Moonset,” from our 2020 trip to Anguilla: I received a Bronze Award in the category of “Photography – Portrait, People”…
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I finally got around to creating a zine from my London images, and this time I created it in Adobe InDesign, rather than the Lightroom Book Module as I had in the past. The Lightroom Book Module is really easy to use and you can export your completed book to .pdf, .jpg, or upload it directly to Blurb for printing. I wanted to print with Mixam this time, and given the differences in sizing, I opted to design it in InDesign to meet Mixam’s specifications. I taught myself how to use InDesign for a work project earlier this year, so it was time to give it a try to create…
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In August, we spent a week in London, England. It was our first trip, and we quickly discovered how much there is to see, and how little time there is in a week. We visited the State Rooms and the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the British Museum, the Harry Potter / Warner Bros. Studio, and had time to walk the streets of London, enjoying its many shops, pubs, and restaurants. Join us, taking in the sights of London. Along for the trip were my Canon 1v with the Canon 24mm f/1.4 II, Canon 50mm f/1.2, and Canon 135mm f/2. The 24mm lens was rented…
