A NOTE ABOUT MY TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY

 I am a photographer; have been since I was a kid. When I/we travel, I always pack one or two cameras and associated gear. I shoot a lot of pictures; landscapes, architecture, nature, and details of things (I like close-up views). 

If you are of a certain age, and a shutterbug like me, you probably have boxes of Kodachrome slides, envelopes and maybe albums of photo prints, maybe even some super 8 home movies. If you are not that old, you don't know what I'm talking about. 

The digital age of photography brought many changes to the way we take, edit and store photos. It was confusing to me for many years because I had photos stored in Google, Apple, Dropbox and some others. Since 2014, I've been using Flickr to store the photos I really want to keep; I currently have about 16,000 there. I also make albums - 329 as of today - that are either for myself, family, or the public; I can set the privacy for each album (and each photo, too).  

For this two-month trip in Europe, I knew that I had to pack as light as reasonable, and my usual camera gear is not light. At this point I need to give a shout out to Mike O'Brien, my dear friend, and professional photographer guru. O'B-One urged me to only take my new iPhone (12-Pro) because it has three camera lenses and is a very marvelous camera. I resisted. "What about the underwater shots when we are snorkeling in Rhodes? Maybe I should take my waterproof Nikon mirrorless with the two waterproof lenses." 

Common sense prevailed. "How many more underwater shots do I need of the same things as the last time on Rhodes?" I said to myself. So the Nikon sits at home. The iPhone is my only camera. (Think about it; there was a time when I carried a mobile phone, one or more cameras, an underwater housing for a camera (before the Nikon), sometimes a GPS, and a computer - now all of that is in one pocket-size device!) 

So, dear reader, here is where you come in. I like to share my photos with you, but only if you want to see them. What I do is make curated albums, usually no more than 20 or 30 shots, for every place we've been. We put a few photos in these blog posts, but I also add a link to the photo album for that location. You can click on the link and view my photos; but only if you want to see them.

If you visit my photo albums, know that if you click on a photo it will enlarge. And if you hover over it, there is usually a caption. If you scroll down slightly, there might also be some discussion.

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posted by paul