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Salmon & asparagus salad outside on a cloudy bright day with the Nikon Coolpix

Natural vs Artificial Light for Food Photography

May 3, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures 7 Comments

To me it seems that most cameras nowadays can handle a wide variation of both natural and artificial lighting. However I often run into trouble when photographing food, and that […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Travel Blogging
The cover of my first travel journal

My Travel Journals Over the Years

November 2, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 11 Comments

After many years of traveling I have countless travel journals to transcribe. The cover of my first travel diary, sent to me by my aunt Denmark in honour of my first […]

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One Word Photo Challenge, Travel Blogging

Blogging 201: Day Twelve

April 27, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

On Day One I made a big decision to split my blog in two, but managed to create such a tangled (mangled) identity I was in despair. Today’s assignment is to create a […]

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Travel Blogging

Blogging 201 : Day Ten

April 25, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Day 10 is about being part of a community of people with similar interests, primarily by having a Blogroll, making well thought-out comments and having a comment policy. But I am totally […]

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Travel Blogging

Blogging 201: Day Nine

April 24, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

I have just run into some big problems making my identity consistent across social media, and have more questions than answers at the moment. I have marked the questions in bold italic with […]

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Travel Blogging

Blogging 201: Day Eight

April 23, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

This task is about creating a social media schedule for the next thirty days. I am going to try and up the ante on both Facebook and Twitter. But first […]

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Travel Blogging

Blogging 201: Day Seven: Twitter Trauma!

April 22, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

This post starts off with a rant. I had already attempted some Social Media connections with my Albatz Blog, so I thought I’d turn my attention to my new spin-off blog: Elizabatz. […]

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Travel Blogging

Blogging 201: Day Six

April 21, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

As I had already done most of suggestions for bringing archived material back to life, I spent the bulk of my time today trying to rearrange my ‘primary menu’ (top navigation […]

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Travel Blogging

Blogging 201: Day Five

April 19, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Today’s class is all about stats, and I’m starting with a question: Why did Michelle pick the Quarter’s summary of views, rather than the Year’s summary? For some reason, I’ve never even looked […]

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Travel Blogging
Spun Theme: Desktop View

Blogging 201: Day Four

April 18, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Trying out both the Desktop view and the Mobile view on a bunch of photo-focused themes.   These themes were recommended by Michelle of WordPress: My favorite photo-focused themes are Spun and Autofocus, […]

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Travel Blogging

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the #turquoisewater the #BowRiver and the surrounding #rockformations using mostly very #watery #fluidacrylic on #watercolourpaper to create a #transparent #watercolour of #softTurquoise of #JohnstonCanyon in #Banff #acrylicpainting #river #landscape #16x12 #Vancouverartist
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Paper Life Painting

Visual works of Wayne Wolfson

Equinoxio

A Blog about magic, fiction and art

Slow Shutter Speed

A photographic journey.

An Embarrassment of Riches

Not really embarrassed.

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Books & Photographs

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Disappearing into South Africa's wild places... Again!

Life...one big adventure

Explore. Dream. Discover.

Micro of the Macro

Recognizing & appreciating our oneness with Nature

Short Walks & Long Paths

Wandering trails on the coast of Wales

photographias

photography and life

PHOTOGRAPHER. BLOGGER. TRAVELLER. THINKER. STORYTELLER.

lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown

Reflections on Life through poetry, essays and photos

Color of Sand

chaparral notebook - high desert clay & scribbling

Oh, the Places We See . . .

Never too old to travel!

Philosophy Through Photography

"A photograph shouldn't be just a picture,it should be a philosophy" Amitkalantri.

life to reset

drifting, exploring, surviving

Photos by Jez

Taking the camera for a walk!!!

Tourism Sights Europe

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