Mexican Sunset – travel photography

Look who’s back here, peeps! Can I get an amen, because you are witnessing a miracle.

Wow, it’s been over a year. Memory would be something I could almost brag about in the old days, but something must have happened to my brain in the meantime, I think I forgot I had a blog. But I’m here. Now, I am hearing voices reminding me we’ve been here before. Been here, heard that. Can’t argue with that. I have been on and off, I mean actually mostly off if I’m being honest, but never away for over a year. I even think I said I was back for real a couple of times; it obviously did not materialize. I was joking. (Yeah right)

This is actually both funny and sad. I remembered I had a blog when I wanted to show someone a certain photo and this was the only place I had published it. So I remembered the photo, I remembered I had it up on the blog, but could not remember the name of the blog. Sad state to find myself in. Back in the day when I was an early adopter, I actually started a blog, many, many years ago. Then years later, I started this one for fun. Long story short, I totally ignored both and I got mixed up and didn’t remember which platform I used for which blog. I mean this says a lot about the present state of mind of an otherwise formerly intelligent person.

Now that I found my blog, I will really try to nurture it. I hope to get around to typing words in this space more often, I still don’t dare say the r word (as in regularly), but I am taking baby steps.

What’s been happening in the meantime? Nothing really notable, been to a few places, done a few things, learned a few thing along the way (hopefully) and went to work every morning, like the good kid I try to be.

I say let’s get this party (re)started, too much talk and not enough action. Since vacations are my favorite non human thing, let’s revisit a place I really, really love – Caribbean vibes, anyone? This has got to be one of my favorite photos from my latest trip to the beautiful city of Cancun. The first time I stayed on the Strip, I was a bit sad we didn’t get ocean view. And then something like this happened and I loved the world again. Couldn’t wait to go back last month, I knew this is what my evenings would look like. Forget sunrises on the ocean, enjoy sunsets on the lagoon, they’re at least as good, if not better. I have proof 🙂

Enjoy and hope to cross paths here again sooner than later,

M.

The most wonderful time of the year is not what you thought – travel photography

The most wonderful time of the year might be Christmas for the rest of you, but let me disagree and declare vacation time the most wonderful time of the year for me.  And vacation, vacation, vacation does rhyme with location, location, location right? Well there’s a reason for it – vacation location is important. Especially when the first glimpse of your vacation destination gets you so excited you wish your plane landed only to take off again and then land again, take off again. Imagine the photo opportunities?

This is a country which knows how to make an entry, so to speak. It was my first visit and right there, right then, on that plane I realized I was going to have the chance to get close and personal with the sexiest country I have seen so far. There might be others and we just haven’t met yet, but the Dominican Republic stole the show and revealed itself with such grace I instantly fell for its charm.

If this place does not scream sexy at you, I don’t know what other non human thing does. I mean a non human thing captured on a cell phone screen, to be more exact.

M

Dramatic Caribbean Sky

Let me scene the scene first. December, 30 degrees, sun, ocean, sand and laughter. Actually I think those are the things I should probably post since those are the things normal people share with friends once back from vacation. I have indeed many of those and it is always hard to choose which vacation picture I like the most, is it the ocean waves washing off an amazing beach, is it the white sand between my toes, is it the huge crystal clear pool or those cute palapas against the nicest sunset? All fabulous in their own right. There is however something else that stayed with me. I have seen other beaches and they were all nice, the turquoise water is amazing everywhere. Sunsets on the beach … let’s not even go there. Beautiful places and unforgettable moments.

Instead, I chose to post a picture which is not even focused. Is it technically ok? Nope. Does that matter? Nope. It doesn’t because it really represents an experience I will never forget. A bus ride to remember. I usually hate bus rides, but there I was, sitting by the window, excited to discover new places and ready to capture it all. But this time there was more. I was falling in love. I was falling in love with this place and I was trying to take it all in. And then I became afraid – what if I don’t remember all the details? What if I end up forgetting things and then projecting a representation I built? Oh no. I didn’t want this happen, so out came the camera again. Did I ever think, oh my, the bus is moving, how do I focus properly? There are trees along the “highway” (for lack of a better word), how do I make sure they don’t get into the frame? Is my white balance ok? Not even one of these things crossed my mind, it was just click, click, click. All I wanted to catch on camera was that amazing sky, forget focus, the rule of thirds, forget any rule in fact. Just freeze that moment in time and take it home with me. I wanted to make it mine.