The more you travel, the more you’ll run into situations where, as a tourist, you are being offered services (or goods) that involve the exploitation of another. If you’re trying to travel responsibly and ethically (and you should be) - it’s a troubling, sad, and often frustrating part of travel
Read MoreIntellectual Property, Copyright Law & Monkey Selfies
A couple of years ago, a photographer was in the Indonesian rain-forest taking pictures of macaques. He setup his camera to enable the macaques to make their own pictures and then he was sued by the monkey for ownership of the photos.
Read MoreRoad Grids + Astronomy = Photographic Opportunity
Having just come back from Morocco, I have a renewed appreciation for the way older cities are laid out. The narrow, winding, organic layout of the streets lend older cities a lot of character, charm and idiosyncrasies. Many North American cities are laid out in a grid. While this can make a city easier to navigate and for traffic to flow, it can also be a little bland...sometimes.
Read MoreA Day Late and A Dollar Short...
One of the biggest celestial events of the year occurred in North America a couple of days ago, and not a word on my blog about it...until now.
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