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Nothing is more lame than going to a beautiful country and (a) taking no pictures at all (b) taking lousy pictures OR (c) appearing in absolutely none of the pics. This is exactly what a buddy of mine did when he went to Germany. He took about eight pictures total, six of them were horrible pics, and I think he actually appeared in one of them. Now I’m not saying you have to be a photographer–but there are some photography pointers one can quickly research to enhance their picture-taking skills tremendously. Your camera absolutely DOES NOT MATTER. The first time my wife and I went to Santorini, Athens, and Rome we used about six DISPOSABLE Kodak and Fuji cameras. The pictures turned out to be phenomenal.

And lets not forget video. In the past maybe you couldn’t afford the smallest digital video camera. Today the Flip HD is the size of a cell phone and in some cases costs less than one. No more excuses for not capturing the memories of one’s life. But there’s something about taking pictures that will always be my favorite. They allow a snapshot of the moment and the subsequent embellished memory to take shape. A video shows EXACTLY what happened and offers no latitude if the memory is not perfect. I still say–use both whenever possible.

On second thought–there’s no such thing as a bad photo. Just takes a thousand pics and throw away the blurry ones unless it looks cool. The beauty of the art is always in the artist’s mind so igmore my “horrible pictures” comment from above.


Until Next Time–Happy Travels.


Sirius -C-

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