Re: A note for the aspiring travel photographer

2019-01-31 Thread Stanley Halpin
A variation on the theme - take a shot of a sign with the name of the town you are in! In 2007 we were in Italy, first in Venice, then in the country for a week. One day-trip from our B was a drive around Lago di Garda, a resort destination of vacationers from Rome back in the days of the

Re: A note for the aspiring travel photographer

2019-01-31 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 31.01.19 um 03:20 schrieb Rick Womer: how does the information from the Garmin get associated with the photos? Is it linked to the camera somehow? The Garmin records a track of the day's itinerary with times and positions. Later at home, track and photos are separately downloaded into

Re: A note for the aspiring travel photographer

2019-01-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I hadn't heard of HoudahGeo before, so I looked it up. I think a trial will explain how it works pretty clearly. Now, personally: I don't really care about geotagging my photos very often. When I want to be able to figure out where something was taken, I make a snap shot with my iPhone which

Re: A note for the aspiring travel photographer

2019-01-30 Thread Rick Womer
I know I’m ignorant, Ralf… but how does the information from the Garmin get associated with the photos? Is it linked to the camera somehow? Rick > On Jan 29, 2019, at 3:00 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 29.01.19 um 20:26 schrieb John: >> When you get to some exotic location, take a

Re: A note for the aspiring travel photographer

2019-01-30 Thread John
for the aspiring travel photographer Looking back from 9 years on, I didn't take enough photos when I visited China in 2010. Even though I'd been shooting Digital for seven years by then, I think I was still stuck with the film mentality of only having 36 frames max and for a once in a lifetime

Re: A note for the aspiring travel photographer

2019-01-30 Thread Jostein
on compositions that I probably wouldn't attempt with film. -Original Message- From: John Subject: Re: A note for the aspiring travel photographer Looking back from 9 years on, I didn't take enough photos when I visited China in 2010. Even though I'd been shooting Digital for seven years

Re: A note for the aspiring travel photographer

2019-01-30 Thread Jostein
Good point. For the most exotic *landscape* locations, I'd argue that hotels and street addresses are hard to come by. But redundancy in ways to reconstruct itineraries is a must. GPS helps, and so does a diary or travel log. Even receipts from stores or highway toll stations can be

RE: A note for the aspiring travel photographer

2019-01-29 Thread jcoyle
Of John Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2019 5:26 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: A note for the aspiring travel photographer When you get to some exotic location, take a photo of the hotel - front door, street address, etc. It will help tremendously later when you're trying reassemble your trip

Re: A note for the aspiring travel photographer

2019-01-29 Thread Ken Waller
I've found that digital removes all reasons for an improperly exposed image and allows me to try variations on compositions that I probably wouldn't attempt with film. -Original Message- >From: John >Subject: Re: A note for the aspiring travel photographer > >Looking back

Re: A note for the aspiring travel photographer

2019-01-29 Thread John
Looking back from 9 years on, I didn't take enough photos when I visited China in 2010. Even though I'd been shooting Digital for seven years by then, I think I was still stuck with the film mentality of only having 36 frames max and for a once in a lifetime trip you can't afford to waste a

Re: A note for the aspiring travel photographer

2019-01-29 Thread lrc
Heh! K-1 But there are definitely advantages to the visual, just looking at photos, especially if lighten stops talking to Google maps or something On January 29, 2019 12:00:40 PM PST, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >Am 29.01.19 um 20:26 schrieb John: >> When you get to some exotic location, take a

Re: A note for the aspiring travel photographer

2019-01-29 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 29.01.19 um 20:26 schrieb John: When you get to some exotic location, take a photo of the hotel - front door, street address, etc. It will help tremendously later when you're trying reassemble your trip itinerary & figure out where you've been (especially 9 or 10 years later). That would

A note for the aspiring travel photographer

2019-01-29 Thread John
When you get to some exotic location, take a photo of the hotel - front door, street address, etc. It will help tremendously later when you're trying reassemble your trip itinerary & figure out where you've been (especially 9 or 10 years later). -- Science - Questions we may never find