Monthly:June 2024
Skills Photography Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. ~ Neale Walsch Portrait Photography The best resource that we have found on portrait photography is ‘Stories and Faces’ by Oded Wagenstein. As Oded described in his book, viewers don’t really want you to show them people, they want you to use portraits to tell them a story based on your interpretation of the world. As a result, we’d encourage you to view yourself as a visual storyteller, not […]
Skills Photograghy Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. ~ Neale Walsch Photography 101 This article covers four key topics: Choosing your aperture, choosing your ISO, choosing your shutter speed and getting photos that are in focus, or “sharp”. Before diving into these topics, it’s important for you to understand the “exposure triangle” which describes the interrelationship between aperture, ISO and shutter speed. The following article does a good job of describing this interrelationship. When I am practicing […]
Skills Overlanding Traveling with Pets Traveling with Pets Traveling with pets can be both challenging and rewarding. Preparing for border crossings and flights are logistically difficult. And there will be many things that you won’t be able to do with your pets, including hut trips in Europe, hiking in national parks in the US and exploring Maya ruins in Central America. However, despite these challenges, we have loved traveling with our dog, Oz. Not only is he our furry child, […]
Skills Overlanding Safety Safety Safety is something to consider and research before any adventure. Because this is a very broad topic, we break this article down into the management of different types of risks, including avoiding accidents, food and water-borne illnesses, muggings and vehicle break-ins. Staying Safe on the Road One of the best ways to keep safe, of course, is to avoid unsafe regions. This doesn’t mean that you should avoid countries with some unsafe regions. For example, during […]
Skills Overlanding Vehicle Maintenance Vehicle Maintenance Maintaining your vehicle on the road is crucial on an overland expedition. Following are a few overland vehicle maintenance and repair skills that you may want to develop before you embark your first overland expedition: changing a flat tire, cleaning your fresh and grey water tanks, changing your filters and fluids, and managing your battery and electrical system. Maintaining Your Overland Expedition Vehicle Changing a Flat TirePractice replacing one of your tires with your […]
