I bought my fist DSLR on Black Friday in 2011. I can’t remember why anymore. Maybe I just missed being creative since I spent most of my time in an office, wishing for an opportunity to see beyond its walls. Back then I used to wander around my neighborhood in Newport Beach taking photos, practicing […]
7 Gorgeous Reasons to Visit Manitoba
On busy city mornings I’ll close my eyes and return to this place – the mist gently rolling over the warm lake water while the red sun rises, calling me to paddle out to it. This is Manitoba, Canada’s province known for its golden prairies, dramatic skies, and hundreds of thousands of lakes. When I […]
How to Spend a Weekend in Santa Barbara
I’m going to say it: Santa Barbara is the prettiest town in California. I mean it. I will shout it from mountaintops. I realize this is a bold statement, there is certainly tough competition, but where else do you have this: and this: right next to each other? Few places, that’s the answer. Santa Barbara […]
Just 25 Gorgeous Photos of Alberta in the Winter
The cold air hit me like a wave as I stepped out of the airport doors. The wind blew little wisps of white snow along the ground, and the super moon glowed in the crystal clear sky above me. At first it’s a shock to the system stepping into -30 degree weather (-22 Fahrenheit). Your […]
How to Take Ethereal Low-Light Pictures
I always thought that there was some big secret that everyone who took amazing low-light and long exposure photos knew that I didn’t know. I figured it was probably a difficult technique or maybe something that only fancy cameras could do, until doing some research, playing around with my camera settings, and realizing that it […]