South Australia – a Journey in Photos
South Australia has a diverse landscape. From the 540 million year old mountains of the Flinders Ranges, to the arid Outback and the gorgeous coast, it has it all. We saw pristine beaches, dried out lake beds and quiet harbours. We were surprised with just how many different views of Mother Earth we witnessed. I [...]
Travel Photography Tips: Available Light
Available light It defines how most of our travel photography is taken. Light is one of the fundamentals of great travel photography. Shooting with available light is something every aspiring photographer should strive to master, or at least understand. That doesn’t meant that every situation is easy. Actually, shooting with available light can be very [...]
Portrait Photography Tips and Tricks
I love photographing people when we travel. A good portrait should give the viewer a sense of who your subject is. They should get a feeling of what it is like to be there with you in moment. Here are a few simple techniques and tips I use to capture my subjects personalities in their [...]
Spectacular South Africa Wildlife Photos
A South African safari is quite different from safaris you’ll have in other countries. Many of the reserves here are private game reserves spread over thousands of acres of land. The owners, mostly family run, stock their reserves with wildlife including the big five (among all the other animals) and chances are pretty good that [...]
Kenya Photos, A Visual Journey
I Dream of Africa. Travel in Kenya is exactly what one hopes for when going on safari in Africa. The people are friendly, the scenery is spectacular and even though the country is progressing at a rapid pace, it still feels as if you have stepped back in time. Many times we found ourselves daydreaming [...]
Photo Journey Through Middle Earth
With all the hype over the release of the movie The Hobbit, we are reminded of our journey through New Zealand two years ago. What better way to relive a memory than through a photo journey from our time there. New Zealand really does conjure up images of Middle Earth. While we travelled through the [...]
Year in Pictures – Best of 2012
A picture says a thousand words. Nothing captures a moment in time quite like a photograph. You can describe your feelings and what you are seeing with words, but all it takes is a snapshot to instantly transform the reader to a time and place. We travelled to over 20 destinations on 5 continents this year, [...]
The Cheetah and The Big 5 – A Photo Wrap Up
The Cheetah may not be one of the Big 5 animals of Africa, but it is one of the most regal animals you will witness in the wild. In the Masai Mara, this cheetah was the first of the big cats we saw. It laid on a rock for some time before deciding to move [...]
The White Rhino: Your Latest Desktop Wallpaper
“You’re going to Lake Nukuru?” The guard asked us as we left Amboseli National Park. “Yes,” we replied.” “Ah, you’ll be seeing rhinos.” He said as he waived goodbye. We certainly hoped so, but we didn’t have our hopes set too high. Amboseli wasn’t exactly a park flooding with wildlife. We saw a lot of [...]
International Cheetah Day
It’s the world’s fastest animal reaching speeds of 120 km (70 miles) per hour. The cheetah is beautiful, graceful, magnificent and very endangered. It is the most endangered cat in Africa and the Cheetah Conservation Fund is working to change that. Today is the second annual International Cheetah Day. Cheetah Spotting We just saw our [...]
Free Wallpaper: The Lion King
It took us a while to finally catch a glimpse of a male lion in the Masai Mara of Kenya. We had witnessed leopards on more than one occasion, spied a cheetah laze on a rock and saunter across the African plains and saw a family of white rhinos drinking from a stream right after [...]
Photo Giveaway Day 1: The Cape Buffalo
If you weren’t out holiday shopping yesterday and happened to catch our latest blog post about this coming week, you may already know that we’re giving away a photo a day until Friday. Our Expedia in Kenya trip to Africa has been a rousing success and we have come face to face with all the [...]
Big 5 Safari and a Cheetah – Photo Giveaway
It’s the Big 5 Week at ThePlanetD! Starting tomorrow, we’ll be posting an incredible animal photograph from our Kenya Safari with Expedia.com What’s even better is that we are going to give you one downloadable photograph each day for the next 6 days! Then as a Christmas bonus one lucky reader will win a 16X24 Lustre [...]
F-Stop Gear on 5 Continents
This post is dedicated to Dave and his F-Stop Gear. As I was going through my photographs from the last year of travel, I noticed that I had a running theme of me taking photos of Dave while he was taking photos of the scenery. Dave was recently named to the F-Stop team and to [...]
A Journey Through The Pyrenees
Travel through the Pyrenees is a feast for the eyes and a treat to the senses. I mean that in every way. The food, the drink the company and most importantly the scenery will give you sheer pleasure every day. We had the opportunity to travel through some of the most beautiful landscape in Europe [...]
Bond Locations We’ve Been To
Bond… James Bond While we were back in Canada last week, we happened to be home for the debut of Skyfall, the latest James Bond movie with Daniel Craig. We both agree, he’s the best James Bond ever and while I was watching the movie, I started to think about all the cool Bond Locations [...]
Our Best Switzerland Pictures
We already shared some Instagram photos with you from our time in Switzerland, but an iPhone can never compare to a photograph carefully crafted with a Canon DSLR. Dave took amazing Switzerland pictures from Lucerne to Bern and Interlaken to Geneva. When I look at this collection of Swiss photos, I am impressed by their [...]
Africa Bound with #ExpediaInKenya
We’re on the road again and this time we’re on our way to Africa! Our travel blog began in Africa when we cycled from Cairo to Cape Town in the tour d’Afrique. It’s going to be exciting to revisit the continent. Especially because it is Kenya! Africa With Dave and Deb It was 2008 and [...]
The Many Faces of Travel
The world we live in is a mystifying and enchanting place and if you have the drive to explore it, then you are sure to find yourself in some amazing places. But sometimes it’s not about the places, it’s about the people. The faces of the thousands of lives that you come in contact with [...]
Switzerland Photos on Instagram
Why Should you see a bunch of Switzerland photos? Because it’s beautiful! If there is one word to that comes to mind when thinking of Switzerland, it is manicured. Everything is flawless. Switzerland is clean, it’s pretty and everything is arranged to perfection. The cows are cooperative when taking their photos and the mountains frame [...]
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