Photos from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
“A Photograph is a Portrait Painted by the Sun”
New York Characters
Louis: I have to say, this is my first trip to New York…not for me.
The garbage, the noise, I don’t know how you put up with it.
Carrie: Thanks. I had a great time.
Louis: Wait, you’re going home alone? It’s rough out there.
Carrie: Nah. It isn’t so bad.
Carrie (voiceover): If Louis was right, and you only get one great love, then New York may just be mine…and I can’t have nobody talkin’ shit about my boyfriend.-Sex in the City-
New York City is filled with characters. Creative and interesting people are everywhere! They sit down beside you in the diner, stroll into the subway and start singing or serve you a perfect plate of pasta. From the bouncer on the street corner to the lounge singer that went to India to learn a new way to strum his guitar this city holds a treasure trove of characters, stories and adventures.
In a city that doesn’t seem to sleep we walked, explored and rode the subway and Path until the wee hours of the morning. The sun came up in Hoboken and we just hoped from New York restaurant to perfect pubs. Days spent enjoying the great New York green space and searching for great NYC shopping deals!
It has been said, ” Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard” and I get that. New York is a fantastic city but it has challenges. The subway can be hot, the city air at times seems un-clean but the energy, the people and the culture makes living in New York experience so worth having. It was only six days of New York wonderful and that has left me wanting more!
Rob Corpuz Launches New Website!
His photos have always been inspired. Happy to share that Mr. Rob Corpuz, world traveller, cruise ship cast-off and sun kissed Hawaiian , living in Russia, has launched his new website! Looking for some beautiful photos to remind you of what an amazing world we live in and how vacation is good for the soul. Check it out at http://corpuz.smugmug.com/
There are pictures and then there are photos!
”There are two kinds of photographers: those who compose pictures and those who take them.
The former work in studios. For the latter, the studio is the world…
For them, the ordinary doesn’t exist:
every thing in life is a source of nourishment.”- Ernst Haas -
So when I travel I try to take pictures of just more than me waving in front of the newest building or disney ride. I look for ways to capture the moment in time. Some way to help me remember the feeling of the place I have travelled to. However I recently come to realize that should I want to switch from taking random travel snapshots to photos I am going to need a new camera.
When you see the breath taking photos of Shawn Reed or Rob Corpuz it makes you want to take better pictures. Their photos are truly art that captures moments in time. They use their lens to somehow uncover the hidden details. When you look at their pictures you can help but be moved. You could have seen the exact same place, things and people and somehow the image they have painted is more impressive than you remember seeing. It is nice to be inspired. I still need a new camera.
One of the most attractive elements of photography is that the camera becomes your license to explore the world.
Where has your license taken you recently?
-Jim M. Goldstein-
Kuwait City, KUWAIT
Christine Oastler is a freelance travel writer, teacher and artist, currently living in Mahboula, Kuwait. Born and raised in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Christine obtained her Bachelor of Arts at Trent University and her Bachelor of Education from Queen’s University. Currently traveling around the Middle East she finds herself riding the odd camel and embracing a new culture!