Both these pictures are from a ride with a couple friends in Arizona.  Couple of the best photographs I’ve ever taken.  Neither have been edited in anyway, and were taken with one hand while riding down the highway in an Arizona sunset.  

A Picture is Worth 1000 Words

Taking pictures of people in the countries I visit is one of my favorite travel activities. I have traveled and worked in some very poor areas of the world. One day I was getting ready for a trip and it occurred to me that many of these people probably don’t even have a family portrait together. How tragic would it be as a kid to grow up watch your parents pass away and have nothing to remember them by. It’s something we take very much for granted in our society. So I decided to bring along my Canon Selphy battery powered printer.

The first video I made while on a military deployment in Panama.  The quality isn’t that great, but there is an intense stand off between a turkey and myself, and a lot of happy people getting family photos.

On another trip to Panama this time with my fancy new HD camera the Canon VIXIA HF S200 I decided to make another video handing out photos. It was a bit difficult setting the video camera on the tripod, and trying to get the shots I wanted from both the video camera and the still camera, but I think it came out very nice.

This is a great way to get close the people of the country you visit. It’s the sort of thing you can’t stop talking about when you get home from a trip.  Friends back home will ask, “How was the beach? Did you do a canopy tour?” But spending time making friends with the locals always makes for a better story.