Category Archives: travel

09-18-09

Summer Sunset

As I sit here at my desk with a blanket wrapped around me on this chilly morning, I can’t help but wonder where the summer has gone.  Maybe you’re all thinking I’m behind the times.  (I mean, come on Sarah.  Labor Day was weeks ago!)  But the truth is, we still technically have four more days until autumn officially sets in.  So, I’m celebrating the tiny bit of summer I have left with a few images from my favorite sunset of the season.  These were shot on July 17, from the shores of Lake Michigan, the evening before Cassandra & Joe’s wedding.  Nothing beats a Lake Michigan sunset.

The delicate colors, clouds, and waves converge to begin the series:

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A few daisies join the party:

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The colored light plays on the surface of a Petoskey Stone, the state stone of Michigan:

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The drama goes into full swing:

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More light plays with beach grass and rocks:

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A shot directly into the sun produces a fun lens flare:

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I went a little ways down the shore to catch the final moments amid some marshy grass:

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And the colors of the night set in:

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07-13-09

The beautiful Pacific Northwest

Well, my friends, I’m back safe and sound in the New York metro area but I still have mountains on my mind.  :)  All of these images from the northwest keep popping up on my computer screen!  And I’ll let you in on a little secret:  It doesn’t really rain in Seattle in July.  Maybe a drizzle here and there, but the majority of the month is sunny and warm.  We spent a few days in Seattle and a few more days up in Bellingham, where I lived most recently before moving to New Jersey.

My trip consisted of coffee …

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Good friends (and ice cream!) …

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Chickens!  (These are my friend Amber’s young hens) …

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Fireworks …

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Spot prawns … (have you ever had shrimp that tasted as good as lobster? These do!)

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Hula-hooping …

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My old backyard …

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Snow on Mt. Baker … and snow jumping!

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Mountain goodness …

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And a little Seattle …

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06-30-09

Seattle Sunshine

Hello from sunny Seattle! Just wanted to post a quick note that I’m away from the NY/NJ area until July 9, and will try my best to return e-mails and calls within a few days from receiving them while I’m away.

And because a blog post is not a blog post with out a photo, here’s a goofy camera phone shot I got this morning as I was walking around the Seattle waterfront. Did you know Dwight was a Seattle Mariners fan? I didn’t either.
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P.S. It really is sunny here in the Pacific Northwest. The forecast is for 70 degrees and sunshine for the rest of the week. Oh, and I have a great post coming up in the next few days from Neha & Joe’s beautiful wedding from last weekend. Stay tuned!

-S

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06-23-09

A rainy Boston weekend and some ducklings

This past weekend I spent a day-and-a-half in Boston with my husband.  We’d never been to Boston before, so I was really looking forward to it.  Of course we were met with some very annoying rain, but even so managed to take a stroll through Boston Common with our trusty umbrellas.  (Even if they didn’t do much for the wind and “swirly” rain!)  Anyway, I just thought I’d share a few random images to document that I finally visited Boston.  :)

Here’s a quick peek out from under my umbrella at these amazing puff ball flowers that are in the public garden area of the Common.  I kind of get a kick out of the other umbrellas in the background.

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I stood here mesmerized by the flowers for a little while.  I think Joe spent most of the time on the phone with his dad.  It was Father’s Day, after all.  :)  (I did call my dad, too.  Hi, Dad!)

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I don’t know if you noticed already, but the squirrel in this next photo is totally going in for whatever she’s feeding the birds.  We found that squirrels around the Common had no issues with begging.

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I was only walking around with a 50mm lens so I had to get quite close to this guy, but really … this is how hilarious (and friendly) the squirrels are in Boston.  He didn’t even care that I was but 3 feet away.

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And finally, who would have thought I could ever get this close to a momma duck and her sleeping ducklings?  Maybe the rain was just drowning out the sound of my footsteps?  But, oh my, these little guys were pretty cute.

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Fun times.  :)

-S

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03-18-09

The Caribbean Part 2 – Black and White

I love color photos.  I even have this silly tendancy to shoot everything as if it will be a great color image.  But, there really are times when the world of black and white must be visited.  The images in this post were probably shot with my intention to keep them color, but after trying them in black and white, I fell in love.

Lately, I’ve also been adding just a tiny hint of warmth to my black and whites.  You may or may not be able to see that warmth, but it’s there.  I like that this one feels sort of magical:

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This one gives me a sense of being in the southwest US for some reason:

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Here  I was stuck in a tour group and couldn’t get any closer to this cemetery.  It’s an intriguing shot nevertheless, but I really wanted to get closer and do a whole study of this graveyard by the sea!img_1655_edit1

Now, this one I do remember shooting with black and white in mind:

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By the way, all of these images were created in Puerto Rico.  Which is your favorite, and why?  And can you imagine the colors?  Or do you even need to?  Something to ponder…

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03-17-09

The Caribbean Part 1 – Color

Ok, it’s evident from my slow posting that I’m sifting through tons of photos from my recent travels.  I had a tough time narrowing these down to a blog-friendly number!  In this, the first of a two part series, I’ll bring you some of the Carribean’s sunshine in color images.  In my next post, I’ll shift gears to the black and white side of things.

First up: San Juan, Puerto Rico, where Joe and I took a Segway tour of Old San Juan and the Fort San Felipe del Morro.  Sure, that seems kind of cheesey, and they made me wear a helmet (which I hate!), but all in all riding a Segway is ridiculously fun.  A few of these images were shot one-handed while coasting along on my Segway.  That was interesting!

Here’s the entrance to the city of San Juan. (One of those one-handed images)

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The colors of the Fort San Felipe del Morro:

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Another one-handed shot.  I like the shadows.img_1662

These men were standing just a couple doors down from each other. I thought this was interesting.

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Next up, here are a few from the island of St. Kitts.  We spent almost the entire day at this beach.  Ah, relaxing.

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I just wanted to take these piranhas home with me.3

Winding roads, to and from the beach.img_1847

And now, a few from St. Maarten.

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I always find it interesting to photograph people simply “at work.”45

And finally, one that doesn’t belong with the rest; here’s a shot that Joe took of the two of us.img_1914

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