It’s been a while folks. How is everyone? Sorry I have been gone so long but I have been really busy…ha ha ha. But seriously, without travel it’s a little tough to really get excited about blogging about travel and this is supposed to be a travel blog.

But I thought I would offer you a possible fun way to travel…virtually. Back in November I took a photography class taught by the amazing Scott Kelby (he’s really big in photographic and Photoshop circles). He travels around the USA teaching photography and I was lucky enough to see him here in Seattle.

One of the things he said someone had to do to have their photos noticed was to post on Instagram. Now, I have not been a big fan of Instagram in the past. Mostly because for the first few years of its existence you could only post exactly square pics. They were just there for phone pictures. And it is still VERY difficult to post from a computer. It involves me going into a web testing mode in Chrome. It’s a real pain. If I need to make a change to a caption, I have to do it on my phone after I have posted it. Suffice it to say, it was hard to get used to and I am still not thrilled with it but I have found so many other great travel photographers that it has been worth it. Plus it gives me one thing I have to do every single day.

The day after Scott’s class I started posting my favorite travel photos. The ones I have shot since Kathleen and I started traveling internationally in 2002 (my first travel photo is above). They have attracted a little attention and I have found some great fellow travel shooters to follow as well. Looking at their photos is like traveling virtually. One thing I wish more of them would do is to caption their photos. Most of them just post a picture and you kind of have to guess where it is or what is happening. I write a good caption for every photo.

I bring all this up because I would like to invite you to check out my photos. If you look over to the right of this message you will see my Instagram feed. Today’s shot (top right) is from Bangkok, Thailand. Click on it and it should take you to my feed on Instagram. If you scroll down you will see all my pics. Click on one and it will open and you can read the caption and see where I took it and in most cases why I took it and why I love it. When a photo is open, you can click the arrows on the right and left to progress to the next picture.

I would love to have you follow me over there as I post my favorite travel photos. Or just check back here and click the top right photo as I post every morning around 8:00 am PST.

Actually another problem with Instagram…it doesn’t work the same in every browser. Best way to see ALL my pics is clicking here.

For me, I think my traveling is usually a lot of photographic memories, and I take a lot of photos. —Milo Ventimiglia