Travel, With Kids, Without Kids

An African Safari Close to Home

My dream is to go on an African safari. It is definitely at the top of my bucket list! But that trip will be quite expensive, and though I will get to it someday, it won’t be in the very near future. However, I found this little gem, that, while not exactly the same as actually being in Africa, was a pretty cool “African safari” close to home! Safari West is in Santa Rosa, California, about 35 miles from Napa. Since we love animal adventures, it was the perfect addition to our Napa getaway (see the rest of our trip in our post about Napa here).

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Photography

Photography Made Easy

Do you keep your camera setting on automatic?  Are you scared to use those manual settings on your camera?  Or maybe you just don’t understand those settings?  Do you want to take better photographs, but you aren’t sure how?  Are you a beginner photographer?

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Photography, Travel

My Go-To Photography Equipment For Traveling

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I love traveling, and I LOVE taking photographs of the places I travel!  While I wouldn’t consider myself a professional, I do have a knowledge of photography and how my camera works.  There is some photography equipment that I must have with me on vacation in order to take my desired photographs.  My equipment more than gets the job done, and takes some pretty amazing photographs if I don’t say so myself!  Here is a list of the equipment I have with me on every vacation!

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