Best Of

I use photos to trigger memories, not to replace them. I know the photogs want the pictures, and I have a degree in photography, but that is not my ‘focus’. Observe first. You can probably see better pictures on National Geographic. . But you cannot see it, and smell it, and feel it with a photograph. Bring all of your senses, but the pictures are secondary.

I’m with SeaLord about triggering memories. We were last in Tanzania in July. I didn’t take my big camera because for my purposes my cell phone is sufficient. We decided to take my husband’s big camera which was useful for taking slightly larger images of a far off couple of rhinos and a leopard. He uses a Tamron lens, so no need to change lenses which can be difficult in the dust. No one else had a camera and some didn’t take any photos. The more I’m traveling, the more I’m noticing that seasoned travelers don’t seem to take photos!
I make photo books of most of my trips. This one was a Bridges tour, so I asked everyone to send me their best shots and of course many of them are of the family as well as animals. I’ve combined them and made a book for each child and one between each set of parents. They turned out so well and will be presented at Christmas. Yes, nothing can compare with being there and seeing it all.
This tour did not go to the Four Seasons, which we were grateful for. The Gran Melia hotel had a fantastic pool, but like the Four Seasons one, was absolutely freezing…
Of course my grandchildren didn’t care, but one of them literally was blue when he got out and shivering uncontrollably. I was so worried, I thought he had hypothermia, so we wrapped him in numerous towels and I also have a wonderful photo of the three grandchildren huddled together in one big red towel looking frozen but hey are grinning away.
There were a few tsetse flies this July, one bit my son through his quite thickish beige pants and blood soaked right through so we could see it. Fortunately, no signs of sleeping sickness.
We love going to Africa.